Both Nea Teams First-Round Victims

A BOYS

Two Northeast A League teams came to the boys State A high school tournament.

On opening day at the Tacoma Dome, both sank into the losers bracket. Title hopes gone, now the best they can do is fifth place.

Lakeside, ranked No. 6 in the Associated Press poll, was thoroughly whipped by unranked Cashmere 64-49 in the final game.

During the morning session, unranked Medical Lake (18-7) gave defending state champion and No. 1 La Center (23-0) a good game, but fizzled in the end to fall 79-62.

Lakeside (18-5), last year’s third-place finisher, will play No. 5 Zillah (20-3) today at 1:30 p.m. The Leopards lost to No. 2 King’s of Seattle 72-61. Last season, Zillah beat Lakeside in the semifinal round.

Medical Lake will meet unranked Castle Rock (15-10) in another elimination game today at 10:30 a.m. Castle Rock lost to No. 10 Foster 57-38.

Cashmere 64, Lakeside 49

George Petticrew scored a team-high 16 points, nine in the second half, but it wasn’t enough for the Eagles to overcome a four-point second quarter.

“I’m not sure what happened,” said Lakeside coach Kevin Mulligan. “We just didn’t play the way we are capable of. Maybe it was the time of night.

“It took us three quarters to get into gear. Obviously, it was too late.”

The game started close to 10 p.m., 13 hours after the victorious Lakeside girls played their opener.

Lakeside trailed quickly, but battled to a 13-13 tie when Mike Dasenbrock hit a jump shot. Dasenbrock, one of five Eagle senior starters, finished with 14 points.

Lakeside enjoyed a 17-15 first-quarter lead. However, the second quarter did it in, scoring on just 1 of 7 shots from the field and two points from the freethrow line. While the Eagles went ice cold, the Bulldogs steadily built their lead, shooting 12 of 33 in the first half, 25 of 58 in the game. Jordan Green led Cashmere with 21 points.

Lakeside, considered a darkhorse to take it all, was 21 of 60 in the game. It outscored Cashmere 18-10 in the final quarter, but at one point trailed 61-38 with 3:41 left in the game.

Cashmere 15 16 23 10 -64

Lakeside 17 4 10 18 -49

CASHMERE Crossland 6, Sparks 4, King 2, Henning 0, Tinker 0, Smith 0, Stendera 2, Kerns 19, Dartlington 9, Green 21, White 1.

LAKESIDE Nelson 4, Wilson 3, Petticrew 16, Bender 4, Feider 5, Day 3, Spiger 0, Rowse 0, Dasenbrock 14, Purkhiser 0.

La Center 79, Medical Lake 62

La Center coach Forbes Lapp said he didn’t know much about Medical Lake entering the tournament. He did know they’d come with speed.

It was the Cardinals’ quickness and athleticism and La Center’s poor shooting that allowed the Cardinals to keep it close for three quarters.

That’s when the defending State A champions kicked it into high gear and outscored Medical Lake 21-12 in the fourth quarter.

“A friend of mine called about 15 coaches on the East Side … and they wanted us to lose,” said Forbes, whose Wildcats (24-0) extended their winning streak to 41 games. “All I knew was they were very quick, and that they were.”

In the first half, Medical Lake (18-7) outshot La Center 45 percent to 33 percent and broke the Wildcats’ press. The Cardinals’ Kris Campbell was the offensive spark, scoring 15 of his team-high 20 points in the first half. The senior forward was 4 of 4 from 3-point range in the first half, 3 of 8 overall.

Campbell hit back-to-back 3-pointers midway through the second quarter to give ML a 34-27 lead. The Cardinals led by as much as 37-29 when Brandon Moore hit 1 of 2 free throws. The score was tied twice in the closing minutes, the final time at 39 when ML’s Carlos Simmons hit two foul shots for the half’s final points.

But the second-half pressure did in the underdogs.

“There was a span there when they pressured us and got a couple of steals (to go ahead 53-49) off their pressure. Instead of looking up the floor, they kept us where they wanted us,” ML coach Dave Olzendam said.

Simmons, who entered the game as the ML’s leading scorer (14.2 ppg), finished with seven points on 2-of-10 shooting. The 5-foot-7 point guard was matched against La Center’s 6-5 guard, Derek VanWeerdhuizen. The 1996 tournament MVP had 23 points.

However, it was Derek’s junior brother, shooting guard Dustin, who had the bigger game, scoring eight of his 28 points in the final 6 minutes. The towering twins matched their season average of 51 combined points.

The 6-6 Dustin VanWeerdhuizen, primarily guarded by ML’s 5-8 Andre Jackson, gave the Wildcats their first double-digit lead at 60-50. ML never got any closer than cutting it to 60-54. La Center’s 9-2 run midway through the final period sealed the game.

“We’re very disappointed,” said Olzendam. “We came here to win the whole thing.”

M. Lake 24 15 11 12 62

La Center 18 21 19 21 79

MEDICAL LAKE Andre Jackson 10, Carlos Simmons 7, Kris Campbell 20, Jeff Nichols 5, Brandon Moore 9, Richard Brown 2, Chad Headlee 6, Ryan Shirley, Emery Meeks 1, Fred Miller 2, Vince Moore, Jeremy Bahr.

LA CENTER John Newman 8, Jake Smith 5, Michael Renner 10, Derek VanWeerduizen 23, Dustin VanWeerduizen 28, Mark Winston, Tim Rinake, Doug Philips, Nick Henley, Tyler Gore 2, Jon Vis 3.

Highland 50, Meridian 40

With Cli Higginbotham scoring six of his 15 points in the fourth quarter, Highland pulled away for victory.

Highland (22-3) led by just one point, 32-31, after three quarters, but outscored Meridian (14-9) 18-9 in the final period.

Higginbotham also had seven rebounds. Lance Hartung added 13 points and Adam Garcia 12 for Highland.

Highland 10 10 12 18 - 50

Meridian 11 9 11 9 - 40

HIGHLAND Higginbotham 15, Garcia 12, Hartung 13, Weaver 8, Borland 2.

MERIDIAN Kratzig 10, Chambers 10, Strube 1, Henderson 5, Rogers 5, Jensen 7, Bosman 2.

Chelan 60, Goldendale 40

Phil Cullen had 20 points and 14 rebounds and Chelan outscored Goldendale 18-2 in the second quarter to cruise to victory.

Chelan (23-1), which lost only to Omak, led 15-12 after one quarter before going on a tear. Goldendale (14-8) was just 1 for 16 from the field in the second quarter.

Goldendale 12 2 13 13 - 40

Chelan 15 18 13 14 - 60

GOLDENDALE Wilson 7, Latiner 8, Weiss 8, Marlow 5, Hassing 2, Cook, Schwabauer 4, Patzer 4, Berry 2.

CHELAN Dobbs 9, Nickell 12, Johnson 1, Cullen 20, Carlson 12, Jespersen 2, Miller 4.

Foster 57, Castle Rock 38

Keith Wheeler scored 17 points, including three 3-pointers, to lead Foster.

Foster (18-3) hit eight 3-pointers to none for Castle Rock (14-11). Brandon Lyons was 4 for 8 from 3-point range, scoring 12 points for Foster.

Castle Rock 8 8 10 12 - 38

Foster 16 16 19 6 - 57

CASTLE ROCK Keatley 6, Crisman 4, McAllister 2, Masten 8, Lund 4, Seals 2, Hottell 1, Kandoll 2, Davis 2, Halverson 1, Schwinn 6.

FOSTER Aziz 11, Sheppard 2, Wheeler 17, Lyons 2, Lenear 6, Lyons 12, Topps 5, Jibril 2.

King’s 73, Zillah 61

Senior guard Brian Remington scored 27 points to lead four players in double figures as King’s beat Zillah.

Remington was 7 of 16 from the field and 10 of 12 from the free-throw line. He also had nine assists.

King’s (23-2) dominated at the line, outscoring Zillah 20-3. The Knights were 20 for 26 from the line and the Leopards (20-3) were only 3 of 9.

King’s 20 12 20 21 - 73

Zillah 15 14 13 19 - 61

KING’S Larkin, Remington 27, Teeple 13, Friedrich 6, Lubiens 10, Travis 14, Riechmann 3, Jorgensen.

ZILLAH Johnson 6, Whitaker 8, Bass 14, Pentecost 20, Buechler 11, Wheeler 2.

Toledo 67, Life Christian 57

Senior guard Ross Jorgusen scored 38 points as Toledo held on to beat upstart Life Christian.

Jorgusen, who averaged 34.2 points during the season, was 13 of 28 from the field and 10 for 14 from the free-throw line for Toledo (23-1). Jorgusen’s brother, Brock, a junior, had 11 points.

Life Christian (15-8) played its first state tournament game. The basketball program has only been in existance for three years.

The Eagles, from Tacoma, were led by the 23 points of Justin Murray. Brett Overfield added 12.

Life Christian 15 14 16 12 - 57

Toledo 15 14 18 20 - 67

LIFE CHRISTIAN McDermott 3, Murray 23, Callaway 4, Davis 7, Overfield 12, McCleary 4, Jordan Lee 4, Judson Lee.

TOLEDO Merzoian 4, Jorgusen 38, Jorgusen 11, Wallace 2, Netteland 7, Beal 3, Strutzenberg 2.

Blaine 61, Tenino 32

Greg Wright scored 17 points to lead Blaine over Tenino. Luke Ridnour and Jesse Newell added 11 points each for the Borderites (22-4).

Tenino (13-12) was led by the 11 points of Chris Johnson. Joe Riley chipped in seven points.

Blaine 18 19 11 13 - 61

Tenino 9 10 7 6 - 32

BLAINE Newell 11, Wright 17, Ridnour 11, Sticklin 2, Macheras 2, Martin 6, Nymeyer 7, Workentin 2, Luehmann 3.

TENINO Simpson, Cole 5, Sampson 2, Riley 7, Burbridge 2, Whitaker 2, Deiss 3, Johnson 11.

A GIRLS

King’s 62, Connell 30

Heather Reichmann scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as King’s, after racing to an early lead and never trailing, beat Connell 62-30 in the first round of the girls Class A State high school basketball tournament Wednesday.

King’s 22 14 10 16 - 62

Connell 4 12 5 9 - 30

KING’S Blackmer 7, Riley 1, Reichmann 20, Hiemstra 11, Konsmo 4, Burk 6, Teeple 3, Dreewes 2, Lalley 4, Tallman 4.

CONNELL Freeman 3, Ewart 10, Booker 8, Garcia 2, Clyde 5, Smith, Johnson 2.

Cascade 64, LaCenter 25

Megan Franza scored 28 points and took nine rebounds to lead Cascade to a 64-25 triumph over LaCenter.

LaCenter 4 7 6 8 - 25

Cascade 27 16 13 8 - 64

LACENTER Miles 2, Phillips 12, Slevila 7, Kissinger 4.

CASCADE Franza 6, O’Neill 4, Fender 10, Franza 28, McGregor 4, Clevenger, Crowsion 4, Marson 2, Burgess 6.

Blaine 63, Toledo 46

Heather Ridnour scored 27 points, going 10 for 14 from the field, as Blaine handed Toledo its first loss of the season.

Toledo (23-1) had won all but three of its games by double figures.

Blaine 14 11 14 24 -63

Toledo 10 10 12 14 -46

BLAINE Dietzen 14, Ridnour 27, Bradbury 13, Seeley 2, Dixon 7.

TOLEDO Miller 2, Sellards 15, Dobosh 5, Truitt 4, Rico 15, Dykstra 2, Shannon 3.

Dayton 46, Seattle Christian 36

Jennifer Korsberg and Melanie Simmons scored 14 points apiece as Dayton defeated Seattle Christian.

The Bulldogs (22-2) never trailed in the contest against the Warriors (15-9).

Seattle Christian 5 9 12 10 - 36

Dayton 15 13 6 12 - 46

SEATTLE CHRISTIAN Kristen Ridgway 4, Tami Bennett 11, Amy Cowden 6, Karen Summers 15, Melissa Bennett, Kelee Wall, Tanya Carmody, Jill Kimball, Amy Simnioniw, Lisa Yost, Nicole Simnioniw.

DAYTON Jennifer Korsberg 14, Darci Bruegman 6, Melanie Simmons 14, Amy Alves 8, Monica Schreck 2, Jaci Heinrich, Krissy Anderson 2, Nancy Ramos, Amanda Compson, Paris Barton, Kiley Hodges.

Omak 67, Woodland 53

Junior Shae McCormack scored eight of her 17 points in the third quarter as Omak blew open a close game and went on to defeat Woodland.

The Pioneers (20-5) led only 32-27 at halftime before McCormack got going inside.

Omak 14 18 19 16 - 67

Woodland 13 14 10 16 - 53

OMAK Wipprecht 14, Short 4, Lisenbey 11, McCormack 17, Taylor 13, Orr 4, Lemmon 4.

Woodland - Bauman 15, Lute 5, Ferris 6, VanderStoep 5, Greenlee 3, Breeann 3, Cooper 4, Lefever 2, Cogwill 10.

Goldendale 48, Lynden Christian 43

Goldendale’s Jill Pimley scored 20 points and defending champion Lynden Christian couldn’t overcome its shooting woes in the middle quarters.

Goldendale (23-2) outscored Lynden Christian (18-5) 24-12 in the second and third quarters.

Goldendale 11 14 10 13 - 48

Lynden Christian 15 8 4 16 - 43

GOLDENDALE Vaughns 6, Pimley 20, Pantages 8, Rohrbacher 6, Svendsen 3, Weiss 1, Bowen 2, Guenther 2.

LYNDEN CHRISTIAN Van Dyk 5, Kooy 3, Hamstra 11, Bajema 8, Wynstra 10, De Boer 4, Bode 2.

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