2/28/09 Saturday’s prep basketball scores

Boys

4A

Eisenhower 45, Walla Walla 42

3A

Rogers (Spokane) 62, West Valley 61

Shadle Park 60, Sunnyside 45

2A

Quincy 44, Grandview 42

Wapato 65, Toppenish 35

1A

Naches Valley 58, Connell 37

Granger 51, Highland 47

2B

White Swan 74, La Salle 58

Girls

3A

West Valley 48, North Central 37

2A

Othello 55, East Valley 47

Prosser 47, Ellensburg 44

2B

Liberty Bell 40, Kittitas 36

La Salle 46, Riverside Christian 21

Davis rally falls short against Pasco

KENNEWICK, Wash. — The season might have ended for the Pirates but the future certainly seems bright.

Freshmen David Trimble and Davonte Luckett scored 21 and 13 points, respectively, as Davis rolled up 30 fourth-period points before falling to Pasco 72-68.

Senior Les Henderson had 13 points, and the 6-foot-2 Trimble had a game-high 12 rebounds.

Davis (10-16) recorded five more field goals than the Bulldogs (17-9), but made 8 of 11 free throws to Pasco’s 19 of 21.

The Bulldogs will meet Richland at 1 p.m. today in a loser-out game. If they win, they’ll play for the region’s third and final state berth at 7 p.m.

PASCO — Anthony Scales 14, Uvay 8, Andre Griffen 10, Robert Montano 21, Negron 2, Jeramie Streicher 13, Villafan 4, Reid 0, Ponce 0. DAVIS — Les Henderson 13, Mendoza 6, Lopez 8, Davonte Luckett 10, Marquis 6, David Trimble 21, Milner 2, Winckler 2.

Pasco 19 12 22 19 — 72 Davis 12 18 8 30 — 68

Cadets set a date for state

KENNEWICK, Wash. — As one would expect of a team that has lost only one game with only one day remaining in February, Eisenhower has experienced just about all the good things a high school basketball could.

The notable exception would be cutting down nets to commemorate a championship — a celebration denied the second-ranked Cadets via their lone loss.

They earned another chance to snip the twine, however, along with an assured spot in next week’s the Class 4A state tournament, thanks to a 63-53 defeat of Richland in a regional semifinal Friday night in the Toyota Center.

The triumph ran Ike’s record to 24-1. It also got them another shot at Walla Walla, the team that executed a stunning 44-point swing and beat the Cadets for the district crown 81-67 a week ago in Ike Gym.

Today’s game is set for 5 p.m.

“We want to cut down the nets,” said senior Taylor Elmo, who led all scorers with 23 points. “Walla Walla got to do that at our place, and it wasn’t fun watching them.

“But before we could think about that, we had to do this.”

Meaning beat Richland (15-10) for a fourth time this season, thereby relegating the Bombers to the dreaded Tri-Cities two-step that halted Ike’s state run a year ago.

Friday night’s semifinal losers must win twice today to reach state, and faced with that daunting challenge last year Eisenhower encountered, and fell to, Richland.

“These guys did it to us last year,” Elmo said. “We knew what was at stake tonight, and we used that as added motivation.”

Flat starts in the first and third quarters also added a sense of urgency.

Ike trailed 12-6 before switching from a 1-2-2 zone defense to man-to-man, and gaining its footing for a 24-9 run to halftime and a 30-21 lead.

Elmo had the last three buckets of the second quarter, getting two off sweet feeds from James Lopez who finished with nine assists.

Richland’s Brett Jacobs hit a 3-pointer to start the third period, though, and with 4:15 left in the quarter the Bombers had staged a 12-2 burst for a 33-32 edge.

But Elmo and Robert Bonser reestablished their dominance inside, and Ike scored the final seven points of the period — the last three on a long bomb from Elmo — for a 39-33 cushion.

The twosome then added six points each as the Cadets ballooned their advantage to 59-43 with 2:15 to play, and only some late-game hustle by Richland narrowed the gap.

Bonser finished with 22 points, hitting 10 of 13 shots, and grabbed a team-best 10 rebounds. Jordan Gaut barely missed a double-double of his own with 12 points and nine boards before twisting his right ankle in the final minute. He left the court under his own power, however.

“We’d played the way we played against Walla Walla before, but we’d still won,” said Tyler Berman, probably alluding to a 68-65 overtime win in last week’s district semifinal. “When we lost, it taught us a lesson. It convinced us we can’t play that way and expect to win.”

Said Lopez, who shredded Richland’s defense and provided nifty passes for repeated layups by Elmo and Bonser, “We want to win a state championship. To do that you first have to get to state, and that’s something we didn’t do last year.

“When we play our game, like we did for most of the game tonight, no one can stop us. No one.”

Clint Smith scored 13 points to lead Richland, which shot only 27 percent from the field (17 for 63) and 61 percent from the foul line (14 for 23).

Ike’s state trip will be its third during Pat Fitterer’s six years as coach.

EISENHOWER — Jordan Gaut 12, Lopez 2, Taylor Elmo 23, Berman 4, Robert Bonser 22, Watson 0, Fowler 0. Totals 27-56 8-15 63. RICHLAND — Jacobs 9, Rowe 0, Dunford 4, Clint Smith 13, Douglas 9, Radliff 7, McCarger 7, Gr. Gallinger 0, Dunn 0, Hilty 2, Ga. Gallinger 0, Vedder 2. Totals 17-63 14-23 53.

Eisenhower 15 15 9 24 — 63 Richland 13 8 12 20 — 53

Shooting percentages — FGs: Eisenhower .482, Richland .270; FTs: Eisenhower .533, Richland .609. 3-point goals — Eisenhower 1-9 (Gaut 0-2, Lopez 0-1, Elmo 1-5, Bonser 0-1); Richland 5-23 (Radliff 2-2, Jacobs 2-10, McCarger 0-1, Dunford 0-1, Smith 2-5, Hilty 0-1, Douglas 0-1). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — Eisenhower 40 (Bonser 10, Gaut 9, Elmo 8); Richland 44 (Jacobs 10, Rowe 9). Assists — Eisenhower 14 (Lopez 9); Richland 11 (Rowe 3, Dunford 3). Turnovers — Eisenhower 21, Richland 13. Total fouls — Eisenhower 17, Richland 16.

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Colton uses depth to end Knights’ run ||

YAKIMA, Wash. — It wasn’t the first wave that did it. Or the second or third.

It was, by accumulated weight and unrelenting pressure, the last.

And that’s the thing about these Colton Wildcats — they just keep coming.

Having given the heavy favorite of the Class 1B state girls tournament all it could handle for three quarters, Sunnyside Christian finally succumbed to unbeaten Colton and fell 53-39 in Friday’s semifinals in the SunDome.

“For the first time we were the ones getting tired,” said SC coach Al Smeenk. “They are so deep and they can run better than we can.  That’s why they’re undefeated.”

After winning its first two games here by 51 and 50 points, the Wildcats found themselves up against a team that could defend against their run-and-gun offense, which produced 146 shots in those two games.

That defensive effort helped the Knights stay within striking distance, trailing 37-34 with seven minutes left. But after a third-quarter attempt to break SC’s back failed, Colton struck again with a 9-0 burst and that closed the deal.

“Definitely our depth made the difference,” said Colton coach Clark Vining. “That’s a strength we’ve built on all season, having more bodies to rotate through. It took a while for that to pay off tonight, but we got there.”

Mollie Kramer, who came off the bench to showcase that depth, scored bookend layins around the decisive 9-0 run, and Kelsey Moser accounted for the other five points.

SC’s Julie Long fired in a 3-pointer to briefly stop Colton’s run, cutting the margin to 46-37 with four minutes to go. But Haley Moser, another Wildcat reserve, scored back-to-back baskets off SC turnovers to ice the outcome.

“I’m satisfied with the defense. We left it all out there on the floor,” Smeenk said. “I was just difficult for us to score. They put you under such constant pressure it’s hard to get into your offense.”

Melanie Van Wingerden was again a full-court force for the Knights, turning in a third straight double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds. She had 10 points in the first half, which ended in an 18-18 tie.

“Al’s a great coach, and we knew his kids would defend the perimeter well and handle our pressure,” Vining said. “We had a couple of lopsided games but we knew this was coming. Our kids knew Sunnyside Christian was going to be a battle.”

Junior Kelsey Moser, the team’s leading scorer and a big reason Colton reached the championship game last year, picked up her third foul midway through the second period. But once again the Wildcats’ depth took care of that potential problem as Kramer contributed 15 points and eight rebounds.

Moser backed off a step and didn’t commit another foul, finishing with 18 points and six rebounds. She made 9 of 10 free throws.

Colton (23-0), which fell to Garfield-Palouse in last year’s title game, will take another crack at the championship against St. John-Endicott (19-4) tonight at 7.

The Knights (19-6) will take home their fourth straight state trophy today when they play St. Michael’s (13-13) for third and sixth at 3:30 p.m.

“Last year we lost in the semis and then lost again the next day for sixth. They were so disappointed with that,” Smeenk said. “That’s why I know they’ll be ready. If they play the way they did today, we should do well.”

What a steal: Knights stay alive

YAKIMA, Wash. — After feeling like they had given away their quarterfinal game a night earlier, blowing a seven-point lead against Cusick in the final 11/2 minutes, the Sunnyside Christian Knights were taking no chances with their winner-gets-a-trophy, loser-goes-home game on Friday.

They stole it.

Again and again and again.

The Knights’ trapping, pressing defense thwarted the Curlew Cougars’ ballhandlers time and again, forcing 34 turnovers and coming up with a tournament-record 20 steals in their 68-31 triumph.

“We watched their game last night and we noticed their strength was their post,” sophomore guard Steven Bosma said, a reference to 6-foot-9 Cougar senior Jordan Wakefield. “We looked at their guards and saw they were a little weak. We’ve got a more balanced team, and we tried to attack their guards.”

“And without their guards, they …” Bosma paused, looking for the right phrase. “They didn’t seem to perform well.”

The Knights’ plan paid off quickly. They took command with a 14-0 scoring burst  spanning the first and second quarters, during which they made five steals, then put it away with a 51/2-minute, 21-0 run that began just before halftime, included nine Cougar turnovers, and lasted through much of the third period.

“Our goal was to wear them down with our trapping and pressing,” said Knights coach Dean Wagenaar, whose 13-12 team will face Tulalip Heritage (22-3) at 1:30 p.m. today in the fourth-seventh place game. “And we said, don’t ever give up on it — even if they get through the first tier, get back and keep after them. After enough of that, you could start to see it in (the Cougars’) faces, not knowing where it was coming from next.”

And the Knights did it in waves, with nine players in their regular rotation until, late in the third quarter, Wagenaar essentially cleared the bench.

“Our plan was to keep rotating guys, because we’ve got more depth,” said Steven Broersma, the Knights’ 6-5 sophomore forward. “So we were a little more fresh.”

And those fresh legs paid off on the offensive end as well, where the Knights kept going right at the 6-9 Wakefield, even after he set the tournament single-game record for blocks — in the first half. But those six first-half blocks (he would finish with seven) didn’t deter the Knights.

“It’s a mind-set you have to keep,” said Broersma, who scored a game-high 14 points on 4-for-8 shooting from the field and 6-for-7 at the line. “You have to keep going at him.”

That the Knights did, on the defensive end as well. Their defensive collapsing around Wakefield, who had averaged 21.9 points during the season, limited him to a single first-half shot attempt — he missed — and no points until late in the third quarter. The only consistent scoring threat for the Cougars turned out to be sophomore guard Tanner Somday, who got all of his 12 points on 4-for-10 3-point shooting.

That was far too little to offset the Knights’ all-around excellence on Friday. They shot 45 percent for the game, passed well (12 assists, led by Matt Crabtree’s three), had three scorers in double figures — Broersma, Bosma and Tim De Vries, who combined for 36 points) — and, of course, stole the ball every time it came anywhere near any of them.

So, coach Wagenaar, were those 20 steals a school record as well as a tournament record?

“Hey, we’re all about team,” Wagenaar said. “We don’t keep that stuff.”

Bosma, who had five of those steals, said with a grin, “Well, let’s start now.”

Boys 1B preview: Lions, Jaguars meet again

YAKIMA, Wash. — Two years ago, Moses Lake Christian came to the Class 1B tournament with the No. 1 ranking and the role as the prohibitive favorite.

And got beat in the first round by a Tri-Cities Prep team nobody saw coming.

The Lions returned this week as the top-ranked team and have played like it, with their 70-54 semifinal trouncing of Cusick just the latest of their impressive three-game run to the title game.

And who will they meet tonight at 9 for the championship?

Yep. Another Tri-Cities Prep bunch nobody saw coming.

“They’re a very well-coached team,” Moses Lake Christian senior guard Adrian Moffet said about the Jaguars after lighting up Cusick for a tournament-record 34 points on 13-for-19 shooting. “We’re not going to underestimate anybody. We know we’ve got to go out and play as hard as we did tonight.”

Especially considering the Lions’ recent history, which Moffet pointed to as his own primary motivation Friday night.

“I came in and wasn’t going to lose this year. We’ve lost here the last two years, and I wasn’t going to lose again,” Moffet said, then amended his statement. “I wasn’t going to let my team lose again.”

Tri-Cities Prep forced 25 turnovers in its 43-35 semifinal victory over Almira/Coulee-Hartline, helping make up for the Jaguars’ own abysmal 30 percent (17-for-56) shooting.

“Defense was going to win this game,” TCP coach Joe Perez said. “I told our guys that no matter what happens, they just have to stay with their defense until the offense comes around — not to lose confidence in what they’re doing if their shots aren’t falling.”

The shots weren’t falling, but the Jaguars’ defensive focus and offensive patience paid off. And now they get the rematch not only of their 2007 upset of the Lions, but of their 64-58 overtime loss in a non-league game seven weeks ago at Moses Lake Christian.

In that one, the Jaguars led for most of the game, but missed critical free throws down the stretch. “Had we made our free throws, I don’t think it would have gone into overtime,” Perez said. “You live and die with free throws. That time we died.”

Perez knows it might be harder this time for his overachieving 20-6 team to stay with Moses Lake Christian (23-2), with the Lions on such a roll. “They’ve improved tremendously,” he said. “They’re doing some great things on the court out there.”

And the Lions also have a little bit of payback to consider, after that 2007 state-tourney result.

“I’m sure,” Perez said, “they want us back.”

Girls 1B preview: Colton vs. SJE, Round 4

YAKIMA, Wash. — No girls basketball team has beaten the Colton Wildcats this year, but St. John-Endicott has come closer than anybody else.

In the first of their three games, the Eagles lost by two. In the third, in the District 9 championship game, they trailed by two points with four minutes to go.

The two teams’ fourth meeting will be at 7 p.m. tonight for the Class 1B championship — the second straight time the girls title game has featured an all-District 9 showdown.

“I hope it’s as good as our district game,” SJE coach Bob Clements said after his team’s 47-30 semifinal victory over St. Michael’s. “Because if it is, the people here will get a great show.”

Colton coach Clark Vining would like to reverse last year’s result, in which the Wildcats lost to District 9 rival Garfield-Palouse in the finale.

“That one stung,” Vining said after his team’s semifinal victory over Sunnyside Christian. “When you lose that game to a team in your league, you only have to hear about it the next forty or fifty years.”

Why has District 9 become the dominant force in girls 1B basketball? For teams in that part of the state, girls basketball starts early, with little-kids basketball camps and elementary-school AAU tournaments. St. John-Endicott has about 35 girls in the high school, and more than a third of them play varsity or JV basketball.

“In winter, there’s not a lot else to do out there in wheat country,” Clements said. “So basketball is the entertainment.”

And tonight, the most entertaining team will be taking home the biggest trophy.

2/27/09 Boys Class 1B roundup

SEMIFINALS

Tri-Cities Prep 43, Almira/Coulee Hartline 35

Four straight points by Antonio Ledesma snapped a 31-31 tie early in the fourth quarter and helped propel Tri-Cities Prep to an upset over No. 2-ranked Almira/Coulee-Hartline.

Ledesma sank two free throws with 6:56 to play that snapped the deadlock and sparked a 12-4 run that closed the game. His four points and two free throws by Ryan Mercado but the Jags (20-6) up by six, and ACH (21-5) never got closer than four points the rest of the way.

Ledesma led T-C with 12 points, while Will Hoppes added 11 points and Andrew LeBrun 10.

Sergio Lopez pulled down eight rebounds and Ledesma seven for the Jags.

Garrett Jess scored 14 points and Kyle Tucker chipped in 13 and pulled down seven rebounds for the Warriors.

Moses Lake Christian 70, Cusick 54

Adrian Moffet scored a tournament single-game record 34 points to lead top-ranked Moses Lake Christian to a win over Cusick.

Moffet broke his own state record, orginally set last year against Lummi when he scored 27. He’s also nine points from the individual tournament scoring record of 82, set by Liberty Christian’s Mark Wilson last year.

Moffet made 13 of 19 shots, including 6 of 7 3-pointers, in a game that didn’t hold much suspense after the first quarter. MLC (23-2) scored the game’s first seven points, and led 21-8 after the first period. Cusick never got closer than 13 points in the second half.

Teammate Riggs Yarbro added 14 points and a game-high 13 rebounds, and Isaac Murrell added 10 points.

Spencer Shanholtzer led the Panthers (20-6) with 20 points and Louie Bluff had 10 rebounds.

CONSOLATION BRACKET

Lake Quinault 52, Pateros 38

Michael Mayton poured in 18 points and sparked Lake Quinault to a victory.

Mayton sank 7 of 12 shots, including a 3-pointer. He also had five assists, five steals and a blocked shot.

The Elks (13-12) built a 12-point lead late in the third quarter and withstood a mild Pateros run that cut their lead to five, 41-36, with 6:15 to play. Mayton then hit a layup that started an 11-0 run that put the game away.

Cameron Daniels added 16 points and Cameron Pumphrey had 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Elks.

Abram Wilson led the Billygoats (15-11) with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Rosalia 51, Oakville 47

Jim Maley scored a game-high 19 points, and Rosalia held on late to beat Oakville.

With his team up 47-44 with less than a minute to play, Maley made a steal and driving layup that pushed the Spartans (18-7) up by five with 45 seconds remaining. Oakville’s Berry Peterson drained a 3-pointer that closed the margin before Nathan Richards closed the scoring with a pair of free throws.

Richards added 17 points and Zach St. John 10 for the Spartans.

Maley also led Rosalia’s rebounding effort, grabbing a game-high 14 of the Spartans’ 43. Peterson snared 10 rebounds for Oakville.

The Spartans converted 45.8 percent (22 of 48) of their shots, while the Acorns (21-3) made only 27.7 percent (18 of 65).

Izaha Powell scored 17 points for Oakville. Peterson added 14 and Tucker Reinitz 12.

Tulalip Heritage 61, Wellpinit 52

Lesjar McKinney posted game-highs of 23 points and 21 rebounds as Tulalip Heritage beat Wellpinit.

McKinney made 8 of 24 shots, including a pair of 3-pointers, and converted 5 of 7 free throws. Teammates Keith Davis and Shawn Comenote added 19 and 11 points, respectively.

Tulalip Heritage (22-3) led most of the game, though the Redskins (21-5) took their final, albeit brief, lead midway through the third quarter. But the Hawks went on a 9-1 run to retake the lead at 37-30. Wellpinit never got closer than six points the rest of the way.

Kennedy Seyler scored 22 points and pulled down 14 rebounds for Wellpinit.

McKinney came close to a triple-double: He finished with seven assists. He also had four blocked shots.

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2/27/09 Class 1B girls roundup

SEMIFINAL

St. John-Endicott 47, St. Michael’s 30

Kelly Van Lith scored 12 points and Kelsey Simon added 11 as St. John-Endicott pulled away down the stretch to beat St. Michael’s.

The Eagles (19-4) led just 20-15 at the half, but used a 16-7 third quarter to take command and slowly increase their lead.

Their biggest advantage was 45-22 late in the contest.

SJE’s defense swarmed the Warriors (12-14) and came away with 17 steals, including six by Van Lith. St. Michael’s committed 27 turnovers.

Katie Drass paced St. Michael’s with 12 points, and Katie Urann pulled down nine rebounds.

CONSOLATION BRACKET

Neah Bay 42, Moses Lake Christian 34

Shayla Nagel scored 14 points to lead Neah Bay to a victory over Moses Lake Christian.

Teammate Stephanie Greene, who scored the game’s first basket to put Neah Bay ahead for good, added 10 points, as did Alisha Kallappa.

MLC’s Esther Timofeyev led all scorers with 25 points and 16 rebounds. She made 8 of 12 shots and was 9 of 11 at the free-throw line, and had four steals and seven blocked shots.

The Red Devils, who improved to 21-2, outscored MLC 16-8 in the first quarter. The Lions (10-10) cut the lead to two points in the second quarter, but Neah Bay scored the next seven straight and MLC never got closer than six points the rest of the game.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 62, Taholah 44

Sarah Gloyn scored a game-high 21 points and Madeline Isaak added 17 as Almira/Coulee-Hartline eliminated Taholah.

The Warriors rolled up a 34-21 halftime lead and were never threatened in the second half.

Gloyn made 8 of 21 shots, including 3 of 12 3-point tries. Isaak converted 5 of her 10 shots and made all six of her free-throw attempts.

Megan Osborne chipped in 11 points and pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds for the Warriors (24-2).

Kailani Charley scored 15 points for the Chitwhins, who ended their season with a 19-4 record.

Hunters 40, Sprague-Harrington 29

Julie Ann Larrew scored 10 points to lead Hunters past Sprague-Harrington.

Hunters led wire-to-wire, and at one point built a 20-point lead (32-12).

The Lions (21-5) dominated the backboards, taking a 51-38 rebounding advantage. Loe pulled down nine rebounds, and Casey Kieffer and Josie Kieffer each hauled in six.

The Lions’ defense came away with 22 steals, including six by Larrew and five by Krista Colvin.

Loe, Casey Kieffer and Mackenzie Parrow each chipped in eight points.

Katlyn Lowman led the Falcons (10-13) with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Lummi 48, North Sound Christian 24

Sarah Brady powered Lummi with 18 points as the Blackhawks ran past North Sound Christian.

The Blackhawks (21-3) built a 21-8 halftime lead and put the game out of reach with an 18-0 run that spanned the third quarter.

Kyla Frajman added 11 points and 13 rebounds for Lummi.

The Blackhawks gathered 16 steals, including six from Amanda Humphreys, and helped force NSC into 31 turnovers.

Hannah Reymore paced NSC (14-11) with nine points and 11 rebounds.

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2/27/09 SCAC basketball roundup

Zilah 31, Connell 27

ZILLAH — A fast start to a defensive battle earned Zillah’s girls the SCAC district title Friday night. The Leopards jumped ahead of third-ranked Connell 12-5 in the first quarter and held on for a 31-27 victory at Zillah Alumni Gym. Zillah junior Christina Slack was the high scorer in the game with nine points, and teammate Rosebud Guthrie grabbed nine rebounds. The Leopards (19-4) will take the SCAC’s top seed into next week’s Class 1A state tournament in the SunDome. Zillah and Connell will be joined at state by Granger and Burbank. The Eagles (21-2), whose only losses this season have been to Zillah, got 11 rebounds from Eva Grassl.

CONNELL — Debbie Molsbarger 7, Casper 0, Avery 2, Vergara 6, McGary 3, Koelzer 3, Booker 2, Grassl 4, Bernsen 0. ZILLAH — Slack 9, B. Ziegler 5, Gay 0, A. Ziegler 4, Duce 4, Uasike 3, Bounds 0, Guthrie 6.

Connell 5 6 8 8 — 27 Zillah 12 4 6 9 — 31

Highlights: Rosebud Guthrie (Z) 9 rebounds; Alisi Uasike (Z) 4 steals; Eva Grassl (C) 11 rebounds.

Granger 52, Naches Valley 39

ZILLAH — Sam Zapien split her 20 points evenly between each half and the Spartans’ defense held NV to 17 points in the second half to earn a trip to state for the second straight year. Leading 23-22 at the break, Granger (19-4) broke away with a 15-8 third period. Ashlee Reddout scored all nine of her points in the second half. Freshman Justine Benner scored 11 points to lead the Rangers (11-12).

NACHES VALLEY — Farris 0, Justine Benner 11, Curtsinger 4, Akin 0, Risley 2, Powers 7, Huck 10, Bogardus 0, Koszty 5. GRANGER — Gunnier 0, Klarich 5, Ely 0, Carpenter 5, Mengarelli 6, Reddout 9, Winterholler 0, Sam Zapien 20, Roedel 0, Reyes 7.

Naches Valley 10 12 8 9 — 39 Granger 10 13 15 14 — 52

Burbank 69, Mabton 64 (OT)

ZILLAH — Tiffany Idler’s season-high 34 points helped the Coyotes secure a state berth and keep Mabton from its first trip in 23 years. Sophomores Melissa Gutierrez and Cyrsta Reynolds combined for 40 points for Mabton (17-6), and senior Ana Jimenez chipped in 17 points. Jimenez concluded her four-year career with 1,356 points. Burbank, last year’s 1A state runner-up, will take a 15-8 record to state.

MABTON — Cyrsta Reynolds 19, L. Enriquez 0, Melissa Gutierrez 21, Flores 0, Sustaita 0, Campbell 5, Ana Jimenez 17, B. Enriquez 2. BURBANK — Akerblade 0, Zuhlke 0, Houser 5, Goodsell 0, Rivas 7, Contreras 0, Rochelle 2, Brazeale 2, Tiffany Idler 34, Rude 5, Nicole Roberts 16.

Mabton 14 18 15 13 4 — 64 Burbank 10 10 19 21 9 — 69

Highlights: FT, Mabton 10-18, Burbank 21-40.

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