Chelan High School Sports Recaps week of Jan 31- Feb 2

Chelan 24,
Cashmere 59

By Coach Nick Longmire, Chelan High School Girls Basketball

Feb. 2
CASHMERE - The Goats played their final regular season game on the road tonight in Cashmere. The Goats were facing a Bulldog team who solidified their 10th straight league title.
The game started out with the Bulldogs running out to a 6-0 lead before the Goats offense started to come together. The Goats finished the quarter down 7-15. The Goats struggled in the in the second quarter and only put up four sending them to the locker room at the half down 11-29.
Throughout the game the Goat defense gave the Bulldogs trouble forcing them into several turnovers and jump balls. Ultimately the goal was to slow the Bulldogs down to a short shot clock so to rush their half court offense.
The Goats put up their biggest scoring quarter in the third with 10 but gave up 15.
The Bulldogs finished strong and ended the game defeating the Goats 59-24.
Freshman Brynn Hughbanks led the Goats with six. Kira Sandoval and Arabelle Finch each had five. Juliana Perez added four, Joslynn Simmons had three and Jailyn Reinhart had one.
The Goats face the #4 seeded Quincy Jackrabbits in a loser out playoff game in which the Goats will host as the #3 seed. The game will take place on February 11 at Chelan High School at 5:45 p.m..

Chelan 38,
Omak 52

Jan. 31
CHELAN - The Omak Pioneers traveled to Chelan for what would be Chelan’s final home game for the regular season.
In the first quarter the Omak Pioneers got off to an early 8-0 run. The Goats finally started a scoring trend that allowed them to score 9 in the first quarter while also giving up 17 to the Pioneers.
In the second quarter the Goats went stride for stride with Pioneers where each team scored 9 points making the halftime score 18-26 in favor of the Pioneers.
The 3rd quarter the Goats were outscored again 9-11. In the final quarter the Goats were also outscored 9-12. The final score of the game was 52-38 in favor of the Pioneers which marks the biggest margin of defeat by any team in the last 10 games.
The Goats were led in scoring by Senior Kira Sandoval with 14 points. Senior Joslynn Simmons added 10 points. Reinhart six, Perez four, Hughbanks three, Hernandez one.



 
Chelan 64,
Cashmere 39

By Coach Anthony Callero, Chelan High School Boys Basketball

Feb. 2
CASHMERE - In the final regular season game of the Caribou Trail League Season, Chelan beat Cashmere 64-39 to improve to 8-4 in CTL play.
Chelan jumped to 9-0 lead and were up 16 -2 during the first quarter and the Bulldogs were never able to get closer than that again.
Chelan’s defense was impressive holding Cashmere to 19 points through the first three quarters.
Offensively Braiden Boyd scored a career high 29 and is now just 11 points shy of scoring 1,000 points in his career for Chelan. Boyd hit five three pointers and was joined by Dyal Jy with 15 and Ryan Rainville with 10.
Without starting guard Jacob Allen who stayed home with an illness, it was up to Rainville to guard Cashmere’s leading scorer Landon Baker and he was held to just one point.
Coach Callero praised Rainville’s defense and the team’s effort.
“Ryan really set the tone for us tonight by getting on the floor for loose balls and Dylan Jay  did a good job of finding open teammates when being double-teamed.”
Chelan begins their quest for a trip to the state tournament with a home play-off game on Saturday, February 10 with a loser out game against Cashmere in a battle of the league’s third and fourth place teams.
The survivor of the Chelan vs. Cashmere game (February 11) will advance to another loser out game vs. the loser of the district championship game between Quincy and Omak. That game will be a home game for either Quincy or Omak and is scheduled for Tuesday, February 14.

Chelan 54,
Omak 79

Jan. 31
CHELAN - In a race for second place, Omak jumped out ahead 23-15 and never looked back.
In a night that honored the five CHS seniors before the game, senior Braiden Boyd continued to be a force inside for Chelan as he finished with 19 points.
Omak was led by the 28 points of senior point Jovan Mercado and sophomore wing Taegen Mullen who added 17.
The Pioneers raced to 28 fast break points and scored at least 18 in each quarter.
Coach Callero was certain about what caused the dramatic turnaround from the previous game:
“Speed was on their side tonight. We did a great job neutralizing that in the last game. “
 (A game Chelan won 63-50 on January 13) “But tonight we seemed tired and a step slower. It is my job to get them ready to play and we need to be better conditioned.”
The loss drops Chelan to third place in the CTL and they will now play a loser out game vs. fourth place Cashmere on Saturday, February 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the first round of the CTL District Playoffs.