Over the holiday break the Curtis boy's basketball team traveled to California and placed 3rd in a prestigious national tournament. The Vikings team is loaded with super stars and one of the winningest coaches in the state. It was one of the most thrilling state championship games in decades. With 29 seconds to play in overtime, Curtis' Tyce Paulsen gets a steal in overtime and the Vikings beat undefeated Mt. Si for the 2022 4A title.  "We like to stay humble about it but going to that game we thought we were going to win, we worked hard all season. But yeah, it was it was a huge win for us," says senior Tyce Paulsen. Paulsen and junior Zoom Diallo grew up watching Curtis. Their older brothers played for the Vikings. So winning the championship was extra rewarding. "I hugged Tyce, because it meant a lot because you know, growing up, Curtis would always fall short. And our older brothers would always fall short. So it meant something to us, you know, go get it for them and go get it for Coach Kelly," says junior Zoom Diallo. Tim Kelly is now in his 30th year of coaching. He's won 4 state championships. "Playing the game correctly to me is still a lot of fundamentals, playing hard, playing as a team, that's the whole thing, team first, before all the individual things. That's the great thing about some of the success we've had, and we've had a lot of it and it has been team success. Now we have some good individuals, but they bought into our team system," says head coach Tim Kelly. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/sports/prep-zone-curtis-high/281-648274f0-2593-46c1-af58-48f5b2b15c9e