Eight times a champion: Colton takes title

Colton players walk toward the gold-ball presentation just after beating Republic in the 1B championship in Spokane.

Zoe Moser eyes an opening to the basket for two of her 24 points against Republic in the state championship game.

As an eighth-grade team manager at the state tournament, Zoe Moser inadvertently tossed a ball into an air duct and it disappeared. It proved like a coin in a slot, and Spokane Arena returned her four gold balls.

The senior guard led her team to their eighth-straight 1B state championship Saturday night over Republic, 54-40, lifting the gold-ball trophy with fellow s...