‘We Had a Championship to Win'
Vikings go back-to-back, coach Mike Bethea earns his state-record 10th title
TACOMA – Some games are won before they even start. The Rainier Beach Vikings checked into their Tacoma Dome locker room on Saturday night to find a message scrawled on their white board.
It said something like, “Davion (Shareef-Dulanaey) is No. 1, Tyran (Stokes) sucks, we’re here to take the ‘ship,” according to Micah Ili-Meneese, who was the outstanding player in the State 3A Tournament.
Rainier Beach essentially called “game” against Lincoln of Tacoma right then and there.