46th Annual
North Central District "A"
Boys Basketball Tournament
2003

Champ

ionship

Febr

uary 22

Brew
(22

ster
-0)

Score

: 83-61

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Lake Roosevelt 61, Okanogan 46
Game 1.
At Okanogan, WA

Second-seeded Lake Roosevelt used a hot second quarter to take control against Okanogan, winning 61-46 in the opener. Undefeated Brewster topped the century mark for the first time this season, beating Liberty Bell 105-52.
Tourney play continues Saturday, with Brewster playing Lake Roosevelt for the district title at 7:30 p.m.
The winner also earns a top seed into the District 6/7 Regionals next week at Moses Lake, waiting until next Friday to play. The championship loser is automatically the second seed, a change from the original brackets. The second seed opens play Wednesday in an 8 p.m. loser-out game.
Meanwhile, Okanogan battles Liberty Bell at 6 Saturday for the third seed directly into regionals. This is a loser-out game, the winner playing at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
The Raiders forged ahead with a 17-4 burst. Lake Roosevelt guard Levi Morris then scored 11 of his season-high 23 points in the third quarter.
“He's so quick,” Okanogan coach Jay Staggs said of Morris. “He kept driving into the lane and getting a three-point play.”
The Bulldogs stayed close early, draining four 3-pointers, two by J.D. Wilson. Okanogan was hampered when Mike Roach picked up his third foul early in the second quarter.
“Our plan was to be more aggressive, trying to go inside,” Lake Roosevelt coach Brad Wilson said.

OKANOGAN (9-12) - Justus, Wilson 15, Brown, Bent 4, Goroch 6, Watt 13, Way, Yusi, Smith, Roach 8.

LAKE ROOSEVELT (15-6) - Fercha, Jas. Erickson 4, Jar. Erickson, George, Collins 2, Breeze 15, Meagher, Adrian, Barry 7, Morris 26, Roberts 5, Sauer 2.

Okanogan	------------	16	20	34	46
Lake Roosevelt	------------	13	40	54	61

Highlights: Okanogan— Wilson (2 3-ptrs in 1st qtr). Lake Roosevelt— Morris (11 pts in 3rd qtr, 6-6 FT).

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Brewster 105, Liberty Bell 52
Game 2.
At Okanogan, WA

Undefeated Brewster topped the century mark for the first time this season, beating Liberty Bell 105-52.
The Bears scored 36 points in the opening quarter, led by David Pendergraft with nine of his game-high 23 points and Andy Hill tallying seven of his 17 points.
Brewster dished out a season-high 24 assists.
“We really moved the ball well,” Bear coach Tim Taylor said. “This was our best passing game of the season.”
Michael Kulsrud led Liberty Bell with 14 points.

Liberty Bell -

Brewster -

Liberty Bell	------------				52
Brewster	------------				105

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Brewster 83, Lake Roosevelt 61
Game 3. (Championship)
At Okanogan, WA

Another goal was accomplished by the Brewster boys' basketball team.
The Bears won the North Central District 1A title Saturday, beating Lake Roosevelt 83-61 at Okanogan. Brewster (22-0) waits until Friday to play in the District 6/7 Regionals.
Lake Roosevelt and Okanogan also advance to regionals. Okanogan earned the third seed, beating Liberty Bell 68-53 in a loser-out game.
Regional plays starts with loser-out games Wednesday at Moses Lake High. Okanogan faces Kettle Falls (No. 2 from the Northeast 1A) at 6 p.m. Second-seed Lake Roosevelt meets Northwest Christian at 8 p.m.
Brewster awaits the Okanogan-Kettle Falls winner, meeting in a tentatively-scheduled 6 p.m. Friday game at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake.
The Raiders bolted to an 8-0 lead before Brewster countered with eight straight of its own.
The Bears made big use of a 46-24 advantage over the middle quarters.
“We didn't have a great start,” Brewster coach Tim Taylor said. “We haven't been behind much this year. I thought the kids kept their wits about them and put on a pretty good spurt to take the halftime lead.”
The Bears converted 26 of 28 free throws (93 percent).
“Give Lake Roosevelt credit, they came to play,” Taylor said. “We've whipped them a couple times, but they played a good ball game. They're big, physical and rough.”
The coach praised Tyler Evans coming off the bench for 16 points. “He played really good defense and got some boards, made some put-backs. He also hit 7 of 8 free throws.”
David Pendergraft buried four 3-pointers en route to a 25-point night. He also grabbed eight rebounds. Andy Hill added 16 points and eight boards, and Michael Taylor chipped in 12 points.
Levi Morris and Steve Breeze combined for 23 points to pace the Raiders.

LAKE ROOSEVELT (15-7) - Breeze 11, Barnaby 6, Collins 3, Jar. Erickson 8, Meagher 4, Morris 12, Roberts 8, Jas. Erickson 9, Fercha.

BREWSTER (22-0) - Phillips, M. Gebbers 6, H. Gebbers 5, Brown 3, Hill 16, Hobart, Pendergraft 25, Evans 16, Taylor 12.

Lake Roosevelt	------------	15	30	39	61
Brewster	------------	13	38	59	83

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Okanogan 68, Liberty Bell 53
Game 4. (Winner to regionals, loser out)
At Okanogan, WA

The Bulldogs scored 41 points in the second half to advance to regionals.
J.D. Wilson led the way, matching his career-high of 38 points. He hit four treys in the second quarter and added 20 after halftime.
Those points included back-to-back treys. Dave Brown added a trey as well.
“Dave was our MVP this game,” Okanogan coach Jay Staggs said. “He did a great job of blocking out. I think Liberty Bell, a huge team, had just one or two offensive rebounds in the second half.”

LIBERTY BELL (7-16) - Gardner 5, Friggione, Houser 7, DeKalb, Nickell Lundgren 2, C. Scott 9, Ellis, Paluck 11, Kulsrud 19.

OKANOGAN (10-12) - Justus, Wilson 38, Bush, Brown 7, Bent, Goroch 6, Watt 4, Way, Ucysi, Smith, Roach 13.

Liberty Bell	------------	20	30	41	53
Okanogan	------------	13	27	48	68

Highlights: Okanogan - Brown (11 rebounds).

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