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4A Tournament Gallery
Shavon Tate & Amanda Best
Shavon Tate & Amanda Best		 By Glenn Nelson
HoopGurlz Publisher
Mar 16, 2006

Dozens of images from one of the most competitive State 4A tournaments in years, starting from the championship game and moving back to the beginning. Click on arrows to navigate.


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Our Complete 2006 State 4A Tournament Coverage Menu:

4A Tournament Gallery
Dozens of images from one of the most competitive State 4A tournaments in years, starting from the championship game and moving back to the beginning.

Elite 11: Tigers Roar
Lewis and Clark had the best combination of size, guard play, defense and coaching in the state this season.

A 4A Family Affair
Katelan Redmon's timely but unexpected 22 points help land a state championship for her and her uncle, Lewis and Clark coach Jim Redmon.

4A Tournament Recap
MVP, all-tournament team with profiles and comments, all scores and statistical leaders.

Practice Makes ... Third
Dara Zack practiced for the moment and came through for University, earning the Titans their highest finish at State.

'Desperation Mode' for Ike
After a quarterfinal loss, Eisenhower tossed all inhibitions aside, and plotted a course to fourth place.

Block Party for T-Birds
Mount Tahoma's unorthodox, frantic style, led by Shauniece Samms' shot-blocking, powered the T-Birds through the consolation bracket for a fifth-place finish.

Big and Defensive
Lewis & Clark and Prairie reach the State 4A championship game with great size and defense.

Stock on the Rise
The Kentwood junior has been the talk of the State 4A tournament and a hit with college coaches and scouts.

Pick Your Poison
There is so much to fear from the four 4A semifinalists, it's difficult to choose which to fear most.

Remember the Titans
When considering the candidates for 2006's darlings of destiny, Angie Bjorklund and University stand out from the pack.

Wednesday 4A Photos
Images from furious first-round action at the Tacoma Dome.

The Wolfpack is Back
One amazing youth basketball team helped produce three of the region's top young point guards, plus the core of the Jackson High School team that qualified for the State 4A tournament for the first time in its history.

4A Bracket Breakdown
How we see the tournament unfolding, round by round and game by game, to a University vs. Auburn Riverside final featuring stars Angie Bjorklund and Julie Futch.

Elite Eleven: You Go, Girls
Three women - Joyce Walker, Penny Gienger and Kathy Gibson - enjoyed outstanding, role-setting seasons in girl's high-school basketball..

State 4A Team Capsules
Essential information on tournament participants, with power rankings by HoopGurlz.com (not predicted finish). Individual team capsules also can be accessed by clicking team name from front-page list of qualifiers.

Commit List
Know where all the seniors are headed after the tournament. We have the most complete list anywhere of Division I commitments by players from Washington and Oregon.



Glenn Nelson is the publisher of HoopGurlz.com and the editor-in-chief of Scout Media (www.Scout.com), an online sports network and magazine-publishing company and subsidiary of Fox Interactive Media. Glenn also founded and coached the Dragons and Northwest HoopGurlz select girls basketball teams. He previously was a longtime, national-award-winning basketball columnist and writer for The Seattle Times. His work also has appeared in several national magazines and books. He is co-author of "Rising Stars: The Ten Best Players in the NBA" (Rosen Publishing, 2002).




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