The Federal Way girls basketball team will play for the Class 4A state championship. The Eagles (26-2) earned the berth in the title game with a hard-fought 48-45 win over Chiawana in a semifinal Friday night inside the Tacoma Dome.

Federal Way will take on a familiar foe at 5 p.m. Saturday when they face the Lewis & Clark Tigers. The Eagles beat the Spokane power in the opening round of the 2009 state tournament and beat the Tigers during the regular season last year.

The veteran Eagles needed all their experience Friday night against Chiawana, a two-year old school from Pasco. Federal Way trailed 29-20 entering the fourth quarter inside the Tacoma Dome after not scoring a single point in the third quarter. But the Eagles responded by scoring 28 points in the fourth quarter to earn the championship appearance.

Federal Way was led by seniors Brittany Barrington and Talia Walton during the fourth-quarter comeback. Walton finished with 12 points, nine rebounds and two steals. Barrington ended up with a team-high 17 points and six rebounds, including 11 in the final quarter. Barrington also led the Eagles with 17 points in their quarterfinal comeback win over Mount Rainier Thursday.

Hayley Hodgins made three free throws for the Riverhawks to get them back within four with eight seconds left, part of her game-high 18 points. She also had

Lewis & Clark (19-6) will go for its fourth title in six years after beating Woodinville (21-6) in the other semifinal Friday. The Tigers won four-straight titles from 2005-08.