3rd Annual
North Central District "A"
District Boys Basketball Tournament
1960

Champ

ionship

Qui

ncy

Score

: 51-38

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Cashmere 55, Oroville 39
Game 1. (Loser out)
At Ephrata, WA

Jim Kinkade, the hustling tennis player with the bum knee put Cashmere in command with an early flurry of exciting point-making, then brothers John and Lynn McDonald took over in the second half as the Bulldogs were constructing a 40-25 lead that most certainly appeared insurmountable.
But, in the fourth quarter an aroused nest of Hornets swarmed all over the Bulldogs to quickly change complexion of this game.
Limited to just seven field goals while trying to shoot over the Cashmere zone during the first three heats, the Hornets began to find the range in the final period.
Gene Wiley, who hit three buckets from outside by mid-period, Len Konosen and Gary Thrasher were the main contributors.  A full-court press was instrumental in lifting the Hornets to within six points, 45-39, with 3:22 still to play.  But, the Hornet attack died as they missed a pair of cripples which might have turned the tide.
Oroville fouls in the last two minutes of play enabled the Bulldogs to pull away.

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Quincy 51, Omak 38
Game 2. (Championship, winner to state)
At Ephrata, WA

Omak's high-flying Pioneers came crashing down here Friday night, but they get another chance to qualify for the State Class A basketball tournament when they meet Cashmere in the North Central District's second-place battle here Saturday at 8pm.
Upstart Quincy, champions of the North Central League, played the role of spoiler again Friday night as they cut down the top-ranked Pioneers and snatched the district championship crown.
The Pioneers had taken a record of 20-0 and the number one state ranking into the championship battle. A massive following of Omak fans were among the screaming hordes who jammed this gym to overflowing Friday night.
With star guard Brent Peterson on the sidelines nursing a cracked wrist, Gary Sund hit the spark which propelled the Jackrabbits to victory.
Peterson, the North Central League's scoring leader, watched the last three quarters of action from the bench.  A slip in the showers after Thursday night's practice session resulted in a sprained wrist for Peterson.  He started the game, but soon showed the effects of the injury.
The Pioneers and Jackrabbits were involved in an exciting, see-saw battle before Sund opened up his artillery which put the Jacks in control.
Billy Sund, Gary's look-alike younger brother, touched-off the rally which sent the Jacks winging ahead.  Bill hit a shot and a free throw to give Quincy an 18-15 lead midway through the second quarter.
Then Gary banged in four points before halftime to give Quincy a 22-19 advantage at halftime.
The midway recess did not affect Gary's shooting eye. He accounted for Quincy's next eight points by connecting on a series of long jump shots.  In spite of that display of shooting, the Pioneers twice had trimmed the lead to two points before the Jacks vaulted away.  Jimmy Manly's 40-footer at the third buzzer gave Quincy a seven-point lead.
The Jacks allowed the Pioneers to get no closer than five points during the remaining action, although they scored just one field goal in the fourth quarter.  Quincy preserved their lead by employing a stalling offense and by capitalizing at the free throw line. They erected a 46-38 bulge by hitting on eight-of-ten free throw attempts.
With 6-5 Andy Precht impressively sweeping the boards, Omak had rolled away to an early 6-0 lead, but by the middle of the first period Dave Martin and Peterson had teamed-up to lift Quincy into a 6-6 deadlock.
The Pioneers bolted ahead, 12-9, at the first stop and maintained the lead until midway in the second quarter when the Sund boys went to work.
Omak, hitting just one of 13 shots attempted in the second quarter was unable to capitalize on stolen passes and Quincy's numerous mistakes.  Roy Grady, who picked up his third foul early in the period, went to the sidelines and remained there until the second half.
Overall, the Pioneers had a poor shooting night while the Jacks were guilty of an unusual number of mistakes and violations.  Omak hit only 13-of-56 shots and Quincy made 15-of-42. The Jacks connected on seven of 12 shots in the third quarter to crack the game open.
Precht was an imposing rebound machine, particularly in early action, but Quincy's Lance Packer gave the big, hard-working Pioneer a tussle for the rebounds in the second half.

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Omak 52, Cashmere 44
Game 3. (Winner to state, loser out)
At Ephrata, WA

After dropping its first decision in 21 games this season in the district battle Friday night, Gene Hoon's Omak Pioneers bounced back Saturday to trip the ever-troublesome Cashmere Bulldogs and nail down the second state berth from District 6.
The Pioneers swept through the regular season with an unblemished record and were the state's number one ranked Class A team.
The Pioneers, still nursing a shaky halftime lead, broke away in the third quarter and led by margins of 11 and 13 points at the outset of the fourth period. Cashmere's desperate Bulldogs launched a last-ditch rally that trimmed the deficit to six points on two occasions in the fourth quarter as Ron Witten, Jim Kinkade and Jerry Monroe came through with a rash of points. But the Bulldogs' 18-point splurge in that quarter fell a little short.
Neither team was able to connect with any consistency during the first half.  Not a field goal was scored in the opening three-and-a-half minutes of play, then the Pioneers finally grabbed the lead and were on top, 11-6, by period's end.
The Bulldogs, twice came within a single point of catching the Pioneers in the second quarter before dropping three points off the pace at the intermission buzzer.
Big Andy Precht, who had 16 chances at the free throw line and connected on nine of them, led the Pioneers in rebounding and scoring.  He had 23 points, while teammate Roy Grady contributed 12.
Lynn McDonald led the Bulldogs with a dozen. Kinkade, who re-injured a banged up knee Friday night, played only in the fourth quarter.