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Cle Elum's
Sarah Swenson, center, grabs the ball over Napavine's Brooke Diehl,
left, during Friday's game at the Yakima Valley SunDome.
KIRK HIROTA/
For the
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Cle
Elum Moves to Trophy Round
By
SCOTT SANDSBERRY
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
What had started out as cruise control for Cle Elum had turned into
herky-jerky stop-and-go, and that meant it was time for Rudi Christian to
take the wheel.
“We kind of got wrapped up in the excitement,” the Warriors’ steady senior
leader said after helping her team clinch a Class 1A state tournament trophy
Friday by nipping Napavine 54-51. “We had to keep our composure.
“That’s kind of my strong suit. Boost the other girls’ confidence, that’s
what I like to do.”
No better way to do that than make the critical points, which Christian did
in lifting Cle Elum into Saturday’s 4th-7th place game against Colfax, which
eked out a 54-51 victory over Dayton on Friday.
After Napavine erased a 10-point Cle Elum lead — a comeback that kicked into
gear, not coincidentally, when Christian left the game for two minutes with
a mild ankle sprain — the Tigers grabbed a 44-41 lead on a Katie Carns
3-pointer and a layup by Brooke Diehl.
A putback by Heather Lanphere pulled the Warriors to within a point and,
with 1:35 remaining in the game, Christian grabbed a loose ball and banked
it in for a Cle Elum lead.
“Ashley (Berner) tipped it to me,” Christian said, deflecting the credit.
“She knocked it out of the (Napavine) girl’s hands right to me.”
Diehl put the Tigers back in front with a 6-foot jumper, Christian was sent
to the foul line twice in the final 1:15. She was only about a 50 percent
free-throw shooter during the regular season, but Cle Elum coach Ryan Hill
knew the ball was in good hands.
“She’s our leader out there. She’s a clutch player,” Hill said. “Rudi is
definitely somebody I’d want at the free throw line in that kind of
situation.”
Four shots ... four swishes. The first two put Cle Elum in front for good,
and a driving layup by Lanphere and two free throws by Teresa Glondo helped
keep them there. A 3-pointer by Tiger Coral Jeidy kept Napavine in it to the
final second.
That the Warriors were able to offset an overall off-shooting day (18 for
56, 32 percent) and still advance was impressive. The normally deadeye
Lanphere scored 20 points, but it came on 6-for-17 shooting.
“Yeah, I haven’t been on for a couple of days now,” Lanphere said.
The only Warrior whose shooting was on was Christian, whose 19 points
included 6-for-11 accuracy from the field; her teammates were a combined
12-for-45.
That’s why it hurt Cle Elum so much when, with the Warriors up 27-17 in the
third period, Christian rolled her ankle and had to leave the game. Napavine
scored six straight points in her absence, then keep the momentum in the
fourth period behind Diehl, who scored eight of her 12 points over a
five-minute span.
“That was pretty scary,” Lanphere said of seeing their lead dissipate. “We
had to make sure not to foul, because that would just make it easy for them.
We played pretty good defense toward the end.”
So Cle Elum will go home with a trophy regardless of what happens Saturday
against defending champion Colfax.
“Our goal mainly was just to get here (to state),” Hill said. “And after we
got here, I kind of asked them to change their goal to playing on Saturday.
We’ve pretty much achieved all our goals.
“League champs, district champs, and fourth or seventh at state.
“That’s something special.”
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Napavine -- Kaut 5-14 3-5 13, Jeidy 4-14 0-0 11, Carns 3-15 2-4 9,
Diehl 6-9 0-1 12, McNelly 0-2 0-0 0, Winslow 1-2 0-0 2, Wilson 2-5 0-0
4. Totals 21-61 5-10 51. |
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Cle Elum -- Strom 0-3 0-0 0, LaFarr 1-3 1-2 3, Spear 0-0 0-0 0,
Berner 0-2 0-0 0, Glondo 2-6 2-2 6, Malcolm 0-0 0-0 0, Lanphere 6-17
5-9 20, Christian 6-11 7-8 19, Swenson 3-14 0-0 6. Totals 18-56 15-21
54. |
| Napavine |
7 |
6 |
17 |
21 |
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51 |
| Cle Elum |
13 |
10 |
11 |
20 |
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54 |
|
3-point goals--N 4-21 (Jeidy 3-7, Carns 1-7, McNelly 0-1, Wilson 0-2,
Kaut 0-4), CE 3-12 (Lanphere 3-6, LaFarr 0-1, Christian 0-1, Glondo
0-3). Rebounds--N 36 (Diehl 10, Kaut 9), CE 47 (Swenson 9, Glondo 8,
Lanphere 8, Christian 8). Assists--N 6 (Kaut 4), CE 3 (Glondo 2). Steals--N
10 (Carns 4), CE 12 (Christian 6). Blocked shots--N 0, CE 1. Fouled out--None. Total fouls--N
18, CE 13. Technical fouls--None. Turnovers--N 18, CE 22. |
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Archbishop Murphy 46, Coupeville 36
:: Colfax 58,
Cle Elum 39
:: King's 61,
Onalaska 35
:: Brewster
59, Tonasket 38
Friday
::
Coupeville 39,
River View 26
:: Archbishop
Murphy 65, Burbank 62
:: Colfax 43,
Dayton 41
:: Cle Elum
54, Napavine 51
:: Brewster
68, King's 52
:: Tonasket
62, Onalaska 18
Thursday
:: River View
45, Cedar Park Christian 30
:: Coupeville
53, Winlock 44
:: Archbishop
Murphy 72, Forest Ridge 45
:: Burbank 42,
Bellevue Christian 41
:: King's 54,
Dayton 30
:: Brewster
48, Colfax 46
:: Onalaska
49, Napavine 48
:: Tonasket
53, Cle Elum 36
Wednesday
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King's 62,
River View 42
:: Dayton 59,
Cedar Park Christian 30
:: Brewster 52,
Coupeville 44
:: Colfax 43,
Winlock 33
:: Onalaska 45,
Archbishop Murphy 41
:: Napavine 58,
Forest Ridge 52
:: Tonasket 52,
Burbank 37
:: Cle Elum 53,
Bellevue Christian 35
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