34th Annual
North Central District "A"
Girls' Basketball Tournament
2009

At Omak High School

Lake Roosevelt
(12-8)

#3 Lake Roosevelt
(11-8)

Score: 43-37
Winner #1
Loser #2

Chelan
(17-4)

Score: 47-39

Cascade
(15-7)

Cascade
(16-7)

Score: 42-41
Winner #3
Loser #4

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Lake Roosevelt 55, Okanogan 26
Game 1.
At Coulee Dam, WA

After splitting two close games with Okanogan during the regular season, Lake Roosevelt got off to a slow start Tuesday before taking control over the final three quarters. The Raiders didn’t score until the final minute of the first quarter, and trailed 7-4 after one, but outscored Okanogan 51-21 the rest of the way.
Melissa Meza and Tiffany Adkins scored 12 points each to lead Lake Roosevelt, and Meza also had 13 rebounds. Morgan Kerr led Okanogan with 11.

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Cascade-Leavenworth 59, Cashmere 41
Game 2.
At Leavenworth, WA

The Cascade girls jumped to a nine-point lead in the first quarter and never looked back, outscoring Cashmere each quarter on the way to a 59-41 victory at home Tuesday night.
The Kodiaks had four players score in the double digits for the first time in Coach Todd Fraker’s tenure with the team. Leah Newell sank 15 points and captured 10 rebounds and five assists to lead the Kodiaks, Brianne Vincent tallied 14, Ashley Wright hit 11 and Amber West added 10. Rachel Lippert topped the Bulldogs with 13.
"We did a nice job of executing our offense and limiting their rebound chances," said Fraker, noting that the Kodiaks captured 41 rebounds and limited Cashmere to 20.

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Tonasket 54, Lake Roosevelt 45
Game 3.
At Omak, WA

The Tonasket Tigers pulled away late to beat the Lake Roosevelt Raiders 54-45 in the Class 1A District 6 girls basketball semifinals on Saturday, setting up a championship match with Chelan at 6 p.m. Saturday in Omak.
The second-seeded Tigers took a 29-24 lead into halftime, but a sluggish third quarter put Lake Roosevelt ahead by three.
"We didn't come out as focused (in the third quarter), and we made mental mistakes," Tonasket coach Greg Moser said.
The Tigers' mental lapses subsided in the final frame, however, as they outscored the Raiders 20-8 to pull away.
"It wasn't comfortable until there was about 14 seconds to go, but the girls shot awesome from the free-throw line in the last four minutes," Moser said.
Cierra Silverthorn led the way with 21 points, 13 rebounds, four steals and two assists for Tonasket, and she held Melissa Meza, Lake Roosevelt's leading scorer throughout the season, to just six points. Jessica Kitterman added 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Tigers.
Tiffany Adkins had 10 points and Meza grabbed 16 rebounds for the Raiders.
Lake Roosevelt plays Cascade at 4:30 p.m. Saturday to determine the No. 3 and 4 seeds to regionals.

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Chelan 46, Cascade-Leavenworth 39
Game 4.
At Omak, WA

The top-seeded Goats outscored Cascade 12-4 in the second quarter to take control and clinch a spot in the championship match.
Jaicee Harris led Chelan with a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds, and she added three assists and three steals.
Amber West had 14 points and 13 rebounds to lead Cascade, but Kodiak star Ashley Wright was limited to six points despite grabbing 17 boards.

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Okanogan 59, Cashmere 51
Game 5. (Loser out)
At Omak, WA

The Okanogan Bulldogs played so much better in the second half than in the first half against Cashmere that one would think it was a different team entirely.
That person would be wrong.
"People thought I made this huge speech at halftime. I really didn’t. We just made more of the shots that we were missing," Okanogan coach Gary Smith said.
Morgan Kerr had 26 of her 30 points in the second half to help Okanogan overcome a 29-18 halftime deficit.
"She just went off. She was unbelievable in the second half," Smith said.
Caitlyn Salgado had 16 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Cashmere, whose season ends with the defeat.
Kerr’s total broke the Caribou Trail League district tournament single-game record, set by none other than Morgan’s mother Jenny Kerr in 1990.

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Cascade-Leavenworth 42, Lake Roosevelt 41
Game 6. (Winner 3rd to regionals, Loser 4th)
At Omak, WA

The Kodiaks had a four-point lead with over three minutes left, and they were just able to hold off Lake Roosevelt for the win.
Ashley Wright’s bucket off a Krista Pfister pass with 3:24 remaining was the last Cascade had for the game, but the Raiders managed just a field goal from Rowena Antone and a lone free throw from Tiffany Adkins down the stretch.
Wright finished with a double-double of 16 points and 14 rebounds, while Amber West chipped in 10 points for the Kodiaks.
Dominique Pleasants’ nine points paced the Raiders, while Melissa Meza added eight points and 10 boards.
Third-seeded Cascade opens regionals against the NEA’s No. 2, Newport, at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Moses Lake. Lake Roosevelt starts off with NEA top-seed Freeman at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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Chelan 43, Tonasket 37
Game 7. (Championship, both to regionals)
At Omak, WA

The Chelan Goats brought home another district championship Saturday night after defeating Tonasket 43-37.
Chelan trailed by one after the first quarter, but it roared back with a 13-4 second quarter to build a comfortable lead.
Though the Goats shot just 27.3 percent from the floor in the second half, it shot a blistering 9-for-18 after halftime, including 2-for-4 from outside. Meanwhile, Tonasket shot just 37.5 percent in the second half.
Tiger post and reigning Caribou Trail League MVP Cierra Silverthorn was held to a somewhat pedestrian 12 points on 5-for-12 for shooting. Silverthorn also grabbed eight rebounds, while Rachel Hutchins had five steals.
Kelli Bowers knocked down all four of Chelan’s treys for a game-high 19 points, and Jaciee Harris had 11 rebounds.
Chelan hosts fifth-seeded Okanogan in the first round of the regional tournament at 6 p.m. Tuesday, while No. 2 seed Tonasket plays Lakeside, the No. 3 seed from the Northeast A League, at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Moses Lake High School.

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