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December 15, 2011 • OkanOgan Valley gazette-tribune C1

By Brent Baker

Staff Writer

T O N A S K E T - Mike Larson takes over as the Tonas-ket varsity girls basketball coach, and he’ll be the first to admit that he knows very little about his team.

Larson has been coaching the Tigers’ junior varsity boys for several years, meaning his teams played during the girls varsity games, and he was as-sisting the boys varsity while the girls JV played.

“At this point I actually know more about the boys teams than my own,” Larson says.

“Not only did I not get to see last year’s (girls) teams play, but we have a number of girls turn out this year that didn’t play last year.”

As much as anything, Larson was thrilled with the number of girls that turned out.

“We have 34 playing this year,” he says. “I don’t care where we finish as far as wins and losses go, that already makes this a suc-c e s s f u l s e a -son.”

O f course, L a r s o n h o p e s there w i l l b e m o r e

tangible signs of success as

the season progresses, and it could take some time for the

Tigers to adjust to a new sys-tem with a very inexperienced squad.

“It’s all about developing the right habits,” he says. “Both in practice and during the game, and that’s why we want our practices to simulate what it’s like during a game.

“We want to play fast, fast and faster. We want to press a lot, and the girls have never

been asked to do that before. So we’ll push the pace, we’ll make some mistakes, but we’ll take

what comes with it. They’re not comfortable with it yet, but they’ll get it.”

Larson will have at least two years with most of the girls cur-rently on his roster. Of the two seniors, Amber Kilpatrick last played basketball as a sopho-

more, and Ali Hill played JV last season. His returning players – juniors Devan Utt, Kelly Cruz, Alicia Edwards and Megan Bey-ers - either came off the bench last year or shuffled back and forth between varsity and JV.

“We’ll just take it one game at a time and take what comes,” Larson says. “More than wins and losses, it’s about getting all the players, from little kids to the seniors, playing the same style. It will probably take a couple of years to get us playing as fast as I’d like. Once we’ve been playing this way for awhile, we should be in there competing for playoff spots.”

By Brent BakerStaff Writer

TONASKET – The Tonasket boys basketball team has struggled to match up with other Cari-bou Trail League teams in recent years.

That doesn’t concern head coach Glenn Braman too much. He wants the Tigers’ focus to be internal rather than focusing on their opponents.

“Every team in the CTL is 0-0 right now,” Braman says. “No-body has played a league game yet. Of course, I know what they have, as each of them know what we have. I honestly don’t waste a lot of time thinking about other people’s teams. I need to keep focused on my team.”

Braman’s team returns just three players from last season – senior guards John Stedtfeld, Damon Halvorsen and Kevin Aitcheson.

That, in a nutshell, explains what fans will see from the Ti-gers this year. Their experience and much of their scoring will come from the perimeter. “We

need to be cons istent with our perim-eter shots,” Braman says. “If we can shoot 40 percent or more from outside (3-point range), we’ll be in good shape. Shooting 33 percent from out there is like shooting 50 percent from inside. We’re built to be that kind of a team.”

Stedtfeld and Halvors-en, along with sopho-more Dyllan Gage, give

the Tigers a number of outside shooting threats and insurance against one of them having a

cold night. And while the Tigers still

are on the small side, they did pick up a 6-4 freshman transfer from Idaho, Zac Davis, as well as sopho-more Trevor Terris, to

anchor down the mid-dle. Seniors Dakota

Bogart and Lazaro Ortega, while stand-ing under six feet, have proven to be solid assets down low, especially on

defense.“We set individual game goals

and team goals for each game,” Braman says.

“They’re usually tied to the little things we need to accom-plish. I want their goals to be tied to things we value, hustle and effort type stats, rather than scoring.”

In that spirit, the Tigers aim to hold opponents under 40 percent shooting, outrebound their op-ponents and commit fewer than 15 turnovers per game.

“Our motto is to focus on the little things to ensure that great things happen,” Braman says.

“We don’t need to worry about what other teams bring, and we can’t do anything about it. We’ll

concentrate on doing the little things right with our own team. That’s our goal.”

TonaskeT Boys BaskeTBall schedule

12/1 at Pateros 63-57 W12/3 oroville 77-67 W12/6 at Bridgeport 85-27 W12/10 Pateros 56-57 l 12/13 at oroville 7:30 pm12/17 liberty Bell 7:30 pm12/20 Bridgeport 7:30 pm12/29 at Brewster Trn TBa12/30 at Brewster Trn TBa1/3 at Republic 7:30 pm1/6 * at chelan 7:30 pm1/7 * cascade 7:30 pm

1/10 * at okanogan 7:30 pm1/14 * at cashmere 7:30 pm1/17 * at omak 7:30 pm1/20 * chelan 7:30 pm1/28 * at cascade 7:30 pm1/31 * okanogan 7:30 pm2/2 * omak 7:30 pm2/4 * cashmere 7:30 pm2/8-12 # at district TBa2/14-19 # at Bi-district TBa2/25-26 # at Regional TBa3/1-3 # at state TBa

* league contest# If Qualify

Outside shooters return to lead TigersThe Tonasket varsity boys basketball team includes (l-r) Kevin Aitcheson, John Stedtfeld, Dyllan Gage, Damon Halvorsen, Dillon Zemtseff, coach Glenn Braman, Zac Davis, Trevor Terris, Dakota Bogart, Lazaro Ortega, Zach Villalva and Michael Orozco.

Photo by Terry Mills

TonaskeT Boys BaskeTBall vaRsITy RosTeR

# name Pos Gr2 dyllan Gage G 103 kevin aitcheson G 124 Michael orozco F 1010 John stedtfeld F 1212 Trevor Terris F 1013 damon halvorsen G 1214 Zach villalva F 1123 dillon Zemtseff c 1233 Zac davis F 0934 lazaro ortega c 1244 dakota Bogart c 12

head coach: Glenn Bramanassistant coaches: Tim cork, dave

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The Tonasket varsity girls basketball team includes (l-r) head coach Mike Larson, manager Madilynn Larson, Kelly Cruz, Elizabeth Jackson, Kylie Dellinger, Ali Hill, Megan Beyers, Devan Utt, Baylie Tyus, Kathryn Clemans, Amber Kilpatrick, Alicia Edwards and assistant coach Jessica Hylton.

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TonaskeT GIRls BaskeTBall vaRsITy RosTeR

# name Pos Gr10 amber kilpatrick G 1212 kathryn cleman F 1014 elizabeth Jackson G 1020 kylie dellinger F 1022 kelly cruz G 11

24 Baylie Tyus G 1030 ali hill F 1234 alicia edwards G 1142 devan utt F 1144 Megan Beyers F 11

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OROVILLE – The Oroville girls basket-ball team has never made the state tourna-ment.

Mike Bourn and his young but seasoned group of Hornets aim to break that unenviable streak this year, but it won’t be easy.

The Hornets came one win away from that elusive prize last year. But before they can think about navigating their way through the district tournament, they face a season of competing in a league that includes two of last year’s top four 2B girls bas-ketball teams at the top.

Central Washington League North Divis ion champion Brewster, unchallenged in 12 league games last year, finished fourth at the state 2B finals after many of the Bears contracted the flu during week of the tourna-ment. League runner-up Lake Roosevelt, which started its season 3-6, won 17 of its final 20 games, took third at state and came within one basket of play-ing for the state championship.

Brewster lost just three se-niors, including key starter Cori-na Gebbers, while the Raiders pulled off last year’s run without

a senior on their roster.“Brewster and Lake Roosevelt

are pretty much huge favor-ites,” Bourn says. “But then we should be right there. We have a great chance to finish in the top three.

“Lake Roosevelt last year showed what happens when everything comes together. They started playing well together, made a couple of game-win-ning shots and surprised some people.”

If the Hornets want to become this year’s Lake Roosevelt, they will need to pick up where they left off at the end of last season,

when they upset P a t e r o s t o e a r n a s h a r e of third place in the league and elimi-nated Kit-titas from post-season play at districts.

Na o m i P e t e r s and 3-point shooter Kelsey Hughes, both re-turning starters, are the only two returning seniors on this year’s roster.

“They’re both good play-ers,” Bourn says. “They’re very

serious about this season and have been showing some good

leadership.”Much will depend,

though, on a returning core of juniors that saw

plenty of action as sopho-mores. They include Bri-ana Moralez, Callie Barker, Katie Tietje and Becky Ar-

rigoni. And then there’s sophomore Sierra Speiker, a varsity regular as a freshman, whose defense shut down

Entiat scoring machine Mandy Southard at last year’s district tournament.

Bourn also has high hopes for freshman Lily Hilderbrand, who he said expects to make an impact right away.

“She could be one of the best

by to come through this area

by the time all is said and done (with her high school career),” Bourn says.

“We have some pretty nice depth and speed. We’re way ahead of where we’ve been the last couple years. Their funda-mentals have improved a lot; now we just have to work on some timing issues and building our confidence.”

And if that happens, a certain streak may indeed be near its end.

By Brent Baker

Staff Writer

OROVILLE – Oroville’s boys basketball team had an up-and-down season a year ago.

Up-and-down may actually be an understatement. How else to describe a team that could lose by 50 points at home to Brewster, and then beat the state tournament-bound Bears on the road two weeks later?

The Hornets did play their best basketball at the end of last season, winning six of their final seven regular season games to finish in a three-way tie for sec-ond place in the Central Wash-ington League’s North Division and giving White Swan and Kittitas all they could handle in

a pair of tight district tourney losses.

With five key play-ers returning – in-cluding four start-ers – first-year head coach Allen Allie feels he has a team that can improve on last year’s finish.

“Our goal is to be in the top two in our league and make the state playoffs,” Allie says. “I think you need to set goals high but reachable. Our kids can reach their goal if they focus.”

A league title might be tough, as defending champion Lake Roosevelt returns most of a squad that finished fourth at last year’s 2B state tournament. The Raiders’ roster still includes University of Idaho-bound senior Ty Egbert, who at 6-8 last year dominated a league that doesn’t have anyone else of that size.

“When we are play-ing well I feel we can play with anyone in our league,” Allie says. “We can’t have many off nights or our goal will be hard to reach. I think most teams in our league match up pretty well, with the exception of Egbert.”

The other question mark heading into the season will be how well the team adjusts to the new style of play Allie is implementing, par-ticularly at the defensive end, where the Hornets will play more man-to-man defense than in the past.

The Hornets lost point guard Preston Iverson to graduation, but return the rest of their usual starting lineup intact. Se-nior Zack Speiker gives the Hornets and inside presence, while another senior, C.J. Mathews, provides additional re-

bounding and is most ef-fective while slashing to the basket. Juniors Michael Garrett and Con-

nor Hughes give Oroville a pair of legitimate 3-point threats who are each capable of busting out for 20 or more points a game, while sophomore Luke Kindred also saw some quality playing time at the varsity level as a freshman.

Depth, however, could be an issue as there is precious little varsity playing experience com-ing off the bench.

“We don’t have a deep or experienced bench,” says Allie.

“We’re going to rely on sopho-mores and freshmen to fill in as needed.”

The Hornets should be well-tested by the time they reach league play in January, as six of their eight non-conference

games are against larger schools, including a Christmas Break trip to Cashmere. But if they can stay healthy and their bench develops, the Hornets could be playing deep into February and possibly into March.

oRovIlle Boys BaskeTBall schedule

12/2 Republic 69-42 W 12/3 at Tonasket 67-77 l12/6 oliver, Bc 82-74 W12/8 at okanogan 35-78 l 12/10 at cBss 61-47 W 12/13 Tonasket 7:30 pm12/21 omak 7:30 pm12/29 at cashmere 7:30 pm1/7 * at Bridgeport 7:30 pm1/10 * Pateros 7:30 pm1/13 * at lk. Roos. 7:30 pm1/17 * liberty Bell 7:30 pm1/20 * at Brewster 7:30 pm1/24 * Manson 7:30 pm1/28 * at Manson 7:30 pm1/31 * Bridgeport 7:30 pm2/3 * at Pateros 8:00 pm2/4 * Brewster 7:30 pm2/7 * lk Roosevelt 7:30 pm2/9 * at liberty Bell 7:30 pm2/13-18 # at district TBa2/24-25 # at Regional TBa3/1-3/3 # at state TBa

* league game# If qualify

Oroville boys mix youth and experience


The Oroville varsity boys basketball team includes (l-r) assistant coach Chad Mathews, Dustin Nigg, Luke Kindred, C.J. Mathews, Connor Hughes, Zack Speiker, Michael Garrett, Dylan Rise, Lane Tietje, Chase Nigg and head coach Allen Allie.

oRovIlle Boys BaskeTBall vaRsITy RosTeR

# name Pos Gr3 c.J. Mathews G/F 125 chase nigg G 1011 dustin nigg G 0913 Zack speiker F 12

15 Michael Garrett G 1121 connor hughes G 1123 luke kindred G/F 1025 lane Tietje G 0933 dylan Rise G 12

head coach: allen allieassistant coach: chad Mathews


The Oroville varsity girls basketball team includes (l-r) Ali Miller, Sierra Speiker, Katie Tietje, Becky Arrigoni, Kelsey Hughes, head coach Mike Bourn, Naomi Peters, Lily Hilderbrand, Briana Moralez, Callie Barker and Brittany Jewitt.

Hornet girls look to break state tournament drought

oRovIlle GIRls BaskeTBall vaRsITy RosTeR

# name Gr1 Briana Moralez 112 callie Barker 113 katie Tietje 114 Meagan Moralez 105 ali Miller 1110 Becky arrigoni 1112 Brittney Jewitt 1014 naomi Peters 1220 sierra speiker 1024 lily hilderbrand 0934 kelsey hughes 12 head coach: Mike Bournassistant coach: kristin sarmiento

oRovIlle GIRls BaskeTBall schedule

12/2 Republic 54-46 W 12/3 at Tonasket 31-32 l 12/8 at okanogan 35-71 l 12/13 Tonasket 6:00 pm12/17 at chelan 6:00 pm12/21 omak 6:00 pm12/23 Wellpinit 3:30 pm12/29 at Wellpinit 3:30 pm1/7 * at Bridgeport 6:00 pm1/10 * Pateros 6:00 pm1/13 * at lk. Roos. 6:00 pm1/17 * liberty Bell 6:00 pm1/20 * at Brewster 6:00 pm1/24 * Manson 6:00 pm1/28 * at Manson 6:00 pm1/31 * Bridgeport 6:00 pm2/3 * at Pateros 6:30 pm2/4 * Brewster 6:00 pm2/7 * lk. Roosevelt 6:00 pm2/9 * at liberty Bell 6:00 pm2/13-18 # at district TBa2/24-25 # at Regional TBa3/1-3/3 # at state TBa

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O R O V I L L E – Class B wres-tling took a turn to the tough side a year ago when Warden, among other schools, dropped out of the 1A ranks.

Not only did the Cougars go on to dominate the region and win the state championship, it meant that a number of state medallists from previous years didn’t even make the state finals last year.

That wasn’t all that worked against the Oroville wrestling team last year. Injuries and eligibility issues plagued the Hornets, and both are trends Chuck Ricevuto hopes to see his team reverse.

“We want to make sure every wrestler gets one percent bet-ter after each practice, and get all seniors to set an example of great leadership,” Ricevuto says.

Four of his seniors have state tournament experience. Nick Perez (145 pounds) has three state medals to his name, includ-ing one third place and a pair of state runner-up finishes.

Michael Lynch (138) has been to state twice, including runner-up finish in 2009, but last year was caught in the same weight

class as Perez and a pair of Warden wrestlers and saw his season end at regionals.

Alex Kelly (132) is also a

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fourth-place finish in 2010, but like

Lynch couldn’t get out of region-als. His regional weight class included a Warden wrestler and two Lake Roosevelt competitors who had dropped down from 1A the previous year, as well as

state champion Anfim Kalugin from Springdale.

Duke Sykes (170) also qualified for state last year at 171. Though he didn’t earn a medal, he lost 2-1 to the eventual state champion in

the semifinal round, and by one point in an elimination match.

Senior Alex Alvarez (152) nearly made the state finals last year, attending as an alternate.

Ricevuto listed five keys to

success that could make up the difference for those tough finishes last season: improve on last year’s practice attendance, get the seniors to show leader-ship, stay injury and illness-free, catch up on the last couple years of weight training, and stay clear of eligibility and athletic code issues.

The margin for error in the B tournament is very thin. But by living up to those goals could mean the Hornets send five or more to the state finals.


TONASKET – Teams with an overabundance of youth aren’t often considered dangerous, ex-cept in terms of their potential.

A notable exception to that rule is the Tonasket wrestling squad. All it takes is a look at the portraits of past state champions that line the practice room and the prodigious list of state med-allists that Hall of Fame coach Dave Mitchell has mentored through the years.

So when he says his young

t e a m s h ows promise, he’s to be believed.

“There ’s a lot of poten-tial,” Mitchell said after the Tigers’ first meet in which he sent six freshman and two sophomores to the mat. “There’s only one way for us to go. It’s just a matter of how soon we get there. In a couple of years we should be tough as nails, but I want to get there sooner than that.”

Despite graduating eight se-niors, the Tigers aren’t totally without some quality, experi-enced wrestlers. They have a sol-id core of returners that include seniors Jared Stedtfeld (pro-jected to wrestle at 113 pounds) and Ryker Marchand (132) – both state 1A tournament veterans – and junior state qualifier Austin Booker (152). Junior Dalton Wahl (138) and sophomore Collin Aitcheson (120) were regional qualifiers last year, while juniors Jeff Stedtfeld (126), John Rawley (195) and Dyllan Walton (132) were solid as well.

“We have a core of pretty tough guys,” Mitchell says. “We have several freshman and first year wrestlers who are looking

good and show a lot of prom-ise.”

The Tigers should again be Ca r i b o u T r a i l L e a g u e

title con-tenders, de-

pending both on how their

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velops and on the health of a couple of other teams, most notably defending CTL champ Omak.

But getting through the league season, tough as it is, is only the beginning for the Tigers.

“We intend to battle all year,”

Mitchell says. “We want to im-prove and peak so we can be competitive in District, Region-als and State.”

TonaskeT WResTlInG schedule

12/3 at omak PIT Tournament 4th place12/7 oroville (dual) 60-21 W 12/10 at ephrata Invitational 2nd place 12/14 at liberty Bell (dual) 7:00 pm12/16 at couer d’alene Tri-state Invite TBa12/22 at oroville nohI Tourney 10:00 am12/29 at Royal Invitational 10:00 am1/7 at Warden Invitational 10:00 am

1/12 * at okanogan / omak (duals) 4:15 pm1/14 Tonasket apple Pie Invitational 10:00 am1/18 * at cashmere / cascade (duals) 6:00 pm1/28 * chelan (dual) 7:00 pm2/3-4 at district Tourney (omak) TBa2/11 at Regional Tourney TBa2/17-18 at state Tourney (Tacoma dome) TBa

* league dual# Individual qualifiers

Rebuilding Tiger wrestlers keep expectations high


The Tonasket wrestling team includes (front row, l-r) Tim Frazier, Dyllan Walton, Esgar Mendez, Marwin Baron, Travis Degeller, Collin Aitcheson, (middle) Marshall West, Caleb Lofthus, Ethan Knowlton, Jared Stedtfeld, Dalton Wahl, Quinn Mirick, Morgan O’Brien, Jeff Stedtfeld, assistant coach Cole Denison, (back) head coach Dave Mitchell, Ryker Marchand, Frank Holfelz, Daniel Ortega, Tanner Good, Joel Cosino, Austin Booker, Austin Knowlton, John Rawley, Chad Edwards and assistant coach Josh Lofthus.

TonaskeT WResTlInG RosTeR

Wgt name Gr106 Tim Frazier 09106 christian diaz 09113 * Jared stedtfeld 12120 ^ collin aitcheson 10126 Jeff stedtfeld 11126 levan sabakhtorashvik 11132 * Ryker Marchand 12132 dyllan Walton 10132 Marwin Baron 10138 ^ dalton Wahl 11138 Joel cosino 11138 ethan knowlton 09145 austin knowlton 09145 esgar Mendez 09152 * austin Booker 11160 Travis deggeller 09160 Marshall West 09170 Quinn Mirick 11170 caleb lofthus 09182 Morgan o’Brien 09195 John Rawley 10220 Frank holfelz 09220 daniel ortega 11285 chad edwards 09285 Tanner Good 10285 Jose lopez 11

* state finals participant^ Regional participant

head coach: dave Mitchellassistant coaches: cole denison,

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The Oroville wrestling team includes (front row, l-r) Ivan Rodriguez, Angel Camacho, Kaylee Harris, Fernanda Perez, Leo Curiel, Michael Ripley, Eddie Ocampo, Dustin Gallas, (back) Cory Childers, Alex Lopez-Smith, Eric Herrera, Lucas Mieirs, Alex Kelly, Alex Alvarez, David Sanchez and Nick Perez. Not pictured are Michael Lynch, Duke Sykes and Breanna Dodd.

Hornet wrestlers make push for state finals

oRovIlle WResTlInG schedule

12/3 at davenport Tournament 7th place12/7 at Tonasket (dual) 21-60 l 12/9 Pateros / ephrata Jv (nonleague mixer) 12/10 at okanogan Invitational 3rd place 12/13 at okanogan (dual) 6:00 pm12/17 at Mary Walker springdale Tourney 10:00 am12/20 at lake Roosevelt (league mixer) 6:00 pm12/22 oroville nohI Tournament 10:00 am12/29 at Freeman Invitational 10:00 am

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Keeping Athletes

Boys BasketBall Caribou Trail league league overallchelan 10 0 628 467 21 7 1635 1381cashmere 7 3 638 578 16 10 1562 1452cascade 6 4 523 503 11 11 1110 1106okanogan 5 5 598 548 13 10 1362 1177omak 2 8 494 617 8 12 1105 1197tonasket 0 10 538 706 9 11 1154 1176

Postseason: chelan - bi-district champion, 5th place at state 1a tournamentcashmere - 3rd place at bi-district, eliminated at state 1a regional roundcascade - eliminated at cTl sub-districtokanogan - eliminated at bi-district

CenTral WashingTon league norTh Division league overalllk. Roosevelt 12 0 801 395 23 5 1728 1183Pateros 8 4 623 469 14 9 1136 1005Brewster 8 4 768 537 12 13 1440 1297oroville 8 4 690 649 10 12 1306 1303Manson 4 8 526 678 9 10 921 1026liberty Bell 2 10 400 686 3 17 724 1131Bridgeport 0 12 364 758 1 19 672 1275

Postseason:lake Roosevelt bi-district champion, 4th place at state 2B tournamentBrewster 2nd place at bi-district, eliminated at state 2B regional roundPateros eliminated at bi-districtoroville eliminated at bi-district

Girls BasketBallCaribou Trail league league overallokanogan 10 0 584 314 21 6 1396 987cascade 7 3 458 421 15 9 1062 1051cashmere 6 4 552 436 15 7 1246 1008chelan 5 5 434 392 7 15 922 909tonasket 2 8 326 527 8 12 772 965omak 0 10 320 584 4 16 733 1049

Postseason: okanogan - 3rd place at bi-district, eliminated at state 1a regional roundcascade - eliminated at bi-districtcashmere - eliminated at bi-districtchelan - eliminated at cTl sub-district

CenTral WashingTon league norTh Division league overallBrewster 12 0 880 397 24 3 1687 1007lk. Roosevelt 10 2 745 498 20 9 1573 1273oroville 7 5 476 480 12 11 889 940Pateros 7 5 633 553 9 13 1090 1070Bridgeport 3 9 377 628 4 16 636 1083liberty Bell 2 10 380 620 5 15 681 950Manson 1 11 315 630 3 15 459 899

Postseason:Brewster bi-district champion, 4th place at state 2Blake Roosevelt 3rd place at bi-district, 3rd place at state 2Boroville eliminated at bi-districtPateros eliminated at bi-district

WrestlinGCaribou Trail league Dualsomak 5 0tonasket 4 1chelan 3 2cashmere 2 3okanogan 1 4cascade 0 5

1a District 6 Ctl tournament: omak district champion; tonasket 2nd, cashmere 3rd, chelan 4th, okanogan 5th, cascade 6th

regionals: omak regional champion; tonasket 3rd, chelan 4th, cashmere 6th, okanogan 9th, cascade 11th.

Tonasket state qualifiers: Jared stedtfeld (112), enrique ortega, alternate (125), Tyler laurie (135), Peter Williams (140), lee leavell (145), austin Booker (152), dustin silverthorn (160), keegan Mccormick (171), Brandon hudson (215).

1a state: orting state champion. omak 4th, cashmere 9th, tonasket 13th, chelan 17th, okanogan dns, cascade dns

1a state medal winners from Ctl schools:125 – Michael huckins, omak, 8th130 – *Michael Goble, omak, 7th135 – Randall chipman, cashmere, 3rd140 – dillon Miller, cashmere, 2nd; Peter Williams, tonasket, 6th

145 – Brenden aguilar, omak, 5th152 – Jorge villasenior, chelan, 7th160 – Dustin silverthorn, tonasket, 7th171 – Roman velazquez, cashmere, 2nd; keegan McCormick, tonasket, 3rd; kyle Trudeaux, omak, 4th189 – *cole schwartz, chelan, 1st; *dylan Green, omak, 2nd; *arnie lopez, chelan, 8th215 – Jordan velasco, omak, 1st; Brandon Hudson, tonasket, 4th; *alex cortez, chelan, 7th285 – Brad Ives, omak, 4th

1B/2B District: kittitas champion, oroville 2nd, liberty Bell 3rd (tie), lake Roosevelt 3rd (tie), Pateros 5th, springdale 6th, selkirk 7th, Brewster 8th, kettle Falls 9th, Wellpinit 10th, Republic 11th

regionals: Warden regional champion; lake Roosevelt 4th, liberty Bell 9th, oroville 10th, Pateros 11th, Brewster 14th

Oroville state qualifiers: davis castillo (119), nick Perez (140), duke sykes (171), alex alvarez (alternate). (alex kelly and Michael Lynch qualified in 2009 and 2010)

1B/2B state: Warden state champion. liberty Bell 6th, lake Roosevelt 7th, Pateros 10th, oroville 16th, Brewster 18th.

1B/2B state medal winners from county schools:103 – *Taylor Woodruff, liberty Bell, 3rd112 – *Brandon Medina, Brewster, 2nd125 – Randy Gross, lake Roosevelt, 2nd130 – *orrin Gross, lake Roosevelt, 2nd135 – *ali valdovinos, Pateros, 2nd 140 – *nick Perez, oroville, 2nd145 - *Gunnar doggett, liberty Bell, 1st160 – chuck Myers, liberty Bell, 3rd171 – sterling shephard, lake Roosevelt, 4th189 - *dalton Ginter, Pateros, 2nd

*underclassman

2010-11 Season in Review


The Oroville cheerleaders include (front row, l-r) Dayna Roley, Emily Viveros, Aya Cruspero, (back) Ashley Marcolin, Terra Mullikin and Sonia Bobadilla.

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Dakota BoGartsport: BasketballPosition: PostParents: Tim Bogart and

Barb Bogartseason Goal: Be a role

player and keep my team motivated

Favorite athlet ic Memory: Bus rides on long road trips in the back

Favorite team: seattle seahawks

Favorite athlete: leBron James

Favorite Class: ag sci-ence

Favorite Food: PizzaFavorite tV show: Two

and a half MenFavorite Movie: coach

carterFavorite Music: RapH o b b i e s : s h o o t i n g

hoops

kynDra DellinGersport: cheerleadingParents: Ron dellinger,

Misty dellinger, Jen Wells

season Goal: To finish out the season and stay positive.

Favorite athlet ic Memory: Going to state cross country my junior year.

Favorite team: dallas cowboys

Favorite Class: english, lifetime sports

Favor i te tV show: switched at Birth, criminal Minds

Favorite Music: RockHobbies: Running, bak-

ing

alex alVarez

sport: WrestlingWeight Class: 152 lb.Parents: alejandro and

Martha alvarezseason Goal: Make state

wrestling finals.Favor i te ath le t ic

Memory: Going to state wrestling last year as an alternate and seeing how awe-some it was.


Favorite athlete: Mar-shawn lynch

Favorite Class: lunchFavorite Food: chineseFavorite tV show: law

and orderFavorite Music: any

DaViD sanCHez

sport: WrestlingWeight Class: 182season Goal: Get better

and go to stateFavorite athletic

Memory: Working hard and getting bet-ter

Favorite team: orovilleFavorite Class: WeldingFavorite Food: PizzaFavorite tV show: Fam-

ily GuyFavorite Movie: step

BrothersFavorite Music: RockHobbies: Working out

iVan roDriGuez

sport: WrestlingWeight Class: 160 lb.Favorite team: usFavorite athlete: usFavorite Class: schoolFavorite Food: every-

thingFavorite Music: hip hop

and rapHobbies: My car

alex kelly

sport: WrestlingWeight Class: 132 lb.Parents: Rick and heather

kellyseason Goal: Be in the

state finals.Favorite athletic Mem-

ory: Finishing 4th at state my sophomore year.


Favorite athlete: Mar-shawn lynch

Favorite Class: lunchFavorite Music: any

FernanDa Perez

sport: WrestlingWeight Class: 118 lb.Parents: luis Perez and

america Perezseason Goal: To try

something new and get to be good at it.

Favorite athletic Memory: It will be when I win my first match

Favorite Movie: avatar

niCk Perez

sport: WrestlingWeight Class: 145 lbs.Parents: nicolas Perezseason Goal: Win state

championshipFavorite athletic Mem-

ory: hitting someone so hard I knocked their helmet off during a football game.

Favorite Food: chinese

Duke sykessport: WrestlingWeight Class: 170 lb.

kaylee Harris

sport: WrestlingWeight Class: 155 lb.Parents: amy and sean

harrisseason Goal: kick buttFavorite athletic Mem-

ory: haven’t had any worth telling yet, but this season I will!

Favorite team: oroville hornets

Favorite athlete: Michael vick

Favorite Class: englishFavorite Food: Tofu, any-

thing organicFavorite tV show: That

70s showFavorite Movie: star

WarsFavorite Music: clas-

sical

oroVille seniors not PiCtureD

Breanna DoddMichael lynch

C.J. MatHeWs

sport: BasketballPosition: GuardParents: chad and dawn

Mathewsseason Goal: Beat Tonas-

ket for sureFavorite athlet ic

Memory: When I first dunked at eastern

Favorite team: Baltimore Ravens or oklahoma city Thunder

Favorite athlete: Tim Tebow, aaron Rod-gers

Favorite Class: cadFavorite Food: Grannies

cookiesFavorite tV show: Fresh

Prince of Bel airFavorite Music: one

song - I’m sexy and I know It

Hobbies: XBox live

Dylan rise

sport: BasketballPosition: Guard / For-

wardParents: Brian and chris-

tina Riseseason Goal: To go to

stateFavorite athletic Mem-

ory: Making fun of my coach

Favorite team: los an-geles lakers

Favorite athlete: kobe Bryant

Favorite Class: lunchFavorite Food: shirley

Temples and choco-late covered straw-berries

Favorite tV show: Two and a half Men

Favorite Movie: The hangover

Favorite Music: skrillex and Tech n9ne

Hobbies: Modern War-fare 3

naoMi Peters

sport: BasketballPosition: GuardParents: laara Peters,

stephen kesslerseason Goal: To lead our

team to our first state tournament!

Favorite athlet ic Memory: Basketball team night, it was crazy fun.

Favorite team: Pittsburgh Penguins, u.s. soc-cer Team

Favorite athlete: sydney crosby and Maria sharapova

Favorite Class: englishFavorite Food: Pizza!Favorite tV show: The

vampire diaries and Glee

Favorite Music: anything upbeat and dance-able

Hobbies: Running and reading

kelsey HuGHes

sport: BasketballPosition: Guard / For-

ward

terra sienna Mullikin

sport: cheerleadingParents: susan and John

Marcilleseason Goal: To be able

to do a full extension stunt

Favorite athletic Memory: When we ordered a special cake in volleyball this year.

Favorite team: Washing-ton state cougars

Favorite Class: english and yearbook

Favorite Food: every-thing

Favorite tV show: how I Met your Mother

Favorite Music: Trans-formers: dark side of the Moon

Hobbies: cheerleading and photography

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keVin aitCHesonsport: BasketballPosition: Point GuardParents: Fay and Jay

aitchesonseason Goal: To have

fun with my team-mates and do what-ever it takes to win a league game

Favorite athlet ic Memory: The bus rides back home

Favorite team: university of hawai’i Warrors

Favorite athlete: Ray lewis

Favorite Food: orange chicken and white rice

Favorite tV show: Fresh Prince of Bel air

Favorite Movie: due date

Favorite Music: RapHobbies: Riding di r t

bikes

niColette Floressport: cheerleadingParents: stacey and Joe

Floresseason Goal: To pump up

the crowd and have a great last year.

Favorite athlet ic Memory: When my all-stars team went to nationals in Port-land, oR

Favorite team: san di-ego chargers

Favorite Class: P.e., housing and Fur-nishing

Favorite Food: sushiFavorite tV show: law

& order svu, crimi-nal Minds, Project Runway

Hobbies: design clothes, baking

DaMon HalVorsensport: BasketballPosition: Point GuardParents: darin and elaina

halvorsenseason Goal: have fun,

help lead my team to a league victory

Favorite athletic Mem-ory: Getting 13th at state cross country this year

Favorite team: duke Favorite athlete: steve

nashFavorite Class: historyFavorite Food: chineseFavor i te tV show:

esPnFavorite Movie: More

Than a GameFavorite Music: RapHobbies: dJing

ali Hillsport: BasketballPosition: PostParents: Terry and heath-

er hillFavorite athlet ic

Memory: last sea-son with the freshmen at Brian’s Pizza. I was their teacher!

Favorite team: Gonzaga Bulldogs

Favorite Class: englishFavorite Food: noodles

aMBer kilPatriCksport: BasketballPosition: GuardParents: don and leilani

kilpatrickseason Goal: To get a

shooting percentage higher than 80% each game.

Favorite athlet ic Memory: Freshman year, team bonding at Jayden hawkins’ house and playing hide and go seek.

Favorite team: Miami heat

Favorite athlete: leBron James

Favorite Class: P.e.Favorite Food: smashed

“taders”Favorite tV show: Fam-

ily GuyFavorite Movie: space

JamFavorite Music: eminemHobbies: Playing sports

ryker MarCHanDsport: WrestlingWeight Class: 132 lbs.Parents: Brandi clark,

Tony Marchandseason Goal: To go to the

dome (state finals)Favorite athletic Mem-

ory: Junior year, win-ning the oroville Tour-nament as a team.

lazaro orteGasport: BasketballPosition: PostParents: emperatriz or-

tega and lazaro or-tega

season Goal: To make it a game everyone wants to see.

Favorite athlet ic Memory: In football, when I kicked a field goal (to beat Tri cities Prep on the final play) and everyone rushed at me and surrounded me.

Favorite team: anaheim Mighty ducks

Favorite actor: emilio estevez

Favorite Class: Traffic safety

Favorite Food: anything my mom cooks

Favorite tV show: Fam-ily Guy

Favorite Movie: The hangover

Favorite Music: RapHobbies: Being wi th

friends in sports.

JareD steDtFelDsport: WrestlingPosition: 113 lbs.Parents: Jeff and Robin

stedtfeldseason Goal: To win

state!Favorite athlet ic

Memory: Beating the returning champion at omak

Favorite athlete: dave Mitchell


Favorite Movie: anger Management

Favorite Music: Rock / metal

JoHn steDtFelDsport: BasketballPosition: GuardParents: Jeff and Robin

stedtfeldseason Goal: Get a

league win.Favorite athletic Mem-

ory: Beating Tri cities Prep with a game winning field goal.

Favorite team: Gonzaga, north carolina

Favorite athlete: kobe Bryant

Favorite Class: condi-tioning

Favorite Food: enchi-ladas


Favorite Movie: lion king

Favorite Music: any-thing

Hobbies: Playing sports

MeloDy Wolensport: cheerleadingParents: Megan and Jim

huckabyseason Goal: To not fall in

front of everyone!Favorite athlet ic

Memory: The rides to away games, and team dinners.

Favorite Class: englishFavorite Food: apples!Favorite Music: every-

thing ... but country!

Dillon zeMtseFFsport: BasketballPosition: PostParents: Barbara dean

(mom) and Patte deane (grandma)

season Goal: To be the best I can be at bas-ketball.

Favorite athletic Mem-ory: Going to sum-mer ball with coach and the team.

Favorite team: chicago Bulls

Favorite athlete: derrick Rose

Favorite Class: ag Me-chanics

Favorite Food: Pepperoni spaghetti

Favorite tV show: sons of Guns

Favorite Movie: Trans-formers

Favorite Music: allHobbies: Fishing pole-

making and trap-shooting

zaCk sPeiker

sport: BasketballParents: Jon and susan

speikerPosi t ion: Forward /

Guardseason Goal: Make it to

stateFavorite athletic

M e m o r y : Ta k i n g third at state cross country

Favorite team: ohio state

Favorite athlete: aaron craft

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