The top four finishers in each weight class from each region qualified for next week's state tournament in Rapid City.

Hawley hoisted a triple with less than a minute to go in the quarter and buried it to give his team a temporary 44-43 lead.

Rapid City Stevens senior forward Taaliyah Porter is now the school's all-time leading scorer, doing so against Rapid City Christian on Friday at the Carold Heier Gymnasium.

The companion-school arrangement is a compromise after many members of the public and district staff objected to an earlier proposal for RCS to switch to grade-level centers.