From Deseret News archives:
Miner magic Dream shot is reality for 5A winner Bingham
Curling around a screen set by his best friend, Sloan Baker, Sommerville took one dribble into the lane and let fly a soft 8-footer that found nothing but net at the buzzer to clinch Bingham's 61-59 victory over Riverton for the 5A championship.
"I couldn't have scripted it better," said Sommerville, who finished with 13 points. "That stuff doesn't happen in life, that's movie stuff."
It was Bingham's first title since 1990, and the eighth in school history.
"He slipped it down the middle and got a good-looking 8-footer," Bingham coach Mark Dubach said. "Brett was shooting the ball no matter what because he's the best player in the state of Utah."
Sommerville's heroics capped a fantastic championship game that featured so many players making big plays that at times it resembled an intense game of pick-up basketball.
The first half was played at a freakish pace, with Riverton leading the way. Up 14-11 after the first quarter, the Silver Wolves made their first eight shots in the second quarter to open up a 32-19 lead.
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That confidence and a halftime defensive adjustment proved to be the difference for the Miners.
"We just made a commitment coming out of that locker room that we were going to play man-to-man defense, quit screwing around with other stuff and make a commitment to defense, and good things would happen," Dubach said.
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