Virginia Beach – Green Run trainer Kenneth Harris could not watch.
And he didn't.
With less than 20 seconds ahead and his team around three, the stallions turned the ball on Woodside and gave the Wolverines another chance to tie the game.
But instead of watching, Harris turned to the back of the campaign and instead relied on the reaction of the crowd to tell him what happened.
“I couldn't see it, I couldn't see it,” he said. “It is a superstitious thing I have. So, you know, I couldn't see. And everything I had to do was out of the crowd. “
When he heard the cheers when Woodside missed the 3 pointer with the game, he began to celebrate when he hugged an assistant coach because he knew that the stallions had rejected the two-time defending champions. Green Run won 39-34 in Ocean Lakes High.
Green Run ups sets Woodside 39-34 to advance to the State Championship Game of Class 5 pic.twitter.com/ngru3hklqq
– Larry Rubama (@Lhrubama) March 8, 2025
The stallions (23-2) are defeated against the title against Albemarle by Charlottesville, the Riverside of Northern Virginia 64-61. The State Cup game of class 5 will take place on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the VCU Siegel Center in Richmond.
“It means everything to me. I've always wanted to go to the state, ”said Green Run Senior Guard Kass Jackson, who scored nine of his team height in the second half. “Now I have to get one. This is my last season and we are ready to go to the VCU. “
Woodside, which was classified nationwide by Maxpreps and No. 78 from On3 to 70th place, led to a large part of the game. The Wolverines were 11: 7 after the first quarter and at half time 23-19.
The stallions made a move in the third quarter when they made a lead of 28: 27 with a 7-2 run towards the end of the third quarter.
Woodside used its own rally to take a lead of 31-28 into the fourth quarter.
But the Wolverines went flat and the stallions did a 7-0 run that was triggered by a fantastic game by Jackson.
“I just tried to be a leader for my team,” said Jackson, who was also finished with six rebounds and three steals. “I know if I play well and stay calm, everyone else will do it. That makes a guide. “
Jackson said that Woodside (25: 2) played in January helped with this removal.
“When we played it for the first time, we didn't know what to expect,” said Jackson about the 78-64 loss. “When we played them, we had just played with three games in a row. We hardly watched a game film. We only went out there and played them and saw what they were about. Now I have the feeling that this helped us because we knew what to expect and we did it. “
Woodside tried to win three consecutive VHSL state titles to win three consecutive VHSL state titles.
Now Green Run has the chance to win a state title immediately.
The stallions shared the title with NorView in 2020 when the season was canceled due to Covid. They were also second in 2021 when they lost to Stone Bridge.
“We are happy to be there,” said Harris. “We can't wait to go. We still have one. “
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