Petticrew Leads Lakeside To Fifth

By George, you set a school scoring record and a fifth- place boys State A high school basketball tournament trophy is the door prize.

Lakeside guard George Petticrew left his mark at the Tacoma Dome Saturday afternoon over and over and over again, scoring 32 points, 7 of 10 from long range, to pace the Eagles past Meridian 62-47.

Petticrew, who broke his own school mark of 30 points, scored all 14 of the Eagles’ points in the first quarter on 5-of-5 shooting, three from 3-point range. His first miss came 1 minute into the second quarter with the Eagles ahead 14-9.

“It was the last game ever,” said Petticrew, an all-tournament selection for the second year in a row and one of seven seniors on the Nine Mile Falls team. “And we’ve been together forever.”

Lakeside, moving up to 2A next season, finished at 21-5. It opened the tournament with a loss to eventual runner-up Cashmere, which dropped it into the consolation bracket.

“Fifth was the one we wanted, I guess… . under the circumstances,” Lakeside coach Kevin Mulligan said.

And it came with relative ease, thanks to Petticrew’s scorching start. In four games, Petticrew led all boys from 3-point range, hitting 17 of 33 for 48 percent. He averaged 20.3 points in four tournament games.

“He’s a big-time player in a big-time game,” Meridian coach Don McMains said. “It didn’t matter what we did to him. It wasn’t that he was getting open shots. We had a hand in his face and he was still making them.”

After hitting just 1 of 4 in the second quarter, Petticrew scored five points in a span of 8 seconds to widen the Eagles’ lead to 30-19. , Meridian (18-10), the team that sent Medical Lake packing on Friday, went on an 8-0 run which began at the end of the third and narrowed Lakeside’s lead to 43-38. Petticrew drained two free throws and Ryan Day hit from inside to end the run.

Lakeside 62, Meridian 47

Meridian 6 13 15 13 - 47 Lakeside 14 11 18 19 - 62

MERIDIAN - Kratzig 14, Chamber 12, Strube 10, Henderson 5, Rogers 4, Kuoppala, Koning, Bowden, Jensen 2, Kelly, Bosman, Burton.

LAKESIDE - Nelson, Petticrew 32, Bender 8, Day 10, Dasenbrock 10, Wilson, Feider 2, Spiger, Rowse, Purkhiser.

LaCenter 71, Cashmere 66

With Derek and Dustin VanWeerdhuizen combining for 52 points, the Wildcats repeated as champions and extended their winning streak to 44 games.

LaCenter 19 17 15 20 - 71 Cashmere 19 19 12 16 - 66

LACENTER - Jon Newman 4, Jake Smith, Michael Renner 12, Derek VanWeerduizen 24, Dustin VanWeerdhuizen 28, Mark Winston 3, Doug Philips, Nick Henley.

CASHMERE - Spence Crossland 7, Josh Stendera 2, Jake Kerns 21, Matt Darlington 6, Jordan Green 19, Aaron Sparks 6, Josh King 2, Trent Henning, Jim Tinker, Tony Smith 3, Ryan Long, Kevin White.

Chelan 57, Blaine 33

Phil Cullen had 20 points and three blocked shots to lead Chelan (25-32) to a victory over Blaine (23-6) and third place.

Chelan 12 11 14 20 - 57 Blaine 6 13 6 8 - 33

CHELAN (57) - Dobbs 2, Nickell 7, Cullen 20, Carlson 18, Rodriguez 3, Miller 7.

BLAINE (33) - Newell 6, Ridnour 13, Luehmann 9, Stricklin 2, Montford 3.

Foster 62, King’s 49

Shane Sheppard and Terron Lenear, the only seniors on the team, each scored 15 points to lead Foster (22-4) to a fourthplace finish. King’s (24-4) finished 7th.

Foster 18 13 18 13 - 62 King’s 6 15 14 14 - 49

FOSTER (62) - Aziz 9, Sheppard 15, Wheeler 11, Lyons 4, Lenear 15, Lyons 3, Topps 5.

KING’S (49) - Larkin 5, Teeple 3, Travis 13, Lubiens 16, Jorgensen 2, Odenthal 6, Friedrich 4.

, DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: A BOYS RESULTS Championship LaCenter 71, Cashmere 66 3rd and 6th Chelan 57, Blaine 33 4th and 7th Foster 62, King’s 49 5th and 8th Lakeside 62, Meridian 47