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Brewster Rolls Past Zillah, 53-26
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SCOTT SPRUILL
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
Tim Taylor expected it a lot sooner than this. So good is his Brewster boys
basketball team that somebody was bound to try it.
So Zillah gave it a shot.
And ended up like all the others.
Trying to stall unbeaten Brewster into frustration and mistakes, Zillah
spread the floor and brought the first half of Thursday’s state quarterfinal
to a near halt. But Taylor’s Bears didn’t blink, didn’t flinch and didn’t
lose.
Relinquishing only five turnovers and exerting a dominating presence in
offensive rebounding, Brewster marched forward with a 53-26 victory for its
26th victory of the season.
“We had a hunch Zillah would try that, and it’s the first time we’ve seen
it. I’ve been waiting all season for it,” said Taylor, whose team led 17-6
at halftime and 27-12 after three quarters. “We stressed being patient and
not rushing the offense and the kids did that very well.”
In order for a slow-down strategy to work, you need a lead and you can’t
turn the ball over. The Leopards never did get the lead and had turnovers on
seven of their 12 first-half possessions. But coach Doug Burge didn’t
second-guess himself.
“That’s a talented, great team,” he said. “We felt if we slowed it down that
was our best chance. We tried to get them to gamble and make some mistakes
so they’d get themselves into trouble. But they never did.”
Zillah possessed the ball for over 13 minutes in the first half but had only
two field goals to show for it. Still, the Leopards trailed only 14-6 late
in the first half.
That’s when Brewster turned the tables and held the ball for the final
minute and freshman Michael Taylor stuck a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
“I thought we did OK in the first half until Taylor hit that three,” said
Zillah’s junior point guard, Kelly Anderson. “Before that we’re only down
eight. But it was so tough trying to play keep-away against their
(man-to-man) defense. They never got frustrated like we’d hoped.”
David Pendergraft, Brewster’s 6-foot-6 junior who’s already committed to
Gonzaga University, scored a game-high 12 points with six rebounds. Four of
those boards were offensive and the taller Brewster team was brutal in that
regard with a 16-4 advantage.
Andy Hill, a 6-4 senior, led the second-chance charge with six of his nine
rebounds on offense.
“Andy’s very strong and has a real quick jump,” Taylor said. “We were
patient with our shots and if we missed the guys really attacked the
boards.”
Sophomore Duran Torrez led the young Leopards with 10 points. It was
Torrez’s 3-pointer with 1:52 left in the game that kept Zillah from the
record book for fewest points scored. The record is 22.
Zillah (16-10) will face King’s (15-11) Friday in a loser-out game at 12:30
p.m. The winner will play for fourth and seventh place on Saturday.
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Brewster -- Phillips 1-3 0-0 3, M. Gebbers 0-0 0-0 0, H. Gebbers
1-3 2-4 4, Brown 0-0 2-2 2, Rios 0-0 0-0 0, Hill 3-9 4-5 10, Michel
0-0 0-0 0, Hobart 2-3 1-2 5, Pendergraft 4-10 4-4 12, Vallance 0-0 0-0
0, Evans 3-5 1-2 7, Taylor 4-8 1-1 10. Totals 18-41 15-20 53. |
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Zillah -- Stonemetz 0-3 0-0 0, Anderson 2-3 1-2 5, Affholter 1-3
0-0 3, Garza 1-1 0-1 2, Olsen 0-0 0-0 0, Torrez 3-5 3-4 10, 0-1 0-0
Lord 0, Friedrich 0-2 0-0 0, Jones 0-1 2-2 2, Ross 1-1 1-1 3, Koekkoek
0-2 0-0 0, Collins 0-3 1-2 1. Totals 8-25 8-12 26. |
| Brewster |
6 |
11 |
10 |
26 |
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53 |
| Zillah |
1 |
5 |
6 |
14 |
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26 |
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3-point goals--B 2-5 (Taylor 1-1, Phillips 1-3, Pendergraft 0-1), Z
2-7 (Torrez 1-1, Affholter 1-2, Jones 0-1, Lord 0-1, Stonemetz 0-2).
Rebounds--B 27 (Hill 9, Pendergraft 6), Z 10 (Anderson 2, Friedrich
2). Assists--B 15 (Taylor 5), Z 2. Steals--B 7, Z 2. Blocked shots--B
2, Z 1. Fouled out--None. Total fouls--B 10, Z 16. Technical
fouls--None. Turnovers--B 5, Z 11. |
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Bellevue
Christian 61, Kettle Falls 48
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Freeman 42
:: Napavine
59, Goldendale 54
:: Brewster
69, Seattle Christian 44
Friday
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Bellevue
Christian 47, Charles Wright 36
:: Kettle
Falls 67, Orcas Island 39
:: King's 69,
Zillah 50
:: Freeman 57,
Winlock 52
:: Brewster
74, Napavine 39
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Christian 66, Goldendale 54
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Christian 73, North Beach 40
:: Charles
Wright 33, River View 27
:: Orcas
Island 57, White Swan 54
:: Kettle
Falls 53, La Conner 50
:: Brewster
53, Zillah 26
:: Napavine
53, King's 46
:: Goldendale
58, Winlock 48
:: Seattle
Christian 56, Freeman 41
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Brewster 83,
North Beach 54
:: Zillah 42,
Bellevue Christian 41
:: King's 51,
River View 35
:: Napavine 48,
Charles Wright 33
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62, Orcas Island 31
:: Winlock 54,
White Swan 51
:: Seattle
Christian 63, Kettle Falls 48
:: Freeman 51,
La Conner 43
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