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PAGE B2 OKANOGAN VALLEY GAZETTE-TRIBUNE | DECEMBER 6, 2012

BY BRENT [email protected]

OROVILLE - Oroville’s two state-qualifying wrestlers from last season have graduated, but coach Chuck Ricevuto has high hopes for his squad, which six returns six veterans and faces a reconfigured region.

Returning starters in their respective weight classes include seniors Enrique Martinez (126 pounds), Michael Ripley (132), Angel Camacho (138), Corey Childers (145)and Eric Herrera (220) as well as junior Eddie Ocampo. Sophomore Leo Curiel also saw action last year. Ripley, Herrera, Ocampo and Curiel all advanced to regionals last year while Martinez had success for the Hornets as an underclass-man.

“If these starters make wres-tling a high priority in their lives, any one of them could make it to state,” Ricevuto says. “They need to bring our underclassmen along with everyone improving by one percent per week.

“There is a real lack of upper weight class wrestlers in our dis-trict. That said, some hard work by our upper weight class kids could really pay off at the district

tournament.”The road to state became a

little less treacherous thanks to reclassification. Warden and Kettle Falls were bumped up to Class 1A, while Brewster chose to move up of its own volition.

“Our road is a little easi-er,” Ricevuto says. “But Lake Roosevelt, Liberty Bell, Kittitas, Pomeroy, Reardan and Selkirk return some really tough state veterans.”

And as Ricevuto has noted on many occasions in past years, get-ting out of the eastern regional is near-guarantee of a state medal.

“It’s all about sticking to indi-vidual goals and making it to state,” he says. “Quite often the west side opponents are not as tough as our own region.”

Ricevuto adds that getting his team to embrace that goal is half the battle.

“Any coach who can get his team to match his dreams will have success,” he says. “Therein lies the challenge.”

Helping him work the squad this year is a new assistant coach, Erick Cleveland, as well as new junior high coaches Billy Monroe and Ed Booker.

“I am very for-tunate to have all

of these high quality coach-es helping at

pract ices ,” Ricevuto

says.

TONASKET - Tonasket’s wres-tling team was very young last season - painfully so, at times.

But with so many wrestlers returning after being thrown into the fire as underclassmen, the Tigers are looking to make a push toward top of the Caribou Trail League after a third place finish last year.

Of the four who qualified for state last season, only fourth-place medalist Jared Stedtfeld graduated.

Returning are sophomore Cristian Diaz (projected to set-tle in at 113 pounds this year), junior Collin Aitcheson (120), and senior Jeffrey Stedtfeld (126). Senior Austin Booker (170), who made state two years ago but who missed the second half of last sea-son with an injury, also returns.

“We have a good mix of seniors through freshman,” says Tigers coach Dave Mitchell of his 28-man roster. “We’re excited and if we can get all of our guys in their proper weight classes we think we’ll be fighting for the league title.

“We expect (the state veterans) to return and did better than the last time they were there.”

Tonasket also had several wrestlers fall just short of state qualification with strong region-al showings, including senior Dalton Wahl (138), Tim Frazier (120) and John Rawley (195).

“They were close to mak-ing it to state,” Mitchell says. “We also have sev-eral other guys who we expect to make an impact this year.”

The Tigers

expect to make a serious run at the league title, if they can stay healthy, despite the addition of Quincy to the Caribou Trail League, which makes the road that much tougher. Defending league champ Chelan opened the season as third-ranked team in t h e state, runner-up Omak i s also highly-regarded

despite the loss of sev-eral top-flight seniors including state cham-pion Dylan Green.

“I expect Quincy to be tough,” Mitchell

says. “Chelan and Omak are tough as well, but so are

we.”The region will shape up a

little differently: Colville no lon-ger has to be dealt with as the

Inidans moved up to 2A, but the new additions Medical Lake and Kettle Falls are solid and Lakeside and Chewelah (coached by Mitchell’s son Patrick) are always tough.

“Our guys have been work-ing very hard and we are really looking forward to our matches starting.”

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TONASKET WRESTLING SCHEDULE

12/1 at Omak Tournament 10:00 am12/6 Liberty Bell 7:00 pm12/8 at Ephrata Invite 10:00 am12/12 * Omak 7:00 pm12/15 at Tri-State (Couer d’Alene) TBA12/20 at Oroville 7:00 pm12/22 at Oroville NOHI 10:00 am12/28 at Royal Invite 10:00 AM1/2 * at Chelan 7:00 pm

1/5 at Warden Tourney 10:00 am1/11 * Cascade 7:00 pm1/12 Apple Pie Tourney 10:00 am1/17 * Cashmere 7:00 pm1/24 * at Okanogan 7:00 pm1/26 * at Quincy/Brewster 5:00 pm2/1 * at District 6:00 pm2/2 * at District 10:00 am2/8 # at Regional 6:00 pm2/9 # at Regional 10:00 am2/15 # at State (Tacoma)2/16 # at State (Tacoma)* League Contest# If Qualify

TONASKET WRESTLING ROSTER

Name Wt. GrAnthony Luna 106 Fr.Rade Pilkinton 106 Fr.Cristian Diaz 113 So.Boyd Lorz 113 Fr.Trevor Peterson 113 Fr.Collin Aitcheson 120 Jr.Tim Frazier 120 So.Jorge Juarez 126 Fr.Je� rey Stedtfeld 126 Sr.Joel Cosino 132 Sr.Dyllan Walton 132 So.Dalton Wahl 138 Sr.Lawrence Wambugu 138 Jr.Eithan Knowlton 145 So.Zach Lofthus 145 Fr.Caleb Lofthus 152 So.Derek Rimestad 152 Sr.Austin Knowlton 160 So.Quinn Mirick 160 Sr.Dallas Tyus 160 So.Austin Booker 170 Sr.Dallin Good 170 Fr.Lucas Vugteveen 170 So.Marshall West 182 Fr.Frank Holfelz 195 So.John Rawley 195 Jr.Chad Edwards 285 So.Tanner Good 285 Jr.

Head coach: Dave MitchellAssistant coaches: Cole Denison,

Trampas Stucker

Tiger wrestlers look to build on last year

Brent Baker/staff photo

The Tonasket wrestling team includes (front row, l-r) Tim Frazier, Cristian Diaz, Trevor Peterson, Boyd Lorz-Vanatta, Rade Pilkinton, Collin Aitcheson, Jorge Juarez, Anthony Luna (middle) Caleb Lofthus, Zach Lofthus, Quinn Mirick, Jeff Stedtfeld, Dalton Wahl, Austin Booker, Dallin Good, Lawrence Wambugu, Dyllan Walton, coach Trampas Stucker, (back) head coach Dave Mitchell, Frank Holfeltz, John Rawley, Derek Rimestad, Chad Edwards, Dallas Tyus, Austin Knowlton, Eithan Knowlton, Lucas Vugteveen, Joel Cosino and coach Cole Denison.

Camacho

Childers Herrera

Kee Ripley

Seniors

Booker Cosino

Mirick Rimestad

Stedtfeld Wahl

Seniors

also highly-regarded despite the loss of sev-eral top-flight seniors including state cham-pion Dylan Green.

to be tough,” Mitchell says. “Chelan and Omak

are tough as well, but so are

The region will shape up a little differently: Colville no lon-ger has to be dealt with as the

Dalton Wahl (138), Tim Frazier (120) and John Rawley

Mitchell says. “We also have sev-eral other guys who we expect to make an impact this year.”

The Tigers

t h e state, runner-up Omak i s also highly-regarded Dalton Wahl (138),

Frazier (120) and John Rawley

“We also have sev-eral other guys who we expect to make an impact this year.”

The Tigers

i s also highly-regarded despite the loss of sev-eral top-flight seniors

to be tough,” Mitchell says. “Chelan and Omak

are tough as well, but so are we.”

The region will shape up a little differently: Colville no lon-ger has to be dealt with as the

OROVILLE WRESTLING ROSTER

Name Wt. GrJordan Smith 106 So.Ronel Kee 113 Sr.Javier Castillo 120 Fr.Enrique Martinez 126 Sr.Leo Curiel 126 So.Michael Ripley 132 Sr.Angel Camacho 138 Sr.Corey Childers 145 Sr.Scotty Hartvig 145 Fr.Eddie Ocampo 152 Jr.Charles Arrigoni 160 Fr.Taylor Robinson 170 Jr.Logan Mills 182 Fr.Blake Rise 195 Fr.Eric Herrera 220 Sr.

Head coach: Chuck RicevutoAssistant coaches: Erick Cleve-

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OROVILLE WRESTLING SCHEDULE

12/1 at Davenport Inv 10:00 am12/4 at Eastmont 5:00 pm12/8 at Liberty Bell Trn 9:00 am12/11 at Okanogan 7:00 pm12/14 Davenport 7:00 pm12/15 at Okanogan Inv 10:00 am12/20 Tonasket 7:00 pm12/22 NOHI Trn. 10:00 am12/29 * at Selkirk 11:00 am1/5 at ACH Invite 10:00 am

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8:00 am2/15 # at State (Tacoma) TBA2/16 # at State (Tacoma) TBA*League Contest# If Qualify

Hornet wrestlers have state aspirationsThe Oroville wrestling team includes (front row, l-r) Jordan Smith, Ronel Kee, Javier Castillo, Michael Ripley, Leonardo Curiel, Angel Camacho, Scott Hartvig, (back) Logan Mills, Eddie Ocampo, Charlie Arrigoni, Lukas Mieirs, Taylor Robinson, Eric Herrera, Blake Rise and Corey Childers. Not pictured is Enrique Martinez.

Gary DeVon/staff photo

Camacho

Seniors



pract ices ,” Ricevuto

says.

Helping him work the squad this year is a new assistant coach,

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OROVILLE - Two straight sea-sons, the Oroville girls basketball team has fallen one victory short of the state tournament.

Hornets coach Mike Bourn feels that this year's team has the potential to be the one to break that drought as he returns an experienced squad that he says is deeper than his first two Oroville teams.

Four starters are back, includ-ing three in their third year on varsity. Seniors Briana Moralez, Callie Barker and Katie Tietje have played on both of those almost-to-state squads, while sophomore Lily Hilderbrand started throughout her fresh-man season. Seniors Becky Arrigoni and Ali Miller also saw action last year. One other would-be returning starter, Sierra Speiker, opted not to turn out for hoops this year.

"We're pretty fast," Bourn says. "we have decent size overall even though we don't have anyone six-foot. And we have more depth than we have. “

When we get Brittany Jewett back (from a foot injury, a few games into the season) we'll have enough to run full varsity scrim-mages in practice, which we haven't had the past couple years."

Bourn says that a greater seriousness

in practice should pay off as the year progresses.

"The girls have been in the program now and know what to expect," he says.

"The seniors know from being up here (at the varsity level), and the

younger girls know from having been in the pro-gram coming up."

He said that the success the team had in a sum-mer tournament, par-ticularly against a select

squad from Calgary, seems to have changed the attitude

of the team."This is the first time I'm see-

ing them going out there really expecting to win," Bourn says.

"We played those teams tough, and we played Okanogan tough at their jamboree last week. So

they're expecting to win now, and that could make a huge differ-ence."

The Hornets' main need is to get a dependable point guard worked into the rotation, and

early on Bourn feels that juniors Jewett and Meagan Moralez were showing what he needed to see there.

Assisting Bourn this year will be his daughter Kelsey, who played on his 2005 Liberty Bell squad that made the 1A semifi-nals before losing to Freeman.

"It's good to have her here," Bourn says.

"She knows the offense, defense and footwork that I teach. And she knows what it takes to get to state."

And if Bourn has his way, so will the rest of the Hornets once this season is done.


TONASKET - Tonasket girls basketball coach Mike Larson often called his first-year team a work in progress.

Now in his second year, Larson hopes to see how much progress has been made.

With a mix of old and new faces, the Tigers have been work-ing to find ways to score more points. Getting on the scoreboard was their biggest struggle a year ago.

"Last year we were getting the shots we wanted," Larson says. "But we weren't able to finish. Our main focus this year is that we think we can get the same shots, but we want to work on our shooting percentage. Last year we lost several games because of that -- teams weren't physically better than us, or beating us in every phase of the game. It often just came down to that one column on the stat sheet."

Senior post Devan Utt and point guard Kelly Cruz return to lead the way, along with juniors Kathryn Cleman, Kylie Dellinger, Baylie Tyus and Elizabeth Jackson, who all were in the reg-

ular rotation. Senior Ameerah Cholmondeley also saw some varsity action.

The Tigers also picked up a bit more experience last summer,

playing a dozen games against other county teams.

"Locally is what I was able to do and what we did last summer," Larson says. "Playing these local teams, there was stuff that we could see that we can work on. Now, if this season improves and picks up, I'll find the time to get us to team camps or tournaments over the summer; we're not quite there yet."

Larson is also hoping to use more pressure defense than the Tigers could manage last year.

"We tried to press last year, but I think we'll be able to do it more effectively this year with what

we've learned," he says. "We like to bring pressure and see if we can get other teams forced into mistakes. I think it's important to take the fight to the other team as opposed to sitting back and let-ting them bring the fight to you."

Competing in the Caribou Trail League will be as tough as ever. Okanogan won the state 1A title last year and returns most of its lineup, while Brewster, which just moved up to 1A, came within a few points of winning the 2B championship last year and like-wise returns much of its lineup.

Chelan and Cashmere look as tough as usual, while Quincy is somewhat of an unknown after dropping down from the 2A

ranks."This league is so tough,"

Larson says. "On paper it may be the toughest and certainly is at least one of the toughest leagues in the state.

"It would be really nice to be able to compete and play with the Okanogans and the Cashmeres and the others," Larson adds. "We have the capability. It's there. We've just got to find it."

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# Name Ht. Gr.10 Kelly Cruz 5-3 Sr.12 Kathryn Cleman 5-8 Jr.14 Elizabeth Jackson 5-6 Jr.20 Kylie Dellinger 5-7 Jr.22 Tonya Nelson 5-4 Sr.24 Baylie Tyus 5-8 Jr.30 Raven Goudeau 5-4 Sr.32 Amanda Johnson 5-5 Jr.34 Ameerah Cholmondeley 4-11 Sr.40 Carrisa Frazier 5-3 Jr.42 Devan Utt 5-9 Sr.

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11/30 Liberty Bell 6:00 pm12/4 at Lake Roos. 6:00 pm12/7 Oroville 6:00 pm12/8 at Kettle Falls 2:30 pm12/11 * Okanogan 6:00 pm12/15 * Chelan 6:00 pm12/18 * Brewster 6:00 pm12/21 * at Cashmere 6:00 pm

12/28 at Brewster Xmas Trn12/29 at Brewster Xmas Trn1/3 * Omak 6:00 pm1/5 * at Cascade 6:00 pm1/8 * Quincy 6:00 pm1/12 * at Chelan 6:00 pm1/15 * at Okanogan 6:00 pm1/18 * Cashmere 6:00 pm1/22 * at Brewster 6:00 pm1/26 * Cascade 6:00 pm1/29 * at Omak 6:00 pm2/2 * at Quincy 6:00 pm2/5 # Districts TBA

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# Name Ht. Gr.1 Briana Moralez 5-7 Sr.2 Callie Barker 5-4 Sr.3 Katie Tietje 5-8 Sr.4 Meagan Moralez 5-3 Jr.5 Ali Miller 5-3 Sr.10 Becky Arrigoni 5-9 Sr.12 Brittany Jewett 5-3 Jr.14 Kali Peters 5-5 So.20 Marissa Garcia 5-7 Jr.24 Lily Hilderbrand 5-9 So.34 Mikayla Scott 5-7 Fr.42 Rachelle Nutt 5-6 So.44 Kaitlyn Grunst 5-10 Jr.

Head Coach: Mike BournAs- sistant Coach:


The Tonasket varsity girls basketball team includes (l-r) Ameerah Cholmondeley, Raven Goudeau, Carrisa Frazier, Amanda Johnson, Baylie Tyus, Devan Utt, Kathryn Cleman, Kylie Dellinger, Elizabeth Jackson, Tonya Nelson and Kelly Cruz.


The Oroville girls basketball team includes (front row, l-r) Becky Arrigoni, Ali Miller, Briana Moralez, Katie Tietje, Callie Barker, (back) Faith Martin, Marissa Garcia, Rachelle Nutt, Mikayla Scott, Kara Vonderhaar, Lily Hilderbrand, Kaitlyn Grunst, Kali Peters, Sammi Walimaki, Brittany Jewett and Meagan Moralez.

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Experienced Oroville girls eye state berth

early on Bourn feels that juniors Jewett and


The Oroville girls basketball team includes (front row, l-r) Becky Arrigoni, Ali Miller, Briana Moralez, Katie Tietje, Callie Barker, (back) Faith Martin, Marissa Garcia, Rachelle Nutt, Mikayla Scott, Kara Vonderhaar, Lily Hilderbrand, Kaitlyn Grunst, Kali Peters, Sammi Walimaki, Brittany Jewett and Meagan

Miller

early on Bourn







"This is the first time I'm see-ing them going out there really expecting to win," Bourn says.

have played on both of those almost-to-state squads, while sophomore Lily Hilderbrand started throughout her fresh-man season. Seniors Becky Arrigoni and Ali Miller also saw action last year. One other would-be returning starter, Sierra Speiker, opted not to turn out for hoops this

"We're pretty fast," Bourn says. "we have decent size overall even though we don't have anyone six-foot. And we have more depth than we

When we get Brittany Jewett back (from a foot injury, a few games into the season) we'll have enough to run full varsity scrim-mages in practice, which we haven't had the past

have played on both of those almost-to-state squads, while sophomore Lily Hilderbrand started throughout her fresh-man season. Seniors Becky Arrigoni and Ali Miller also saw action last year. One other would-be returning starter, Sierra Speiker, opted not to turn out for hoops this

"We're pretty fast," Bourn says. "we have decent size overall even though we don't have anyone six-foot. And we have more depth than we

When we get Brittany Jewett back (from a foot injury, a few games into the season) we'll have enough to run full varsity scrim-mages in practice, which







of the team."This is the first time I'm see-

ing them going out there really expecting to win," Bourn says.

Tigers hope finishing strong leads to more wins

Cholmondeley

Seniors

Cholmondeley



OROVILLE - It'll be a new and unfamiliar Oroville boys basket-ball team local hoops fans will see this season.

For the most part, anyway.Connor Hughes is the lone

returnee from last year's squad that advanced to the 16-team regional round, only to get knocked out by eventual state champion Colfax.

Hughes is one of just two seniors -- the other is Gil Ildelfonso, who didn't play last year but saw some varsity action two seasons ago -- while several others saw the occasional emergency or mop-up duty while playing mostly on the JV.

Hughes was one of the area's top scorers and will be heavily relied upon to lead the otherwise inexperienced squad.

"We are a pretty young team with little varsity experience," says Oroville coach Allen Allie. "So I see nothing but growth for us this year. We lost a couple of players since last year that we thought would be back (Luke Kindred didn't turn out for hoops, and

Michael Garrett transferred to Riverside Christian of Yakima), but that won't stop us from reach-ing our goals."

Allie says that the team's goals are the same regardless of who is on the roster.

"They'd be the same with or without those players," he says. "We set our goal on districts and that means we have to be one of the top three teams in our league."

The Central Washington League has an odd set-up with five teams in the North Division (the Hornets, Manson, Bridgeport, Liberty Bell and Lake Roosevelt) and three times in the South (Riverside Christian, White Swan

and Kittitas). The top three in each division qualify for at least the district play-in game, with the champions heading straight to the four team district tourna-

ment.Allie says Hughes will be the

team's anchor but that the rest of the squad has already shown improvement.

"One of the good things is that we have a group of pretty equal players who are playing as a team," he says. "I'm very happy with the improvements these kids have made since last season and I know they will only get better.

"This is one of those teams a coach really enjoys coaching," Allie adds. ""They listen and try to incorporate what they've learned in a game."

Allie said it was difficult to know what to expect in the league race -- or the district tournament, for that matter. Division champi-on Lake Roosevelt lost 6-10 center Ty Egbert and a number of other

seniors from its state tournament team, while last year's runner-up, Brewster, another moved up to Class 1A.

"I think our league will be pret-ty equal throughout," Allie says. "All we are focused on is what we are doing. If we execute our game plan, we'll be fine.

"I think districts will be a lit-tle harder when you play cross-league games (as the two divi-sions do this year) as both teams now know what to prepare for.

"There are no surprises."


TONASKET - Competing in the Caribou Trail League can be a tall order, and has been for the Tonasket boys basketball teams for quite a few years.

“Tall,” however, is one thing the Tigers are not, though that didn’t seem to bother first-year coach Agustin Pedregon as Tonasket started its season this week.

“It’s not looking bad at all,” Pedregon says. “The kids are picking up the offense, and defen-sively we’re working hard and get-ting better every day.”

Pedregon says that despite an overall lack of varsity experi-ence on the squad, they have picked up a lot more this early in the season than he anticipated.

“We’re about two weeks in advance of where I thought we’d be,” he said several days before the Tigers’ first game. “I’m really surprised how quickly they’ve picked things up.

“The ability to adapt quickly is really their strength. We want to be able to change from man to zone and back, and change to different schemes. It’s a real-ly smart group and that’s help speed things up.”

The Tigers bring back four players that saw varsity experi-ence last year, all juniors: guards

Michael Orozco and Dyllan Gage, and forwards Roberto Juarez and Trevor Terris. The team has only two

seniors - Ian Young and Brayson Hires - but nei-ther played varsity hoops last year.

“I think it’ll be a learn-ing year for the varsity guys,” Pedregon says. “We’re young. We have

a couple of sophomores on varsity and the seniors haven’t played a lot. Their big push could be next year; being young helps with the long run.”

And, yes, the Tigers do lack size, but Pedregon points out that needn’t be fatal.

“I told the guys that in basketball you can’t

coach height,” he says. “But we’re here to play basketball, not climb (taller opposing players). We’ve got guards and I think we’ll be fine with our big guy. (Sophomore Colton) Leep I think will be the big secret in the CTL. He’ll help us defensively against the Okanogans.”

The CTL annually is one of, if not the, toughest 1A leagues in the state. It only got tougher this year with the addition of Quincy

- where Pedregon was an assistant that past few years - and Brewster, which moved up from 2B to 1A specifically because of the tradi-tional strength of its basketball program.

Though Quincy hasn’t been in the CTL, Pedregon was on the Jacks’’ bench for non-league games against the south end teams and knows what he’s getting into.

“Cashmere will be tough - they move the ball so well,” he says.

“We played Cascade, and they have a new coach who’s a real defensive, in-your-face kind of guy. Quincy, I was in their pro-gram, which helps, but they’ll be tough too.

“But mainly right now we just want to get on the same page from the C squad up to var-sity. We want to get the guys accustomed to our expectations defensively and get them familiar with the offense.”

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BOYS BASKETBALL

TONASKET BOYS BASKETBALL

ROSTER

# Name Ht. Gr.3 Ian Young 5-9 Sr.4 Michael Orozco 5-7 Jr.10 Ethan Bensing 5-11 So.12 Trevor Terris 6-0 Jr.20 Roberto Juarez 5-10 Jr.22 Brayson Hires 5-10 Sr.23 Derek Sund 6-0 Jr.24 Dyllan Gage 5-8 Jr.32 Colton Leep 6-3 So.34 Camron Baller 5-11 Jr.

Head Coach: Agustin PedregonAssistant Coaches: Tim Cork,

Dave Kirk

TONASKET BOYS BASKETBALL

SCHEDULE

11/30 Liberty Bell 7:30 pm12/4 at Lake Roos. 7:30 pm12/7 Oroville 7:30 pm12/8 at Kettle Falls 4:00 pm12/11 Okanogan 7:30 pm12/15 Chelan 7:30 pm12/18 Brewster 7:30 pm12/21 at Cashmere 7:30 pm12/28 at Brewster Xmas Trn12/29 at Brewster Xmas Trn1/3 Omak 7:30 pm1/5 at Cascade 7:30 pm1/8 Quincy 7:30 pm1/12 at Chelan 7:30 pm1/15 at Okanogan 7:30 pm1/18 Cashmere 7:30 pm1/22 at Brewster 7:30 pm1/26 Cascade 7:30 pm1/29 at Omak 7:30 pm2/2 at Quincy 7:30 pm2/5 # Districts TBA

Hires Young

Seniors


The Oroville boys basketball team includes (front row, l-r) Boone McKinney, Emmanuel Castrejon, Daniel Castrejon, Austin Holcomb, Cody Tibbs, (back) head coach Allen Allie, Dustin Nigg, Gil Ildelfonso, Juan Lopez, Dakota Haney, Connor Hughes, Joseph Sarmiento, Connelly Quick, Lane Tietje, Chase Nigg and assistant coach Chad Mathews.

OROVILLE BOYS BASKETBALL

ROSTER

# Name Ht. Gr.3 Gil Ildelfonso 5-9 Sr.5 Chase Nigg 5-9 Jr.11 Dustin Nigg 5-10 So.13 Connelly Quick 6-0 Jr.15 Joe Sarmiento 6-2 So.21 Connor Hughes 6-3 Sr.25 Lane Tietje 5-11 So.43 Cody Tibbs 5-8 So.45 Juan Lopez 5-11 Fr.51 Boone McKinney 5-8 Jr.

Head Coach: Allen AllieAssistant Coach: Chad Mathews

OROVILLE BOYS BASKETBALL

SCHEDULE

11/30 Kettle Falls 7:30 pm12/1 at Curlew 12/4 at Republic 7:30 pm12/7 at Tonasket 7:30 pm12/8 Chelan 7:30 pm12/11 Omak 7:30 pm12/15 Columbia 12/21 at Entiat 7:30 pm1/4 Pateros 7:30 pm1/5 *at Kittitas 7:30 pm1/10 *Bridgeport 7:30 pm1/12 *at Riverside Ch 7:30 pm1/15 *at Manson 7:30 pm1/18 *Lake Roosevelt 7:30 pm1/22 *at Liberty Bell 7:30 pm1/26 *White Swan 7:30 pm1/29 *at Bridgeport 7:30 pm1/31 *Manson 7:30 pm2/5 *at Lake Roos. 7:30 pm2/7 *Liberty Bell 7:30 pm2/5 # Districts TBA

Hughes Ildelfonso

Seniors

Tigers learning anew as Pedregon makes his mark

Hornet basketball expects tremendous growth


The Tonasket varsity boys basketball team includes (l-r) Michael Orozco, Dyllan Gage, Camron Baller, Brayson Hires, Derek Sund, Colton Leep, Trevor Terris, Ethan Bensing, Roberto Juarez, Ian Young and head coach Agustin Pedregon.

in basketball you can’t

ence on the squad, they have picked up a lot more this early in the season than he

“We’re about two weeks in advance of where I thought we’d be,” he said several days before the Tigers’ first game. “I’m really surprised how quickly they’ve picked things

“The ability to adapt quickly is really their strength. We want to be able to change from man to zone and back, and change to different

that’s help speed things The Tigers bring back four

players that saw varsity experi-ence last year, all juniors: guards

Gage, and forwards Roberto Juarez and Trevor Terris. The team has only two


ing year for the varsity guys,” Pedregon says. “We’re young. We have


lack size, but Pedregon points out that needn’t be fatal.


ence on the squad, they have picked up a lot more this early in the season than he

“We’re about two weeks in advance of where I thought we’d be,” he said several days before the Tigers’ first game. “I’m really surprised how quickly they’ve picked things

“The ability to adapt quickly is really their strength. We want to be able to change from man to zone and back,

that’s help speed things up.”The Tigers bring back four

players that saw varsity experi-ence last year, all juniors: guards

Gage, and forwards Roberto Juarez and Trevor Terris. The team has only two


ing year for the varsity guys,” Pedregon says. “We’re young. We have


lack size, but Pedregon points out that needn’t be fatal.


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CARIBOU TRAIL LEAGUE

W L W L *CASHMERE 9 1 22 4 *OKANOGAN 9 1 20 6 *CHELAN 5 5 8 14 *CASCADE 5 5 8 15 TONASKET 1 9 8 12OMAK 1 9 7 13

*DISTRICT QUALIFIERS: CASHMERE, OKANOGAN, CHELAN, CASCADE

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W L W L*LK ROOSEVELT 12 0 20 6 *BREWSTER 10 2 13 10 *OROVILLE 7 5 14 11 *PATEROS 5 7 9 13MANSON 4 8 9 10 LIBERTY BELL 4 8 9 11

BRIDGEPORT 0 12 0 19

*DISTRICT QUALIFIERS

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CARIBOU TRAIL LEAGUE

W L W L *CASHMERE 10 0 20 2 *OKANOGAN 8 2 23 5 *CHELAN 6 4 14 14 *CASCADE 4 6 9 13 OMAK 2 8 5 13 TONASKET 0 10 4 16

*DISTRICT QUALIFIERS: CASHMERE, OKANOGAN, CHELAN, CASCADE

BI-DISTRICT QUALIFIERS: CASHMERE, OKANOGAN, CASCADE

REGIONAL QUALIFIERS: CASHMERE, OKANOGAN

STATE QUALIFIERS: OKANOGAN (STATE CHAMPION) CHELAN

CWL NORTH DIVISION

W L W L *BREWSTER 12 0 24 3*LK ROOSEVELT 10 2 15 8*PATEROS 8 4 15 8*OROVILLE 6 6 11 11BRIDGEPORT 4 8 8 12LIBERTY BELL 2 10 4 16MANSON 0 12 1 18

*DISTRICT QUALIFIERS: BREWSTER, LAKE ROOSEVELT, PATEROS, OROVILLE

REGIONAL QUALIFIERS: BREWSTER

STATE 2B QUALIFIERS: BREWSTER (2ND PLACE)WRESTLING

TONASKET 1A STATE QUALIFIERS:CHRISTIAN DIAZ (106 LBS.); JARED STEDTFELD (113 LBS., 4TH PLACE); COL-LIN AITCHESON (120 LBS.); JEFFREY STEDTFLED (126 LBS.).

OROVILLE 2B STATE QUALIFIERS:NICK PEREZ (145 LBS., 2ND PLACE); ALEX ALVAREZ (160 LBS., 4TH PLACE)

2011-12 IN REVIEW


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