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Time, It's a Good Break
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
The A buzzer-beating, half-court shot gave Hoquiam an emotional lift, and
the lead, going into the fourth quarter of the Grizzlies’ 48-46
consolation-bracket victory over Lakeside. It was the kind of shot often
later described as “the shot that broke their backs.”
You wouldn’t expect that sort of analogy, though, from Jeff Wayman, the
Hoquiam senior who launched the big 3-pointer, since he knows what a real
backbreaker feels like.
He spent six months in a back brace three years ago after ... breaking his
back.
“It was kind of an overuse thing,” he said of a break at the lumbar-4 spot
in the lower back. “A lot of gymnasts have it. I got hit in football — that
was pretty much the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
Wayman definitely had a big part in breaking the Eagles’ backs — oops,
there’s that line again — with his 17-point, eight-rebound, two-assist
performance, despite spending much of the night in foul difficulty.
Wayman eventually fouled out with 11 seconds up and the Grizzlies holding a
two-point lead. No, it didn’t break their backs.
FOUL FOUL SHOOTING: At next year’s
pre-tournament ice cream social, perhaps another activity should be added: a
free-throw shooting clinic.
On the first day of the 2A girls tournament, the 16 teams combined to make
just 47.6 percent of free throws. And these are the best teams in the state!
It got a bit better on Thursday — 55.4 percent. But there were some real
anomalies for teams that usually shoot well. East Valley and Chelan, last
year’s state finalists, both missed 20 free throws on opening day. Ephrata
missed 18 on Thursday and Woodland and Chelan both clanked 16.
Interestingly, the teams that shot the most did the best. Tenino and
Hoquiam, neither of which made it to trophy day, each made a tournament-high
32 free throws during the first two days and both shot better than 61
percent.
Chelan, which will play for fourth and seventh Saturday, missed a gaudy 36
free throws in the first two rounds but made up for with volume, connecting
on 30 of 66.
Still, as always, the foul line has been key. All eight winners on Thursday
outscored their opponents in free throws. The winners were 114-for-193 while
the losers were 55-for-112.
And the 3-point line by comparison? Didn’t seem to matter. Thursday’s
winners and losers each made 18 treys.
FAST BREAKING: Ralph Bowman has been the statistician for Pullman
High for 37 years, doing both boys and girls basketball, not to mention a
few other sports as well. He told athletic administrators at the beginning
of the year that this would be his last year keeping numbers for the
basketball teams, and it has turned out to be quite the long and fruitful
one, with both Greyhound teams playing in Saturday’s finals. ... Fred
Peete’s 28 field-goal attempts were one short of the tournament single-game
record 29 hoisted last year by Lynden Christian’s Paul Hafford. ...In their
loss to Chelan, Tenino’s girls set the single-game record for most
3-pointers attempted with 31, breaking by two the record set in 1998 by Elma
and tied in 2001 by Ephrata (both times, coincidentally, against Lakeside).
Unfortunately for the Beavers, they made only seven.
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Tourney Bracket
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Other Games
Saturday
:: Lynden
Christian 60, Kiona-Benton 54
:: Hoquiam 64,
Ilwaco 39
:: Chewelah
63, Cashmere 52
:: Nooksack
Valley 56, Pullman 54
Friday
:: Lynden
Christian 70, Steilacoom 63
::
Kiona-Benton 52, Othello 45
:: Ilwaco 45,
Connell 39
:: Hoquiam 48,
Lakeside 46
:: Pullman 57,
Cashmere 40
:: Nooksack
Valley 68, Chewelah 36
Thursday
:: Lynden
Christian 58, Meridian 55
:: Steilacoom
70, Ridgefield 39
:: Othello 71,
Chimacum 57
::
Kiona-Benton 66, La Center 47
:: Cashmere
48, Connell 44
:: Pullman 67,
Ilwaco 37
:: Nooksack
Valley 59, Hoquiam 40
:: Chewelah
66. Lakeside 51
Wednesday
:: Connell 57,
Lynden Christian 45
:: Cashmere 52,
Meridian 39
:: Pullman 70,
Ridgefield 57
:: Ilwaco 50,
Steilacoom 35
:: Nooksack
Valley 70, Chimacum 42
:: Hoquiam 54,
Othello 53
:: Chewelah 50,
Kiona-Benton 28
:: Lakeside 66,
La Center 51
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