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Lind-Ritzville center
Brittney Kubik, left, and King's forward Danielle Clauson go for a
rebound during the second half of their state 1A quarterfinal
matchup Thursday in the SunDome.
JEFF HALLER/
Yakima
Herald-Republic |
Inside Game Lifts L-R,
55-50
By
MICHAEL
ANDERSON
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
Lind-Ritzville’s three-headed monster -- Tiffany Starring, Jessica
Heidenreich and Brittney Kubik -- were too much for King’s to handle
Thursday night in the Class 1A girls state tournament quarterfinals, and the
Broncos powered their way into the semifinals with a 55-50 win at the Yakima
Valley SunDome.
Kubik had 19, Starring 15 and Heidenreich 11 as Lind-Ritz continued to steer
a course toward a rematch with league and district rival Colfax, a winner
earlier in the day. The teams have played six times this season -- with
Colfax winning four -- including the Northeast District and Bi-District
title games.
“They just pounded us inside,” King’s coach Eric Rasmussen said. “We can’t
give up that much stuff inside and expect to win.
“We know we can’t give up 55 points and win,” he continued. “We thought the
score had to be in the hi 30s or low 40s for us to have a chance to win.”
Kings came into the tournament having given up more than 50 points just
twice. That was in back-to-back January losses to Cascade and Riverside of
Canada.
Lind-Ritz, the 2003 B champion, is now 25-5. King’s, the 2002 champion and a
semifinalist in 2003, falls to 21-5.
The two teams traded jabs like prize fighters throughout the first half.
Neither team had a lead bigger than three points -- each team led by that
amount once -- and King’s went to the locker room with a 28-25 lead thanks
in large part to 13 points from sophomore guard Caitlyn Faidley.
Lind-Ritz had 20 points in the half from its big three, Kubik leading the
way with 10.
“We knew we were going to have to do a lot of high-low stuff,” Broncos coach
Randy Heidenreich said. “They have very athletic guards so we felt that was
our best chance.”
The Broncos kept dumping the ball into the low post to Kubik or to Starring
on the wing in the third period, getting exactly the results Heidenreich
wanted. The pair combined for 12 of Lind-Ritz’s 15 in the period.
Meanwhile, defensively the Broncos held King’s to 18 percent shooting -- two
for 11 -- in turning the three-point halftime deficit into a four-point
lead.
Faidley -- a first-team All Chinook League team selection and the sister of
Chris Faidley, the high scoring guard on the boys team -- kept firing away
from long-range, hitting five 3-pointers. Two of those were in the final
period, both cutting six-point deficits to three points as King’s scrambled
to make a comeback. Faidley had 12 of her game-high 26 points for King’s in
the final quarter.
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Lind-Ritzville -- J. Heidenreich 4-12 2-5 11, Starring 5-14 5-8
15, Schmunk 2-4 2-4 6, Killian 0-0 0-0 0, Kubik 7-13 5-7 19, M.
Heidenreich 0-0 0-0 0, Biermann 2-9 0-0 4. Totals 20-52 14-24 55. |
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King's -- Zevenbergen 3-3 0-2 7, Strand 1-2 0-0 3, Clauson 1-12
0-0 2, Louie 0-1 0-0 0, Faidley 8-19 5-6 26, Kieling 0-0 0-2 0,
Simons 0-0 0-0 0, Nordtvedt 0-0 0-0 0, Sather 1-5 2-2 4, Mosiman
3-10 2-2 8. Totals 17-52 9-14 50. |
| Lind-Ritzville |
18 |
7 |
15 |
15 |
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55 |
| King's |
19 |
9 |
8 |
14 |
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50 |
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3-point goals--L-R 1-9 (J. Heidenreich 1-3, Starring 0-1, Biermann
0-5), K 7-21 (Faidley 5-10, Zevenbergen 1-1, Strand 1-1, Sather 0-4,
Clauson 0-5). Rebounds--L-R 40 (Starring 11, Kubik 8), K 34 (H.
Zevenbergen 8, Clauson 6). Assists--L-R 11 (Starring 3), K 6 (Faidley
2). Steals--L-R 5 (J. Heidenreich 2, Schmunk 2), K 6 (Mosiman 2,
Kieling 2). Blocked shots--L-R 0, K 4 (Mosiman 2). Fouled out--None.
Total fouls--L-R 13, K 20. Technical fouls--None. Turnovers--L-R 12,
K 12. |
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Saturday
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Tonasket 54,
Zillah 39
:: King's 55,
Burbank 44
:: Napavine
43, Winlock 35
:: Colfax 53,
Lind-Ritzville 39
Friday
::
Zillah 47,
Seattle Christian 39
:: Tonasket
53, Archbishop Murphy 35
:: Burbank 69,
Toledo 47
:: King's 59,
Warden 45
:: Colfax 43,
Napavine 18
::
Lind-Ritzville 51, Winlock 39
Thursday
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Seattle
Christian 37, Overlake 33
:: Zillah 64,
Cedar Park Christian 47
:: Tonasket
52, Onalaska 49
:: Archbishop
Murphy 50, Forest Ridge 25
:: Napavine
60, Toledo 55
:: Colfax 66,
Burbank 56
::
Lind-Ritzville 55, King's 50
:: Winlock 54,
Warden 52
Wednesday
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Napavine 40,
Seattle Christian 39
:: Toledo 58,
Overlake 27
:: Burbank 60,
Cedar Park Christian 40
:: Colfax 47,
Zillah 36
::
Lind-Ritzville 46, Onalaska 37
:: King's 49,
Tonasket 43
:: Warden 58,
Forest Ridge 40
:: Winlock 84,
Archbishop Murphy 79
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