For the first time in 26 years, Mountain View girls basketball is a league champion.
Mountain View beat Heritage 57-23 on Monday to clinch a share of the 3A Greater St. Helens League title. It’s the Thunder’s first league crown since 1998 when the program won the 4A GSHL.
Mountain View shares the league title with Evergreen, which beat Kelso 61-49 on Monday.
The Thunder and Plainsmen both finished league play 6-2 and split two games between them. They will play a tiebreaker for the No. 1 seed to the bi-district tournament at a day and time to be announced.
Mylee Thompson and Jadlyn Senderson each scored 13 points for Mountain View (15-4). The Thunder clamped down on defense, holding Heritage to 13 points through three quarters.
Evergreen clinched a share of its second consecutive league title one year after it ended a drought that stretched to 1980.
Kelso, which would have claimed a share of the league title with a win Monday, is the No. 3 seed to the bi-district tournament.
COLUMBIA RIVER 58, HOCKINSON 28 — Gracie Glavin scored 18 points as the Rapids wrapped up their second consecutive Class 2A GSHL title outright with a road win.
Glavin scored 16 points in the first half as Columbia River entered the break with a 41-11 lead. The Rapids then cruised to the end of a league season that ended 15-1, one game ahead of second-place Ridgefield.
Marley Myers added 15 points for Columbia River (16-5), which will open district tournament play at home Friday.
Siena Brown scored 16 points to cap a record-setting campaign for the Hockinson senior. She finished with 376 points to set a single-season program record.
LA CENTER 40, STEVENSON 32 — The Wildcats kept their season alive with a victory in a tiebreaker to decide fourth place in the Class 1A Trico League.
La Center (10-11) earned the league’s final spot in the District 4 tournament. The Wildcats open with a first-round game Thursday at Montesano, the Evergreen Conference champion.
Jesse Tomberlin scored seven points in a balanced scoring attack for La Center, which had six players score at least five points.
Leading 12-9, the Wildcats held Stevenson to two points in the second quarter to lead 19-11 at halftime.
La Center has won six of its last eight games after starting the season 4-9.
After losing to Stevenson 58-41 in the Trico League opener, La Center got a 45-40 home win over the Bulldogs on Jan. 27 to set up Monday’s tiebreaker at Fort Vancouver High.
Stevenson (7-9) ended its season on a five-game losing streak.
SKYVIEW 70, PRAIRIE 28 — Kiera Parks scored 14 points and hit four of the Storm’s 10 3-pointers in a non-league road win.
Parks also had five steals to lead a lockdown defensive effort that saw Skyview lead 39-10 at halftime.
Cameron Watson also had 14 points for Skyview (12-8). The Storm conclude their regular season Tuesday against Union needing a win to pull into a tie for second place with the Titans.
Ella Smith scored eight points as Prairie saw its season end at 7-11.
CAMAS 68, BATTLE GROUND 22 — Reagan Jamison scored 14 points and Addison Harris 11 as the Papermakers (15-6 overall) finished 6-0 in 4A GSHL play.
Skylar Fridriksson led Battle Ground with 13 points. The Tigers season ends with a record of 3-17.
