Class 1A State Roundup: Toledo storms back to stay in tourney
Friday, February 29, 2008 5:30 AM PST
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YAKIMA - Toledo rallied from a 14-point third-quarter deficit to stun Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls 63-62 in a loser-out game of the Class 1A state boys basketball tournament at the Yakima SunDome on Thursday morning.
The Indians (14-12) survived to meet Cedar Park Christian at 9 a.m. today in another loser-out game. A victory would assure the Indians of a spot in Saturday's trophy round, where they would play for fifth/eighth place.
Toledo trailed by 14 midway through the third, but later went on a 25-14 run to take a 62-60 lead on a pull-up jumper by Jarrod Yates with 1:39 remaining. After Lakeside's Kyle Stillar scored on a putback with 52 seconds left, the Indians worked the ball and Talon Rakoz was fouled with 24.9 seconds on the clock.
Rakoz made one of two free throws for the winning margin, and the Indians held off the Eagles (15-12) in the final seconds to stay alive.
Yates led Toledo with 20 points, Rakoz finished with 17 (11 in the second half), and David Wallace added 11 points, six rebounds and four steals. Tony Zamorano chipped in 10 points.
The Indians blistered the Dome nets for 58 percent shooting (21-of-36), including 68 percent in the second half (13-of-19).
Indians 63, Eagles 62
TOLEDO (63) -
White 0, Herbert 5, Askin 0, Higgenbottom 0, Rakoz 17, Wallace 11, Teitzel 0, Yates 20, Zamorano 10.
LAKESIDE (62) -
Blankevoort 8, Duclos 5, Judd 2, Petter 0, Stillar 16, Parcell 19, Watkins 6, Hilsabeck 4, Cresswell 2.
Toledo 9 16 20 18-63
Lakeside 24 15 14 9-62
Rockets ousted by CPC
YAKIMA - Castle Rock suffered through a horrendous shooting day at the free-throw line and lost a thriller to Cedar Park Christian 47-45 in a loser-out game of the Class 1A state boys basketball tournament at the Yakima SunDome on Thursday morning.
The Rockets, the No. 1 seed from the Southwest District, dropped both of their state games and ended the season with a 20-5 record.
Castle Rock, which made just 11-of-24 attempts from the line (45.6 percent), led by nine points in the third quarter but coudln't put the Eagles away.
Riley Bettinger sank three free throws in the final 41 seconds for Cedar Park Christian (15-8), and led all scorers with 28 points.
The Rockets pulled within the final margin on Kyle Karnofski's 3-pointer with two seconds left. CR had to foul to attempt to get the ball back, but after two missed free throws with 0.6 seconds on the clock and two timeouts, the Rockets failed to successfully inbounds the ball for a try at a final shot.
Clint Burgoyne led Castle Rock with 13 points and Karnofski had six rebounds. The Rockets made 52 percent of their field-goal attempts (14-of-27).
Eagles 47, Rockets 45
CASTLE ROCK (45) -
Murray 0, Tinney 3, Horsley 5, Trinklein 7, Hamilton 5, Karnofski 6, Gehring 6, Morrison 0, Burgoyne 13.
CEDAR PARK CHRISTIAN (47) -
Ramos 8, Raschick 4, McCullough 1, Bettinger 28, Gudmundsson 4, Springer 0, Orrico 2, Brown 0, Gutheil 0.
Castle Rock 11 14 8 12-47
Cedar Park 9 9 12 17-45
Cardinals fall at buzzer
YAKIMA - Matt Pleasants' layin off a feed from Coby Dick with two seconds remaining gave Lake Roosevelt a 49-48 win over Winlock in a loser-out game of the Class 1A state boys basketball tournament at the Yakima SunDome on Thursday afternoon.
The Raiders (22-6) trailed from the end of the first quarter, including by seven midway through the fourth quarter, before charging back.
Jordan Davis, who led Winlock (20-5) with 20 points and 10 rebounds, buried two free throws with 19 seconds to play to give the Cardinals the lead before Pleasants' winning basket.
Nathan Booth added 12 points for Winlock.
Raiders 49, Cardinals 48
LAKE ROOSEVELT (49) -
Seekins 0, Salas 6, Jim 4, Dick 14, Carlson 3, Wolfe , Payne 0, Pleasants 22.
WINLOCK (48) -
Hertz 7, Diamond 0, Kent 2, Davis 20, Booth 12, Brown 7.
L. Roosevelt 11 8 11 19-49
Winlock 14 13 5 16-48
Toledo girls eliminated
YAKIMA - Shelby Catlin had 16 points and eight rebounds, but it wasn't enough as Toledo fell to Zillah 69-63 in a loser-out game of the Class 1A state girls basketball tournament at the Yakima SunDome on Thursday.
Tiffany Tornow added 15 points and Ashlee Coffey scored 10 for the Indians, who finished their season 13-12.
Baylie Ziegler scored 19 points and Rosebud Guthrie added 16 for the Leopards. It was Ziegler's 3-pointer at the buzzer that tied the game 36-36, and Zillah outscored Toledo 17-11 in the third period to take control.
The Indians chopped a 10-point deficit down to one in the fourth, but couldn't get over the hump.
Leopards 69, Indians 63
TOLEDO (63) -
Stone 5, Tornow 15, Scott 0, Buswell 0, Zion 2, Coffey 10, Lucas 6, Malmstrom 9, Catlin 16.
ZILLAH (69) -
Ziegler 19, Marquis 0, Gonzales 11, Sevigny 0, Duce 7, Uasike 12, Patterson 4, Guthrie 16.
Toledo 18 18 11 16-63
Zillah 14 22 17 16-69
CR out in two? wrote on Feb 29, 2008 9:41 AM:
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CR Alumni and Fan wrote on Feb 29, 2008 10:16 AM:
Re:CR out in 2? wrote on Feb 29, 2008 11:42 AM:
Congrat's to the Rockets and the coaching staff. Great job again this year. You were fun to watch and you represented our community well. "
CR out in two? wrote on Feb 29, 2008 1:47 PM:
sportsrock wrote on Feb 29, 2008 1:49 PM:
You are a real credit to the community, a real pillar of strength for the program. Please enlighten us all with ALL your infamous knowledge of the game, what you would of done so diffrently to make shots fall and and shut down a Brewster team that shot 62% from the feild. What I saw was the Rock getting the shots they wanted throughout the game. The same shots that fell for them all season long. The same shots that had the rest of the state believing Castle Rock to indeed be a team of destiny and an elite team. I also heard the Brewster fans say that was by far the best outing they had all year.
Toutle Lake was two and out last year and I don't recall anyone questioning their coaching decisions. I believe that the Rock is the winningest program in the league the last four years..hence good job coaches!
So maybe instead of belly-achin about the coulda, woulda and shoulda's perhaps a complimentry "good season" would go alot farther towards validating a great season built from great effort and great play. "
cr hoops wrote on Feb 29, 2008 3:48 PM:
Now tell us how many state basketball games you played in or coached in and how many you won. Unless I miss my guess the answer is probably somewhere around....zero!!! So maybe you should keep your opinions to yourself, because rocket fans are tired of hearing your slanderous remarks...good day! "
Re: CR out in 2? Again! wrote on Feb 29, 2008 4:42 PM:
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