34th Annual
North Central District "A"
Boys Basketball Tournament
1991

Champ

ionship

Febr

uary 19

Lake R
(16

oosevelt
-7)

Score

: 65-64 (OT)

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Ephrata 71, Chelan 52
Game 1.
At Ephrata, WA

The Tigers dashed to a 14-point halftime lead and never looked back.
Four of Ephrata's five starters scored in double figures... Travis King (14), Glenn Chamberlain (16), Jeremy Carroll (15), and Ben Williams (11). The Tigers also controlled the boards by a 53-33 margin, led by Williams with 13 and 11 each from King and Carroll.
"We played obviously pretty consistently all the way through," said Ephrata coach Marty O'Brien. "As young as they are (no seniors on the team), you get a little scared how they'd react (to the first district game). While they're young, they're growing up fast. They've already been in some big games."
Chelan was paced by Nathan Boyd with 18 points, Eric Hammons (16 points) and Scot Seidensticker with 10 points and nine rebounds.

Chelan (8-14) - Hammons 16, Nickell 2, Polley 2, Boyd 18, Huffer, Parks, Seidensticker 10, Ashmore 2, Miller 2, Schmidt.

Ephrata (15-6) - King 17, Greg Chamberlain, Glenn Chamberlain 16, Carroll 15, Williams 11, Quinn 8, Towry, Barbre 1, Morford, Stuckey, Duffner, DeHoog 3.

Chelan	------------	7	20	30	52
Ephrata	------------	16	34	54	71

Officials: Bob Wildfang and Gordon Pitts

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Oroville 52, Tonasket 47
Game 2.
At Oroville, WA

The Hornets scored the final four points to prevail in a seesaw contest.
With Oroville on top, 48-47, Steve Jenkins scored a rebound basket with a minute to play. After a pair of Tonasket misses, sandwiched around a missed Oroville free throw, the Hornets' Ryan Frey converted both foul shots of the one-and-one with 10 seconds left to seal the win.
"It was one of those typical Oroville-Tonasket rival games," said Oroville coach Jay Hawkins.
The Hornets received big efforts from several players, especially Frey, who netted 14 points and snagged 17 rebounds, including six offensive boards.
"He went to work," Hawkins said. "I told him, if you want to go to Tacoma, you're the guy who has to show us the way."
The Oroville guards also produced. Jeff Miller tossed in 11 points, Stan Rohn scored nine and Jason Williams six.
"We got a great team effort tonight," Hawkins said.
Reese Ande played a strong all-around game for Tonasket. He scored 14 points on 5-for-8 shooting, grabbed six rebounds and played strong defense.
The Tigers also received outstanding defense from Mike Larson, who tallied 11 points.  Ryan Pilkinton added nine points and Adam Molenda finished with eight rebounds and seven points.

Tonasket (12-10) - Yeckel, Molenda 7, Pilkinton 9, Ande 14, McCliment 6, Larson 11, Whitmore.

Oroville (16-6) - Rohn 9, Miller 11, Williams 6, Jenkins 6, Frey 14, Leese, Kelley 4.

Tonasket	------------	16	25	33	47
Oroville	------------	15	26	34	52

Officials: Brian Barnaby and Mark Iksic

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Lake Roosevelt 70, Cashmere 43
Game 3.
At Coulee Dam, WA

Lake Roosevelt pulled away in the second half to reach the district semifinals of the third year in a row.
Leading 30-24 at halftime, the Raiders outscored Cashmere 18-12 in the third quarter, then buried the Bulldogs under a 22-7 run in the final quarter.
"We started playing some team ball in the second half," said Lake Roosevelt coach Tom Johnson. "Things started flowing for us."
Several players took turns leading the Raiders. In the second quarter, it was brothers Mario Zephier and Tony Posey, who combined for 11 points. In the third quarter, Zephier and Tim Hare teamed up to score 14 points. And in the fourth Shawn Garvin tallied eight points.
Zephier had his best game of the season for Lake Roosevelt, scoring a game-high 18 points.  He was 4-for-7 on 3-point shots and also had eight assists and three steals.
Hare finished with 12 points and five assists, Garvin netted 12 points, Karmen Blake delivered nine points and eight rebounds and Brian Keene added seven rebounds and three assists.
Cashmere's J.J. Meredith and Ian Crossland each scored 13 apiece.

Cashmere (11-10) - Smith, Meredith 13, Crossland 13, Darling 5, Dronen 4, Aguigui 7, Wintermeier 1, Wright.

Lake Roosevelt (14-7) - Keene 4, Hare 12, Zephier 18, Blake 9, Garvin 12, Posey 9, Dick 4, Kiser 2, Desautel, Leith, Cook.

Cashmere	------------	12	24	36	43
Lake Roosevelt	------------	16	30	48	70

Officials: Jerry Heilig and Dave Michel

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Omak 57, Quincy 37
Game 4.
At Omak, WA

The Pioneers stifling defense was too much for Quincy to handle in the first and third quarters.
Omak held the Jacks to a total of five points in those two quarters, a 3-point basket in the first quarter and two free throws in the third period. At the same time, the Pioneers scored 29 points.
"Defensively we never let them get untracked," said Omak coach Dan Williams. "We shut them down in the first quarter, then they got 20 in the second. At halftime, we made some adjustments and held them to two free throws."
Jamie Leise got the Omak offense going by pumping in 11 of this game-high 23 points in the first quarter. Leise made all three of the Pioneers' 3-point baskets.
Defensively, Brian Gunn helped hold Quincy's Brian Bews to four points. Bews had scored 14 points the last time against Omak. Jason Romine rebounded well and played solid defense for the Pioneers, and Brad Gagne added 10 points.
Erik Gottschalk and David Peters each scored 11 points for Quincy.

Quincy (10-11) - Peters 11, Stauffer 4, Gottschalk 11, Bews 4, K. Bowman 2, Ray, Parrish 9, S. Bowman 3, Child 2, Omlin.

Omak (14-7) - Erickson 8, Leise 23, Romine 6, Gagne 10, Gunn 2, Saucedo 4, Semoe, King, Navarro, Hamon 4, Rader, Hendrick.

Quincy	------------	3	23	25	37
Omak	------------	16	31	44	57

Officials: Jack McMillan and Jerry Thaut

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Tonasket 99, Chelan 94
Game 5. (Loser out)
At Eastmont High School

The Tigers and the Goats scorched the nets for 193 combined points in the wide-open affair.
Chelan freshman Nathan Boyd led all scorers with 30 points, but it was the free throw shooting of Barry Pilkinton and Cory Whitmore that won the game for Tonasket.
Pilkinton, a freshman, scored all six of his points on consecutive free throws in the fourth quarter. Whitemore also dropped six clutch free throws through the hoop in the final period to contribute to his 16-point effort.
Reese Ande scored 21 points for the Tigers. Mike Larson added 16. Adam Molenda 12 and Ryan McCliment and Ryan Pilkinton each scored 10.
For the Goats, Eric Hammons scored 22. Jason Nickell added 17 and Ryan Polley had 13.

Chelan (8-15) - Hammons 22, Schmidt 6, Nickell 17, Polley 13, Boyd 30, Ashmore 6.

Tonasket (13-10) - Yeckel, B. Pilkinton 6, White, Molenda 12, Larson 16, Whitmore 16, R. Pilkinton 10, Ande 21, Koneson 8, McCliment 10.

Chelan	------------	24	45	64	94
Tonasket	------------	23	51	64	99

Officials: Unknown

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Quincy 65, Cashmere 56
Game 6. (Loser out)
At Eastmont High School

Kerry Bowman and Eric Gottschalk combined for 38 points to lead the Jackrabbits past the Bulldogs.
Cashmere led at the half 24-22 after holding the Jacks to a single field goal through much of the second quarter, but Quincy exploded for 21 points in the third quarter while holding Cashmere to 14.
Brian Bews added 10 points and David Peters 15 for the Jackrabbits.
Freshman guard Geoff Smith led the Bulldogs with 14 points. Skip Dronen scored 13, while Hoby Darling and Brian Wintermeier each scored nine.

Cashmere (11-11) - Smith 14, Aguigui 1, Meredith 6, Wintermeier 9, Wright 2, Darling 9, Dronen 13.

Quincy (11-11) - K. Bowman 21, Peters 13, Stauffer 4, S. Bowman, Child, Gotttschalk 17, Bews 10.

Cashmere	------------	13	24	36	56
Quincy	------------	12	22	43	65

Officials: Jerry Heilig and Gordon Pitts

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Oroville 76, Ephrata 54
Game 7. (Semifinal)
At Eastmont High School

The Hornets, seeded fourth in the tournament, blasted top-seeded Ephrata in a game that featured 16 three-point baskets.
Hornets' coach Jay Hawkins said his team was focused and ready for Ephrata, but he never expected the game to be a blowout.
"It was a dream come true," said an ecstatic Hawkins, who attributed the win to tough defense and an unselfish team effort led by the senior players.
And sophomore Jeff Miller didn't do bad either.
Miller led all scorers with 24 points, including six 3-pointers. Miller and junior Stan Rohn (15 points) kept the Tigers defense on its toes with their pinpoint marksmanship from 3-point range. The two combined for nine treys in 11 tries to pull Tiger defenders out of position and leave a doorway open to senior posts Ryan Frey (14 points) and Steve Jenkins (nine).
"We were trying to play them in the post and they were hitting the treys," said Ephrata coach Marty O'Brien. He offered no excuses. "They confused us with their defense. They played a better game than we did. I'd rather lose like that than by a bucket at the buzzer."
Hawkins said the Hornets had only tried out their new triangle-and-two defense the day before, but it did the job just fine. The plan allowed the Hornets to focus on shutting down Ephrata's hot-shooting wings Travis King and Glenn Chamberlain.
King led the Tiger scorers with 18 points, including five treys but defender Jason Williams felt he did a pretty good job on the NCW scoring champion. The Ephrata sophomore finished the regular season with a 29.1 scoring average.
Rohn held Chamberlain to just four points.
Oroville pulled away to a nine point lead in the second quarter on back-to-back treys by Miller and Rohn. After Rohn matched a King missle with a long bomb of his own in the third quarter, the Hornets rolled up nine unanswered points to take a commanding 20 point lead that went unchallenged the rest of the game.
The Hornets out-rebounded the Tigers, 37-28, including 13 by the 6-5 Frey.

Ephrata (15-7) - Quinn 6, Towry 3, Barbre 6, King 18, Greg Chamberlain 5, Stuckey, Glenn Chamberlain 4, DeHoog 3, Williams 8, Morford, Duffner.

Oroville (17-6) - Allen 1, Leavett, Rohn 15, Miller 24, Williams 9, Lawson, Jenkins 9, Leese, Frey 14, Kelly 4.

Ephrata	------------	14	25	34	54
Oroville	------------	16	35	56	76

Officials: Dave Michel and Brian Barnaby

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Lake Roosevelt 65, Omak 60
Game 8. (Semifinal)
At Eastmont High School

Reward will follow hard work and perseverance, Raider coach Tom Johnson told his team, sometimes known as the Running Wounded.
Fighting injuries through most of the season, the Raiders have scrapped their way from sixth place earlier this season to fourth, and then to second in the Caribou Trail League.
Saturday night, they guaranteed themselves a trip to the state tourney and a shot at the district championship.
The Raiders opened up a nip-and-tuck game in the second half with an intense man-to-man defense that held Omak without a field goal through the third quarter and nearly two minutes into the fourth period.
The Pioneers reduced a 13-point deficit to four, 52-48, with less than five minutes left to play. They threatened to stage a turnaround when Raiders Tony Posey and Mario Zephier (16 points) and Shawn Garvin (nine) all fouled out in less than two minutes remaining in the game.
Senior guard Tim Hare scored seven of his 16 points in the last three minutes and Raider defenders held off a final Omak assault led by reserve Pete Semoe.
"We fought through it and those guys just hung in there," said Johnson, shaking his head in amazement. He said the team has talent and strength and leadership, but it has been hampered by injuries this year. Garvin, the team's burly 6-5 center, was out for six games with a leg injury. Zephier missed two games.
Brian Keene jammed his thumb in warm-ups last week and was nearly in tears after re-injuring it again Saturday night. But it didn't keep him from blocking a shot and then racing down court for a pivotal lay-in in the third quarter. Keene finished with eight points.
"Defense is what won the game, said Johnson, who lauded tough work inside by Keene, Garvin, and Karman Blake (10 points), and the whole team's stamina for the full-court press.
"We live or die by the press," he said. "Tonight, we lived."
Omak coach Dan Williams said the Pioneers dug a hole they couldn't quite get out of. He lauded his team's tenacity, however.
"It would have been real easy to give up," Williams said.
Duane Erickson led the Pioneers with 17 points, including three 3-points. Jamie Leise added 15 points.
Hare and Zephier each had two treys and six assists for the Raiders. Zephier also had six steals in the game.

Lake Roosevelt (15-7) - Cook 6, Leith, Keene 8, Hare 16, Zephier 16, Blake 10, Posey, Garvin 9.

Omak (14-8) - Semoe 5, Saucedo 6, Erickson 14, Leise 15, Romine 7, Gagne 2, Gunn 5, Hamon 3.

Lake Roosevelt	------------	15	32	50	65
Omak	------------	14	26	37	60

Officials: Jack McMillan and Steve Simonson

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Tonasket 67, Omak 55
Game 9 (Loser out).
At Eastmont High School

Reese Ande started and finished strong in scoring his career-high point total, but Tonasket's win was a product of defense and ball-handling as much as anything.
"That was his best game of his career, defense, rebounding and obviously scoring," said Tonasket coach Keith Johnson. "The rest of the team looks up to him and he showed great leadership tonight."
Omak ran off the final five points of the first half to hold a 32-25 lead and Quinn Hamon's short banker to open the third quarter put the Pioneers ahead by nine points.
The Tigers stormed back into contention by allowing only six points over the final seven minutes of the quarter. With Mike Larson blanketing Omak scoring leader Jamie Leise and the Pioneers' second-leading scorer, Jason Romine, on the bench in foul trouble, Tonasket moved within a point heading into the fourth quarter.
The Tigers did a much better job controlling the ball in the second half. After tossing the ball away 11 times in the first half, Tonasket had only two turnovers in the second half.
"That's been our trouble all year, we stopped ourselves," said Johnson. "I told the players at halftime, I don't want a vacation yet."
"They took care of the ball a whole lot better," said Omak coach Dan Williams.
Tonasket took its first lead, 46-44, when Larson stole the ball and drove for a lay-in with 6:05 to play. Cory Whitmore's driving lay-in and free throw seconds later put the Tigers ahead for good.
The Tigers seized control of the game during one furious sequence. Ahead by two points, Whitmore scored off an inbounds pass to make it 53-49 with 2:28 left. Leise missed for Omak and Whitmore rebounded. At the other end, Whitmore missed a shot, rebounded and missed again. Ande picked off that miss, scored and was fouled, making the free throw for a seven point lead with 1:56 to play. Omak could get no closer than six points after that.
In netting his 34 points, Ande shot 11-for-18 from the floor and 12-13 at the foul line. He also snagged 12 rebounds, five at the offensive end.
Whitmore was a force inside, striking for 10 points and 13 rebounds. Adam Molenda added 13 points, sinking six straight free throws in the final seconds.
Leise led Omak with 20 points but he shot only 7-for-25 from the field. Romine made all his shots (five field goals, two free throws) in netting 12 points.
Omak, which finished 14-9, tied Ephrata for the Caribou Trail League title after finishing at the bottom of the league last season.
"The accomplished a lot this season," Williams said.

Tonasket (14-10) - Molenda 13, Whitmore 10, R. Pilkinton 4, Ande 34, McCliment 2, Larson 4, Kosonen.

Omak (14-9) - Erickson 6, Leise 20, Romine 12, Gagne 2, Gunn 9, Hamon 3, Semoe, Saucedo 3, Rader, King, Hendricks.

Tonasket	------------	14	25	49	67
Omak	------------	14	32	40	55

Officials: Byron Worley and Doug Darlington

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Ephrata 84, Quincy 80
Game 10 (Loser out).
At Eastmont High School

Ho Hum. Just your average Ephrata-Quincy battle.
That is, intense, emotional, physical and exciting.
In a game which had 10 ties and lead 16 lead changes, Ephrata outscored the Jacks 10-6 in the final 2:36 to clutch the victory.
"Quincy played hard and played very well, said Ephrata coach Marty O'Brien. "We just happened to be ahead when the 32 minutes were over."
"I'm as proud as I can be, the way the guys got after it, buzzer to buzzer," said Quincy coach Jack Peasley. "My team just didn't win."
With their superior size and extreme hot shooting, the Jacks appeared headed for victory much of the game. Ephrata's quickness and 3-point shooting eventually paid off.
In the seesaw battle, the Jacks seized control for the final time when Brian Bews scored back-to-back lay-ins and David Peters netted a three-pointer, making it 68-63 early in the fourth quarter.
Back came Ephrata, which recaptured the lead 70-68 on Glenn Chamberlain's lay-in and five straight points by Travis King. The final tie, 74-74, came with 2:58 left when Kerry Bowman hit a pair of foul shots for Quincy.
Ephrata took the lead for good seconds later when King buried another 3-pointer making it 77-74. After Bews missed a pair of free throws, the Tigers spread the floor and forced Quincy to foul. Ephrata made its foul shots when it counted -- 3-of-4 for King (the miss was on a lane violation), 2-of-2 by Brian Barbre, 2-of-3 from Jason Quinn, to hold off the Jacks.
"I thought we were still fresh at the end," said O'Brien. "It was evident at the free throw line and shooting in the fourth quarter. I thought maybe Quincy got a little tired."
King scored 15 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter. For the game, he was 7-for-18 from three point range and 9-10 on foul shots. He also pulled in six rebounds.
"That's a real weapon," said Peasley. "I've seen him five times and he stinkin' comes to play against us."
Ephrata also received the efforts from Barbre (15 points), Chamberlain (14 points, 17 rebounds) and Quinn (11 points, 3-7 on 3-point shots). Barbre scored nine points in the first half to keep the Tigers in the game. Chamberlain moved inside in the second half and responded with 10 points and 12 boards. The 5-3 Quinn hustled at both ends of the floor.
Bews was a dominating force inside for Quincy, finishing with 24 points and eight rebounds. He was 10-for14 from the floor and had six offensive rebounds.
Kerry Bowman's hot shooting netted 18 points for the Jacks, who finished the season 11-12. Kevin Stauffer added 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Ephrata (16-7) - Barbre 15, King 34, Glenn Chamberlain 14, Carroll 6, Williams 2, Morford, Quinn 11, Greg Chamberlain, Towry 2, DeHoog.

Quincy (11-12) - K. Bowman 18, Peters 10, Stauffer 13, Gottschalk 8, Bews 24, Child 2, S. Bowman 5, Parrish.

Ephrata	------------	23	37	57	84
Quincy	------------	22	42	59	80

Officials: Jack McMillan and Jerry Thaut

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Tonasket 105, Ephrata 92
Game 11 (winner to state, loser out).
At Eastmont High School

For much of the season, Tonasket coach Keith Johnson wondered if his team would reach its potential.
After smashing several scoring records while beating Ephrata, Johnson is no longer worried.
The 105 points by Tonasket and 197 combined points were tournament records.
"This team has come a long way since we lost to Chelan by 39 points," on December 15 said Johnson. "We talked about (state) a lot early then we got a large dose of humble pie."
Last year, Tonasket also played the final day of district for a state berth. That time, the Tigers were routed by Lake Roosevelt.
"We had four guys who played on that team quite a bit," Johnson said. "They didn't want that terrible feeling again."
After leading by as many as 15 points in the first half, Tonasket had its lead trimmed to 46-44 early in the third quarter.
Tonasket responded with a 13-2 run to once again seize control. And when Ryan McCliment nailed a fall-away, 35-footer at the buzzer, Tonasket had a 71-56 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Tonasket didn't the lead get away, despite the best efforts of Ephrata's Travis King, who scored 19-of-31 points in the final period. Ephrata closed to within nine points once, but Tonasket's 14-for-16 foul shooting in the final period kept the game from getting close.
"We never got in a situation where we could play our game," said Ephrata coach Marty O'Brien, whose team finished 16-8. "They shot well, got ahead of us and stayed ahead of us."
Six players scored in double figures for Tonasket, Corey Whitmore (25 points), Mike Larson (17), Adam Molenda (16), McCliment (16), Reese Ande (15) and Ryan Pilkinton (12).
Meanwhile, only two Ephrata players hit for double figures, both King and Glenn Chamberlain scored 31 points.
Ephrata's Benji Williams, the team's starting center, missed the game to attend a band competition.

Tonasket (15-10) - Molenda 16, Whitmore 25, R. Pilkinton  12, Ande 15, McCliment 16, B. Pilkinton, White, Larson 17, Fenner, Kosenen 4, Fancher.

Ephrata (16-8) - Barbre 7, King 31, Glenn Chamberlain 31, DeHoog 9, Carroll 2, Quinn, Towry 2, Greg Chamberlain 7, Stucky, Morford 2.

Tonasket	------------	20	41	71	105
Ephrata	------------	17	33	56	92

Officials: Doug Darlington and Byron Worley

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Lake Roosevelt 65, Oroville 64 (OT)
Game 12 (Championship, both to state)
At Eastmont High School

Shawn Garvin made a free throw he probably shouldn't have made.
Stan Rohn didn't want to make a free throw, but he did anyway.
The result was an overtime win for Garvin's Lake Roosevelt squad over Rohn's Oroville team on Saturday in the championship game of the North Central District "A" boys basketball tournament.
Lake Roosevelt is the district's first seed and Oroville the second seed into the State A tournament, which begins Wednesday in Tacoma.
The exciting championship game went down to the final seconds of overtime, tied 62-all.  With 11 seconds left, Lake Roosevelt point guard Tim Hare drove the right side of the key and bounced a beautiful lead pass into Garvin, who made the lay-in and was fouled by Ryan Frey. Garvin banked in the free throw for a 65-62 lead with  six seconds left.
"I'm sure I heard him call a banker," said Lake Roosevelt coach Tom Johnson with a smile.
Oroville quickly got the ball to Rohn, who was fouled with three seconds left. Rohn made both foul shots, but he was supposed to miss the second in hopes the Hornets would get the rebound, said Oroville coach Jay Hawkins.
"You can't blame him," Hawkins said. "That's the hardest play in the world. You teach him for 16 years to make free throws then tell him to miss one."
Oroville quickly fouled Garvin on the inbounds pass. Garvin missed the free throw, but the Hornets didn't have time to cast off a last shot.
District title games in recent years have been thrillers, so the 1991 version fit in well. Which wasn't much of a surprise, as Lake Roosevelt had won both regular season meetings by two points.
"These guys have been doing this to me all season," Johnson said. "We're used to the pressure situation,"
Early on, it didn't look like there'd be much pressure. The Raiders, after dashing to to leads of 9-0 and 14-2 still led by eight points late in the third quarter. Oroville earned its first tie with 2:10 to play when Steve Jenkins made two free throws. The Hornets also had the ball in the final seconds of regulation, but Jason Williams' off-balance 17-footer from the wing missed at the buzzer.
"That's one thing, we didn't panic," said Hawkins. "We could have easily panicked and thrown up some bad shots. Instead, we just did what we do best."
The Hornets took their first lead of the game when Rohn tossed in a 3-pointer to open overtime. Lake Roosevelt tied it when Hare nailed a 3-pointer, his fifth of the game, to make it 62-all with 1:26 left.
After each team missed opportunities, the ball was again in Hare's hands with the game on the line.
"I wanted to try and see what I could do," said Hare, who scored 19 points. "I heard coach say go for it. I drove and saw Frey come out and then made the pass."
"This time it was Hare's turn. He made a gutty play," said Johnson. "He's just the heart and soul of our team."
Garvin matched Hare's 19 points and also snagged a team-high 11 rebounds. Karman Blake added 13 points and nine rebounds, and Brian Keene pulled down eight rebounds.
Frey, after a two-point, two rebound opening half, finished with 19 points and 13 boards to pace Oroville. Williams tossed in 13 points and Rohn had 12 for the Hornets.

Oroville (15-8) - Rohn 12, Miller 5, Williams 13, Jenkins 8, Frey 19, Kelley 7.

Lake Roosevelt (16-7) - Keene 8, Hare 19, Zephier, Blake 13, Garvin 19, Posey, Cook 4, Leith 2, Kiser.

Oroville	8	18	39	56	64
Lake Roosevelt	16	25	44	56	65

Officials: Jerry Thaut and Steve Simonson