Lakeside Boys, Girls Reach Title Games

Northeast A

Lakeside High School doubled up to join Medical Lake and Riverside in the championship games of the Northeast A District basketball tournament at Mead High School.

The Lakeside boys worked overtime Saturday to relegate the Riverside boys to the losers’ bracket with a 79-71 triple-overtime thriller. The Eagles moved on to meet Medical Lake, a 57-54 winner over Chewelah, for the right to represent the NEA as the No. 1 seed at the state tournament.

The Lakeside girls shook off their worst half of basketball to top Chewelah 58-37. The Rams, who held off Colfax 59-55, await the Eagles in the girls’ championship game.

Boys

Lakeside 79, Riverside 71, 3OT

Chevy Matthews nailed four of seven free throws, the last one to the chants of “Chevy! Chevy!” from the Eagle faithful, with less than a minute to play in the third overtime to seal the win for the Eagles.

“It was nothing,” the senior said. “It was just like any other free throw. I just wanted it to go in.”

Matthews was the hero of the first overtime as well, dropping in a fadeaway jumper with a minute left to knot the score at 65.

“He can definitely handle it,” Eagles coach Kevin Mulligan said of Matthews. “He has been a leader of this team all year long. He does an excellent job.”

Riverside’s Keith Cook sent the game into the first overtime when his 3-pointer with just under a minute to play in regulation found nothing but the bottom of the net to tie the game at 59.

Lake.19 18 10 12 6 0 14 - 79 Riv.12 24 7 16 6 0 6 - 71

LAKESIDE (Nine Mile Falls) - Bender 11, Feider 0, Davis 0, Hatch 8, Klein 13, Mathews 15, Miller 11, Petticrew 19, Tenny 2.

RIVERSIDE Cook 17, Monroe 5, Johnson 11, Ahrens 15, Kuntz 12, Gannon 11, Koesel 0.

Medical Lake 57, Chewelah 54

Randy Moffatt and Joe Deutsch scored 15 points each as the Cardinals (16-5) beat the Cougars (15-8) in districts at Mead.

Chewelah made it close in the fourth quarter, but Medical Lake hit 6 of 7 free throws to seal the win.

Medical Lake 21 9 17 10 - 57 Chewelah 17 16 4 17 - 54

MEDICAL LAKE Verstrate 7, Bailey 4, Moffatt 15, Huston 6, Simmons 2, J.Deutsch 15, Fischhaber 8.

CHEWELAH Je.Landram 12, Murbach 2, Skok 11, Keeley 0, Boone 8, Belzer 14, Rodgers 3, Rainer 4.

Girls

Lakeside 58, Chewelah 37

Erin Traber and Stephanie Guenther had four points each to key a 10-0 secondhalf run that allowed the Eagles to shake a scrappy Bulldog team.

“I told them we played the worst half of the season and we’re up by four, what does that tell you?” Eagle coach Lisa Schultz said. “We are in the game.”

Leading by only four at halftime, the Eagles responded by making the most of a sloppy opening 2 minutes of the third quarter that featured five fouls and at least a half-dozen turnovers to score some easy baskets. They outscored the Bulldogs 13-1 in the third quarter.

“I told them to concentrate more on offense,” Schultz said. “In the first half we were puting up some shots that I’m not even sure we were even looking at the basket.”

The fouls were not limited to the third quarter. The teams combined to commit 63 fouls.

The Eagles finished 22 of 41 from the foul line, with Guenther leading the way, hitting 7 of 10 to finish with 15 points.

Chewelah 11 13 1 12 - 37 Lakeside 11 17 13 17 - 58

CHEWELAH Myers 2, Savitz 0, King 4, Bauer 5, Cairns 0, Perkins 2, Kristianson 10, Wood 2, Pickering 7, Hughes 3, O’Neal 0, Naccarato 2.

LAKESIDE (Nine Mile Falls) - Guenther 15, Eastwood 2, Traber 12, K.Rowse 2, B.Rowse 3, Schumacher 0, L.Jolley 7, Waddell 9, Hatch 0, B.Jolley 3, Long 5.

Riverside 59, Colfax 55

Alana Carlander tossed in 19 points as the sixth-ranked Rams (18-4) held off the Bulldogs (16-7) at Mead.

Angie Hall led Colfax with 22 points.

Riverside 18 17 13 11 - 59 Colfax 12 12 14 17 - 55

RIVERSIDE Carlander 19, Snyder 2, Whittekiend 0, Thompson 8, Day 3, Stime 9, Wood 14, Shorts 0, Peterson 2, McMurphy 2.

COLFAX Gigray 5, Harder 6, Hall 22, Miller 0, Tribbett 8, Widman 2, Pittman 6, Hansen 6.