Springville ended its first state tournament trip in the best way possible.

Getting a big game from all-tournament captain Katie Eiben, the sixth-ranked Orioles held off Newell-Fonda 67-60 Friday night to win the Class 1A title.

The championship tops off a 25-3 season for Springville, which has come a long way under seventh-year coach Brian O'Donnell. The Orioles went 0-22 in his first season at the school.

And this might not be the last state tournament fans see of this Springville team -- or Newell-Fonda for that matter. Neither team has a senior.

Eiben, a 6-foot junior, led all scorers with 26 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and made five of six free throws late in the game to help Springville secure the victory.

Callie Kloubec added 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Orioles, while Sarah Davidson had nine points, nine rebounds and a key block.

Unranked Newell-Fonda (23-4) had been impressive in its first two state tournament games, scoring 80 and 81 points. The Mustangs ran into a taller opponent in this one, but they kept threatening until the end.

Springville had a 48-26 rebounding edge and a 36-16 advantage in points in the paint.

Susan Kies and Alisa Christensen led Newell-Fonda with 14 points each and Rachel Culp scored eight to go with six rebounds, three assists and two steals. Christensen had five steals.

Springville kept threatening to break it open, taking leads of 11 points in the first half and 13 in the third and fourth quarters. But the Mustangs came back each time.

A 7-0 run drew Newell-Fonda to 57-51 with under three minutes to play and they had a chance to cut the lead to three. But Davidson blocked Ellen Gruntorad's 3-point shot and Springville hit five free throws -- four by Eiben -- to stretch its lead to 62-51.

Newell-Fonda charged back one more time, drawing to 65-60 on Kies' free throw with 15.2 seconds to play. Davidson then made two final free throws to finish it off.

Davidson, Kies and Culp joined Eiben on the all-tournament team, which also had Jennifer Jorgensen of Southeast Webster-Grand and Kayla Waskow of Dunkerton.