49th Annual
North Central District "A"
Boys Basketball Tournament
2006

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Oroville 53, Tonasket 48
Wildcard 1, loser out
At Oroville, WA

In the other District 1A game, Jake Rowton scored 16 points and Zac Kinman added 14 to lead Oroville to a 53-48 win over Tonasket. Gerad Moser led the Tigers with 18, and Jordan Wells added 14.

TONASKET (6-15) - Osborne 8, Stoddard 7, Timmerman 1, Wells 14, Moser 18, Clarkson.

OROVILLE (10-11) - Rowton 16, Guiterrez 4, Reese 11, Guenther 1, Kinman 14, David 1, Glough 6, Wolley.

Tonasket	------------	12	24	37	48
Oroville	------------	7	20	33	53

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Liberty Bell 64, Okanogan 51
Wildcard 2, loser out
At Okanogan, WA

The North Central District 1A boys tournament claimed its first upset victim Tuesday night.
Coming off a surprise win over Tonasket, Okanogan came out flat in loser-out play and lost to the same Liberty Bell team it beat by 10 a week ago.
Kendall Scott dumped in 23 points to lead the Mountain Lions to a 64-51 win, ending the Bulldogs’ season. Connor Walsh added 14 points.
Taylor Horner led Okanogan with 17 points.

LIBERTY BELL (7-14) - Siegler 6, Rowland 3, Walsh 14, Byers, Scott 23, Donnett 2, Ahrens 5, Ward, Clements 11.

OKANOGAN (10-11) - Justus 4, Adolph 11, Yusi 4, Cardenas 6, Mills 2, Zamudio, Horner 17, Smith 5, Way, Nearants 2.

Liberty Bell	------------	16	30	50	64
Okanogan	------------	9	19	36	51

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Lake Roosevelt 47, Oroville 40
Game 1.
At Brewster, WA

Brewster next plays Lake Roosevelt at home in the CTL district championship on Thursday. The Raiders beat Oroville 47-40 with junior guard Jonathan St. Pierre leading the team with 12 points. Jake Rowton also sunk 12 for the Hornets in the loss.
"We believe we've been playing our best basketball at the end," Lake Roosevelt head coach Brad Wilson said. "We think anything's possible."

OROVILLE (9-12) - Rowton 12, Gutierrez 4, Kinman 9, Guenther 3, David 10, Wooley, Clough 2.

LAKE ROOSEVELT (10-11) - Adkins, Seekins 7, Tohee 9, St. Pierre 12, Jim, Carlson 7, Dick 4, Heintz 2, Pleasants 7.

Oroville	------------	12	19	26	40
Lake Roosevelt	------------	11	26	35	47

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Brewster 89, Liberty Bell 38
Game 2.
At Brewster, WA

The Brewster boys toppled Liberty Bell 89-38 in Friday's North Central District 1A boys' basketball semifinals.
While Brewster has grabbed the state title two of the last three years, losing last year to Bellevue Christian, head coach Tim Taylor said the Bears are trying not to look too far down the road.
"We're not thinking about that yet," Taylor said of the state title. "But we'll give her a go."
Brewster built a 50-12 lead in the first half. Michael Taylor led the Bears in the three biggest categories with 24 points, nine rebounds and sevens assist. Kendall Scott sunk 12 for Liberty Bell in the losing effort.

LIBERTY BELL (6-15) - Sigler 4, Rowland 2, Walsh 5, McCauley, Scott 12, Donnet 4, Ahrens 5, Ward, Miniagluk 2, Clements 4, Beyers, Orme.

BREWSTER (20-1) - Brown, Benson 3, Marisgal, W. Gebbers 6, Scheller 3, Satler, McCormick 12, C. Gebbers 15, Gipson 13, Burgher 2, LaMoreaux 10, Taylor 24.

Liberty Bell	------------	5	12	23	38
Brewster	------------	24	50	69	89

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Oroville 56, Liberty Bell 54 (OT)
Game 3. (Winner to regionals, loser out)
At Brewster, WA

The Oroville boys had plenty of drama Tuesday in a dramatic 56-54 overtime win over Liberty Bell in a North Central District 1A loser-out game.
Sophomore Zach Kinman sank both his free throws with one second left in the overtime period to seal the win for the Hornets.
“He stepped up right like he was an upper classman,” Oroville coach Carl Ivenson said. “That kind of saved our bacon.”
The Hornets found themselves down by three with ten seconds remaining. After a timeout, Oroville failed to execute the designed play, but Pierre David grabbed the rebound and shot it out to Nick Guitierrez, who sank the 3 as time expired, extending the game.

Liberty Bell (6-16) -

Oroville (10-12) -

Liberty Bell	------------
Oroville	------------

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Brewster 96, Lake Roosevelt 25
Game 4. (Winner to state, loser to regionals)
At Brewster, WA

BREWSTER — Michael Taylor wasn’t used to seeing his dad so fired up before a game.
Taylor’s father, Brewster coach Tim Taylor, put some extra pep in his pre-game talk before Thursday’s District 6 championship against Lake Roosevelt.
“That was the first time he’s been pumped up all year,” Michael Taylor said. “He was pacing before the game. He was saying they (Lake Roosevelt) are not going to score — that we were going to take them out of their game and play our game.”
It worked.
The No. 1-ranked Bears put the pedal to the metal in the first quarter and shellacked the Raiders 96-25 in front of a packed house at their home gym.
Brewster moves on to the state 1A tournament beginning Wednesday in Yakima. Lake Roosevelt will play Freeman in a loser-out regional tournament game at 3 p.m. Saturday at Brewster.
Look out, Brewster foes at state.
Tim Taylor said his team is playing its best basketball of the season. The Bears have returned from Yakima with the state championship trophy in two of the past three years.
"It was a tremendous display of defense and good ball movement on offense,” he said. “We’re on the attack all the time. We feed off our defense.”
Michael Taylor scored 16 of his 26 points in the first quarter as Brewster took a 24-3 lead. Taylor, an all-state senior guard who is headed to Eastern Washington University next year to play college ball, used spin moves, quick acceleration and jaw-dropping crossover fakes to get open looks. The Bears pressed on defense and scored in flurries in transition.
“The faster we play, the better we play,” Michael Taylor said.
After Clay Gebbers hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the second quarter, the score was 42-3. Brewster led 55-7 at the half.
The Bears outrebounded Lake Roosevelt 44-12 and forced 21 turnovers, committing just four.
The No. 1-ranked Bears shared the wealth with five players scoring in double figures. Gebbers and Chase LaMoreaux each scored 14 points. Nate Burgher had 12 and Rocky Gipson chipped in 10. Tim Taylor said his team thrives on its cohesion and unselfishness.
“We have no big egos,” he said.
Brewster made the extra passes and finished with 19 team assists.
Conversely, Lake Roosevelt struggled to locate teammates against the Bears’ aggressive defense and finished with one assist. Sophomore Coby Dick scored seven points in the loss.
But Lake Roosevelt wasn’t alone on the wrong side of a lopsided game against Brewster. The Bears have outscored the opposition by an average of 79-48 this season. Brewster’s only loss came in its Dec. 10 opener at Bellevue Christian — the same team that beat Brewster in last year’s state championship game in overtime.
Tim Taylor said his team will enjoy the extra days off to rest before the state tournament. Michael Taylor said it won’t be very relaxing, however, because the team has stepped up its practice intensity.

LAKE ROOSEVELT (10-12) - Adkins 1, Seekins, Salas 5, Tohee 2, St. Pierre 5, Jim, Carlson 2, Dick 7, Heintz, Jess, Pleasants 3, Payne.

BREWSTER (21-1) - Benson 2, Mariscal 1, W. Gebbers 6, Sattler 5, McCormack 6, C. Gebbers 14, Gipson 10, Burgher 12, LaMoreaux 14, Taylor 26.

Lake Roosevelt	------------	3	7	15	25
Brewster	------------	24	55	76	96

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