43rd Annual
North Central District "A"
Boys Basketball Tournament
2000

Champ

ionship

Febr

uary 27

Brew
(16

ster
-6)

Score

: 65-52

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Lake Roosevelt 55, Liberty Bell 38
Wild Card
At Okanogan, WA

Levi Mitchell scored 18 points and pulled down eight rebounds to lead the Raiders in a play-in game to qualify for the district tourney.
Garrett Strocsher added 11 points and 10 rebounds for Lake Roosevelt, who plays at Brewster tonight at 7:30. Joseph Notaro led the Lions with 12 points.

Liberty Bell (9-11) — Notaro 12, Stern 5, Cotner 7, Lott 4, Scholtz 6, Estes 4, Fisher, Wilson, Kulsrud, Lundgren.

Lake Roosevelt (13-9) — Kennedy 1, Sauer 3, Seekins 6, Wiese 12, Collins 4, Strocsher 11, Mitchell 18, Shields, Roberts, Dashiell, Pakootas, Oliver.

Liberty Bell	------------	4	11	22	38
Lake Roosevelt	------------	11	33	48	55

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Okanogan 56, Oroville 54 (OT)
Game 1.
At Oroville, WA

Five point one seconds.
That was enough time for Okanogan's Bryan Attridge to go cross court and score the winning basket against host Oroville in overtime Tuesday.
The Bulldogs won 56-54 to advance to the Caribou Trail League District 1A championship game at 8 p.m. Friday at Omak.
Okanogan plays Brewster, a 64-57 winner against Lake Roosevelt. The loser-out game at 6:30 pits Oroville against the Raiders.
Attridge's game-winner was his only basket.
“He's quick, but Attridge didn't score all night, until he got the ball with 5.1 seconds left,” Oroville coach Steve Milionis said. “You've got to give him a lot of credit, we didn't stop him. We had our chances to win.”
The Hornets missed a 15-footer and rebound basket at the end of regulation. Oroville also went 6 of 14 from the foul line in the second half.
The Bulldogs went 13 of 19 from the foul line. Adam Goroch led the Bulldogs with 17 points to go along with eight rebounds. Leading scorer Conrad Merkley had 12 and eight rebounds.
“We played well against Merkley, but Goroch stepped up,” Milionis said.
T.J. Jensen led the Hornets with 19 points and six rebounds. Tyler Thrasher added 18 points.

Okanogan (14-6) - Chamberlin 7, Attridge 2, Goroch 17, K. Hill 4, Burchard 2, Derting 2, Horner 10, Merkley 12, Tonasket, A. Hill, Spencer, Ecklund.

Oroville (12-9) - T.J. Jensen 19, Roth 8, E. Jensen 3, Thrasher 18, Chamberlin 3, Roller 3, Scott, LeBaron, Monroe, Acord.

Okanogan	6	25	34	48	56
Oroville	5	16	31	48	54

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Brewster 64, Lake Roosevelt 57
Game 2.
At Brewster, WA

The host Bears are a win away from a second straight trip to the State 1A tourney after shooting down the visiting Raiders behind Cody Gunn's 27 points, six 3-pointers and six steals.
Freshman Mac Gebbers scored 13 points and hit some key free throws down the stretch. Daniel Gebbers added eight points and nine assists as Brewster only turned the ball over six times and had 17 assists.
“It was a real momentum-swinging game,” Brewster coach Tim Taylor said. “We'd get ahead, and then they'd come back.
“Big Mo was swinging back and forth all night.”
Kurt Wiese and Garrett Scrocsher each hit for 13 points to lead the Raiders. Levi Mitchell, the team's leading scorer, was limited to 12 points thanks in part to good defense from Jason Knowlton.

Lake Roosevelt (13-9) — Sauer 2, Seekins 11, Wiese 13, Collins 4, Roberts, Dashiell 2, Oliver, Strocsher 13, Mitchell 12.

Brewster (14-6) — Gunn 27, M. Gebbers 13, D. Gebbers 8, Brown 4, Phillips, J. Thompson 4, Knowlton 8.

Lake Roosevelt	------------	16	26	36	57
Brewster	------------	17	37	50	64

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Lake Roosevelt 50, Oroville 47
Game 3. (Loser out)
At Omak, WA

A second-half rally kept the Raiders' season alive.
Kurt Wiese scored 11 of his game-high 16 points after the break. Nathan Dashiell put in all seven of his points in the same span.
Garrett Strocsher helped seal the win by hitting two free throws with 36 seconds left. The Hornets attempted a final trey to tie, but Tyson Collins grabbed the rebound.
T.J. Jensen led Oroville with 15 points. The Hornets were coming off an overtime loss to Okanogan.
For the Raiders, Levi Mitchell had 12 points and eight rebounds. Strocsher and Levi Seekins pulled down eight rebounds each. Strocsher added three steals and two assists.
It was Lake Roosevelt's fourth game in seven days.

OROVILLE (12-11) — T.J. Jensen 15, Roth 8, E Jensen 3, Monroe 2, Clark 2, Thrasher 5, Chamberlin 6, Roller 6, LaBaron.

LAKE ROOSEVELT (14-9) — Seekins 7, Wiese 16, Collins 2, Dashiell 7, Strocsher 6, Mitchell 12, Kennedy, Sauer, Roberts.

Oroville	------------	12	26	41	47
Lake Roosevelt	------------	13	22	35	50

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Brewster 65, Okanogan 52
Game 4. (Championship)
At Omak, WA

The Brewster boys are going back to the State 1A basketball tourney.
The Bears earned a trip by beating Okanogan 65-52 Friday at Omak. Brewster had lost to the Bulldogs by 11 points in the regular season finale.
Next up for the Bears is a regional seeding game against Northeast 1A champion Freeman on Saturday, Feb. 26, in Moses Lake. The Scotties beat Liberty 57-53 in their district championship Friday, the team's 21st straight win. Brewster won its first state title against Freeman, 87-73 in 1975.
In the earlier loser-out game at Omak, Lake Roosevelt beat Oroville 50-47. The Raiders face Okanogan at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, at Omak, for a berth to regionals.
That winner faces Liberty on Feb. 26, also at Moses Lake, for the region's third berth to state.
In Friday's district title game, Brewster's Cody Gunn (6 of 6) and Mac Gebbers (4 of 4) led a 14-for-14 free-throw effort in the fourth quarter.
“They got to where they were starting to foul us,” Brewster coach Tim Taylor said. “We made every one of them.”
Gunn netted 20 points and Jason Knowlton added 19 and six rebounds. Daniel Gebbers produced three steals, two assists and nine points, while Ryan Brown had nine points and six rebounds.
“These kids have tremendous heart,” Taylor said. “We're not very big, but what I've been most impressed with is our rebounding from everybody.”
Brewster made a 12-0 second-half run, with Daniel Gebbers' 3-pointer capping it on the first shot of the final period.
The Bears have won eight of their last nine and put together a crisp effort in the title game, turning the ball over just five times.
Brewster built an 11-point lead in the third quarter. However, Okanogan's Bryce Chamberlin canned a 3-pointer and a foul away from the ball led to a five-point play.
Kyle Hill hit for 14 points and Conrad Merkley 12 for Okanogan. Chamberlin finished with 10.
“If somebody would have told me this team would've won league and district, I would have said, ‘Yeah, I hope so,' ” Taylor said. “They really deserve it, playing consistently hard every night.”

OKANOGAN (14-7) — Chamberlin 10, Ecklund, Attridge 5, Goroch 4, K. Hill 14, A. Hill, Burchard, Derting 3, Horner 4, Merkley 12, Martin.

BREWSTER (15-6) — Gunn 20, M. Gebbers 6, D. Gebbers 9, Brown 9, Phillips, Freels, J. Thompson 2, B. Thompson, Knowlton 19, Foyle, Rubio.

Okanogan	------------	13	21	33	52
Brewster	------------	11	21	37	65

Officials:

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Okanogan 50, Lake Roosevelt 39
Game 5. (Winner to regionals, loser out)
At Omak, WA

“We lived to play another game,” Bulldog coach Chris Ferenz said after beating the Raiders.
Okanogan led by nine entering the final quarter. Lake Roosevelt reeled off six straight points before Bryce Chamberlin's two treys gave the momentum back to the Bulldogs.
Okanogan clinched the victory by hitting 13 of 17 free throws.
Chamberlin and Conrad Merkley led Okanogan with 11 points each.
A pair of Levis — Mitchell and Seekins — combined for 21 Raider points.

LAKE ROOSEVELT (14-10) — Seekins 10, Wiese 6, Dashiell 8, Strocsher 2, Mitchell 11, Shields 2, Sauer, Collins.

OKANOGAN (15-7) — Chamberlin 11, Attridge 4, Goroch 3, Horner 9, Merkley 11, Spencer, K. Hill 8, A. Hill, Tonasket 2, Burchard, Derting 2, Martin.

Lake Roosevelt	------------	5	13	22	39
Okanogan	------------	11	22	31	50

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