Bigelow Makes Huge Play As Olympia Trips Mercer Island

3A boys/girls

Mark Bigelow rebounded a missed free throw and took it the length of the court in 6 seconds for the winning layup as Olympia (25-1) defeated defending state champion Mercer Island (26-3) 52-50 Friday in a semifinal game in the boys 3A State basketball tournament in the Seattle Kingdome.

The Islanders had a chance to break a 50-50 tie with 6.1 seconds left, but senior guard Elliott Prasse-Freeman missed two free throws, setting up Bigelow’s deciding basket.

Olympia 13 16 8 15 -52

M. Island 11 13 7 19 -50

OLYMPIA - Bigelow 13, DeBord 5, Heu-Weller 3, Juergens 12, Ask 9, Ammons 2, Clarno 0, McCliment 0, Swanson 8.

MERCER ISLAND - Prasse-Freeman 12, Fisher 8, Huhs 0, Besecker 8, Jordan 9, Logie 8, Sebree 0, Nobmann 5.

Rainier Beach 57, Mount Vernon 56

Sophomore guard Ricky Frazier hit two free throws with 2:37 left to give Rainier Beach a semifinal victory over Mount Vernon in the Class 3A boys state basketball tournament.

Rainier Beach (26-2) will face Olympia (25-1) for the title tonight.

Mount Vernon (24-2), which lost to Mercer Island in last year’s final, will face the Islanders for third and sixth places.

R. Beach 12 14 20 11 57

M. Vernon 17 12 16 11 56

RAINIER BEACH - Tim Ellis, Mateo Jack 13, Phillip Heath 8, Jamal Crawford 21, David King, Ricky Frazier 15, Carl McGinnis, Teddy Huger, Marquiste Smith.

MOUNT VERNON - Jordan Bell 6, Scott Collins 18, Grant Leep 11, Mark Campbell 2, Bryan Whitehead 13, Josh Maracich 6, Danny McManus.

Clover Park 66, Moses Lake 51

Sam Moore and Carey Willis combined to score 41 points and grab 22 rebounds to lead the Warriors (19-7) to a victory over the Chiefs (21-9) in a loser-out game.

M. Lake 14 15 6 16 -51

C. Park 18 17 12 19 -66

MOSES LAKE - Sandberg 18, Ferguson 4, Kast 15, Getzinger, Green 7, Cain 0, Swanson 3, Geiger 0, Jackson 0, Weaver 0, Maygren 2, Diaz 2.

CLOVER PARK - D. Parker 5, Minnis 5, Hamilton 0, Willis 19, Moore 22, Osera 1, Kemp 0, Reguindin 1, Mcqueed 0, Anderson 0, M. Parker 13, Harris 0.

O’Dea 86, Everett 38

Doug Wrenn scored 25 points and Gene Woodard chipped in 23, shooting an impressive 10 for 13 from the floor, to lead the Irish (25-4) to a loser-out victory over the Seagulls (21-7).

The 6-foot-7 Wrenn, who is bound for UW in the fall, has 55 points in three games to lead O’Dea, which was 33-for-66 from the field.

Sam Nunez led Everett with 18 points.

Everett 9 7 12 10 -38

O’Dea 21 20 21 24 -86

EVERETT - Savovic 0, Nunez 18, Bjella 4, Holm 2, Gunnerson 4, Richer 0, Schelle 0, Daniels 5, Zeigler 0, Parks 0, Dire 0, Terril 5.

O’DEA - N. Burleson 7, K. Burleson 10, Roth 8, Wrenn 25, Woodard 23, Slagle 5, Drake 2, Duty 4, Proctor 2, Lincoln 0, Bond 0.

Tumwater 60, Hazen 53

Senior post Jozsef Szendrei scored 23 points and had nine rebounds to lead the Thunderbirds (21-6) to a loser-out win over the Highlanders (22-7).

Tumwater shot 65 percent from the field (24-for-37), but had 24 turnovers which kept Hazen in the contest for most of the game.

Tumwater 16 17 13 14 -60

Hazen 18 14 18 3 -53

TUMWATER - Laneer 11, Rutledge 19, Szendrei 23, Callahan 4, Gore 0, Newkirk 0, Howard 3, Flaherty 0, Stoddard 0.

HAZEN - Lauckner 4, Young 13, Girias 10, Walior 5, Williams 16, Jackson, Yount 3, Mills 2.

Burlington-Edison 54, WV Yak 37

Nick Johnson scored 20 points and had 12 rebounds as the Tigers (21-5) overcame a slow start to beat the Rams (23-5) in loser-out action.

Johnson’s 20 points gave him 65 over the first three days of the tournament.

West Valley 16 7 2 12 -37

Burlington-Edison 6 17 11 20 -54

WEST VALLEY - Christianson 7, Chronister 10, Aamodt 10, Taggert 4, Borton 4, Davenport 0, Schefter 0, Hincley 0, David Stelzer 2, Chase 0, Gravbot 0.

BURLINGTON-EDISON - Johnson 20, Dahlstedt 10, Williams 6, Randles 6, Brester 3, Woolcock 4, Roth 3, Lehman 0, Berentson 0, Voorhees 2, Fisher 0, Hopley 0.

Girls

Blanchet 60, West Valley Yakima 43

Senior forward Nadja Morgan scored 20 points to lead four players in double figures as Blanchet (25-4) handed West Valley of Yakima (25-1) its first loss of the year, in the semifinals of the Class 3A girls state basketball tournament in the Kingdome.

Morgan, who led the Braves to state titles in 1995 and 1996, was 10 for 18 from the field and pulled down 11 rebounds. Blanchet was 25 for 50 from the field in beating the cold-shooting Rams.

Blanchet plays Shorewood tonight for the championship.

Blanchet 17 14 13 16 -60

W. Valley 15 8 5 15 -43

BLANCHET - Heathcote 11, Berberian 12, DeLaunay 3, Cunningham, Morgan 20, Miller 0, Cordova 2, D’Hondt 12.

WEST VALLEY YAKIMA - Smart 0, Borton 10, Eldridge 8, O’Connor 11, Laurance 4, Riojas 0, Chase 0, Jones 0, Hopkins 0, Borton 10.

Shorewood 50, Seattle Prep 32

Nina Lowe scored 13 points and Stephanie Hart grabbed 12 rebounds to pace the Thunderbirds (22-6) to a semifinal victory over the Panthers (26-4).

S. Prep 12 6 7 7 -32

Shorewood 14 9 12 15 -50

SEATTLE PREP - Tomlinson 0, Keegan 14, Hagelin 3, Nolan 6, Lane 4, Carr 3, Ruttkay 2, Krueger 0.

SHOREWOOD - J. Taborsky 9, L. Taborsky 12, Webb 4, Hart 8, Lowe 13, Burman 2, Shrewsbury 0, Grimley 0, Nelson 0, Simonson 0, Ester Poloai 2, Johnson 0.

Meadowdale 53, Bainbridge 44

Kellie O’Neill’s 17 points led the Chiefs (26-1) to a loser-out victory over the Spartans (21-4).

Meadowdale, which was upset by Shorewood in the quarterfinals on Thursday, made 8 of 16 field goals in the key third quarter to blow open the game.

Meadowdale 10 12 19 12 -53

Bainbridge 12 12 4 16 -44

MEADOWDALE - Trimble 12, Spiro 4, Krause 0, Hudson 5, Ke. O’Neill 17, Trias 0, Kr. O’Neill 1, Ireland 6, Suelzle 2, Hoppe 6.

BAINBRIDGE - Kimball 6, Themann 8, Beemer 13, Ray 11, Dolan 0, Hebner 0, McCloskey 4, Chamberlin 2.

Chief Sealth 64, Stanwood 57

UW-bound Sheila Lambert was 15 for 21 from the field to go along with 11 rebounds to lead the Seahawks (21-5) to a loser-out victory over the Spartans (21-5).

Chief Sealth 17 7 22 18 -64

Stanwood 10 19 14 14 -57

CHIEF SEALTH - Mavis 0, Stewart 21, Lambert 35, Mika 2, Martin 6, Angel 0, Brooks 0, Rivers 0, Moyers 0, Foss 0. STANWOOD - Metcalfe 0, Mains 17, Villard 15, Wezel 8, Granger 0, Hart 10, Donahue 7, Erickson 0.

Ellensburg 52, Aberdeen 43

Senior guard Maureen Canterberry scored 16 points and Tami Standish added 14 to lead the Bulldogs (20-9) to a victory over the Bobcats (21-5) in loser-out action.

Aberdeen 9 7 14 13 -43

Ellensburg 17 10 7 18 -52

ABERDEEN - Tuttle 4, Strange 3, Mefford 9, Quigg 13, McCauley 2, Stouffer 0, Prince 0, Murray 10, Hake 0, Clarke 0, Annica Mizin 2.

ELLENSBURG - Preppernau 2, Standish 14, Canterberry 16, Oltman 2, Wippel 8, Chrismer 4, Panattoni 4, Ulmer 2, Ring 0.

Capital 56, Arlington 43

Molly McKinnon scored 20 points and Kara Bjorklund pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds to lead the Cougars (20-6) to a loser-out victory over the Eagles (18-10).

Capital 14 16 15 11 -56

Arlington 6 14 16 7 -43

CAPITAL - K. McKinnon 2, Siddell 9, Jackson 2, M. McKinnon 20, Schade 6, Sandburg 6, Mailhot 0, Hayes 0, Clinton 5, Shelton 0, Davies 0, Bjorklund 6.

ARLINGTON - Miles 7, Tischer 2, Kayla Burt 18, Jones 8, Toth 6, Weller 2, Southern 0, Pace 0, Guadalupe 0, Orr 0, Paro 0.