The Division 5 championship game will feature two teams participating in their first State Tournament with aspirations of taking home the title with Young Coggs Prep and Hillsboro squaring off Saturday.

Hillsboro (23-5) advanced with a narrow 59-57 win over Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran (16-12) in the semifinal. 

The game went back and forth throughout the game with 12 lead changes and 10 ties. The Blazers trailed by six at 58-52 with two minutes to play in the game. They narrowed the deficit to 58-57 with 23 seconds to play. The Tigers' Tommy Crandall converted 1-of-2 free throws, and the Blazers had a chance to tie or win in their final possession but their attempt was off the mark.

The Tigers' balanced scoring attack was led by Max Stockwell with 17 points. Hunter Stanek tossed in 12 points, Avery Rueckheim added 11, and Joey Helgerson chipped in with 10. The Blazers were led by Nathaniel Schaefer with 14 points and Gabe Lloyd with 12.

Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran was appearing in its third straight State Tournament. The Blazers finished runner-up in 2013 and again last season.

Young Coggs Prep (22-5) took control in the second half to advance to the final in Division 5 with a 59-48 win over Washburn (25-3) in the semifinal. 

In their first State Tournament appearance, the Eagles broke a 43-43 tie by scoring the final six points of the third quarter. The Castle Guards opened the fourth quarter with a bucket to cut their deficit to 49-45, but the Eagles responded with a 10-0 run in a six-minute stretch to cruise to the victory.

Tiwon Jones led all scorers with 29 points for the Eagles. Jontae Peterson added 11 points. The Castle Guards were led by Cody Tomlinson of with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Brant Schick contributed 14 points and seven rebounds. 

Washburn led by as many as nine in the first half, but its lead was erased with a 15-6 run midway through the second quarter. The Eagles shot an efficient .548 from the floor and 77 percent from the free throw line.