Waking up early on a Saturday is torture for a 16-year old high school kid. So waking them up early on a Saturday to play a basketball game is probably akin to asking the dead to rise and put on a broadway show.

 

But that is what is being asked of the Lake Roosevelt and La Conner boys teams and the Selkirk and Neah Bay girls. Playing at 8 a.m., an hour earlier than Thursday and Friday's earliest tilts, they will battle it out for fourth place at the Spokane Arena.

 

In State 2B boys' action, Lake Roosevelt bounced back in its second game, handling Waitsburg-Prescott, while La Conner outlasted Adna.

 

The State 1B girls' fourth-place trophy will go to either Selkirk or Neah Bay, who both registered blow out wins in their second games against Lopez and Mary M. Knight respectively.

LAKE ROOSEVELT VS. LA CONNER

La Conner finally gets on the board with a layup from Landy James to end a 7-0 Raider run to start the first quarter. LR held the Braves scoreless for the first 3:18 of the frame.

 

The Raiders will be tested now as Ty Egbert goes to the bench saddled with two early fouls. The second was questionable at best as it came immediately following a made layup by the LR big man. I guess the referee didn't like the way he came down into one of the La Conner players?

 

Lake Roosevelt 14, La Conner 7 through one quarter

Tommy Lee Turner scores with 10 seconds left on the clock, the first field goal for the Raiders since losing Egbert to two fouls with almost four minutes left in the quarter. The good news for the Raiders, though is La Conner scored only two points in that span, helping LR take a seven-point lead at the end of the first.

 

Kohler completes a one-on-four break to put the Raiders up by nine. He then picks up his second foul, trying to pick Novak's pocket. Not the best move for one of this team's leaders.

 

Two straight 3-pointers by the Braves shaves the LR lead to six. A third 3-ball in a 30 second span cuts it to four.

 

Lake Roosevelt 25, La Conner 20 halftime

The Raiders hit 3 of 4 free throws in the last minute to push their lead back to five after an 11-1 run had La Conner within two after trailing by as many as 12.

 

James drains a quick 3-pointer for La Conner to cut the lead back to two.

 

Mike Wilbut hits a 3-pointer to cut the lead to one, but the Braves leave Keith Rosenbaum wide open on the ensuing possession trying to double down on Egbert, and Rosenbaum makes them pay, hitting an open trey with 1:11 left in the third.

 

Lake Roosevelt 37, La Conner 33 through three quarters

 

The line has not been kind to La Conner in this game. They are 0 for 9 at the stripe in the game and a missed pair leads to a bucket by Egbert to push the Raider lead to eight.

 

Spencer Novak hits his third and fourth 3-point baskets to cut the lead to four. LR has been able to score on the other end, but their lead is slowly dwindling.

 

A team that has hit upwards of 10 3-point shots should not be 1 of 12 from the free throw line. But if La Conner loses they have only to look at the abysmal shooting from the line.

 

After going down by nine on a pair of free throws by Kohler, Novak picks the Braves up off the mat with yet another 3-point shot. LR leads by six with 1:03 remaining.

 

The Raiders have been nearly perfect at the charity stripe in this fourth quarter and with it now push their lead to 12 with 19.5 seconds remaining.

 

Lake Roosevelt 62, La Conner 51 final

4th place: Lake Roosevelt

6th place: La Conner

 

SELKIRK VS. NEAH BAY

After trailing 4-3, the Red Devils went on a 10-2 run to take a seven-point lead. Cierra Moss already has six points to lead the Devils.

 

Neah Bay 15, Selkirk 11 through one quarter

The Red Devils led by as many as seven in the first frame, but the Rangers battled back, using the free throw line to close to within four.

 

Neah Bay scores 6 of the quarter's first 7 points to open a nine-point advantage.

 

Neah Bay 25, Selkirk 19 halftime

The Rangers score five straight at one point to get within four and end the half down six to the Red Devils, who have a combined 19 points from Moss, Courtney Winck and Rebecca Thompson.

 

The Rangers have scored 12 points in the first 5:55 of the third quarter, cutting the NB lead to just two after trailing by nine early in the frame.

 

Neah Bay 41, Selkirk 38 through three quarters

A wild flurry of scoring highlights the last two minutes of the third and with one quarter to play, the Red Devils hold a slim three-point advantage. Annie Couch has seven points for the Rangers.

 

Three seems to be the magic number for the Rangers. They have been within three several times in the second half, but have yet to push through that barrier to take a lead.

 

The Rangers knot things up at 46 and then take their first lead since the opening minutes on a 2-pointer by Couch.

 

Down two, the Rangers get the last possession with 26 seconds left, but are unable to get a shot up in that time as Neah Bay holds on for the win.

 

Neah Bay 52, Selkirk 50 final

4th place: Neah Bay

6th place: Selkirk

 

With two more fourth-place trophyies to dole out, the Rosalia Spartans will square off against Lummi in the State 1B boys' bracket and Brewster will play White Swan for fourth place in the State 2B girls.

 

ROSALIA VS. LUMMI

The Blackhawks get on the boardat the 3:35 mark of the first quarter to halt a 7-0 Rosalia run. Tony Rivera scores the first bucket for Lummi. Nathan Richards has four early points for the Spartans.

 

Rosalia 14, Lummi 3 through one quarter

The Spartans have held Lummi to just one field goal to this point in the game, leading by 11.

 

Rosalia 35, Lummi 11 halftime

The Spartans are looking to put this game away early and appear well on their way, leading by 24 at the break. Nathan Richards is once again the focus of the Rosalia offense, leading them in scoring  with eight points at the break. Flash Hodges also has eight points after scoring just two in yesterday's win against Columbia Adventist. Lummi has yet to find its rhythm against the pressure defense of the Spartans and has just four field goals in the first two quarters.

 

Rosalia 57, Lummi 17 through three quarters

D.J. Brown sinks a shot in the final moments of the quarter to push the lead to 30 by quarter's end.

 

Rosalia 65, Lummi 26 final

4th place: Rosalia

6th place: Lummi

 

 

WHITE SWAN VS. BREWSTER

Brester 15, White Swan 9 through one quarter

Becky Mae Taylor already has 10 points today and the Bears scored the first seven points of the game before White Swan tied the score at 9-9. A 6-0 run by the Bears, though, has them out in front at the start of the second period.

 

White Swan 25, Brewster 24 hallftime

The Cougars score 16 points in the second to take a one-point halftime lead. Miami VanPelt has 11 points at the break to lead the Cougars.

 

White Swan 37, Brewster 37 through three quarters

After 24 minutes of gametime, nothing has been decided. The two eams have played as evenly as possible after trading big quarters in the first half. Taylor still has 10 points to lead Brewster, having not scored since the opening quarter. VanPelt leads the Cougars with 13 points and Kassie Espindola has 12.

 

Brewster 51, White Swan 47 final

4th place: Brewster

6th place: White Swan

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