Blaine, a 59-50 victor over Woodland for fifth place on Saturday at the Yakima SunDome, had harbored legitimate hopes of a state title coming into the tourney. But those dreams were dashed when the Borderites (25-1) suffered a first-round loss.

Still, the only disappointment Blaine's players had after Saturday's game was that their season had finished.

"The important thing is that we won," said senior center Jessica Summers. "We did lose that first game, but we took it to three other teams."

The 6-foot-1 Summers, who signed to play basketball at the University of Idaho, scored a tournament-high 31 points, making 14 of 17 shots against the Beavers, including 12 in the fourth quarter. The eye-popping totals catapulted her into the 2A tournament record books.

Summers is the tournament's career scoring leader with 235 points, topping the old mark by four points, and career field goals made leader with 98, eight better than the previous record. Both records were set by Lakeside center Jen Barcus.

"I really wanted the rebound record," Summers said. "But I wasn't even close."

Summers is second in career rebounds with 144. Chelan's Sarah Schramm had 165 heading into the finals on Saturday night.

Leading 45-43 with four minutes left, Summers hit jumpers on three straight possessions and gave her team a 51-46 edge.

Blaine coach Patrick Green said he told the Borderites during a timeout with 4:35 remaining to get the ball to Summers.

"We wanted to go to 'Stretch,'" he said. "She was going to do it for us."

Woodland (19-8) cut the margin to three, 51-48, with a minute to go, but Summers followed with a lay-in and the Beavers never again threatened.

Senior wing Shela Robertson totaled 14 points on 7-for-10 shooting and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.

The last four seasons have been the most successful in Blaine girls' basketball history. The Borderites made an appearance at state four years ago and placed fourth, third and fifth in the last three seasons. Three players (senior guard Kristina Francis, Robertson and Summers) have been a part of all four state-qualifying teams.

"For four years, they have been the program," Green said. "We have five seniors, but those three have started or been major players since they were freshmen."

The coveted state title, though, eluded them the last two years - Blaine's only two losses in that span have come at the state tournament - but Green said he saw something bigger in the Borderites than any championship could provide.