The LaGrande Tigers will take on the Sisters Outlaws to determine bragging rights for the 07-08 season plus the coveted State Championship Title. LaGrande, Veterans of this Tournament, have never played in the State Championship game prior to this evening. They are led by senior, Setter and Right-Side Hitter Josi Lyman who is a legitimate candidate for 4A Player of the Year.

The GOL Lady Tigers, coached by Teresa Dowdy, enter the tournament as the #1 ranked team in 4A, with a League record of 9-0 and overall record of 35-4. Sisters, coached by Diane Bremer, have surprised and impressed a great many this weekend make it to the finals after upsetting #2 ranked Estacada in first round play. Led by senior quarterback and Setter, Sam Stoneback, Sisters has peaked at the right time and for their efforts, find themselves in a position this program hasn't been in since 1996 when they won their first and only State Championship.

Game 2: Siltanen continues her terror with a blistering hit. Sisters' Rachael Tenneson hammer down! JoHanna Pettey with another kill for Lagrande. Score 6-6. Blocking error by Lagrande, Ulmer serves again. 2 more Lagrande errors forces Coach Dowdy to call her first Time Out. Sisters leads 9-6. Haylee Schaab with a crowd pleasing smash hit. This gal's only a sophomore! Look out opponents, two more years of her! Sisters leads 12-8 Lagrande appears to have lost their MoJo, they need a spark and quickly before this game gets out of hand. 14-9 Sisters. Missed serve by the Outlaws and a quick kill by Lyman may be just what Lagrande needed to get them ignited. Sister's Pledger puts a halt to Lagrande's run with a screaming, cross court kill. Lyman with the half-speed kill. Error and Time Out, Sisters. 17-15 Sisters. The Great Wall of Lagrande=Lyman/Yeates! Oh my, they fed Sisters their own kill attempt. Obviously the block got Lyman fired up because she answers again with a crushing kill that sounded like an explosion went off. LaGrande fans are on their feet. Lyman with another! 19-19. Pass by Lagrande's Kara Gerst to Lyman for the set but Lyman smashes the 2nd hit down instead, very nice. 20-19. Pledger with the kill. 20-20. Lagrande error. 22-20 Sisters. Time Out Lagrande. Siltanen kill. Thompson for Sisters! LaGrande ties it up at 24. Time Out Sisters. Sisters get this one! 26-24

Game 3: Lagrande starts strong with the first 5 points. Sisters fights back, Lagrande leads 11-9. Lagrande's OH, junior Carley Miller with the nice kill. Points going back and forth, game remains close at 17-15 LaGrande. Lyman puts it away! Time Out Sisters. Lagrande leads 19-15. Another 2 for Lagrande. 21-18. Great digs by Lagrande's Alix Miles. Pledger smacks 2 hits at her and she picks em' both up and places them right on the money for the setter. 22-18 LaGrande. Sisters error. 24-19 Lagrande. Gerst serving for Lagrande, error Sisters. Lagrande takes Game 3, 25-19

Game 4: First 2 pionts go to Lagrande. Sisters with a really nice middle-set play and kill from Ulmer. Tenneson for another Sisters point. 3-3. Sisters is not going to give this match up. With each point they get, they're getting more and more fired up. LaGrande needs to find a way to put out their fire. 9-5 Sisters. Time Out LaGrande. Sisters leads 10-6. Errors by Lagrande just making Sisters stronger and more hyped up. 14-9 Sisters. Finally Lagrande gets a break. Nice pass from Stiltanen to set up the kill shot by Lyman. Sisters answers right back though. 17-11 Sisters. Great, deceiving dump by Lagrande's setter, Gerst. Huge comeback smashing hit by Schaab. Sisters fans are going nuts. 20-12 Sisters. Hitting error, Lagrande. 21-12. It's the Haylee Schaab hitting clinic going on! Kill by otal. 23-12 Sisters. Lift error called on Lagrande 24-12. Serve error, Sisters. 24-13. Kill by Schaab. Sisters takes game 4. 25-13.

Game 5: Note: Game 5 only goes to 15 pts., must wiin by 2. Sisters gets the first point on the scoreboard. Then the second from a net violation by the Tigers. ACE by Stoneback. 3-0 Sisters. Lyman with the reverberating smash hit. Another Lyman smash. Another for Pettey! 4-4. Huge, down the line hit by Schaab. 6-4 Sisters. Dump by Lyman. Screaming poundage by Kotal! Time Out Lagrande. Sisters leads 8-5. Haylee Schaab --WOWZA! 9-5. Pettey from the rightside, kill is good! Serve error by Lagrande. 10-6 Sisters. Comeback kills by Lagrande! 10-8 Sisters. Time Out Sisters. Point Lagrande! 10-9. Hitting error, Lagrande. 11-9. Kotal to serve and it's in the net. 11-10 Sisters. Error LaGrande. 12-10. Offspeed kill by Lyman. 12-11. 13-11 Sisters. LaGrande calls a time out. Sisters with the Middle SMASH HIT by Ulmer! Error LaGrande. The Sisters Outlaws win the State Tournament! 15-11. An unexpected ending for most but after watching this Sisters team come to life and peak at exactly the right time, I see how they won this tournament. They too will be back next year with a strong roster of younger classmen. Congratulations to the Lady Outlaws for their incredible play at this State Tournament. LaGrande Lady Tigers should be very proud of all they accomplished this year, they had an incredible season and played in a Championship game that with just a few small turns, could have went in their direction. A very close match with two evenly talented teams. Great Match!