A four-Peat.

For Perry coach Sam Duane, it was so nice, he did it twice.

His first four-peat came with Cassius Peat at Corona del Sol (2012-15). He completed his second four-year title run Saturday with Cassius’s brother, Koa, after Perry defeated Sunnyslope 63-44 for the Open title at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Koa, the kid with the cool name, game and personality, wrapped up one of the most decorated prep careers in Arizona with a wrapped right hand. It’s the stuff of legends what Koa did, leading Perry to yet another title—with a broken hand.

His shooting hand, mind you. Koa missed Perry’s Open quarterfinal after suffering the injury during a practice.

But, unless he was in a body cast, there was no way he was missing the semifinals and final. With his parents and doctor’s blessing, Koa and his teammates proceeded with their postseason demolition.

Perry won each playoff game by an average of 26 points. For his final high school performance, Koa scored 20 points, had nine rebounds, didn’t turn the ball over and had a couple of dunks.

Did we mention he broke his hand?

“Honestly, when I got in the game, it’s just basketball,” said Koa about playing with his injured hand. “It’s just basketball. I took my focus off my hand and try to focus in, really lock in and focus on the game.”

On his wrapped hand, he wrote faith is greater than fear.

For the semifinals, it was a Bible verse, Philippians 4:13 (I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me.). Koa and Duane know it takes more than just one player to win a title, let alone four in a row.

“I hit the lottery,” said Duane, who became the first Arizona coach to four-peat with two different programs. “I’ve been blessed to have really good players, trust me, and great assistants and great administration.”

Koa echoed what his coach said.

“I played with great players,” the broad-shouldered 6-8 forward said. “I’m just going to cherish this moment and not take it for granted. I’m just thankful.”

Even with Koa on the bench to start the semifinals, Perry (27-2) still fielded a more formidable team.

Perry’s very talented senior class includes sharpshooter Dominic Avalos, point guard NoNo Brown, the explosive DeAndre Harrison, and the athletic Trey McKinney. In the second quarter of the Open final, when Harrison (20 points) got going, Perry started to pull away with other key ingredients.

“That’s what we hang our hat on,” Duane said. “We defend, rebound and run. In that first quarter, (Sunnyslope) was getting offensive boards. And in the second quarter we really started rebounding and that got us in transition.”

Sunnyslope participated in two of the first three Open title games. (Jose Garcia photo/AZPreps365)Next year, Sunnyslope’s young team (21-9) will be one of the favorites to win the Open.

Its leading scorers Saturday, Delton Prescott (14 points), Rider Portela (13 points) and Kade Snyder (10 points), return as well as every other player except one.

But this year’s title, and the previous three, belonged to Perry.

Where will Koa Peat play next after winning a title every year he was at Perry? (Jose Garcia photo/AZPreps365)