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Lake Roosevelt 62,
Cascade-Leavenworth 52
Game 8. (Semifinal)
At Eastmont High School
The Raiders, winners of 13 of
their last 14 games, didn't panic despite trailing most of the game and
finally took charge in the second half.
"They realize, hey, the system works," said Lake Roosevelt coach
Tom Johnson of his young squad. "We've got 12 guys who are
pulling together."
The Raiders also have Cecilio Wilson, the team's lone senior, and
it was Wilson who seized control against the Kodiaks. Wilson led
Lake Roosevelt with 21 points, handled the ball most of the game, ran the
offense and was a defensive bother all game.
"Ever since midseason, Cecilio has really taken a leadership
role," said Johnson. "He's learned to mesh it with the whole
team."
Cascade led by as many as 11 points in the first half and moved out to a
36-28 lead early in the second half, Lake Roosevelt responded with a 12-2
run to take its first lead of the game and the Raiders went ahead for
good, 46-44, on Wilson's driving lay-in in the final seconds of the third
quarter.
The fourth quarter belonged to the Raiders. Eric Garvin bombed in a
3-point shot and Karmen Blake followed with two free throws to put
the Raiders ahead 51-44. After Curt Ranta's two foul shots
for Cascade, Lake Roosevelt responded with a 9-2 run, five of the points
from Wilson, to open a 60-48 lead with 1:43 to play.
"We just made too many mental errors," said Cascade coach Jeff
Reinland. "And when (Lake Roosevelt) got ahead, we
panicked."
The difference for Lake Roosevelt was balance. Blake tossed in 14 points
and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds. Lewis Adrian tossed in 12 points
and Cory Hammer sank eight points.
Rieke got the Kodiaks off to a flying start, sinking two 3-point shots in
the first minute and three in the first quarter.
"We wanted to go to Rieke all night," Reinland said.
But the Raiders did a good job of slowing down the Cascade standout, using
a 1-1-3 defense to keep a defender in his face.
| Cascade (12-10) - Hansen,
Rieke 26, Watson, Zepeda 2, Ranta 24, McGregor, Gildersleeve,
Piestrup. |
| Lake Roosevelt (17-5) - Adrian
12, Garvin 5, Wilson 21, Hammer 8, Blake 14, Vordahl 2, Hare,
Ethredge. |
| Cascade |
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16 |
31 |
44 |
52 |
| Lake Roosevelt |
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8 |
28 |
46 |
62 |
| Officials: George
Webster and Doug Carter |
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Cascade-Leavenworth
55, Cashmere 45
Game 9. (Loser out)
At Eastmont High School
"We're not happy with
this one, we have to keep playing," said Cascade coach Jeff
Reinland, whose Kodiaks had lost to Cashmere twice during the
regular season. "Now we've got a chance to do something."
In a well-played defensive struggle, the Kodiaks had enough offense
to prevail in the fourth quarter.
Cascade used man-to-man pressure defense throughout the game to
thwart Cashmere, holding the Bulldogs to 33 percent (15-for-45)
shooting, Cashmere answered with a 1-3-1 match-up zone, keeping a
defender in Kevin Rieke's face all night long while also
collapsing when the ball was in the key.
The result was a standoff for nearly three quarters. With the score
knotted at 34-all, Cascade's Curt Ranta posted inside for a
basket which gave the Kodiaks a two-point lead entering the fourth
quarter.
Ranta, who scored 15-of-his-21 points in the second half, accounted
for the first four points of the fourth quarter to give Cascade a
six-point lead. After Matt Luckensmeyer's two free throws for
Cashmere, Rieke drove to the hoop for two points and Ranta made two
more foul shots to make it 44-36 Kodiaks with 4:27 seconds to play.
"I thought it was two great defensive game plans," said
Cashmere coach Steve Biehn. "It's to Cascade's credit
they played defense a little bit longer and and better, I thought we
did everything we could possibly do."
While Rieke and Ranta scored 44 of Cascade's 55 points, the Kodiaks
also got a lift from Gil Zepeda, who found seams in the
defense to toss in eight first-half points, mostly from the
perimeter. Ranta led both teams with 12 rebounds.
Brent Paine scored 11 of his team-high 16 points for Cashmere
in the first half, and Luckensmeyer posted strong inside for 14
points. Neil Johnson provided the bulk of the Bulldogs'
second-half attack, finishing with 10 points.
| Cashmere (12-11) -
Spanjer 2, Day, Johnson 10, Paine 16, Luckensmeyer 14,
Smith, Goehner 3, Kenoyer. |
| Cascade (13-10) - Hansen
3, Rieke 23, Watson, Zepeda 8, Ranta 21, Piestrup,
Gildersleeve. |
| Cashmere |
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12 |
25 |
34 |
45 |
| Cascade |
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14 |
27 |
36 |
55 |
| Officials:
Jerry Heilig and Jerry Thaut |
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Ephrata 61, Quincy 52
Game 10. (Loser out)
At Eastmont High School
What promised to be a wide-open tournament has
turned out to be just that, with the seventh-seeded team, the
sixth-seeded team, the fifth-seeded team and the first-seeded team
all left in the final four.
"We're just going to keep coming until they tell us to
leave," said Ephrata coach Marty
O'Brien, whose Tigers
finished seventh in the CTL. "I think it's really quite a
tribute to the kids. At one point, we were 1-5. We've had a lot of
critics (but) the kids just hung together."
Given up for dead on several occasions this season, the Tigers have
roared into the final four of the North Central District
"A" basketball tournament.
"Ephrata kids are proud kids," said O'Brien. "I think
it's a big thing (getting this far in the tournament) to the kids.
To beat Quincy, a big rival, is always tough. To have six teams
finish above us and to be in the final four, that's a big
accomplishment."
Ephrata put away Quincy by turning in one of its better offensive
outings of the season, particularly by John McMillan and Brandon
Whallon.
McMillan shot well (10-for-16), scored consistently (11 points in
the first half, 12 in the second half), rebounded (a game-high 11),
played sound defense and made good ball-handling decisions. Whallon
posted inside for 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting and eight rebounds.
McMillan had a real total game," O'Brien said. "Our club
needs one or two guys to step forward."
"Whallon and McMillan both came ready to play tonight,"
said Quincy coach Jack Peasley. "The just took it right
down the pipe."
Ephrata came out ready to play but couldn't shake the scrappy
Jackrabbits. Whallon scored 12 points in the first quarter as the
Tigers built a 19-12 lead which they stretched to 26-14 minutes
later. Quincy pulled itself back into the game as Shane Urwin
scored seven points during a 13-6 spurt which cut the margin to five
points at halftime.
The second half belonged to Ephrata. After Paul Majer scored
two quick baskets to pull Quincy within 32-31, the Tigers responded
with eight straight points. Soon Ephrata was able to spread the
court and build a 13-point lead.
The Jacks got as close as five points with 1:18 to play, but Ephrata
hit five consecutive free throws to secure the win.
"In the second half, we came out quite motivated," O'Brien
said. "I thought maybe we played a little more inspired."
"That was a golden opportunity for us," Peasley said of
the early second half burst which pulled Quincy within one point.
Majer scored 15 points and Urwin finished with 13 points and nine
rebounds for Quincy.
| Ephrata (9-14) - Webb
3, Buchmann 7, Potter 10, McMillan 23, Whallon 18, Howes,
Friesz, King, Myrick. |
| Quincy (6-16) - Cissne,
House 4, Wolf 7, Majer 15, Urwin 13, Kleyn 5, Peters 5,
Stauffer 1, Kniveton 2. |
| Ephrata |
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19 |
32 |
50 |
61 |
| Quincy |
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12 |
27 |
40 |
52 |
| Officials: Jack
McMillan and Brian Barnaby |
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Cascade-Leavenworth
54, Ephrata 47
Game 11. (Loser out)
At Eastmont High School
The winning coach wasn't
very happy and the losing coach wasn't too upset after the Kodiaks
responded in the fourth quarter to eliminate Ephrata.
"We didn't execute offensively or defensively," said
Cascade coach Jeff Reinland. "We played poorly."
"I thought we played hard and pretty smart," said Ephrata
coach Marty O'Brien, whose Tigers had finished seventh in the
CTL. "They fought and played hard, weren't intimidated."
Still, it's Reinland's Kodiaks who survive to play another day,
thanks to some strong play in the paint from Curt Ranta.
Cascade's 6-6 junior post scored 19 of his game-high 27 points in
the second half, including five key baskets in the fourth quarter.
The Kodiaks entered the fourth quarter clinging to a 36-32 lead,
which was sliced to one point after Ephrata's Lonnie Webb
tossed in a 3-point shot to open the fourth quarter.
That's when Ranta came alive. First, he posted inside for two
points, then he rebounded a missed free throw and scored. Next,
Ranta took a beautiful feed and scored to make it 44-35 Cascade with
2:27 left.
Ephrata began its final charge on Webb's three-point basket,
followed by two free throws from Jesse Buchmann and two more
foul shots from Brandon Whallon. That made the score 48-45
with 1:32 to play.
The Tigers had the ball back seconds later after Hansen missed a
free throw. Webb tossed up a 3-point shot which missed and the
Kodiaks went to Ranta again, who took the ball inside for a
three-point play and a 51-45 Cascade lead with 52 seconds to play.
Ephrata got no closer than four points the rest of the game.
"Our kids have never been (in this situation) before,"
said Reinland. "It was a pressure situation and we could have
choked. We didn't."
Reinland said he changed the Kodiaks' offense in the second half to
get the ball inside to Ranta.
"We just had to get it inside," said Reinland.
Cascade needed Ranta's 27 points and nine rebounds, because
sharp-shooting Kevin Rieke never got untracked against
Ephrata's aggressive defense. Rieke, who averaged 28 points
per game this season, managed a season-low 10 points and missed all
five of his 3-point shots. Gil Zepeda helped pick up the
slack, scoring eight of his nine points in the first half.
Webb fired in four 3-point baskets in scoring a team-high 18 points
for Ephrata, which finished he season 9-15. Whallon scored 12 points
and hauled in nine rebounds and Ken Howes snatched eight
rebounds.
| Cascade (14-10) - Hansen
6, Rieke 10, Watson, Zepeda 9, Ranta 27, Piestrup, McGregor 2. |
| Ephrata (9-15) - Webb
18, Buchmann 5, Potter 4, McMillan 3, Whallon 12, Howes 5,
Myrick, Friesz. |
| Cascade |
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15 |
22 |
36 |
54 |
| Ephrata |
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8 |
21 |
32 |
47 |
| Officials:
Dave Lavender and Dave Michel |
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Lake Roosevelt 53,
Oroville 51
Game 12. (Championship, winner to state)
At Eastmont High School
After a decade of
frustration, Lake Roosevelt High School will be represented by a
boys basketball team at the State "A" tournament.
The Raiders earned their entry to the Tacoma Dome by outlasting
Oroville in the championship of the North Central District
"A" basketball tournament.
Lake Roosevelt lost their team leader Cecilio Wilson to an
ankle sprain in the first quarter, then held off a furious fourth
quarter rally from Oroville to qualify for the 16-team state
tournament. The Raiders, winners of 14-of-15 games in 1989 and 18-5
overall this season, made their last state appearance in 1979.
"They played a heck of a game. Cecilio went down and it would
have been easy for them to fold," said Lake Roosevelt coach Tom
Johnson.
"I told them to take the night off. We'll practice Sunday and
then we'll set some goals," he said. "I think we'll bring
home some hardware" from the state tournament.
The Raiders held up well under pressure, even with Wilson, the team
leader and lone senior, on the bench with an ankle injury.
Four Raiders scored during a 10-3 blitz to end the first half,
putting Lake Roosevelt on top 24-17, and the lead was still seven
points early in the fourth quarter.
That's when Oroville started scrambling back into contention. The
Hornets closed the gap to three points, 40-37, on Jeff Weeks'
perimeter jumper with 5:11 seconds to play.
After trading baskets, Greg Ethredge pumped in a 3-point shot
which gave Lake Roosevelt a 47-41 lead, but John Hilderbrand
answered seconds later with a 3-pointer to gain Oroville within
three points.
Each team sank two free throws then Lake Roosevelt's Eric Garvin
missed the front end end of a one-and-one with 1:07 to play, giving
Oroville a chance to tie.
Hilderbrand fired up another 3-point attempt, but missed. The
Raiders' Cory Hammer was fouled on the rebound and he missed
a foul shot. But Weeks missed his one-and-one attempt for the
Hornets and the Raiders applied the backbreaker, as Garvin speared
the rebound and made a long pass to Lewis Adrian for the
basket and a five-point lead with 33 seconds to play.
Seconds later, Karmen Blake secured the win by drilling two
free throws. Oroville scored five points in the final 15 seconds to
create the final margin.
"That was is, determination," Johnson said. "They
made the plays when they needed them."
The Raiders, once again showed the balance that's made them tough to
beat the last two months. Three players scored in double figures and
three players also grabbed eight or more rebounds.
Hammer, the team's 6-6 junior post, scored a game-high 12 points and
also pulled down 11 rebounds. Adrian and Garvin each scored 10
points and Blake scored nine. Garvin and Blake accounted for eight
rebounds each.
For Oroville, it's back to the gym to prepare for Saturday's game.
The Hornets spent Friday night in Wenatchee and planned to practice
during the day.
"It's just a matter of getting ready to play, putting (Friday)
behind us," said Oroville coach Jay Hawkins.
The Hornets came out tight, but still managed to stay with Lake
Roosevelt until the final 3:22 of the first half. The Raiders scored
the final six points of the half to build a seven point lead.
"I thought we lost our composure," said Hawkins. "I
thought we played pretty solid basketball until then. After that, it
was an uphill battle."
Oroville also received help from several players. Hilderbrand gunned
in a team-high 11 points, Roger Hammond finished with 10
points and 13 rebounds, and Ryan Frey contributed nine points
and 11 rebounds.
| Oroville (13-10) -
Weeks 4, Howe 7, Hilderbrand 11, Frey 9, Rawley 6, Hammond
10, Greene 4, Williams. |
| Lake Roosevelt
(18-5) - Adrian 10, Garvin 10, Wilson 4, Hammer 12, Blake
9, Hare 2, Vordahl, Ethredge 6, Zephier. |
| Oroville |
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10 |
17 |
29 |
51 |
| Lake Roosevelt |
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12 |
24 |
36 |
53 |
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Cascade-Leavenworth
56, Oroville 51
Game 13. (winner to state, loser out)
At Eastmont High School
Kevin Rieke lost
his shadow for a few seconds and made the most of it.
The Cascade High sharpshooter buried a three point shot in the final
two minutes which put the Kodiaks ahead for good on their way to a
56-51 victory over Oroville Saturday night.
The North Central District "A" tournament victory sends
Cascade to the boys State basketball tournament in the Tacoma Dome.
It will be the first trip to the boys tournament for Cascade High,
the upper Wenatchee Valley school which opened in the fall of 1983.
Leavenworth High last went to the State "A" tournament in
1983 and Peshastin-Dryden participated in the State "B"
tournament that same year.
"Tacoma, Tacoma, Tacoma, Tacoma," chanted the Cascade
players after the game as they waited to take coach Jeff Reinland
for a ride around the Eastmont High gym.
"This season has been a rollercoaster," said
Reinland. "I would have never thought this would happen. I
don't think our kids believed it would happen."
The Kodiaks couldn't start planning a trip to Tacoma until the final
seconds of play. Cascade and Oroville had battled though nine ties
and four second-half lead changes when Rieke tipped away a shot from
the Hornets' John Hilderbrand with two minutes left and
chased down the loose ball.
With his team trailing 51-49, Rieke drove to the top of the key,
swung around a pick by Ryan McGregor to free himself from
defender Dave Howe, and launched a three-point shot which hit
nothing but net with 1:54 to play.
"What can you say. That's an ice shot," Reinland said.
"I got a good screen from McGregor and threw it up," Rieke
said.
Oroville had several chances to go ahead. After an exchange of
turnovers, Rieke stole the ball from Hilderbrand on an attempted
shot, but missed his shot with 1:21 to play.
Then Howe's 15-footer from the baseline bounced off the rim and Curt
Ranta rebounded for Cascade. With 26 seconds to play Ranta was
fouled and he calmly swished both ends of the one-and-one free throw
opportunity.
Hilderbrand missed a three-point shot and teammate Ryan Frey
rebounded, feeding Roger Hammond whose perimeter shot bounced
off the rim and over the backboard.
Cascade inbounded to Rieke, who was fouled, and the senior tossed in
two free throws with six seconds left to seal the win.
"Our kids never quit," said Reinland. "They hung in
there through adversity."
"These games can go any way if you get a few breaks. And they
didn't go our way" said Oroville coach Jay Hawkins,
whose Hornets finished with a 13-11 record. "We're disappointed
now, but we've had a real outstanding season. I thought we played
hard and worked hard all season long."
The Kodiaks had plenty to overcome to beat a game Oroville squad,
which had lost the district championship game to Lake Roosevelt by
points the previous night. Ranta, who has been scoring an average of
22 points per game in the district tournament, picked up his third
foul late in the first quarter and spent much of the game on the
bench.
"But big Dave Smith came through," Reinland said.
Smith scored six points in the second quarter. Ranta came back to
score 10-of-his-12 points in the second half.
Cascade also had to find offense with Rieke, a 28 points per game
scorer during the regular season, held below his average under the
aggressive man-to-man defense of Howe. Rieke shot 5-for-14 in
scoring 15 points.
Gil Zepeda responded with 10 points and Ryan McGregor
hit two key outside shots in the fourth quarter.
"Zepeda hit some big ones and Ryan McGregor drilled them from
the point," Reinland said. "Everybody chipped in."
Cascade needed every point it could get to overcome the Hornets, who
received a big performance out of Hilderbrand, who bombed in 26
points and snared eight rebounds. Hilderbrand had 16 points in the
first half and connected on three 3-point shots.
"Hilderbrand is a real competitor," said Hawkins. "He
made some great plays for us tonight."
Hilderbrand scored Oroville's first four points after Cascade had
jumped to an 8-0 lead. And it was Hilderbrand who led the Hornet
back from a seven-point deficit, scoring 12 points during a 16-9
Oroville run which tied the game at halftime.
Hilderbrand hit back-to-back outside jumpers to give Oroville its
biggest lead, 44-39, in the early minutes of the fourth quarter.
Cascade finally tied the game 47-47 on McGregor's jumper with 5:06
left. Oroville took its final lead on two free throws by Howe who
scored 10 points.
| Oroville (13-11) -
Weeks 9, Howe 10, Hilderbrand 26, Frey, Rawley, Hammond 4,
Greene 2, Williams, Zosel, Porter, Leese. |
| Cascade (15-11) - Hansen
6, Rieke 15, Watson 3, Zepeda 10, Ranta 12, Smith 6, McGregor
4. |
| Oroville |
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9 |
29 |
42 |
51 |
| Cascade |
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11 |
29 |
39 |
56 |
| Officials:
Doug Carter and Brian Barnaby |
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Tournament Scoring
Leaders
|
| Player |
Team |
Total
Points |
Games
Played |
Average |
| Kevin Rieke |
Cascade |
106 |
5 |
21.2 |
| Curt Ranta |
Cascade |
100 |
5 |
20.0 |
| Brent Paine |
Cashmere |
50 |
3 |
16.7 |
| John Hilderbrand |
Oroville |
45 |
3 |
15.0 |
| Brandon Whallon |
Ephrata |
57 |
4 |
14.3 |
| Paul Majer |
Quincy |
43 |
3 |
14.3 |
| Cory Hammer |
Lake Roosevelt |
42 |
3 |
14.0 |
| Neil Johnson |
Cashmere |
42 |
3 |
14.0 |
| Geoff Miller |
Omak |
28 |
2 |
14.0 |
| Jason Howell |
Omak |
28 |
2 |
14.0 |
| Clay Ande |
Tonasket |
28 |
2 |
14.0 |
| Lewis Adrian |
Lake Roosevelt |
37 |
3 |
12.3 |
| Cecilio Wilson |
Lake Roosevelt |
37 |
3 |
12.3 |
| Lonnie Webb |
Ephrata |
46 |
4 |
11.5 |
| Shane Urwin |
Quincy |
34 |
3 |
11.3 |
| Karmen Blake |
Lake Roosevelt |
33 |
2 |
11.0 |
| Roger Hammond |
Oroville |
31 |
3 |
10.3 |
| Matt Luckensmeyer |
Cashmere |
31 |
3 |
10.3 |
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