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March 5, 2004
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Brewster's David
Pendergraft goes up for a shot over Freeman's Dan Sanders during the
first half of their 1A state semifinal matchup Friday night.
JEFF HALLER/
Yakima Herald-Republic |
Brewster Back in
Finals
Bears overcome slow-down
game, beat Freeman 51-28
By
SCOTT SANDSBERRY
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
Freeman, the only 1A team to stay close to Brewster this year — a 59-54
bi-district loss to the Bears — made it appear for a while as if it could
happen again.
But this time Brewster had other plans, and the
defending champions earned a return trip to the Class 1A boys state title
game with a 51-28 victory over the Scotties on Friday night.
Jon Dresback, the only senior on the Scotties’ squad,
buried four of his first five shots, two of them 3-pointers, to give Freeman
an early 10-8 lead.
At the quarter break, though, Brewster coach Tim Taylor
switched up his defense to put his son, 6-2 sophomore Michael, on Dresback.
Taylor held Dresback scoreless for the next 1 1/2 quarters as the Bears put
the game away with a 24-6 run.
“He was getting inside, and I’m a little taller (than
Hawkins Gebbers, who was defending Dresback in the first quarter),” Taylor
said of the defensive switch. “I just tried to beat him to the ball. My
dad’s been drilling that into for years, beat him to the ball.”
Taylor also scored 13 points, while two-time 1A player
of the year David Pendergraft finished with 15 points, nine rebounds and two
assists. Guards Gebbers and Ryne Phillips combined for 12 rebounds and seven
assists.
Dresback finished with 19 points, but missed 11 of his
final 15 shots from the field.
The championship game against N.W. Christian will be a
rematch of the bi-district final, which Brewster (26-1) won 78-52.
“They’re tough,” Taylor said of the Crusaders. “I
played with their two best players (Joel Ryman and Robert Lippman) last
summer, and they both told you, ‘We’ll see you in the finals.’”
They were right.
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Freeman -- Hatch 0-3 2-2 2, Dresback 8-20 1-2 19, Soelberg 1-10
0-0 2, Olson 0-0 0-0 0, Bailey 0-2 0-0 0, Wilkerson 0-0 0-0 0, Lewis
1-5 0-0 2, Carrell 0-1 0-0 0, Wittwer 0-1 0-0 0, Heinen 0-1 0-0 0,
Sanders 1-5 1-2 3, Riggs 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 11-48 4-6 28. |
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Brewster -- Phillips 1-2 0-0 2, H. Gebbers 0-0 0-0 4, Brown 2-2
0-1 6, Benson 0-1 0-0 0, C. Gebbers 0-0 0-0 0, Hobart 0-0 2-2 2,
Pendergraft 6-12 3-4 15, Evans 4-7 0-3 8, LaMoreaux 0-0 1-2 1,
Taylor 4-9 5-6 13. Totals 19-37 5-6 51. |
| Freeman |
10 |
4 |
9 |
5 |
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28 |
| Brewster |
12 |
14 |
12 |
13 |
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51 |
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3-point goals--F 2-17 (Dresback 2-7, Hatch 0-1, Bailey 0-2, Soelberg
0-7), B 2-7 (Brown 2-2, Benson 0-1, Pendergraft 0-1, Taylor 0-3). Rebounds--F
25 (Lewis 5, Sanders 5), B 31 (Pendergraft 9, H. Gebbers 7). Assists--F
3, B 10 (Phillips 4). Steals--F 6, B 1. Blocked shots--F 0, B 4 (Pendergraft
2). Fouled out--None.
Total fouls--F 21, B 12. Technical fouls--None. Turnovers--F 9, B 10. |
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Winlock 54
:: Toledo 57,
University Prep 43
:: King's 60,
Freeman 50
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59, N.W. Christian 52
Friday
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Winlock 51,
Life Christian 40
:: White Pass
46, Onalaska 35
:: University
Prep 46, Bellevue Christian 45
:: Toledo 61,
Zillah 47
:: N.W.
Christian 44, King's 35
:: Brewster
51, Freeman 28
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Winlock 47,
Archbishop Murphy 32
:: Life
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:: White Pass
55, White Swan 41
:: Onalaska
52, Cedar Park Christian 38
:: N.W.
Christian 51, Zillah 44
:: King's 57,
Toledo 42
:: Freeman 60,
Bellevue Christian 37
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72, University Prep 42
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Winlock 36
:: N.W.
Christian 56, Archbishop Murphy 41
:: King's 56,
Granger 42
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Life Christian 40
:: Freeman 59,
White Pass 45
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Christian 56, White Swan 49
:: Brewster 65,
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:: University
Prep 55, Onalaska 31
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