[ t o u r n e y t o w n . c o m -- Bellevue Christian 47, Charles Wright 36]

Bellevue Christian -- Breihl 1-2 0-0 3, Kraker 0-0 0-0 0, Egly 2-3 1-2 6, Olin 2-4 0-0 5, Dean 1-3 1-1 3, Baranowski 5-12 1-2 13, Downs 3-12 2-3 9, Howard 3-5 2-2 8, Haines 0-0 0-0 0, Randleman 0-0 0-0 0, Hendricks 0-1 0-0 0, Gorter 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-42 7-10 47.

Charles Wright -- Bathurst 1-10 1-2 4, Zoltani 0-1 0-2 0, Gordon 0-0 0-0 0, Scarbrough 0-1 0-0 0, Patnode 1-3 0-0 2, Hayford 1-2 0-0 2, Malcolm 0-0 0-0 0, Medley 9-11 6-7 24, Naon 0-2 0-0 0, Sokolik 0-1 0-0 0, Artis 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 14-33 7-11 36.

Bellevue Christian

Charles Wright

3-point goals--BC 6-14 (Olin 1-1, Breihl 1-2, Egly 1-2, Baranowski 2-3, Downs 1-5, Hendricks 0-1), CW 1-7 (Bathurst 1-6, Sokolik 0-1). Rebounds--BC 15 (Downs 4), CW 29 (Medley 9, Patnode 7). Assists--BC 12 (Downs 7), CW 12 (Patnode 5). Steals--BC 17 (Downs 6, Baranowski 5), CW 2. Blocked shots--BC 1, CW 1. Fouled out--None. Total fouls--BC 13, CW 13. Technical fouls--None. Turnovers--BC 15, CW 23.

By MICHAEL ANDERSON
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

A season of firsts came to a sudden, emotional end Friday for the Charles Wright Tarriers in a 47-36 consolation loss to Bellevue Christian in the Class 1A boys state basketball tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome.

After a season in which the team recorded its initial league title, district tournament appearance, state tournament appearance and state tournament win, CWA was looking to cap the year with a first-ever state tournament trophy.

Bellevue Christian brought that talk to a halt, forcing 23 turnovers, six more than CWA’s average for the tournament.

Despite outrebounded the Vikings 23-15, the Tarriers ran out of gas in the second half and faded.

“I thought our kids played their guts out,” CWA coach Bob Beeman said outside an emotional Tarrier locker room. “We missed Greg today (son Greg Beeman, who missed the game after suffering a hip pointer in Thursday’s win over River View) and that last stretch hurt us.”

Beeman was talking about a two-minute stretch in the middle of the fourth period where the Vikings took control.

Leading 31-30, Bryan Egly hit a free throw, a 3-pointer and a lay-in. Those points, coupled with four Tarriers’ turnovers and a lay-in by Bryan Dean gave Bellevue Christian a 39-30 lead with 4:20 left.

Charles Wright stayed close early thanks to a heroic effort from Jonathan Medley -- doing things that show up in the scorebook -- and Casey Patnode and Sam Bathurst, doing things that don’t.

Medley was 5-for-7 from the floor in the first half and had four rebounds and finished with 24 points -- on 9 of 11 shooting from the floor -- and nine rebounds.

Patnode had seven rebounds and five assists in 30 minutes of work and Bathurst had four rebounds and three assists. Between them, they kept finding ways to get the ball to Medley in position for easy shots.

“They didn’t score a ton of points, but they both do the things that no one notices,” Beeman said. “They ran things for us all day.”

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