Back-to-back! No. 1 Davis rolls Sumner, claims 4A girls hoops title
Underneath the same Tacoma Dome lights one year ago, Cheyenne Hull called her shot. Davis defeated Sumner in last season’s 4A championship, and the Pirates’ star guard knew she’d be back.
“I think we’re gonna come back the next two years and get it again,” Hull told The News Tribune last year.
She couldn’t have predicted a rematch with Sumner, but the result itself? Hull left no doubt. Davis rolled the Spartans in Saturday’s 4A girls championship at the Tacoma Dome, 62-51, in a game that wasn’t as close as the scoreboard suggests.
Hull and the Pirates are back-to-back state champs.
“I just want to cry happy tears,” said Davis guard Isa Garcia, who dropped a game-high 20 points. “It’s just an unreal feeling.”
This was the fourth state-tournament meeting between No. 1 Davis and No. 8 Sumner in the last two years, twice in the regional round and again in consecutive championship games. The Spartans won last year’s state opener before Davis bounced back to win the next three — including the two that mattered most.
“People called us [Davis and Sumner] a rivalry,” Garcia told The News Tribune. “But honestly, we were gonna stop that rivalry and just call it a mismatch.”
Hull posted a 17-point, 11-rebound double-double with four assists, three steals, and two blocks. The Pirates defense forced 13 first-half turnovers, refusing a Sumner assist until the third quarter.
“We talked about that at halftime… turnovers killed us,” Sumner head coach Katie Hyppa said. “You felt the momentum shift with those, and they scored off of them, also.
“It was a double-edged sword.”
Pirates guard Kobe Johnson nailed a three-pointer just 20 seconds after tipoff, a designed play with all eyes on Hull and Garcia. Sumner couldn’t stop all three, each with 15+ points Saturday night.
“We’ve got a lot of pieces,” Davis head coach Akil White said. “I told (Kobe) what was going to happen.
“You’re going to knock this down, and we’re going to run.”
The scariest part about this Pirates team? They’ll return the bulk of their roster next year in search of a three-peat: Hull, Garcia, and Johnson, among plenty more.
On top of her 20 points, Garcia finished with four rebounds, four assists and two steals, pushing the pace in transition with White’s “tempo, tempo, tempo” philosophy in mind. Johnson delivered 15 points (3 3PM) and guard Deets Parrish added seven. Hull was the all-around star.
Davis’ student section called their own shot when the Pirates led by 21 points late in the third quarter: “This game’s over! This game’s over!”
Sumner’s Kawehi Borden paced the Spartans with 17 points, adding three assists and two steals. Forward Raymiah Jackson had 10 points and six rebounds; Olivia Collins added eight points and eight rebounds.
For Hull, standing center-court with the golden basketball trophy, is it too early to start dreaming about a third title?
“No,” she said with a smile. “We’ll definitely be back for the third one next year.”
This story was originally published March 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM.
