36th Annual
North Central District "A"
Girls' Basketball Tournament
2011
        Tuesday, February 8  

Saturday,

 February 12

   Tuesday, February 8      
        Semifinals  

Fin

als

   Semifinals        
                           
        #3 Cashmere
(13-6)		         #4 Chelan
(7-13)		        
                           
                           
        Game 1 - 7:00pm
@ Leavenworth		   Cascade-Leavenworth
(14-7)		              
            Score: 43-38            
                           
        Game 7 - 7:30pm
@ Cashmere HS		   Cascade (15-7)
Winner #1 to bi-district		 Okanogan (18-4)
Loser #2 to bi-district		            
            Score: 40-34              
                           
              Okanogan
(18-3)		   Game 3 - 7:00pm
@ Okanogan		        
              Score: 44-36          
                           
        #2 Cascade-Leavenworth
(13-7)		         #1 Okanogan
(17-3)		        
                           
                           
            Chelan
(7-14)		              
                         
                         
        Game 5 - 3:00pm
@ Cashmere HS		   Cashmere (14-7)
Winner #3 to bi-district		 Chelan (7-15)
Loser out		          
            Score: 64-52            
                         
              Cashmere
(13-7)		          

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Cascade-Leavenworth 43, Cashmere 38
Game 1 - Tuesday, February 8
7:00pm

After trailing by as many as nine points at home in the third quarter, Cascade got it done with defense in the final period.
“We got (the deficit) down to three by the end of the third, and then in the fourth we played great defense,” Cascade coach Todd Fraker said. “They didn’t score until there was 3:20 left (in the fourth).”
That’s when Stephanie O’Bryan hit the first of her two fourth-quarter 3-pointers. She knocked down her second — the two treys were Cashmere’s only points of the fourth quarter — with 34 seconds left to make it a 39-38 game.
But Jordan McGregor hit a basket with 10 seconds left for the last of her game-high 20 points, and Annie Christie intercepted a pass and scored with a second left to provide the final margin.
“She was huge for us. She had a heck of a game,” Fraker said of McGregor’s final game on her home court in Leavenworth. “I just don’t know what else to say.”
Fraker said the win was especially satisfying after what Cashmere did to his team in the first of three previous meetings this season. The Bulldogs beat the Kodiaks 76-55 in Leavenworth in the season opener for both schools. The teams split their two league games, with Cascade winning the last meeting 53-44 in Cashmere on Jan. 25.
Cashmere (13-7) - Gonzalez 8, O’Bryan 8, Johnson 5, Kaylee Caudill 10, Cunningham 2, Sites 0, Smith 2, Kimes 3, Salgado 0.
Cascade-Leavenworth (14-7) - Guthrie 2, Rieke 0, Graham 2, Jordan McGregor 20, Annie Christie 10, Riddick-Waters 2, Brulotte 1, Cowan 2, Coffin 2, Cheyne 2.
Cashmere ------------ 9 21 32 38
Cascade-Leavenworth ------------ 6 19 29 43

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Okanogan 44, Chelan 36
Game 3 - Tuesday, February 8
7:00pm

The Bulldogs lost a player, gained a player, won a game and kept their coach.
Gary Smith knew he was getting Meka Townsend back Tuesday after she’d missed the last three games while recovering from surgery to repair a heart condition. What he didn’t find out until just before the game was that he’d be without leading scorer Kara Staggs, who aggravated a neck injury that had forced her to miss three games earlier this season.
“When I found that out, I told my wife, ‘I quit, you can go coach ’em’,” Smith said.
Even with Staggs out and Townsend at less than 100 percent, Okanogan managed to hold off Chelan and reach the district finals.
The Bulldogs led just 17-15 at the half, but outscored the Goats 14-6 in the third quarter to pull away.
Tyler Schreckengost had 14 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Bulldogs.
If Okanogan beats Cascade in Saturday’s district championship, it will be Smith’s 230th career Caribou Trail League victory, tying him with former Ephrata coach Don King for the most wins all-time in the league.
Chelan (7-14) - Phelps 7, Robinson 1, Williams 0, Austin 8, Waszkewitz 0, Danielle Smythe 10, Dieterich 9, Schramm 1, Courtney 1.
Okanogan (18-3) - Marchand 8, Reese 7, Parks 0, Schreckengost 14, Morelock 4, Townsend 9, Behymer 3.
Chelan ------------ 9 15 21 36
Okanogan ------------ 12 17 31 44

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Cashmere 64, Chelan 52
Game 5 - Saturday, February 12
At Cashmere, 2:00pm

Cashmere earned a spot in regionals with its outside shooting. The Bulldogs made nine 3-point shots, four coming from the hand of leading scorer Gaby Gonzalez, who finished with a game-high 24 points.
“We shot the ball with confidence,” said Bulldogs coach Chris Cloakey. “We actually made more 3s than 2s. When we shoot like that, we’re pretty tough to beat.”
The Bulldogs opened up a close game in the second quarter, outscoring the Goats 19-10 to take a 14-point lead into halftime.
Cashmere (14-7) - Gaby Gonzales 24, Cunningham 4, O’Bryan 4, Sites 1, Lauren Johnson 13, Caitlyn Salgado 10, Spanger 2, Kimes 2, Smith 2, Kovasch 2, Caudill 0.
Chelan (7-15) - Cari Williams 11, Phelps 9, Robinson 7, Austin 5, Smythe 1, Courtney Dietrich 13, Schramm 2, Habrich 2, Courtney 2, Fox 0, Waszkewitz 0, Hawkins 0.
Cashmere ------------ 12 31 47 64
Chelan ------------ 7 17 31 52

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Cascade-Leavenworth 40, Okanogan 34
Game 7 - Saturday, February 12
At Cashmere, 6:00pm

The Cascade girls basketball team lost to Okanogan by 44 points on Jan. 21. When the squads matched up Saturday for the Caribou League Trail district tournament championship, the Kodiaks used the memory of that loss as motivation.
Cascade rallied from an early deficit to post a 40-34 victory, handing regular season CTL champion Okanogan its first loss to a league foe this year.
The Kodiaks relied on defensive execution, aggressive rebounding and clutch free-throw shooting to post a comeback victory.
“It’s surreal,” said Cascade coach Todd Fraker. “It was an unbelievable win, absolutely huge. They’re obviously a good team, and we actually played up to their level. Since (the Jan. 21 loss), we’ve now won six in a row. That game was a low for us; they really demolished us. Tonight we wanted to match their intensity.”
Okanogan started the game on a 10-1 run and led by five points after the first quarter, but Cascade slowly started to come back and took a one-point lead after three. The Kodiaks held an advantage for the majority of the fourth quarter, and Jordan McGregor (game-high 18 points) made a free throw with 30 seconds left to put the Kodiaks ahead by four points and seal the victory.
“We did a good job of executing on offense after the first quarter,” Fraker said. “Down the stretch we did a good job of contesting their shots and passes.”
Okanogan’s point guard and leading scorer Kara Staggs saw only limited action due to a neck ailment that has given her trouble off and on this season.
“We tried not to play her at all, but we put her in in the third, and she couldn’t play,” Smith said of Staggs, who finished with five points. “Unfortunately I think that’s how our season is going to finish. We didn’t help matters tonight. She did what she could, but she just couldn’t play.”
Cascade (15-7) - Guthrie 2, Rieke 0, Graham 8, Jordan McGregor 18, Christie 6, Riddick-Waters 0, Brulotte 0, Cowan 2, Coffin 1, Cheyne 2.
Okanogan (18-4) - Kolby Marchand 12, Reese 0, Schreckengost 7, Townsend 2, Behymer 4, Staggs 5, Morelock 4.
Cascade ------------ 5 19 26 40
Okanogan ------------ 10 20 25 34

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Tournament Scoring Leaders
Player Team Total Points Games Played Average
Jordan McGregor (Sr) Cascade-Leavenworth 38 2 19.0
Gaby Gonzalez (Jr) Cashmere 32 2 16.0
Courtney Dietrich (Soph) Chelan 22 2 11.0
Tyler Schreckengost (Jr) Okanogan 21 2 10.5
Kolby Marchand (Soph) Okanogan 20 2 10.0