Tre Jones still felt the sting of 2016. Apple Valley was routed in the Class 4A semifinals and Jones, the Eagles’ splendid point guard, took it personally.

“For the past year now, I felt like I’d let my team, my family, the whole school, the city of Apple Valley, down,” Jones said. “I wanted to get revenge this year and we did that tonight.”

With Jones playing spectacularly and his teammates making two of every three shots they took, Apple Valley got that revenge with a 77-54 victory over Maple Grove.

The victory sets up a rematch of the 2015 Class 4A championship game, when the Eagles defeated Champlin Park, which was undefeated going into that game also, 64-61.

Anticipation for Thursday’s semifinal was high, with two of the metro’s top point guards, Jones and Maple Grove’s Brad Davison, squaring off. But while Jones put up a virtuoso performance, Davison, battling a sore knee, struggled. Davison was constantly harassed by the Apple Valley defense and made just four of 17 shots from the floor. He finished with 13 points.

Meanwhile, Jones showed up everywhere and anywhere he was needed. He had a triple-double that looked effortless – 19 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists – but it was his ability to affect play from anywhere on the court that was perhaps most impressive.

In one stretch, he scored on a put-back, blocked a shot, took a charge and started two breaks that ended up as three-pointers.

“That’s Tre,” Apple Valley coach Zach Goring said. “That’s the type of game we’ve gotten from him all year.”

His teammates elevated their games, too. The team shot a remarkable 64.6 percent from the floor. Guards Luke Martens, with 17 points, and Mohamed Kone, with 16, each missed just one shot from the floor.

“A complete team win,” Goring said. “Now we get to be together for a couple more days.”

Apple Valley’s 77-54 victory over Maple Grove should have had an accompanying soundtrack, sung to the tune of a popular children’s show: “Where in the world is Tre Jones?”

The answer was simple: Everywhere he needed to be and anywhere he wanted to be.

The splendid junior guard made a triple-double look easy Thursday at Target Center, He had 19 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists as Apple Valley advanced to the Class 4A championship game for the third time in five seasons.

Luke Martens had 17 points and Mohamed Kone 16 for Apple Valley, the main beneficiaries of Jones’ largesse.

Anticipation for the game was high, with two of the metro’s top points guard, Jones and Maple Grove’s Brad Davison, squaring off. But the Wisconsin-bound Davison found himself constantly harassed by the Apple Valley defense and struggled with his shot, making just 4-of-17 shots from the floor and finishing with 13 points. Tywhon Pickford led Maple Grove with 23 points.

In the meantime, Jones was popping up just about everywhere on the court, controlling the game in Whac-a-Mole fashion. In one stretch of the second half, he scored on a put-back under the basket, blocked a shot on the defensive end and started a break that ended in a three-pointer, took a charge and made a steal that turned into an easy transition basket.

His stat-line, while impressive, was rivaled by Apple Valley’s shooting percentage. With Jones running the show, the Eagles shot 64.6-percent from the field. They had shot 61.5-percent in the first half and were even better after halftime, hitting 15-of-22 from the floor.

Apple Valley’s victory sets up a rematch of the 2015 Class 4A championship game against Champlin Park with remarkably similar circumstances. The Rebels went into that game undefeated as well. The Eagles prevailed 64-61 to win the title.