Lakeside Makes It A Sweep Boys And Girls Both Earn Berths To State

The Lakeside High School girls and boys basketball backers chanted the magical words twice Friday night at Mead High School.

“On to state! On to state.”

Indeed, the Eagles will be represented by both its girls and boys squads at next week’s State A high school basketball tournaments at Tacoma. Last season, both teams finished third.

The girls won the Northeast A District’s sole invitation with a 59-52 win over Newport.

The boys earned their spot by beating Chewelah 55-44. But the Cougars will have another chance at a ticket to Tacoma tonight then they meet Medical Lake at 7:30 at Mead High School, site of the Northeast A District high school tournament.

Medical Lake stayed alive with a convincing 68-37 win over Freeman in Friday’s night opener. The Scotties and the Cardinals have met four times this year, most recently last Saturday when the Cougars came out on top 50-39. The series is tied at 2-2.

Girls: Lakeside 59, Newport 52

Lakeside’s Brianne Jolley said she was certain her Eagles would defeat the Grizzlies for a spot in the girls state tournament.

But it took a fourth-quarter comeback, orchestrated by Jolley, as Lakeside (22-1) earned a 3-0 season sweep over Newport (20-4).

“It was just a matter of us stepping up,” said Jolley, while taking her turn cutting down the net.

The 5-foot-11 forward finished with 32 points, 14 in the fourth quarter. Her biggest bucket was a 3-point baseline shot with 3:08 left in the game that gave the Eagles a 54-50 lead. Just 20 seconds earlier, teammate Carrie Waddell drained a 3-pointer to give Lakeside a 51-50 lead.

“I’m just relieved,” said Lakeside coach Lisa Schultz. “Our team didn’t play well until the last 4 or 5 minutes.”

Newport, meanwhile, shot the lights out in the third quarter, hitting 10 of 16. Midway through the quarter, the Grizzlies began a stretch in which they hit 7 of 7 baskets and led by as many as seven points, 38-31.

Sophomore guard Carey Sauer, Newport’s top scorer with 24 points, hit all three of her 3-point attempts in the third and the Grizzlies were ahead 44-40 at the end of the quarter.

They extended their lead to 46-42 on a Sauer jumper to start the fourth, but seconds later, Jolley hit a baseline jump shot. Throughout much of the game, the Northeast A League’s top two scorers matched shot for shot.

Newport 4 17 23 8 - 52

Lakeside 12 10 18 19 - 59

NEWPORT Casey 2, Lindburg 0, Schulz 12, Sauer 24, Frandrup 10, Carrara 4.LAKESIDE (Nine Mile Falls) - Wilkins 2, Waddell 3, Heebink 6, Hatch 10, Jolley 32, Long 0, Petticrew 6.

Boys

Lakeside 55, Chewelah 44

Lakeside’s Mike Dasenbrock’s two free throws with 4:04 left in the game gave his team a 41-39 lead and the Eagles never trailed after that.

Lakeside (18-4) converted 15 of 19 from the foul line, including 10 of 12 in the final 2 minutes.

Chewelah (16-8) was outscored 24-13 in the final quarter and scored just five points in the final 4-1/2 minutes.

Lakeside trailed at the half 24-22 and was tied at 31-31 at the end of three quarters.

“We were kind of playing a slowdown pace and then we picked it up,” said the 6-foot-4 Dasenbrock, who was held scoreless in the first period yet finished with a team-high 15 points.

Dasenbrock, one of five starting seniors, was assigned to 6-7 sophomore Josh Parrish, who finished with nine points. Steve Wissink led the Cougars with a game-high 16 points.

Chewelah’s biggest second-half lead was 34-31 in the first minute of the third quarter.

Lakeside 11 11 9 24 - 55

Chewelah 10 14 7 13 - 44

LAKESIDE (Nine Mile Falls) - Nelson 7, Petticrew 14, Spiger 2, Bender 13, Feider 0, Day 4, Dasenbrock 15.

CHEWELAH Forsberg 0, Nitschke 1, Meserve 12, Edwards 0, Wissink 16, Landram 0, Sunday 5, Parrish 9.

Medical Lake 68, Freeman 37

Carlos Simmons scored 28 points, 14 in the third quarter, to advance the Cardinals (17-6) into tonight’s consolation championship game against Chewelah.

The Scotties (13-10) kept the game close in the first half and trailed by just nine points at halftime 27-18.

But the Medical Lake pressure defense and outstanding third-quarter shooting (12 of 17) resulted in a 26-2 run to give them a 53-20 lead at the end of the quarter.

Simmons, who averages 14 points per game, shot 13 of 18, and the Cards shot 50 percent as a team. Teammate Andre Jackson added 10 points.

Freeman shot 21 percent in the game and was led by Matt Miller’s 10 points.

Freeman 9 9 2 17 - 37

Medical Lake 12 15 26 15 - 68

FREEMAN Odle 2, Hill 5, Love 0, Miller 6, S.Simmons 2, Jones 4, Goldsmith 4, White 3, Pope 2, R.Snyder 5, C.Miller 2, S.Snyder 2.

MEDICAL LAKE Jackson 10, Brown 7, Headlee 3, Simmons 28, Miller 5, Bahr 2, Campbell 0, Nichols 2, V.Moore 2, B.Moore 5, Meeks 4.

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MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: TODAY’S GAME Medical Lake vs. Chewelah, 7:30 p.m. (winner to state)