Dudley's Desiree Drayton hauled down 18 rebounds, one of the 15 best rebounding games in the last 24 years of the women's finals. ... Bishop McGuinness' win over East Bladen means the West has now won 22 of the last 24 titles in the 1-A classification for women. The only Eastern teams to break through during this time were Union in 1998 and Lakewood in 1994. ... Aaron Toomey's 35 points were the sixth most in the finals by a men's player since 1986, and the best in a men's championship since Michael Joiner poured in 36 for Fayetteville Seventy-First in the 2000 4-A game against Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds.
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