Photos: No. 2 Garfield rally late to beat No. 4 Lake Washington to win WIAA Class 3A state title

TACOMA, Wash. — No. 2 Garfield rallied late for a 39-38 victory over No. 4 Lake Washington to make it back-to-back state titles in the Tacoma Dome Saturday night.

Garfield also beat Lake Washington for the 2020 title, the last time the WIAA had a postseason tournament.

Malia Samuels, Garfield's star junior point guard, was playing as a freshman at Eastside Catholic that 2020 season and her team lost to Lake Washington in the Tacoma Dome.

"It's really one of the best feelings in the world," Samuels said. "To go through that and not have last year to get my revenge and now we get to play them in the state championship — it's awesome. I remember the feeling, sitting in the locker room, crying my eyes out, and this time it's different tears — happy tears instead of sad tears. It's awesome."

And what a finish this was. 

Read more of TJ Cotterill's game story here.

Here is a photo gallery from the game. All photos are by photographer Vince Miller: