CIA-Bella Vista Stuns No. 1 Dynamic Prep 81-62 in Chipotle Nationals Semifinals

Dynamic Prep had lost exactly once all season. CIA-Bella Vista made it twice, on a Fishers floor and in front of a crowd that turned Hamilton Southeastern High School into the center of the high school basketball universe.

The seventh-seeded Bears from Phoenix dismantled top-seeded Dynamic Prep 81-62 Friday evening in the Chipotle Nationals semifinals, booking CIA-Bella Vista's first national championship appearance in program history. The Bears led for 31 minutes and 25 seconds of the 32-minute contest, and Dynamic Prep never got close after a 23-11 first-quarter deficit.

West Virginia signee Miles Sadler came one assist short of a triple-double, finishing with 21 points, 10 assists, seven rebounds, two steals and a block while playing every minute. The five-star point guard's most arresting sequence came when he drained a three-pointer directly over 6-foot-10 Marcus Spears Jr., the No. 1 overall prospect in the class of 2027 who anchors Dynamic Prep's roster. Sadler had posted 26 points, six assists and four steals in the quarterfinal win over Paul VI the day before, and he was somehow more efficient on Friday.

Alongside Sadler, 7-foot-1 senior Amadou Seini seized the interior with 15 points and 18 rebounds, turning every missed Dynamic Prep shot into a Bella Vista possession. CIA-Bella Vista pushed the margin to 41-31 at halftime, then detonated for 18 unanswered-feeling points in the third to lead 59-40. The Bears held a 78-53 advantage with under three minutes left before settling on the 81-62 final.

Dynamic Prep's Dakari Spear, a four-star Texas Tech signee, led all scorers with 22 points but couldn't disrupt Bella Vista's rhythm. For a program that had otherwise rolled through one of the toughest schedules in the country, the loss was a stunning close to what had been a dominant season.

Indiana fans watching in Fishers had a specific reason to invest: four-star wing Vaughn Karvala, the No. 41 ESPN-ranked prospect in the class of 2026 and Indiana's highest-ranked incoming commit, played a key role in CIA-Bella Vista's rotation throughout the tournament. Karvala competed on Indiana soil under the brightest lights of high school basketball's postseason, giving Hoosier faithful a look at what coach Darian DeVries is bringing to Bloomington in the fall.

Coach Derek Wright Jr.'s Bears advanced to face seven-time Chipotle Nationals champion Montverde Academy in the title game on April 4 at noon ET, broadcast on ESPN from the same Hamilton Southeastern floor. The 17th edition of the tournament produced its most volatile bracket in recent memory, with multiple top seeds ousted before the final. CIA-Bella Vista's 19-point rout of the tournament's top team ensured they arrived at that final with nothing left to prove.