NAMPA — Three years of being so close to that ultimate goal.

Losing by four points to Lewiston 2011.

A 3-pointer in the final seconds to lose 58-56 to Centennial in the semifinals in 2012.

Watching as your neighbors from Post Falls steal a championship in overtime in 2013.

Being short-changed.

The 2014 Coeur d’Alene Vikings got their money’s worth.

Senior Sydney Williams scored 19 of her game-high 23 points in the second half as the Vikings defeated the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies of Meridian 58-47 to claim their first state 5A championship since 2010 on Saturday night at the Ford Idaho Center.

“We kept talking in the locker room and still can’t believe we did this,” Williams said. “We’re excited and overwhelmed with emotions right now. It is just amazing that every ounce of energy we’ve put into this sport, all the lines in practice we’ve ran was for this. We worked our butts off to get to this point and win this championship.”

It is Coeur d’Alene’s (23-2) fourth title under 10th-year Viking coach Dale Poffenroth, and the eighth straight title won by a team from the 5A Inland Empire League.

“It’s good for these kids,” Poffenroth said. “They’ve worked for it since they were in seventh grade and playing against high school kids. They worked their way up, getting second, being upset in the semis. Madison (Sumner) said that if she heard 58-56 again, she was going to get sick. And last year, Dani (Failor) strips it (for Post Falls) and gets the free throws and we lose a heartbreaker that would have been nice to have.”

Coeur d’Alene opened the game on a 10-1 run and controlled the game throughout the first half to take a 25-20 halftime lead. Rocky Mountain scored the first six points of the second half to take a 26-25 lead and eventually a 38-35 advantage at the end of the third quarter.

“We had a flat third quarter,” said Poffenroth, who now has won seven state titles, including three at Central Valley in Spokane. “But we didn’t get too far behind that we couldn’t catch up.”

Williams hit a jumper to give Coeur d’Alene a 42-40 lead with 5:21 remaining, then sparked an 11-3 run over a three-minute span, capped by a Sydni Parker 3-pointer to give Coeur d’Alene a 53-44 lead with 1:17 remaining.

“With (Rocky Mountain coach) Emery (Roy), you can’t go to your bread and butter too early,” Poffenroth said. “Or he’ll find a way to stop it. And Sydney was the bread and butter tonight. Brittany (Tackett) got a couple of quick ones inside and Parker hit a big 3-pointer, then (Madison) Sumner hit some big free throws late. All those kids knew their role. It was a complete team. The ball handler out front (Parker), a defensive stopper (Sumner), a shooter on the outside (Sara Chalich) and two posts inside, one that’s left-handed (Tackett) and one that’s right handed (Williams). It’s like having a complete team and you couldn’t ask for more. It just all fell in place for us.”

Coeur d’Alene, which won its ninth state title in program history, played all five starters — all seniors — throughout the game until there was 1.1 seconds remaining.

“They had to be in shape to do that,” Poffenroth said. “But I’ve got no problems going to the bench. Kayli (Matheson), she’s a senior and doesn’t get to play much, but she shows up, works hard and wants to be here and be a good friend. And you couldn’t ask for a better kid than that.”

Sumner finished with 14 points and six rebounds for Coeur d’Alene.

“There’s not way to describe this,” Sumner said. “It’s a great feeling after being gypted the past three years. It was a great way to end our senior year.”

Parker scored four points, all coming in the final minute.

“We’ve been together with Poff since seventh grade and finally all the hard work has paid off,” Parker said. “I’m so proud of everyone and how they played.”

Maya Rodgers had 13 points and eight rebounds for Rocky Mountain (24-2), which was aiming for its first state title.

The game featured coaches with 1,365 career wins with Poffenroth (now with 590) getting the best of Rocky Mountain coach Emery Roy (775).

“He got me again,” said Roy, who won four state titles with Meridian and five more with Centennial. “We gave them a go anyway. We knew they were tough and we couldn’t make any mistakes. We knew we couldn’t get down against these guys. We made a run, but couldn’t build on it. They just kept coming back and earned it tonight. They’re a great team.”

Rocky Mountain 9 11 18 9 — 47

Coeur d’Alene 12 13 10 23 — 58

ROCKY MOUNTAIN — Kelly 6, Aragon 6, Clegg 0, Pickett 8, Jafek 1, Rodgers 13, Hochstein 11, Davis 0. Totals 15-47 12-16 47.

COEUR d’ALENE — Parker 4, Sumner 14, Chalich 11, Callahan 0, Tackett 6, Miller 0, Matheson 0, Scholwinski 0, J. Fagan 0, Williams 23. Totals 18-46 19-27 58.