Citizen Staff Writer
GEOFF GRAMMER
ggrammer@tucsoncitizen.com
GLENDALE – It had been 22 years since a Canyon del Oro High School girls basketball team felt the joy of hoisting a state championship trophy.
Behind 18 points from junior Sydney Lewis, CDO beat Tempe McClintock 49-45 on Tuesday to capture the Class 4A Division I state championship, its first title game appearance since winning it all in 1987.
For the Santa Rita boys basketball team, a two-decade drought between state championship game appearances may seem like a welcome trade-off to the pain it felt Tuesday.
After trailing by 15 points with less than four minutes to go against Phoenix Greenway in the 4A Division II title game, a game-winning 3-pointer from star junior Terrell Stoglin was off the mark, and Santa Rita fell in the championship game for the third straight year, and the fourth time in five years.
Stoglin, who scored a game-high 28 points, guaranteed he will take his team back to the championship for his senior year in 2010.
“I’m going to win it next year, guaranteed,” he said.
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More on both games and the high school boys volleyball state championship match, 4C