GNAC, NWAACC hoops standings, schedules

GNAC MEN
    Conf    Seas
Western Oregon    4-0    11-2
Western Washington     3-0    12-2
Alaska Anchorage    3-0    9-2
Seattle Pacific    2-2     10-3
MSU Billings    2-2    7-5
Alaska Fairbanks    1-2    4-9
Central Washington    1-3    7-5
NW Nazarene    1-3    7-5
Saint Martin’s    1-3    5-8
Simon Fraser    0-3    5-6
Thursday’s schedule: Alaska Anchorage at MSU Billings, Alaska Fairbanks at Seattle Pacific, Saint Martin’s at Western Washington, Western Oregon at Simon Fraser.
Saturday’s schedule: Northwest Nazarerne at Central Washington (7 p.m.), Alaska Anchorage at Seattle Pacific, Alaska Fairbanks at MSU Billings, Saint Martin’s at Simon Fraser, Western Oregon at Western Washington.

GNAC WOMEN
    Conf    Seas
Alaska Anchorage    3-0    12-2
Seattle Pacific    3-1    9-3
Western Washington    2-1    8-3
Simon Fraser    2-1    7-4
MSU Billings    2-2    10-5
NW Nazarene    2-2    8-4
Western Oregon    2-2    3-11
Saint Martin’s    1-3    6-8
Central Washington    1-3    4-7
Alaska Fairbanks    0-3    4-9
Thursday’s schedule: MSU Billings at Alaska Anchorage, Seattle Pacific at Alaska Fairbanks, Western Washington at Saint Martin’s, Simon Fraser at Western Oregon.
Saturday’s schedule: Seattle Pacific at Alaska Anchorage, MSU Billings at Alaska Fairbanks, Central Washington at Northwest Nazarene, Simon Fraser at Saint Martin’s, Western Washington at Western Oregon.

NWAACC EAST MEN
    Conf    Seas
BigBend    0-0    10-1
Spokane    0-0    11-2
Walla Walla    0-0    9-4
Yakima Valley    0-0    7-5
Wenatchee Valley    0-0    4-5
Blue Mountain    0-0    4-6
Columbia Basin    0-0    4-6
Treasure Valley    0-0    1-9

NWAACC EAST WOMEN
    Conf    Seas
Columbia Basin    0-0    12-0    
Yakima Valley    0-0    10-3
Big Bend    0-0    10-3
Walla Walla    0-0    9-3
Blue Mountain    0-0    8-3
Spokane    0-0    5-7
Wenatchee Valley    0-0    5-7
Treasure Valley    0-0    2-8
Saturday’s schedule (men and women): Yakima Valley at Wenatchee Valley, Blue Mountain at Treasure Valley, Columbia Basin at Walla Walla, Spokane at Big Bend.

Dunn’s triple-double leads CWU women to GNAC victory

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Alex Dunn posted a triple-double of 13 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists Saturday as Central Washington got its first GNAC victory over the season by beating Alaska Fairbanks 97-74 in Nicholson Pavilion.

Dunn, a 5-foot-7 junior, transferred to Central from Carroll College in Helena, Mont., when Carroll’s coach, Shawn Nelson, took the job at Central last May.

She was 6 of 12 from the field and converted her only 3-point attempt as the Wildcats were 12 of 34 from long distance.

It was only the second triple-double in Wildcats history, and Dunn became the fourth player in the 11-year history of the GNAC to accomplish the feat.

Sophie Russell led five CWU scorers in double figures with 23 points while also grabbing seven rebounds to aid a 51-39 Wildcats advantage on the glass.

Jessica VanDyke had 18 points and true freshman Melanie Valdez 16 while going 8 for 8 from the foul line. Another freshman, Courtney Johnson had 11 points.

After building a 39-32 intermission lead, Central (1-3 GNAC, 4-7 overall) outscored the Nanooks (0-3, 4-9) 58-42 in the second half.

Russell had 19 points over the final 20 minutes, hitting 3 of 5 3-pointers.

“(The strong half) was sparked by Sophie Russell, and of course Alex, who got everybody involved and rebounded extremely well from her guard position to set us up for some transition baskets,” Nelson said.

Shooting 54 percent during the second half, CWU finished at 43 percent overall, its second-highest total of the season.

Autumn Greene and Jacqueline Lovato scored 19 and 18 points, respectively, for Fairbanks.

Central plays the first of three consecutive road games next Saturday at Northwest Nazarene.

ALASKA FAIRBANKS — Autumn Greene 5-16 7-12 19, Nicole Bozek 4-7 6-6 15, Nicole Hartzog 2-12 6-6 10, Altenburg 0-2 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Jacqueline Lovato 6-9 3-4 18, Logue 1-5 1-2 4, Bulaya 2-5 0-0 4, Gabriel 0-3 2-2 2, Eime 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 21-60 25-32 74.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Sophie Russell 9-16 1-3 23, Jessica VanDyke 5-12 6-7 18, Melanie Valdez 3-6 8-8 16, Alex Dunn 6-12 0-1 13, Courtney Johnson 3-7 4-4 11, Rethwill 2-6 0-0 6, Fettig 3-5 0-1 4, Albrecht 1-3 0-0 2, Burke 1-6 0-0 2. Totals 33-76 19-24 97.

Halfitme — CWU 39-32. 3-point goals — UAF 7-17 (Greene 2-2, Bozek 1-2, Hartzog 0-2, Altenburg 0-1, Lovato 3-6, Logue 1-3, Gabriel 0-1); CWU 12-34 (Russell 4-7, VanDyke 2-7, Valdez 2-5, Dunn 1-1, Johnson 1-3, Rethwill 2-6). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — UAF 39 (Greene 7, Bozek 7); CWU 51 (Dunn 12, Russell 7). Assists — UAF 13 (Logue 4); CWU 18 (Dunn 10). Turnovers — UAF 18, CWU 18. Total fouls — UAF 19, CWU 24.

 

 

Overtime leaves CWU men out in the cold

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — The official high temperature for Fairbanks on Saturday was 25 below zero, and it probably seemed even colder for Central Washington.

The Wildcats saw Alaska Fairbanks’ Dominique Brinson send their GNAC game into overtime with a long 3-pointer, then watched the Nanooks score the first eight points during the extra session en route to a 91-80 loss.

Central, which suffered a 37-point defeat Thursday night at Alaska Anchorage, fell to 1-3 in conference play and 7-5 overall.

“We had a hand in the kid’s (Brinson’s) face, he was fading away on a 21-footer and he got nothing but net,” said CWU coach Greg Sparling. “I just watched it on tape. So then they’re all going crazy and they have all the momentum in overtime, and we couldn’t get anything going.”

Sophomore center Kevin Davis posted his sixth double-double of the season with 23 points and 13 rebounds while also blocking four shots, but the Wildcats missed three of four free throws during the final 33 seconds of regulation — any of which would have iced the game.

“It’s not like they were bricks,” Sparling said. “They were all in-and-outs.”

Toussaint Tyler had 13 points and a career-high nine assists, Lacy Haddock scored 11 points and Jody Johnson 10 for CWU, which shot only 41 percent from the field including 2 of 12 from 3-point range.

Tyler and Johnson were especially cold, shooting a combined 5 for 25.

“We’ve had two games in the GNAC now (including a 77-75 home loss to Western Oregon) where we were in a great position to win but couldn’t close the door. So now we just have to get back off the frozen tundra and get home.”

Brinson led the Nanooks (1-3, 4-9) with 20 points while Stefan Tica had 19.

Central hosts Northwest Nazarene next Saturday night.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Lacy Haddock 4-5 3-4 11, Clyde 3-4 0-0 6, Kevin Davis 10-19 3-5 23, Toussaint Tyler 3-12 6-7 13, Jody Johnson 2-13 6-6 10, Jordan Coby 3-7 2-3 9, Gross 1-5 1-4 3, Lieser 0-0 0-0 0, Magee 2-2 1-4 5, Nelson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-68 22-33 80.

ALASKA FAIRBANKS — Dominique 8-13 2-3 20, Stefan Tica 5-12 7-10 19, Sergei Pucar 5-10 6-6 16, Ward 2-5 3-4 7, Burkhead 1-4 1-1 3, Daniel 1-6 1-2 3, Stathopoulous 0-0 0-0 0, Teer 3-5 0-0 7. Totals 29-61 28-35 91.

Halftime — . Regulation — 74-74. 3-point goals — 2-12 (Gross 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Coby 1-4, Clyde 0-1, Tyler 1-4); UAF 5-15 (Teer 1-2, Brinson 2-5, Tica 2-6, Ward 0-2). Fouled out — Clyde, Tyler. Rebounds — CWU 44 (Davis 13); UAF 37 (Pucar 10). Assists — CWU 11 (Tyler 9); UAF 8 (Mathews 3). Turnovers — CWU 17, UAF 16. Total fouls — CWU 28, UAF 25.

Finishing strong

Fiander scores 20 of his 33 points in second half to help rally White Swan||

YAKIMA, Wash. — Happy new year, White Swan.

And if the calendar says 2012 doesn’t start until midnight tonight you could’ve fooled coach Manuel Rangel’s Cougars, who on Friday night staged a frenzied and triumphant celebration.

Many of the fireworks came from the flammable right hand of Lawrence Fiander, the senior point guard who scored 33 points as White Swan erased an eight-point halftime deficit and sprinted past previously unbeaten Granger, 65-51 in the SunDome Shootout.

But of course others factored into this marquee matchup in which the Class 2B Cougars, who already had beaten Class 1A Zillah, got another triumph against a 1A school with this one coming against a team ranked third statewide by The News Tribune of Tacoma.

“And they beat us four times last summer,” Rangel said afterward.

At halftime of this one, the 8-1 Spartans held a 29-21 advantage thanks in large part to the 15 points of Brandon Castro, the 5-foot-5 senior who nailed three 3-pointers.

Rangel rallied his troops, however, imploring them to take care of the ball and not force shots.

About the only thing White Swan (7-1) forced over the final two periods were turnovers — getting 10 of their 16 after halftime in which many ignited layup-punctuated fast breaks.

“Our team is not very deep,” Rangel said, “so sometimes I’m reluctant to put on a press because I don’t want to get in foul trouble. But our kids love to press, and we always say our offense comes from our defense. Nothing new there.”

Indeed.

But while turnovers and transition hoops carried the Cougars over the long haul, the 3-ball got them started.

Successive treys by Jonny Zuniga, who totaled 11 points, and Fiander, followed by Tanner Hull’s basket, tied it at 29 with 5:40 left in the third quarter.

Two more Castro long balls — he finished with 23 points — kept Granger within 40-39 starting the fourth quarter, but a 9-0 burst capped by successive Fiander fast break buckets put the Cougs permanently in command.

Andrew Reddout, who had a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Johnny Pacheco briefly stemmed the tide with baskets, but another 9-0 White Swan salvo ensued.

Fiander? He was 13 of 18 from the field, including 2 of 5 from 3-point range, matched his point total from a 72-68 Shootout defeat of Granger last year.

“In the grand scheme of things, this is huge,” Rangel said. “We keep talking about the gold ball (symbolic of a state championship), and as far as that’s concerned the chips will fall where they may. But we know we’re going to have to beat teams of this caliber to have a chance.”

Said Fiander, who finished three points off the single-game Shootout record set by Granger’s Brandon Oswalt last year and whose two-game average of 30 was a mere half point short of his own mark from 2010, “We just wanted this game.

“For one thing, they’re ranked third in the state and for another, they’re 1A and we’re 2B. And I’ve always liked playing in this building and in front of big crowds, but I couldn’t have done any of this without my teammates.

“As for the gold ball, that’s something I’ve dreamed about since I was a little kid and I don’t want to leave high school without one.”

GRANGER — Andrew Reddout 11, Brandon Castro 23, Pacheco 4, Cervantes 4, Ochoa 1, Rodarte 0, Andrade 4, Oswalt 2, Brown 0, Mendoza 2. Totals 19-45 8-11 51.

WHITE SWAN — Huereca 5, Lawrence Fiander 33, Hull 3, Zuniga 9, N. Lewis 6, K. Lewis 7, Price 2. Totals 25-51 6-11 65.

Granger 10 19 10 12 — 51

White Swan 12 9 19 25 — 65

Shooting percentages — FG: Granger .422, White Swan .490; FT: Granger .727, White Swan .545. 3-point goals: Granger 5-14 (Castro 5); White Swan 5-16 (Huereca 1, Fiander 2, Zuniga 1, K. Lewis 1). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — Granger 34 (Reddout 10, Ochoa 7); White Swan 25 (N. Lewis 6). Turnovers — Granger 16, White Swan 9.

 

Prep basketball — Slack leads Zillah in SunDome Shootout

Accounting for eight of Zillah’s 22 points at the foul line, junior Robert Slack finished with 19 points and led the Leopards to a 68-59 victory over White River in the 12th annual SunDome Shootout on Friday.

Derrell Pascal and Dee Villanueva added 11 points apiece for Zillah, which connected on 22 of 37 free throws.

The Leopards, who beat Ridgefield on Thursday, improved to 8-1.

WHITE RIVER — Dove 5, Swigart 0, Kiel 7, Sayler 9, Jason Tyler 18, McCarragher 6, Sam Schifter 12, Foster 2, Anderson 0.

ZILLAH — Robert Slack 19, McKay 7, Cuellar 5, Widner 9, Calhoun 4, Dee Villanueva 11, Derrel Pascal 11, Dunsmore 2.

White River 11 12 14 22 — 59

Zillah 19 17 17 15 — 68

LAKESIDE 41, LA SALLE 37: The Eagles rallied for the win by outscoring La Salle 12-4 in the final period. Bret Oldham paced the Lightning with 15 points.

LA SALLE — Garza 0, Chambard 3, Smith 6, Lighty 6, Bonny 2, Hoon 3, Maki 0, Pesek 0, Bret Oldham 15, Stohr 2.

LAKESIDE — Connor Moffatt 14, Powell 2, Watkins 2, Schimke 2, Perkins 5, Broderius 2, Watson 0, Wood 6, Widman 8.

La Salle 11 10 12 4 — 37

Lakeside 13 8 8 12 — 41

Colville 40, Connell 30

CONNELL — Huber 0, Holst 0, G. Vanderbilt 2, Matt Hadley 19, Fox 3, Carter 2, C. Vanderbilt 0, Williams 0, VanHollebeke 2, Hopkins 2.

COLVILLE — Shoemaker 3, Murto 0, L. Holling 1, T. Holling 0, Henry 4, Vaagen 1, Lee 3, Khater 0, Matt Hubbard 16, Alex Pond 12.

Connell 6 11 7 7 — 30

Colville 11 9 7 13 — 40

Burbank 53, Riverside 50

BURBANK — McBride 2, Hanshew 0, Lawrence 8, Nathan Roberts 20, Chambers 3, McVicker 2, Miller 2, Romm 3, Chris Ryckman 13.

RIVERSIDE — Zamoni 5, Shuler 6, Jordan Wood 12, Owens 6, Axtell 8, Josh Davis 11, Reed 2.

Burbank 22 6 11 14 — 53

Riverside 8 20 12 8 — 50

Deer Park 59, Vashon Island 27

DEER PARK — Colton Mead 14, Mohr 5, Nielsen 6, Uconn Peone 20, Ferguson 4, Blake Starbuck 10.

VASHON ISLAND — Stewart 0, Williams 0, Amick 2, Whitaker 8, Norton 5, Lofland 4, Hazzard 2, Basurto 2, Brenno 4, Vanderpol 0.

Deer Park 12 14 12 21 — 59

Vashon Island 5 2 14 6 — 27

Ridgefield 75, Colfax 51

RIDGEFIELD — Mason 0, Segundo 6, D. Potter 0, Max Ballantyne 14, Michael Potter 20, Sam Landerholm 25, Williams 4, Morris 6, Olsen 0.

COLFAX — Kyle Johnson 17, Stevenson 2, Scholz 4, Hart 5, Kamlich 0, Johnson 2, Justin Berarducci 17, Webber 0, Simonson 4.

Ridgefield 18 28 9 20 — 75

Colfax 8 21 9 13 — 51

GIRLS

Spartans top White Swan

Fantasia Reyes and Lyndsay Oswalt combined for 21 points and made 6 of 7 free throws to help Granger beat White Swan 42-30 in Friday’s late game of the SunDome Shootout.

Reyes scored 11 points, making 4 of 5 foul shots, and Oswalt added 10 points for the Spartans (7-2), who held White Swan to single digits in each quarter.

Amber Jones led the Cougars (6-2) with 11 points.

GRANGER — Rodarte 0, Strom 0, Wapsheli 0, Oliveros 2, Villa 4, John 7, Lyndsay Oswalt 10, Parrish 0, Blodgett 8, Cardenas 0, Fantasia Reyes 11.

WHITE SWAN — Hawk 4, Swan 0, Scabbyrobe 2, Spencer 0, Van Pelt 0, C. Jones 7, Pims 0, Sheppard 2, Amber Jones 11, Botkins 4.

Granger 9 11 10 12 — 42

White Swan 8 7 7 8 — 30

LA SALLE 53, DEEP PARK 35: Deanna Avalos scored 15 points and Karly Sattler added 12 points with a pair of 3-pointers for the Lightning, which surged ahead with a 16-6 third quarter.

La Salle (7-1) made 10 treys in its two SunDome games.

DEER PARK — Heins 1, Petroske 1, Carlson 0, Alison Ruygrok 10, Adams 0, Perez 4, Sitton 0, Beltrame 8, Mohr 7, Brazington 4.

LA SALLE — Patterson 0, E. Avalos 3, Martin 3, K. McGree 6, Andringa 4, Karly Sattler 12, C. McGree 3, Boutillier 1, Deanna Avalos 15, Zeutenhorst 0, Standley 2, Kaschmitter 4.

Deer Park 8 10 6 11 — 35

La Salle 10 10 16 15 — 53

LAKESIDE 47, ZILLAH 41: Monica Villegas and Alexcis Higginbotham combined for 25 points for Zillah (5-4), which led 31-29 heading into the final period. Jenna Widman paced Lakeside (5-5) with 11 points.

LAKESIDE — Bennett 0, A. Cook-Cox 4, Kyllo 3, Tayler Flemming 10, Jacobson 3, Brittos 2, Jenna Widman 11, Marikis 1, Mahowald 4, J. Cook-Cox 9.

ZILLAH — Nelson 0, Winters 7, Patterson 3, Alexcis Higginbotham 10, Stump 0, Salcedo 2, Monica Villegas 15, Purdy 0, Myers 3, Ruggles 1.

Lakeside 10 11 8 18 — 47

Zillah 7 12 12 10 — 41

White River 54, Burbank 26

WHITE RIVER — Sturdivan 0, France 9, Amanda Lance 10, Mills 5, Hillius 6, Davey 2, Narolski 4, Cylkowski 0, Worley 0, Timmerman 0, Kennedy Hobert 18.

BURBANK — Martineau 0, Aguilar 0, Lott 0, Dixon 0, Roberts 0, Cotsford 5, Calzadillas 4, Harley McBride 10, Mosqueda 7, Holst 0.

White River 14 11 16 11 — 54

Burbank 7 6 12 1 — 26

Connell 40, Colville 37 (OT)

COLVILLE — Brons 2, Luu 0, R. Wittmeyer 0, Learn 3, Little 2, Taryn Main 13, J. Wittmeyer 3, Knight 6, Lehman 7, Cabbage 1, Lee 0, Rainer 0.

CONNELL — Thompson 0, Stredwick 0, Hawkins 5, Kody Easterday 12, K. Booker 7, Riner 0, Whitby 0, Pierson 0, English 8, M. Booker 2, Schultz 6, Aroontje 0.

Colville 13 6 12 6 0 — 37

Connell 5 7 14 11 3 — 40

Riverside 38, Vashon Island 24

RIVERSIDE — Redmond 0, Workman 2, Lajiness 2, Supanchick 2, Hardy 2, Holm 0, M. Pace 6, H. Pace 8, Owens 0, Courtney Davis 16.

VASHON ISLAND — Acosta 0, Koenig 0, Abella 0, Hoffman 2, Munsey 0, Quig 5, Stackhouse 0, Lynch 0, Osborne 3, Charlotte Kehoe 14, Slater 0, Hefferman 0.

Riverside 5 12 8 13 — 38

Vashon Island 7 6 4 7 — 24

Colfax 37, Woodland 29

WOODLAND — Grell 0, Sorensen 3, McCullough 6, Mulder 1, Smith 0, Koering 0, Sidra Malik 13, Trice 0, Osborn 6.

COLFAX — Skelton 4, Hahn 2, Hannah Harazin 13, Sheer 2, Larson 5, Robinson 5, Hatley 3, Bruya 3, Mackleit 0, Huber 0.

Woodland 10 9 6 4 — 29

Colfax 7 4 11 15 — 37

LATE THURSDAY

DEER PARK 56, ZILLAH 50: The Stags rallied ahead with a 26-point third quarter and held on to win Thursday’s nightcap.

Sophomore Monica Villegas scored a season-high 22 points for Zillah, but Deer Park countered with three players in double figures.

ZILLAH — Nelson 0, Winters 5, Patterson 7, Higginbotham 0, Stump 0, Salcedo 2, Monica Villegas 22, Purdy 4, Myers 7, Ruggles 4.

DEER PARK — Tessa Heins 12, Drew Petroske 10, Carlson 0, Alison Ruygrok 14, Adams 0, Perez 6, Sitton 0, Beltrame 2, Mohr 9, Brazington 3.

Zillah 8 10 19 13 — 50

Deer Park 5 12 26 13 — 56

Local report — Swetzof, Jordan pace YVCC women

LONGVIEW — Ashley Swetzof and Simone Jordan scored 13 points each Friday to lead Yakima Valley past Lower Columbia 49-43 in the Lower Columbia Holiday Classic.

The Yaks, without top scorers Brandi Henton (24.7 points per game) and Brittney Newcomb (16.9) due to injuries, improved to 10-3.

YVCC begins East Region play Jan. 7 at Wenatchee Valley. Henton, meanwhile, will have an MRI on her injured right knee Tuesday to determine her immediate future.

Saturday, the Yaks survived 32 percent shooting including going 3 for 21 from 3-point range and 4 for 11 from the foul line.

Swetzof, who had 15 points in YVCC’s Thursday loss to defending national junior college champion North Idaho, had a team-high nine rebounds against LCC.

Reserve Brooklyn Campbell led Lower Columbia with 11 points while former Kittitas standout Kayvonne Vaver started and scored four points.

YAKIMA VALLEY — Brewster 2-4 0-0 4, Ashley Swetzof 5-11 1-1 13, Gonzales 0-5 0-2 0, Simone Jordan 6-22 0-3 123, Zapien 3-6 1-3 7, Gonzalez 0-1 0-0 0, Cox 1-2 0-0 2, Weaver 0-0 0-0 0, Lekson 3-11 2-2 8, Ferguson 1-3 0-0 2, Smythe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-65 4-11 49.

LOWER COLUMBIA — Carlson 2-4 0-0 4, Tornow 1-12 0-0 2, Vaver 2-2 0-0 4, Jackson 3-8 2-4 9, Teeters 1-2 3-4 5, Brooklyn Campbell 5-9 0-0 11, Kates 1-3 0-0 2, Wirkkala 0-2 2-2 2, Nolan 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Locke 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 17-45 7-10 43.

Halftime: YVCC 24-20. 3-point goals — YVCC 3-21 (Swetzof 2-7, Gonzales 0-4, Lekson 0-4, Jordan 1-5, Zapien 0-1); LCC 2-17 (Campbell 1-3, Kates 0-1, Tornow 0-7, Wirkkala 0-2, Nolan 0-1, Jackson 1-3). Fouled out — Carlson. Rebounds — YVCC 39 (Swetzof 9); LCC 30 (Jackson 9). Assists — YVCC 9 (Lekson 4); LCC 8 (Campbell 2, Jackson 2). Turnovers — YVCC 20, LCC 24. Total fouls — YVCC 13, LCC 15.

PREP WRESTLING

Bulldogs second at Cat Classic

EAST WENATCHEE —With three of the Valley’s eight champions in the 14-team field, Ellensburg placed second in Friday’s Cat Classic at Eastmont High School.

Blake Haberman (138), Tyler Coates (182) and Corbin Richardson (220) won titles for the Bulldogs, who scored 151 points and were 15 points shy of Cedarcrest in a bid to repeat as team champs.

Following up his SunDome title two weeks ago, Coates remained unbeaten for the season.

Selah and Davis finished sixth and seventh, respectively, with two champions each — Kyle Anson (106) and Kody Ergeson (145) for the Vikings and Juan Lopez (113) and Austin Wagner (152) for the Pirates.

East Valley’s Logan Merkle won the 132 bracket.

Team scores: Cedarcrest 166, Ellensburg 151, Wenatchee 122.5, Hanford 118, Eastmont 115, Selah 112.5, Davis 106, East Valley-Yakima 96, Glacier Peak 81, Issaquah 76, Ephrata 74, West Valley-Spokane 69, Kamiakin 50.5, Richland 48.

Local placers

106: 1, Kyle Anson (Selah); 4, Diego Badillo (Davis); 5, Berkley Aguilar (EV); 6, Travis Lyman (Ell).

113: 1, Juan Lopez (Davis); 2, Austin Mitchell (EV); 5, Daniel Sandoval (Davis).

120: 3, Wyatt Scribner (Ell); 4, Jason Telles (Selah); 6, Alexes Ramos (Davis).

126: 6, Laith Saldana (Davis).

132: 1, Logan Merkle (EV); 2, Jon Cruz (Selah).

138: 1, Blake Haberman (Ell).

145: 1, Kody Ergeson (Selah).

152: 1, Austin Wagner (Davis); 2, Kamal Qteishat (Ell).

160: 2, Anton Yates (EV); 4, Jorge Alcala (Davis).

170: 5, Clay Weaver (Ell).

182: 1, Tyler Coates (Ell); 4, Perry Simpson (Ell).

195: 3, Joey Rocha (Selah).

220: 1, Corbin Richardson (Ell); 6, Jay Skeen (Selah).

Freeman Invitational

Team scoring — Top 3: Freeman 166, Selkirk 165, University 133.5. Local: 10, Mabton 101.

Mabton placers

113: 5, Emiliano Rodriguez. 126: 2, Vicente Mireles. 152: 3, Emilio Mireles. 160: 4, Brandon Marquez. 220: 1, Eric Huesca. 285: 4, Carlos Rendon.

PREP BASKETBALL

Goldendale sweeps W. Salmon

GOLDENDALE — With a collective 41-9 start in the first quarter, Goldendale’s boys and girls swept White Salmon in a non-league doubleheader on Friday.

The boys prevailed 61-14 to run their record to 7-1, and girls won 62-28 and improved to 6-2.

BOYS

WHITE SALMON — Oliveras 0, Garwin 0, Engrim 0, Webster 0, Bond 4, Walkeman 2, Childs 0, Gross 4, Doty 0, Mael 2, Gibson 2.

GOLDENDALE — Enstead 8, Denney 8, Milliren 12, Devon Casey 13, Folkner 3, Lewis 2, Golding 0, Conway 0, Ross 4, Jordan Foley 11.

White Salmon 4 0 6 4 — 14

Goldendale 26 18 10 7 — 61

Highlights: Enstead (G) 10 rebs, 4 assts; Lewis (G) 9 rebs; Foley (G) 8 rebs, 3 stls.

GIRLS

WHITE SALMON — Kermani 7, HIckman 6, Campos 5, Struck 4, Olin 4, Whime 0, Reetz 0, Brendin 0, Orr 0.

GOLDENDALE — Andrea Keffeler 15, Lexi Cameron 11, Kylee Montgomery 11, Lewis 8, Graff 8, Hoffman 4, Counts 2, Kartes 2, Swift 1.

White Salmon 5 4 7 12 — 28

Goldendale 15 15 20 12 — 62

Highlights: Cameron (G) 6 assts; Jessica Lewis (G) 7 rebs.

MEETINGS

QBs to meet on Tuesday

The Yakima Monday Morning Quarterback Club will hold its monthly luncheon Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Clarion Hotel, 1507 North First Street. Lunch service will be available, and the public is invited.

Phone chat with Kevin Calabro; season’s greetings from Coyote

Since it’s a new year (almost), thoughts typically are directed toward hope for the future with reflections on the past.
And with an eye toward the next 12 months and beyond, I recently spoke with renowned basketball broadcaster Kevin Calabro about the NBA’s return to Seattle.
Calabro, the best in the business for my money, was enjoying a holiday break with his family at Lake Chelan when he shared some thoughts.
“The first thing that has to happen is a building must be built,” he said, “and the site south of Safeco (Field) makes the most sense for that. And there are several groups in and around Seattle that say they are interested and have some money.”
Ex-Sonic and Seahawk executive Bob Whitsitt is said to be among them. So are Fred Brown and Gary Payton, and former Seattle GM Wally Walker is also reportedly in the mix.
“A lot of big egos,” Calabro said. “So it’s not going to happen anytime soon. My guess would be that something might happen within the next five years. And the thing that makes the most sense is to make the building compatible for hockey and bring an NHL franchise to Seattle.”
Calabro, of course, has hosted a sports talk show on KIRO in Seattle for the past couple of years and also stays busy with various college and pro hoops assignments, especially during the NCAA Tournament.
Last March Calabro did four games in one day, he said — a career first.
He also admitted to being among the precious few of us who actually believed Clay Bennett was sincere regarding his voiced intentions of keeping the Sonics in Seattle after buying the team from Howard Schultz.
Like me, Calabro acknowledged that he’d been wishful thinking.
So rather than uproot his family and move to the midwest, Calabro said no to Oklahoma City’s offer to become the Thunder’s first play-by-play man.
When the league returns to Seattle, Calabro should be the man behind the radio microphone.
Here is a broadcaster, after all, who has quoted Hedley Lamarr of Blazing Saddles fame while on the air and has spiced his commentary with such descriptive phrases as, “Here’s Payton out of backcourt with the lead and the leather.”

COYOTE CHECKS IN FROM ARIZONA
Received a very nice holiday card  from Dave Benedict, who noted, “I have many stories for you.”
No doubt.
And as wonderful as the card was, the return address sticker on the envelope was even better, reading “Coyote and Karen Benedict” of El Mirage, Ariz.
I first met Benedict, an athlete whom I’d greatly admired during his years at Yakima Valley College and Central Washington, at the 1998 NWAACC Tournament.
Held that season in Moses Lake, the tournament marked the coaching finale of a remarkable man who was a mentor to both of us, Dean Nicholson.
Benedict was there. So were Don and Dan Monson, among others, and of course one of Dean’s closest friends, Tom Parry.
After Dean’s last game, as he and others shared recollections in a hotel lounge, Wayne Worby smiled and said, “You know the best thing about Dean’s stories? They’re all true.”
And the same, I’m sure, can be said of Coyote’s. Which is why I’m so eager to hear them.

FROM THE QUOTE FILE
“The first thing we had to do was decide which one of us was going to coach the team.”
— Dean Nicholson, on his first recollection of Dave Benedict as a Central Washington basketball player

12/31/11 White Swan-Granger photo gallery

 

Here is a photo galler from Friday’s White Swan-Granger boys basketball game in the SunDome Shootout on Friday.

Toppenish outlasts Grandview in CWAC boys basketball action

TOPPENISH, Wash. — Live by the three, die by the two. And the one.

The first part of that mangled adage — the 3-pointer portion — was precisely how Grandview stayed alive throughout its CWAC thriller at Toppenish on Thursday night. It was also, courtesy of Isaiah Ruiz’s double-clutch trey at the regulation buzzer, how the Greyhounds sent the game into overtime.

But the threes weren’t big enough.

Toppenish’s willingness to work inside for two-pointers — and its ability to score points one by one at the foul line — helped the Wildcats to their 69-64 overtime triumph that was just a little bit historic.

“We’ve all been looking forward to this. We’ve been waiting for this game all week,” said Toppenish senior guard Shannon Isadore, whose game-high 25 points helped the Wildcats to what is believed to be the program’s first regular-season victory over Grandview since 1994.

The victory also moved the Wildcats into a four-way tie atop the CWAC, with both Grandview and Ellensburg suffering their first league losses of the season.

“It was more fun than I expected,” Isadore said. “I thought there would be a lot more fighting — you know, elbows, rough stuff, that kind of thing — but it was just really good basketball. A good, fun game.”

The Wildcats made it more fun for themselves by hitting 16 of 20 free throws, with center Sal Godino going 7 for 7 and Isadore going 8 for 9. The Greyhounds, meanwhile, actually took more shots from long distance (10 for 35 on 3-pointers) than they took from 2-point range and consequently didn’t get to the foul line much.

Isadore, who also pulled down eight rebounds and dished out six assists, wasn’t the only one in his family making big plays. In fact, his younger brother, sophomore Randy, finished with 18 points and was involved in two of the headiest plays of the night.

The first one came on the defensive end. The Wildcats had blown nearly all of what had been a 52-42 lead with five minutes remaining, and Grandview had the ball, trailing just 55-54, while playing for what the Greyhounds hoped would be the last shot.

But as Ruiz — who would finish with 21 points — cut across the top of the key, the younger Isadore cut him off and drew a charge with 11 seconds remaining.

“My little brother,” Shannon Isadore said, “is our best defensive player.”

Four seconds later, Shannon Isadore hit two free throws to bump the lead up to three, only to have Ruiz tie it at 57-57 with his buzzer-beating 3-pointer.

Then came Randy Isadore’s second magical moment. At 59-59 nearly two minutes into overtime, Toppenish guard Kyle Jamison went down for the ball in traffic and, before he could travel or get tied up, scooped the ball to Isadore, who was just outside the arc. Isadore grabbed the ball and, in the same moment, elevated and shot — and hit nothing but net.

Shannon Isadore smiled at that mental picture. “We rely on his shooting,” the older brother said. “He’s clutch — and he loves to shoot.”

That 3-pointer triggered a 7-0 run and the Wildcats put the game away by going 5 for 6 at the foul line down the stretch.

That Grandview was able to rally from 10 points in the final five minutes to force overtime, and that his own team was able to regain the moment, didn’t surprise Shannon Isadore.

“They’re a good team, and good teams are going to have runs,” he said of the Greyhounds. “But we’ve been playing together since we were young. We can handle that situation.”

And the Wildcats, in fact, did.

Prep boys basketball roundup: Davis edged in tournament final

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Up against an unbeaten opponent that was whistled for just six fouls in the game and two in the second half, Davis fell to Post Falls 59-57 in the championship game of the North Idaho College Holiday Invitational on Thursday.

Marcus Colbert and Luke Thoreson combined for 39 points and nine 3-pointers for the Trojans (9-0), who made four free throws in the final minutes to hold on.

Devonte Luckett led Davis with 18 points, David Trimble had 14 points and seven assists and Cooper Kupp added 11 points with two 3-pointers.

“It was an entertaining, back-and-forth game,” said Davis coach Eli Juarez. “We had our opportunities. It was well played and a good experience for us on the road.”

The Pirates (6-2) return to CBBN 4A play on Jan. 6 at home against Walla Walla.

 

NACHES VALLEY 70, CASCADE 47: At Cascade, senior Derek Huck scored a career-high 28 points and added four rebounds, three assists and three steals to help the Rangers improve to 8-0.

 

CLE ELUM 57, KITTITAS 56 (OT): At Kittitas, Griffon Alexander’s double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds helped the Warriors split the season series with Kittitas as both games were decided by a point.

Isaac Johnson paced Kittitas with 15 points.

 

GOLDENDALE 62, STEVENSON 31: At Stevenson, Devon Casey scored 12 points to lead a balanced Timberwolf attack.

Casey also totaled five assists and four steals as Goldendale improved to 6-1.

 

CWAC

SELAH 55, ELLENSBURG 39: At Ellensburg, Wash. Drew Dyer scored eight of his 14 points in a big second quarter for the Vikings, who held the Bulldogs to two points in that frame to open a 29-15 lead at the break.

Danny Hernandez added 11 points for Selah, which handed Ellensburg its first loss.

David Jacobs had a team-high 12 points for Ellensburg, which has lost leading scorer Reece Ravet (mono) for an undetermined time.

 

PROSSER 57, QUINCY 47: At Prosser, Wash., Danny Raap scored seven of his 10 points during Prosser’s 20-point final period. Bubba Frank led the Mustangs with 11 points.

 

EPHRATA 54, EAST VALLEY 38: At Ephrata, Wash., Dylan Benthem put in 17 points for the fast-starting Tigers, who led 11-4 after the first period.

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