[ t o u r n e y t o w n . c o m -- 2008 Class 1B girls state tournament ]

Trout Lake-Glenwood -- Vogt 4-11 1-4 9, S. Anderson 1-3 0-0 2, VanLaar 5-11 0-0 12, Huffsmith 1-2 0-0 2, M. Anderson 2-13 0-2 5, Yarnell 9-16 2-4 20, Lumley 3-13 3-6 9. Totals 25-69 6-16 59.

Neah Bay -- Kallappa 6-13 4-4 18, L. Greene 4-8 0-2 8, Buttram 2-9 0-0 4, Nagel 6-21 6-8 19, S. Greene 5-14 2-2 12, Allen 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-67 12-16 61.

Trout Lake-Glenwood

Neah Bay

3-point goals--TLG 3-16 (VanLaar 2-3, M. Anderson 1-4, Lumley 0-9), NB 3-19 (Kallappa 2-7, Nagel 1-9, Buttram 0-3). Rebounds--TLG 55 (Yarnell 23), NB 40 (L. Greene 11, Nagel 8, S. Greene 8). Assists--TLG 9 (Lumley 5), NB 7 (Nagel 5). Steals--TLG 5 (Lumley 4), NB 8 (Nagel 4). Blocked shots--TLG 3 (Vogt 2), NB 3 (L. Greene 3). Fouled out--L. Greene. Total fouls--TLG 16, NB 13. Technical fouls--None. Turnovers--TLG 19, NB 14.

Two free throws from Shayla Nagel gave Neah Bay a 61-59 victory against Trout Lake-Glenwood and the school’s first state trophy Friday morning in a consolation game at the Class 1B state tournament in the SunDome.

Neah Bay will play Lummi at 10:30 Saturday morning for fifth and eighth places.

Trout Lake-Glenwood's Katie Yarnell goes up for a shot past Neah Bay's Lorraine Greene in the second half of Friday's loser-out game.

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Trout Lake-Glenwood got off to a slow start on offense, not scoring their first field goal until almost three minutes into the game. Even when their offense started clicking somewhat at the end of the first quarter, Neah Bay kept them at arm’s length by hitting back-to-back 3-pointers to take a 16-9 lead after the first quarter.

“Our first quarters are usually slow,” said TLG coach Roger Huffsmith. “Then we pick it up and usually carry it through the rest of the game.”

The Mustangs followed this pattern against Neah Bay, starting the second quarter off with a 3-pointer from senior guard Kindra VanLaar.

Sophomore center Katie Yarnell also began to make her presence felt, scoring back-to-back baskets to pull TLG closer to Neah Bay.

After another VanLaar 3-pointer, Trout Lake-Glenwood tied the game at 22-22 with two minutes to go in the half, and would go into the intermission with a 26-25 lead.

“We stayed focused, and we didn’t let it get to us,” VanLaar said. “We tried to get into the post, and our shot was on.”

Yarnell controlled the paint as she scored 10 of her 20 points in the first half, also grabbing 14 of her 23 rebounds in the first two quarters.

“She played awesome,” said Neah Bay coach Lisa Halttunen. “We just tried not to let her get the ball because she was just taking advantage of us.”

As the third quarter began, both teams kept up the quick pace they had set in the second quarter. The Mustangs also needed to improve their free-throw percentage, after going 0-for-8 from the line in the first half.

“Early in the season we were sinking our free throws,” VanLaar said. “But we just couldn’t get them today.”

And that came back to haunt TLG in the fourth quarter as they couldn’t make free throws to break away from Neah Bay.

The two teams would trade the lead down the stretch.
With five seconds left and the score tied 59-59, Nagel was fouled driving to the basket. She calmly stepped to the free-throw line and made both free throws giving Neah Bay the two-point victory.

For Trout Lake-Glenwood, the season came to a disappointing end, but not without a memorable first trip to state.

“We played the best we could,” VanLaar said. “We just laid it out there, but came up short.”

Huffsmith said there’s talk about splitting the cooperative, but he hopes the two schools stay together because their togetherness goes beyond wins and losses.

“It pulls the two communities together,” Huffsmith said. “And it’s been good for the kids.”

And even though they may have lost this year — the pain of losing was visible as some left the locker room with tears in their eyes — the Mustangs hope to build from this experience and accomplish even more next year.