6th Annual
North Central District "A"
Girls Basketball Tournament
1981
  First Round Semifinals

Champ

ionship

 Semifinals First Round  
    Feb. 17   Feb. 20  

Feb.

 27

   Feb. 20   Feb. 17    
    @ higher seeds   @ Omak  

@ O

mak

   @ Omak   @ higher seeds   District Main
                           
    #6 Tonasket
(9-8)		                 #5 Okanogan
(14-6)		    
                       
                       
    Game 1.   Tonasket
(10-8)		         Lake Roosevelt
(15-5)		   Game 3.    
        Score: 41-29         Score: 46-38        
                           
    #3 Ephrata
(13-7)		   Game 7.   Tonasket
(11-8)		         #4 Lake Roosevelt
(14-5)		    
        Score: 53-36            
                           
        Game 12.  

Cash
District 

mere
Champion

            
           

Score

: 69-26

            
                   
    #7 Leavenworth
(9-11)		         Cashmere
(18-2)		   Game 8.   #8 Liberty Bell
(5-14)		    
            Score: 53-36          
                           
    Game 2.   Quincy
(15-2)		         Cashmere
(17-2)		   Game 4.    
        Score: 40-30     Score: 74-35        
                           
    #2 Quincy
(14-2)		                 #1 Cashmere
(16-2)		    
                     
Losers Bracket
mmmm
    Ephrata
(13-8)		    

Tonasket
(11-9)

          
    Game 5.
@ Okanogan		   Leavenworth
(10-12)		                  
    Leavenworth
(9-12)		   Score: 44-41              
        Game 9.
@ Omak
Loser out		   Lake Roosevelt
(16-6) 		 

Game 13.
@ Eastmont
Loser 3rd

  

Lake Roosevelt
(18-6)

      
            Score: 61-38      

Score: 50-40
#2 seed to state

      
        Lake Roosevelt
(15-6)		                  
        Game 11.
@ Omak
Loser 4th 		  Lake Roosevelt
(17-6)		          
        Quincy
(15-3)		       Score: 40-29          
                           
    Game 10.
@ Omak
Loser out		   Quincy
(16-3) 		             
    Okanogan
(14-7)		       Score: 50-43              
    Game 6.
@ Okanogan		   Okanogan
(15-7)		                  
    Liberty Bell
(5-15)		   Score: 43-38                  

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Tonasket 41, Ephrata 29
Game 1.
At Ephrata, WA

An excellent third quarter was the key for the Tonasket Tigers in a surprising 41-29 victory over the third-seeded Ephrata Tigers, whose ranks were depleted by disciplinary suspensions (Wendy Bannon, Bonnie McLauchlin, Rene Compton).
Tonasket outscored Ephrata, 17-8, in the third quarter to overcome a 12-10 halftime deficit and take the lead for good.
Stacy McIntyre and Janet Hedlund keyed that third period uprising, scoring nine and eight points, respectively.
McIntyre finished with a game-high 12 points, while Hedlund scored 10 and Jill Fisher added nine to the Tonasket total.
Ephrata was led by Holly Lehmann's seven points. Angelina Andrews grabbed 11 rebounds for Ephrata.
Ephrata shot a dismal 22.4 percent from the field (11-of-49), while Tonasket hit 18-of-56 field goal attempts (32.1%).

Tonasket (10-8) - .McIntyre 12, Hedlund 10, Fisher 9, Allemandi 4, Mills 2, Halsted 4.
Ephrata (13-8) - Fuchs 6, Andrews 6, Lehmann 7, Panerio 2, Wyman 2, Harvill 3, Monson 3.
Tonasket ------------ 6 10 27 41
Ephrata ------------ 4 12 20 29

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Quincy 40, Leavenworth 30
Game 2.
At Quincy, WA

Defense, a 2-1-2 zone, was the key for the Jackrabbits, as they held Leavenworth to just one field goal in the first quarter and blanked the Grizzlies from the field in the third period.
Quincy jumped to an 11-4 first period lead and stretched the margin to 32-13 after three periods. Leavenworth battled back in the final quarter to make the score respectable.
"We had beaten them a couple of times pretty badly (54-35 and 57-29) so it was probably hard for your girls to get up, " said Quincy coach Neal Powell.  "I thought they played pretty well under the circumstances."
Powell also said Leavenworth was an improved club.
Tami Young had an outstanding game in limited action for Quincy, collected 13 points and 13 rebounds. Donna Street picked off 10 rebounds for the Jacks.
Cecilia Krakovsky and Tracy Ostella led the Grizzlies with seven points each.

Leavenworth (9-12) - Satterfield 2, Parkins 4, Parsons 2, Ostella 7, Hall 6, Krakovsky 7, Motteler 2..
Quincy (15-2) - Street 8, Grigg 8, Hewitt 3, Pam Young 6, Konen 2, Tami Young 13.
Leavenworth

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 4 12 13 30
Quincy

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 11 24 32 40

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Lake Roosevelt 46, Okanogan 38
Game 3.
At Coulee Dam, WA

Lisa Barnaby fired in a season-high 16 points, including nine in the second half, to lead the Raiders to the win.
"She played a fine game," said Raider coach Jay Runkel of the junior guard.
Heidi Roberts contributed 10 points and Lisa Loe collected eight for the Raiders, who defeated Okanogan for the third straight time this season.
The Bulldogs' balanced attack featured Brenda Hunt's nine points and Sheri Duke's eight.
Lake Roosevelt led just 23-20 at intermission, but outscored Okanogan, 12-4, in the third period to gain control.
"For being such a young ball club I thought they did a fine job," Runkel said of his girls. "We got all the kinks out and are ready to play some ball."

Okanogan (14-7) - Hunt 9, Duke 8, Pfeiffer 1, Hallie Merriman 3, Jennifer Merriman 4, Burchett 6, Derting 7.
Lake Roosevelt (15-5) - Barnaby 16, Frost 3, Love 2, Loe 8, Haugen 5, Roberts 10, Ware 2.
Okanogan ------------ 13 20 24 38
Lake Roosevelt ------------ 11 23 35 46

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Cashmere 74, Liberty Bell 35
Game 4.
At Cashmere, WA

"It was a good start," said Cashmere coach Sue Gasbar. "We scored a lot of points."
It was the highest point-total of the year for the Bulldogs, and they did it with four double-figure scorers.
Gee Gee Goble led the way with 21 points and 14 rebounds, Fawnda Wannschaff collected 13 points and seven rebounds, Michele Robertson tossed in 11 points and Ruth Roys added 10.
Terri Judd paced the Mountain Lions with nine points.
Cashmere, which shot a fine 48.5 percent from the field (33-of-68), built a 17-9 first quarter lead and steadily added to the margin.
It was the 14th win in a row for the Bulldogs.

Liberty Bell (5-15) - Judd 9, Reece 7, Christianson 7, Legg 5, Coates 4, Haugen 2, Nillies 1.
Cashmere (17-2) - Goble 21, Wannschaff 13, Roys 10, Robertson 11, Strutzel 8, Gilmer 6, Parkins 4, Franklin 1.
Liberty Bell ------------ 9 19 23 35
Cashmere ------------ 17 34 53 74

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Leavenworth 44, Ephrata 41
Game 5. (Loser out)
At Okanogan High School

The Grizzlies knocked off Ephrata with the help of two clutch baskets n the final moments by Cecilia Krakovsky.
The game was fiercely competitive, but Leavenworth never led until Tracy Ostella's free throw one second into the fourth quarter made it 28-27. Once the Grizzlies got that lead, though, they never relinquished it.
Leavenworth won the game without producing a double-figure. Ostella led the way with nine and Krakovsky added seven.
Tina Fuchs topped Ephrata with eight.

Leavenworth (10-12) - Ostella 9, West 6, Satterfield 6, Krakovsky 7, Wallsdorf 5, Parkins 2, Parsons, Motteler 3, Hall 6.
Ephrata (13-9) - Lehmann 6, Wyman 6, Fuchs 8, Anderson 4, Moore 3, Panerio 3, Herman 5, Monson 2, Harvill 3, Longworth1.  
Leavenworth ------------ 9 19 27 44
Ephrata ------------ 10 20 27 41
Officials: Bowden and McCollough

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Okanogan 43, Liberty Bell 38
Game 6. (Loser out)
At Okanogan High School

Beth Campbell and Brenda Hunt accounted for all but seven points of Okanogan's points.
Campbell scored a career-high 19 points, her previous best was 13, collected five steals and also pounded the boards for 19 rebounds.
Hunt snapped in 17 points for the Bulldogs, which also got an inspirational performance from reserved Jill Pfeiffer, who dished out nine steals and gathered 10 rebounds.
Okanogan led throughout the game, Liberty Bell getting to within two points only once in the second half.
The Bulldogs performance at the charity stripe, 11-of-16, "made the difference," said Okanogan coach Dick Merriman. 
Teri Judd topped the Lions with nine points and Julie Christianson netted eight.
It was Okanogan's first district win since the 1975 tournament held at Waterville. 

Liberty Bell (5-15) - Christianson 8, Reese 2, Coates 6, Judd 9, Haugen 4, Legg 7, Nilles 2.
Okanogan (15-7) -  Hunt 17, Campbell 19, Duke 2, Hallie Merriman 1, Derting 2, Jennifer Merriman 2, Pfeiffer.
Liberty Bell

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 10 21 29 38
Okanogan

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 11 23 35 43

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Tonasket 53, Quincy 36
Game 7. (Semifinal)
At Omak High School

Rod Armbruster's Tonasket's Tigers, seeded sixth and boasting only a .500 record, stunned Quincy, 53-36, in the semifinals of the North Central District girls basketball tournament at Omak Friday night and will clash with tourney favorite Cashmere in the championship game next week.
The Tigers, trailing 18-15 at the half, erupted for 22 points in the third quarter alone to take a 37-25 lead. Stacy McIntyre's eight points in the quarter and six apiece by Janet Hedlund and Jill Fisher sparked the Tonasket uprising.
Tonasket's big advantage at the free throw line was crucial. The Tigers sank 23-of-36 attempts there compared to Quincy's 12-of-23.
Quincy was whistled for 29 fouls, Tonasket 21. Five Jackrabbit players fouled out.
McIntyre finished with 16 points for Tonasket. Hedlund netted 15 and Fisher had 10.
Pam Young topped Quincy with 11 points and Kelly Grigg totaled 10.

Quincy (15-3) - Street 3, Grigg 10, Pam Young 11, Konen 4, Tami Young 3, Ray, Dreher, Gardner, Ambriz, Hewitt 3, Walton 2, Mora.
Tonasket (11-8) - Allemandi 4, Fisher 10, McIntyre 16, Mills 5, Hedlund 15, Halsted 2, Pilkinton 1.
Quincy ------------ 8 18 25 36
Tonasket ------------ 11 15 37 53
Officials: Terry and Williams

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Cashmere 53, Lake Roosevelt 36
Game 8. (Semifinal)
At Omak High School

Coach Sue Gasbar's Cashmere Bulldogs extended its winning streak to 15 games, but it wasn't easy.
The Bulldogs did lead all the way, but Lake Roosevelt stayed in contention until the final minutes.
Fawnda Wannschaff's great fourth-quarter shooting made the difference for the Bulldogs. She scored half of her 16 points in the final period.
Michelle Robertson tallied 12 points for Cashmere and Gee Gee Goble added 10.
Shanee Haugen and Lisa Barnaby both totaled 10 points for the Raiders. Reserve Glennis Ware contributed eight.

Lake Roosevelt (15-6) - Loe 3, Barnaby 10, Frost 6, Roberts 5, Haugen 10, Pryor, Ware 8, Morgan 2.
Cashmere (18-2) - Strutzel 9, Franklin 2, Wannschaff 16, Robertson 12, Goble 10, Parkins 4, Roys, Shaffer, Wixom. 
Lake Roosevelt ------------ 11 21 30 44
Cashmere ------------ 14 26 38 53
Officials: Pock and Wells

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Lake Roosevelt 61, Leavenworth 38
Game 9. (Loser out)
At Omak High School

Lake Roosevelt constructed a 15-point lead in the first half and was threatened only once thereafter, when Leavenworth managed to cut the deficit to 11 points early in the third quarter.
Eleven Raiders got into the scoring column, led by Marie Frost's 15-point spree and Shanee Haugen's seven.
Julie Satterfield netted 10 points and Linda Hall had eight for Leavenworth.

Lake Roosevelt (16-6) - Barnaby 5, Frost 15, Roberts 6, Haugen 7, Ware 4, Seaver 2, Loe, Love 4, Pryor 6, DePoe 6, Picard 2, Morgan 4.
Leavenworth (10-13) - Magee, Ostella 4, Hall 8, Satterfield 10, Krakovsky 2, West, Motteler, Judy Satterfield 5, Walsdorf 6, Parkins 1, Parsons.
Lake Roosevelt ------------ 18 32 51 61
Leavenworth ------------ 7 17 25 38
Officials: Alexander and Wells.

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Quincy 50, Okanogan 43
Game 10. (Loser out)
At Omak, WA

The Jacks stayed alive in the race for the number two state berth in the resumption of the North Central District girls basketball tournament here Thursday night.
Quincy held Okanogan to just two points in the third quarter, building a 37-22 lead in the process, and it was a good thing for the Jackrabbits they had the cushion.
Okanogan, down 17 points at one stage, generated a remarkable fourth-quarter rally which cut the big deficit to 45-43 before Quincy regained control.
Pam Young led Quincy with 12 points and Kelly Grigg and Tami Young each added 10.
Brenda Hunt and Beth Campbell each scored eight for Okanogan. Campbell getting six of her points during the Bulldog's 21-point fourth-quarter splurge.

Quincy (16-3) - Street 8, Grigg 10, Pam Young 12, Konen 4, Tami Young 10, Ambriz, Hewitt 6, Walton, Ray. 
Okanogan (15-8) - Hallie Merriman 4, Hunt 8, Campbell 8, VanBrunt 3, Derting 7, Pfeiffer 2, Condon 3, Burchett, Jennifer Merriman 4, Duke 4, Randall.
Quincy

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 8 23 37 50
Okanogan

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 10 20 22 43
Officials: Weis and Tews

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Lake Roosevelt 40, Quincy 29
Game 11. (Loser out)
At Omak High School

For awhile, it looked like Lake Roosevelt might pull defeat out of the jaws of victory.
But cool heads prevailed, as the Raiders overcame a scrappy Quincy squad in a game full of turnovers and mistakes.
With the score knotted at 25-all at the six minute mark of the final period, Lake Roosevelt's Heidi Roberts hit a couple of crucial foul shots, and Glennis Ware followed with a jump shot to make the score 29-25. Quincy never got closer, setting the stage for tonight's game at Eastmont against Tonasket for the district's number two state berth.
The first half was marred by turnover after turnover. On his way to the locker-room, Lake Roosevelt coach Jay Runkel just shook his head and groaned heavily when asked about the miscues.
Lisa Barnaby led a Lake Roosevelt second-quarter blitz, swishing four perimeter shots, and giving the Raiders what looked like a comfortable 20-13 lead at intermission.
In the third quarter, Quincy finally got going and started using their superior size inside.
Guard Tami Young hit two baskets as Quincy narrowed the margin to 23-19 at the close of the period.
"We played with composure when we needed to," explained Runkel. He credited the inside play of the 5-10 Roberts as a real key to the game.
Being and undersized team, he said, has been one of the biggest obstacles the Raiders have faced all year.
Barnaby led all scorers with 14 points for Lake Roosevelt, including some crucial fourth-quarter free throws, and Roberts added 11.
For Quincy, Tami Young totaled nine points and 6-1 senior Kathy Konen ended her career with an eight-point performance.

Lake Roosevelt (17-6) - Barnaby 14, Frost 6, Roberts 11, Haugen, Ware 6, Pryor.
Quincy (16-4) - Street 5, Grigg 3, Pam Young 4, Konen 8, Tami Young 9, Ambriz, Hewitt , Walton.
Lake Roosevelt ------------ 8 20 23 40
Quincy ------------ 7 13 19 29
Officials: Wells and Alexander 

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Cashmere 69, Tonasket 26
Game 12 (Championship)
At Omak High School

All right, Cashmere, start re-packing your suitcases.
Yes sir, the girls basketball squad is going to the State A tournament in Tacoma, as a deserving district champions, after thrashing Tonasket 69-26 at the Omak High School gymnasium Friday night.
"It's nice that somebody's going (to the tournament)," said Cashmere coach Sue Gasbar, referring to the Bulldog boy's team, which lost its bid for a berth on Thursday night.
And in the process, Gee Gee Goble, the high-scoring pivot for Cashmere, set a tournament record by going on a 27-point spree.
Goble, who hit most of her shots from the inside, also tied the record for the most field goals in a game, with 12.
Cashmere played like finely-tuned sports car, particularly in the second half when their swarming, hustling defense held Tonasket to only 12 points on five field goals. Rarely did the Tigers get an offensive rebound or even get inside for a shot. No stats were kept on blocked shots, but Cashmere must have had two dozen.
But the real sparkplug in this game was playmaking guard Shelly Strutzel, who poured in 12 points, stole 12 Tiger passes and came up with seven rebounds.
Strutzel was partly responsible for getting the Cashmere running game into gear during the second quarter, when the game looked like it might be close.
Tonasket coach Rod Armbruster, whose squad came from sixth place in the league to the district championship game, said his team usually rebounds well after a loss.
"We've come a lot farther than people expected we'd be," he said.

Cashmere (19-2) - Shelly Strutzel 12, Carrie Franklin 6, Fawnda Wannschaff 9, Michelle Robertson 2, Gee Gee Goble 27, Sheryl Parkins 8, Ruth Roys, Penny Shaffer, Yvonne Wixom 2, Robin Kirk 3, Val Gilmer 2.
Tonasket (11-9) - Allemandi 5, Fisher 8, Mills 4, McIntyre 6, Hedlund 2, Halsted 1, Carlson.
Cashmere ------------ 14 35 51 69
Tonasket ------------ 6 14 20 26
Officials: Crnick and Cole

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Lake Roosevelt 50, Tonasket 40
Game 13. (Winner to state, loser out)
At Eastmont High School

The Lake Roosevelt Raiders have developed a serious habit. It's one they're not eager to break.
For the fourth straight year the Raiders have qualified for the girls State Class "A" basketball tournament.
"When they need to play well, they do," said Raider coach Jay Runkel of his girls.
Which is just what Lake Roosevelt did at Eastmont High Saturday night.
The win was the third straight for the Raiders, completing an impressive march through the losers bracket of the district tournament.
"It's a dirty job, but somebody had to do it," Runkel joked. "I'm pleased. They did a good job. They're getting better every game."
In defeating the Tigers, Lake Roosevelt jumped to a big early lead, withstood a Tonasket rally and pulled away late.
Center Heidi Roberts led Lake Roosevelt with 15 points, including nine in the first half when she hit four of five field goal attempts.
"Heidi's been doing that all year long," Runkel noted.
Speedy guard Marie Frost popped in 12 points. Guard Lisa Barnaby hit a perfect six of six free throws, and Glennis Ware drilled a pair of long set-shots in the first minute of the fourth quarter which helped the Raider lead.
Tonasket's Stacy McIntyre, as described by Runkel as "a heck of a player," rammed in a game-high 17 points, including 13 in the first half to keep the Tigers close.
Lake Roosevelt, which compiled a 18-6 record even though not having a single senior on its squad, will enter state tournament play against Zillah (17-6) at 7pm Wednesday at Pacific Lutheran University.

Lake Roosevelt (18-6) - Barnaby 8, Frost 12, Haugen, Ware 8, Roberts 15, Loe 7, Pryor.
Tonasket (11-10) - Allemandi 2, Fisher 3, Mills 5, McIntyre 17, Hedlund 5, Halsted 8, Pilkinton.
Lake Roosevelt ------------ 8 24 35 50
Tonasket ------------ 4 20 32 40
Officials: Terry and Offutt

Tournament Scoring Leaders
Player Team Total Points Games Played Average
Gee Gee Goble Cashmere 58 3 19.3
Stacy McIntyre Tonasket 51 4 12.8
Fawnda Wannschaff Cashmere 38 3 12.7
Brenda Hunt Okanogan 34 3 11.3
Lisa Barnaby Lake Roosevelt 53 5 10.6
Shelly Strutzel Cashmere 29 3 9.6
Heidi Roberts Lake Roosevelt 47 5 9.4
Tami Young Quincy 35 4 8.8
Marie Frost Lake Roosevelt 42 5 8.4
Pam Young Quincy 33 4 8.3
Beth Campbell Okanogan 27 2 13.5