Let the game begin!  Cathedral's Ellen Rehme and Plymouth's Brandy Swihart face off in the opening tip.

Cathedral's Asjah Zinnerman sparks the offense in the early going with a quick layup.

Plymouth's Carin Benge challenges the pass of Cathedral's Jessica Wright.

Cathedral's Sharika Webb pumps off a shot in the lane.

Cathedral center Ellen Rehme gets off a difficult shot against the solid defense of Plymouth's Brandy Swihart.

Asjah Zinnerman puts one up after shaking a Plymouth defender at her feet.

Cathedral sophomore Rachel Brockman elevates over the Plymouth defense to get off a shot.

The Plymouth defense strips the ball from Cathedral Asjah Zinnerman as she attempts to score.

Junior Jessica Wright of Cathedral goes in for an uncontested layup on the fast break.

Cathedral sophomore Rachel Brockman takes it to the defense of Plymouth's Brandy Swihart to score a bucket early in the game.

Junior Sharika Webb calmly looks to pass the ball while Plymouth's Andrea Bunton plays in-your-face defense to deny the pass.

Cathedral's Webb tries to loop in a shot while trying to avoid the Plymouth defense of senior Jenelle Palmer and Brandy Swihart.

Junior Lindsay Houin stays focused despite the size and defense of Cathedral's Rachel Brockman.

Cathedral's Ellen Rehme and Plymouth's Leslie Blackburn battle it out for a rebound.

Junior Leslie Blackburn receives a pass in the paint as the Pilgrims try to get things going in the second half.

Plymouth senior Carin Benge gets instructions from head coach Dave Cox as teammate Leslie Blackburn gets ready to enter the game.

Lindsay Houin benefits from a perfect screen set by teammate Brandy Swihart on Cathedral's Ellen Rehme.

The Plymouth huddle listens intently during a time out.

Plymouth's Carin Benge drives the baseline against Sharika Webb of Cathedral, while teammate Brandy Swihart gets ready to slide in for the pick on Webb.

Plymouth's Lindsay Houin gets off a wild shot in the paint while sandwiched between the Cathedral defense.

Plymouth senior Nichole Cox gets one off in the paint as everyone else tries to gain position for the rebound.

Plymouth senior Leslie Blackburn gets one off against the leaping defense of Cathedral's Sharika Webb.

Plymouth senior Nichole Cox, daughter of head coach Dave Cox, takes it hard to the hole and gets fouled by the Cathedral defense.

Plymouth's Swihart scores while facing the twin tower defense of Cathedral's Ellen Rehme and Rachel Brockman.

Cathedral senior Jill Corbett, who broke her leg three weeks before the state tournament, gets ready to check into the game with under two minutes to go.

Corbett inbounds the ball late in the game, and gets her name in the box score for her final high school game.

Hugs and tears envelope the Plymouth starters as they console each other in the closing moments of the game.

The Cathedral players and Coach Linda Bamrick celebrate after winning their second straight 3A State Championship.

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