Key Highlights
- For a split second, those in attendance for Saturday’s 4A SPSL championship game at Tacoma Community College couldn’t hear themselves think — the go-ahead slam by the senior wing ignited a crowd of more than 1,000. Trailing by one point in the closing minutes of Saturday’s title game, Nasinec received an inside pass, spun around Emerald Ridge’s Jamaize McGriff, and discovered an open lane.
- Jaguars forward Mychal Turner tried to fill it, but Nasinec had already made up his mind. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“I just felt like I should go up and make a play,” the 6-foot-7 wing told The News Tribune. Puyallup’s Mason Sonntag, a senior wing, couldn’t agree more.
- “If Will’s going up, 99 percent of the time, he better dunk that,” he smiled.
- “I’m glad he did what he did.”Nasinec rose above the rest for a poster dunk, turning a one-point deficit into a one-point lead, and the Vikings emerged to capture back-to-back 4A SPSL championships in a 65-60 win over Emerald Ridge at TCC. Vikings head coach Kevin Olson called it “redemption week,” capturing the back-to-back league titles with victories over programs they had failed to beat in the regular season (Bonney Lake, Emerald Ridge).
- They handled both when it mattered most. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“We got tripped up twice by Emerald Ridge earlier in the year, a rival,” Olson said.