Chelan high School Sports Recaps DEC 27 - 29

Chelan 31,
Cle Elum 50

By Coach Nick Longmire,
CHS girls basketball

Dec. 27-28
KITTITAS - The Chelan Mountain Goats traveled to Kittitas early on Tuesday morning for a short 2 day tournament.
The Goats faced the Cle Elum Warriors on Tuesday for a 2 p.m. game. The Goats came out a little slow before finding some rhythm in the game. At the end of the first quarter the Goats trailed 7-12.
In the second quarter the Goats added 8 more but struggled from the foul line. Despite outscoring the Warriors the Goats still trailed 15-19 at the half.
The Goats continued to struggle from the stripe in the second half and the Warriors started to advance their lead even more. The Goats trailed by 11 going into the 4th quarter.
The Goats ran out of steam in the final quarter and were outscored by 8 giving a final score of 50-31 in favor of the Warriors.
Senior Juliana Perez and Freshman Marley Williams led all Chelan scores with eight a peice. Arabelle Finch added seven points. Kira Sandoval scored six and Jailyn Reinhart contributed two.


Chelan 53,
Kittitas 40

The following day the Goats matched up against the hosts of the tournament, the Kittitas Coyotes.
Again, the Mountain Goats started out a bit sluggish but were able to unite to finish the first quarter with the lead 14-12. The Mountain Goats had their biggest quarter of the year in the 2nd where they put up 19 points off offense including several shots behind the arc. This sent the Mountain Goats in the half with a 12 point lead.
The Goats came out a bit flat offensively in the 3rd quarter where they were outscored 10-6 but came back in the 4th quarter to seal their first win of the season against the Coyotes.
"This tournament was good for us to get away and regroup as a team. Despite the win tonight we had a chance to have some candid conversations about how to proceed in the second half of the season. It is tough to get back on the horse after falling off over and over again but our team doesn't give up. They want to win. They want to get better," says Nick Longmire, Head Coach of the Mountain Goats. "We have the opportunity to continue to turn the season around," Coach Longmire adds.
The Mountain Goats were led in scoring by Junior Arabelle Finch with 12 points. Juliana Perez followed with nine points. Jayden Simmons and Kira Sandoval each added eight points. Jailyn Reinhart scored seven. Marley Williams scored six and Jayci Simmons had three for the Mountain Goats.
The Mountain Goats traveled to Liberty Bell on New Years Eve for a non-league match up.

Chelan 44,
Mead 62

By Coach Anthony (Tony)
Callero, Chelan High School Boys Basketball

Dec. 28
FREEMAN - Chelan lost the opening game of the Freeman HA Holiday Tournament to 3A in a non-league game.
Chelan played a great first half and only  trailed by three 31-28
Chelan went ice cold during the third quarter missing five of their first six shots and quickly fell behind by 11. The game stayed between 10-15 points the rest of the third and most of the fourth until a late run by Mead put the game out of reach.
Isaac Wilson helped the Goats commit just eight turnovers and added 13 points.
Braiden Boyd led the team in rebounding and scoring as he added 15 points.
Coach Callero said the boys were excited about the challenge of playing a bigger school and are even more exciting to take on the first place team from the Northeast A League.
Freeman is also the Number 2  1A team in the state according the lates RPI Rankings.
“We came here to challenge ourselves against good competition and we are definitely getting that,”  Coach Tony Callero.

Chelan 65,
Freeman 82

Dec. 29
FREEMAN - Chelan lost a non-league game on the road at Freeman High School on Thursday, December 29. The final score was 65-82.
Freeman and Chelan played a tough, close game and were tied at halftime at 30.
The Freeman Scotties got hot in the third quarter and made four three pointers to build an eight point lead.
Freeman, the number two ranked, 1A team in the state, looked comfortable on their home court and made 23 of the 35 free throw attempts for the game compared  to Chelan who was only able to get to the line for 21 attempts where they made 13 of those free shots..
Chelan was whistled for 28 fouls and Freeman 17.
Coach Callero was happy with the effort and composure the players showed. “Each time we made a little run during the fourth quarter, they either hit a big three or got back to the free throw line.”
Chelan had nine players score and three were in double figures. Dylan Jay had 19, Braiden  and Isaac Wilson 10.
Chelan remains tied for first place in the CTL at 3-1 and moves to 5-4 overall.
Chelan traveled to Liberty Bell for another non-league game on Saturday, Dec. 31.