36th Annual
North Central District "A"
Boys Basketball Tournament
1993

Champ

ionship

Febr

uary 26

Che
(18

lan
-4)

Score

: 70-66

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Chelan 70, Omak 57
Game 1.
At Chelan, WA

Gary Schmidt and Michael Young muscled inside for a combined 31 points and 18 rebounds to propel the Goats to victory. Chelan led 39-23 at the intermission.
Schmidt scored 16 points and Young had 15, with reserve Ryan Hammons scoring 12 points and Nathan Boyd adding 10 in a balanced attack.
Chelan guard Jason Nickell produced 10 assists, seven rebounds and four steals to go along with eight points in a solid all-around floor game.
``The first half, we got the running game going and we forced 14 turnovers,'' said Chelan coach Joe Harris. ``In that first half, we definitely played with playoff intensity.''
Chelan canned 11 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter, keeping the Pioneers at bay.
Shawn Bradshaw (19 points) dropped in four treys and Beau Barker hit three treys for Omak.
Jason Romine's 23 points paced the Pioneers.

Omak (8-12) - Barker 9, Cox 2, Bradshaw 19, Lafferty, Romine 23, Moses 2, Beetchenow, Fulton, Cole 2.

Chelan (16-4) - Nickell 8, N. Boyd 10, Varrelman 4, Schmidt 16, Young 15, Kollmeyer 5, R. Hammons 12, Welborn.

Omak	------------	14	25	38	57
Chelan	------------	21	39	48	70

Field Goals: Omak 21-52 (.404), Chelan 26-59 (.441). Free Throws: Omak 7-11 (.636), Chelan 17-21 (810). 3-Point Goals: Omak 8-25 (Bradshaw 4-11, Barker 3-9), Chelan 1-4 (Kollmeyer 1-2). Rebounds: Omak 23, Chelan 36

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Quincy 61, Cascade-Leavenworth 59
Game 2.
At Quincy, WA

Quincy boys' basketball coach Dave Pierce was very thankful to have 6-foot-4 senior post Brad Child on his side Tuesday night.
Child chalked up 21 points on 10-for-13 floor shooting and had nine rebounds and six blocks to lead Quincy to a 61-59 win over Cascade in the first round of the North Central District A boys' basketball tournament at Quincy.
In Tuesday's other pairing at Chelan, the Goats won their first district playoff game since 1983 with a 70-57 win over Omak.
At Quincy, Doug Child sank both ends of a one-and-one with 50 seconds left to give the Jacks a 61-58 lead. Cascade's Jeremy Force converted one of two free throws with 20 seconds left for the game's final points.
``I thought he did a tremendous job, playing very strong offensively and defensively around the basket,'' Pierce said of Brad Child's effort. ``Without that big performance by Brad, we would've been in big trouble tonight.''
Kerry Bowman pumped in 20 points on 10-for-20 shooting from the field, grabbed a team-high nine rebounds and had five assists for Quincy. Doug Child finished with 12 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
B.T. Parton fired in 15 points, including three treys, Nate Renberg added 14 points and Seth Hazen had 13 for the Kodiaks. Ryan Hansen pulled down seven rebounds.

Cascade (10-10) - Hansen 8, Parton 15, McMahon 8, Renberg 14, S. Hazen 13, Force 1, Ward.

Quincy (14-7) - Bowman 20, D. Child 12, B. Child 21, Gebers, Kehl, Parrish 6, Gottschalk 2.

Cascade	------------	5	27	43	59
Quincy	------------	8	23	44	61

Field Goals: Cascade 21-50 (.420), Quincy 28-58 (.483) Free Throws: Cascade 12-17 (.706), Quincy 3-4 (.750) 3-Point Goals: Cascade 5-14 (Parton 3-5). Quincy 2-5 (D. Child 2-4) Rebounds: Cascade 24 (Hansen 7), Quincy 29 (Bowman 9)

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Chelan 70, Cashmere 56
Game 3.
At Cashmere, WA

The Chelan boys' basketball team joined the elite Friday night at Cashmere.
The visiting Goats upset sixth-ranked Cashmere 70-56 to advance to the championship game of the North Central District A tournament.
Cashmere had beaten the visiting Goats just last week 67-61 in a regular-season game.
Michael Young scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Chelan (17-4 overall), which will face top-ranked Ephrata in the title game Friday at Eastmont High School in East Wenatchee.
Also leading the way for Chelan was Nathan Boyd (15 points), Gary Schmidt (14 points, eight rebounds), Tyson Varrelman (13 points) and Jason Nickell (six points, nine assists).
The Goats took a 21-10 first-quarter lead and Cashmere was unable to pull closer than seven points the rest of the way. Boyd scored eight points in the opening period.
``We got off to a real good start and just took things from there,'' Chelan coach Joe Harris said.
It was the first time in five games this season the Goats defeated either Ephrata or Cashmere, the two teams that finished ahead of them in the Caribou Trail League.
``Anytime you beat a team that's above you on their home floor, you can rank that as a big mark for your season,'' Harris said. ``Anything can happen in district.''
Chelan shot 53.5 percent (23 of 43) from the field and held a 32-22 rebounding edge. The Goats forced Cashmere into 18 turnovers, well above the Bulldogs' average of 11 per game.
``We did not play a good ballgame,'' Cashmere coach Miles Caples said. ``Many of ours (turnovers) were unforced, due to poor decision-making.''
Adam Kerns led Cashmere with 12 points. The Bulldogs (17-4) will host Cascade in a loser-out game Tuesday.
Chelan is faced with the task of determining how to beat undefeated Ephrata. The Goats lost by a 87-81 margin in the first meeting between the teams this season, before dropping a 107-75 decision on the road.
``It's kind of hard to figure out a place to start,'' Harris said of a game plan for facing Ephrata. ``I'm not sure any team can beat them.

Chelan (17-4) - Young 16, Boyd 15, Schmidt 14, Varrelman 13, Nickell 6, R. Hammons 4, Kollmeyer 2.

Cashmere (17-4) - Kerns 12, Smith 11, Stendera 10, Crossland 9, Yousey 6, Darling 6, Larson 2, Kennedy, James.

Chelan	------------	21	35	53	70
Cashmere	------------	10	25	40	56

Field Goals: Chelan 23-43 (.535), Cashmere 20-51 (.392) Free Throws: Chelan 21-30 (.700), Cashmere 13-16 (.813) 3-Point Goals: Chelan 3-9 (Boyd 2, Varrelman), Cashmere 3-20 (Smith 3) Rebounds: Chelan 32 (Young and Schmidt 8), Cashmere 22 Turnovers: Chelan N/A, Cashmere 18.

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Ephrata 96, Quincy 44
Game 4.
At Ephrata, WA

It was another episode of the Travis King Show.
King, a senior guard, scored 38 points, including nine 3-point goals, and added 11 assists, seven rebounds and four steals as top-ranked and undefeated Ephrata coasted to the district victory.
``Other than that, we didn't get him (King) to do anything tonight,'' joked Ephrata coach Marty O'Brien.
Eric Davis added 22 points, including five treys, for the Tigers (21-0 overall), who advance to the district title game against Chelan.
Ephrata led by a 17-12 margin after the first period, then outscored the Jackrabbits 23-9 in the second quarter to take command.
Kerry Bowman scored 18 points to lead Quincy (14-8), which will host Omak in a loser-out game Tuesday.

Quincy (14-8) - Bowman 18, D. Child 11, Kehl, Gebers, B. Child, Solders 1, Parrish, Dayley, Spence, Kneip, Gottschalk, Lybbert 3.

Ephrata (21-0) - Morford 3, Cherf 8, Davis 22, Chamberlain 10, King 38, Downs 3, Barbre 3, Bair 4, Stucky 4, Sainsbury 2, Adams.

Quincy	------------	12	21	37	44
Ephrata	------------	17	40	72	96

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Quincy 57, Omak 56
Game 5. (Loser out)
At Quincy, WA

The Quincy boys' basketball team was shut down in the fourth quarter Tuesday night. But the Jackrabbits weren't stopped.
Kerry Bowman made one free throw with 4 seconds remaining to give host Quincy a 57-56 victory over Omak in a North Central District A loser-out contest. A last-second 3-point attempt by Omak was off the mark.
Bowman, a senior, scored a game-high 27 points and added 10 rebounds and five steals.
Quincy (15-8 overall) led by as many as 10 points in the third quarter and entered the fourth quarter with a 51-45 edge.
``We got a little lead, but they (the Pioneers) kept coming back,'' Quincy coach Dave Pierce said.
Doug Child added 12 points for Quincy, including three 3-pointers in the third quarter when the Jacks scored 21 points.
Omak, which finished its season with an 8-13 record, was led by Shawn Bradshaw, who scored 20 points. Jason Romine added 13 points for the Pioneers and Hilary Cox had 10.

Omak (8-13) - Barker 5, Cox 10, Bradshaw 20, Romine 13, Fulton 2, Cole 6, Coffey, Moses, Lafferty.

Quincy (15-8) - Bowman 27, Spence 7, D. Child 12, Kehl 2, B. Child 8, Gottschalk 1.

Omak	------------	18	28	45	56
Quincy	------------	18	30	51	57

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Cashmere 60, Cascade-Leavenworth 47
Game 6. (Loser out)
At Cashmere, WA

Jeremy Stendera scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Bulldogs to the win.
Ian Crossland and Adam Kerns added 12 points apiece as Cashmere's starting frontcourt totaled 53 points.
``We're a better team when we're going to the basket, playing an attacking game,'' Cashmere coach Miles Caples said.
Stendera scored 10 points in the second quarter as the Bulldogs (18-4 overall) outscored Cascade 18-9.
Brock McMahon scored 14 points and Ryan Hansen added 12 for Cascade, which finished its season with a 10-11 record.

Cascade (10-11) - McMahon 14, Hansen 12, Parton 9, Renberg 6, Hazen 6, Darlington, Force, Furman, Burlingame, Ward.

Cashmere (18-4) - Stendera 29, Crossland 12, Kerns 12, Smith 4, Darling 2, Yousey 1, James, Mattson, Voelker, Larson, Kennedy.

Cascade	------------	13	22	37	47
Cashmere	------------	13	31	45	60

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Cashmere 55, Quincy 45
Game 7. (Loser out)
At Eastmont High School

For three quarters, Cashmere tried to catch up to the Jacks. But in the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs ran away.
Underdog Quincy led from the middle of the second quarter until going cold in the final minutes. The Jacks, who led 36-29 early in the third quarter, tallied only four points in the final 6:44.
Guard Kerry Yousey helped spark the Bulldogs in the final period. The senior's 3-pointer with 4:56 to play, his second of the quarter, put Cashmere ahead to stay. Yousey's pass to Adam Kerns netted a lay-up and foul, with Kerns sinking the free throw to build the Cashmere lead to seven with 2:12 left, essentially sealing the win.
``All year long, the kids off the bench have done the job,'' said Cashmere coach Miles Caples. ``Tonight, it happened to be Kerry Yousey. ... We don't have any superstars, but kids who play hard and play together.''
Cashmere's balanced attack was paced by Geoff Smith, who pumped in 17 points and snagged seven rebounds, and Kerns, who tallied 16 points (on 6-for-12 shooting) and grabbed eight rebounds.
For most of the game, Quincy had a slight edge behind the scoring of Brad Child (16 points), Kerry Bowman (13 points) and Doug Child (13 points, three treys). And Cashmere's front line starters were in foul trouble.
In the second half, the Bulldogs switched to a zone press, which both gave themselves a spark and made the Quincy attack stagnate.
``We didn't execute there at the end,'' said Quincy coach Dave Pierce. ``We didn't respond when they extended their pressure.''
The Jacks finished 15-9.

Quincy (15-9) - Bowman 13, Spence, D. Child 13, Kehl, B. Child 16, Gottschalk, Parrish, Lybbert.

Cashmere (19-4) - Stendera 2, Crossland 9, Kerns 16, Smith 17, Darling, Yousey 6, James, Larson 5, Kennedy.

Quincy	------------	14	32	39	45
Cashmere	------------	13	29	36	55

Field Goals: Quincy 16-52 (.308), Cashmere 18-39 (.462). Free Throws: Quincy 9-12 (.750), Cashmere 16-25 (640). 3-Point Goals: Quincy 3-12 (D. Child 3-6), Cashmere 3-10 (Yousey 2-3) Rebounds: Quincy 32 (Bowman 12), Cashmere 30 (Kerns 8) Turnovers: Quincy 14, Cashmere 14. Fouls: Quincy 24, Cashmere 14. Fouled out: None Technicals: None Officials: Pat Flannery and Mark Iksic

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Chelan 70, Ephrata 66
Game 8. (Championship, winner to state)
At Eastmont High School

Forget the past. Chelan is building a new tradition.
The Goats' style of tenacious and clutch play landed a big prize Friday when Chelan stunned top-ranked Ephrata 70-66 in a classic North Central District A boys' basketball championship game.
Chelan rallied from a 15-point deficit to hand Ephrata its first loss and give the Goats their first district championship since 1981. Jason Nickell's two free throws with 8 seconds left clinched the win for Chelan, sending hundreds of red-and-green clad fans pouring onto the Eastmont High floor.
``We talked all week about how we're the underdogs and the underdog has to create its own breaks,'' said Chelan coach Joe Harris. ``The guys played their hearts out.''
Ephrata remains alive for the district's second berth into the State A tournament. The Tigers will take on Cashmere, a 55-45 winner over Quincy, Saturday for a state berth.
The Goats hung in there despite trailing by 15 points in the second quarter, 11 just before halftime. Chelan took its first lead at 57-56 on David Kollmeyer's 3-pointer with 6:24 left and made the most of the key plays in the final minutes.
``We started getting more confident. Pretty soon we were thinking we can win this thing,'' Harris said. ``The loose balls started to go our way. They started to believe they could win.''
Three more times Chelan took a lead, only to have Ephrata tie the game. The final tie was 64-all with 1:44 left on Craig Cherf's layup off a lob feed from Travis King.
The Goats took the lead for good when Gary Schmidt made one free throw with 1:28 to play. Chelan went up 67-64 on Nathan Boyd's two foul shots with 54 seconds to go. Some Chelan fans started chanting ``on to state'' after Nickell's free throw with 40 seconds left made it 68-64.
Ephrata didn't die, however. Eric Davis canned two free throws with 35 seconds left for the last of his game-high 30 points. And after Nickell threw up an air ball on the front end of a one-and-one, the Tigers had a chance to tie. But Davis missed a driving shot, with Schmidt rebounding. The Goats wound up inbounding the ball under the Ephrata basket with 13 seconds left, but Nickell and Ephrata's Travis King collided, with Nickell called for the foul.
That gave King, the Class A career scoring leader, a one-and-one try to tie. He missed. The Tigers were forced to foul Nickell. He didn't miss.
``I thought we were in trouble after I air-balled the first (one-and-one),'' Nickell said. ``The next time, I said to my teammates, `these two are in.'^''
``I just crossed my fingers and hoped Jason hit his free throws,'' said senior guard Tyson Varrelman.
The win avenged two previous Chelan losses to Ephrata. In the second meeting, the Tigers rolled up 107 points, so Harris knew his team had to do something different on defense.
The game plan _ man-to-man on the perimeter to try and slow down Ephrata's long-range gunners. The result _ the Tigers shot 6-for-29 (0-13 in the second half) on treys. The usually deadeye King was 2-for-15 on treys.
``We talked about that all week long. We wanted to try to take that away,'' Harris said. ``I think it paid off.''
``Offensively, we were not there,'' said Ephrata coach Marty O'Brien. They got us standing around, rattled our confidence.
``We were out of sync. ... We didn't have the poise I thought we had. But the big thing is we have another opportunity.''
All of the Goats came up big at times. Boyd netted nine of his team-high 17 points in the fourth quarter. Michael Young muscled inside for 12 points on 6-for-8 shooting to go with seven rebounds. Kollmeyer canned three of his four trey attempts for 11 points. Schmidt snared five of his 11 rebounds in the fourth quarter. Varrelman scored the team's first seven points and was a defensive force. And Nickell provided plenty of leadership to go with slick ball handling.
``His leadership on the court really helped us in the second half,'' Harris said.
Davis was Ephrata's main threat. He hit four treys in a two-minute span of the first half. He was 8 for 8 at the foul line. King finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Cherf had 10 points and nine rebounds.

Chelan (18-4) - Young 12, Boyd 17, Schmidt 9, Varrelman 9, Nickell 5, R. Hammons 7, Kollmeyer 11, Wellborn.

Ephrata (21-1) - Morford 5, Cherf 10, Davis 30, Chamberlain 2, King 15, Bair 4, Stucky.

Chelan	------------	13	31	48	70
Ephrata	------------	23	39	53	66

Field Goals: Chelan 28-58 (.483), Ephrata 22-63 (.349) Free Throws: Chelan 9-16 (.563), Ephrata 16-21 (.762) 3-Point Goals: Chelan 5-15 (Kollmeyer 3-4), Ephrata 6-29 (Davis 4-11, King 2-15) Rebounds: Chelan 36 (Schmidt 11), Ephrata 38 (King 10, Cherf 9) Turnovers: Chelan 12, Ephrata 12 Fouls: Chelan 18, Ephrata 17. Fouled out: None Technicals: None Officials: Jerry Thaut and Brian Barnaby

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Ephrata 94, Cashmere 88
Game 9. (Winner to state, loser out).
At Eastmont High School

An afternoon nap usually isn't part of a team's game plan for the big game.
But it worked wonders for the Ephrata Tigers Saturday night.
Just 24 hours after a draining loss to Chelan in the North Central District A boys' basketball championship game, the Tigers came back to beat Cashmere 94-88 for the district's other State A tournament berth.
It was a tough night for the Tigers after Friday's loss, their first of the season. Many players didn't sleep well, so coach Marty O'Brien canceled an afternoon shoot-around and told his players to nap.
``No one really slept after (Friday's game),'' said O'Brien. ``Travis King borrowed his dad's keys and was in the gym till 3 a.m. shooting.''
It was hard to get over Friday's loss for Ephrata, which entered the game 21-0 and rated No. 1.
``It was kind of a shock,'' said King, who fired in a game-high 27 points to help beat Cashmere. ``After 21 wins, you think you're invincible. (The loss) I think will help us.''
It's a matter of character, O'Brien said.
``I think the hardest thing in sports is to get on a streak, lose, and have to come back,'' he said. ``When you win all your games, you don't know the character of your team. I think this was a real character check.''
Ephrata's character was tested to the limit by Cashmere, which played a superb game Saturday. The Bulldogs led by as many as eight points early and held narrow leads most of the first half. After Ephrata jumped up by 12 points late in the third quarter, Cashmere rallied within one point with 2:43 to play.
``We played very well,'' said Cashmere coach Miles Caples. ``The kids showed what they're made of, a heck of a lot of character.''
The unfortunate thing is that only two teams will play in the state tournament.
``We have three darn good teams in this league,'' Caples said. ``Unfortunately, we're the one that has to stay home.''
From that one-point edge late in the game, Ephrata stayed on top by hitting 15 of its next 16 free throws. Eric Davis hit all eight of his tries in the last 91 seconds to cap a 24-point outing. The Bulldogs had only one potential tying shot in the final minutes and that missed.
The successful foul shooting was in contrast to the Tigers' struggles late against Chelan.
``They hit the free throws and (Friday) night they didn't,'' Caples said.
Ephrata's ability to hang in the game early and a defensive switch in the second half made the difference.
Cashmere came out smoking, hitting 13 of its first 18 shots, four of them treys, yet led by only four points. Ephrata kept pace with some solid shooting of its own (the Tigers shot 52 percent for the game). Greg Chamberlain came off the bench to hit all five of his shot attempts in the first half for 15 of his 20 points to keep Ephrata in the game.
At halftime, leading 49-47, the Tigers switched to a defense designed to limit the Bulldogs' outside shooting, which had netted five treys. Ephrata cut off the passing lanes and forced 10 turnovers, four of them on King steals. King's driving lay-up off a turnover and steal for two more points opened the half. King fed Craig Cherf for a lay-up, turned a steal into two points, then canned back-to-back 3-pointers. Suddenly the Tigers were in control.
Adam Kerns helped keep Cashmere in the game, hitting six straight shots from the field. Kerns scored 17 of his team-high 26 points in the second half. He shot 8-for-11 from the field and 10-for-10 at the foul line, plus snagged eight rebounds.
Ian Crossland worked inside for 21 points on 10-for-15 shooting. Geoff Smith connected outside for 17 points and Hoby Darling tossed in 14.
Cashmere finished the season 19-5.

Ephrata (22-1) - Morford, Cherf 10, Davis 24, Chamberlain 20, King 27, Downs 2, Barbre, Bair 10, Stucky 1.

Cashmere (19-5) - Stendera 7, Crossland 21, Kerns 26, Smith 17, Darling 14, Yousey 3, James, Larson, Kennedy.

Ephrata	------------	21	49	73	94
Cashmere	------------	24	47	61	88

Officials: Steve Simonson and Dave Michel Field Goals: Cashmere 34-68 (.515), Ephrata 28-52 (.538) Free Throws: Cashmere 13-17 (.765), Ephrata 29-37 (.784) 3-Point Goals: Cashmere 7-22 (Darling 3-5, Smith 3-10), Ephrata 9-21 (Chamberlain 4-6, King 3-11, Davis 2-3) Rebounds: Cashmere 31 (Crossland 9, Kerns 6), Ephrata 27 (Morford 9) Turnovers: Cashmere 16, Ephrata 20 Fouls: Cashmere 32, Ephrata 18. Fouled out: Stendera, Kerns, Darling Technicals: none

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