Girl Shockers live up to their name and zap(!) Lady Bears

Hand Brewster first league loss

This was the last score put up by sophomore Michaun Kelpman who sank this two-pointer from the right side of the key with less than 10 seconds left on the clock to pull Brewster within three of the Shockers.

Shockers’ senior Alyssa Hansen controls the ball for Waterville-Mansfield.

Shockers freshman Alex Poppie (14) came down with a rebound for Waterville-Mansfield.

Maret Miller goes up in a crowd of Shockers for two of her team-high 12 points.

Posted Thursday, January 18, 2018 3:00 am

Mike Maltais

BREWSTER – The Waterville-Mansfield Lady Shockers varsity basketball team lived up to its mascot name with a high-voltage performance on the road last Tuesday, Jan. 9, and handed the Brewster Lady Bears their first Central Washington 2B League loss this season.
The Lady Shockers, with a fourth-place, 5-3 record coming into Champions gym, uncorked a first quarter that saw a pair of three-pointers from Justine Clements and another from Sarah Mullen to spark Waterville-Mansfield to a 15-9 lead going into the second period. Waterville-Mansfield held and extended its lead into the half with a 10-point second quarter, two more than the Lady Bears could manage.
Brewster came out in the third quarter and narrowed the 25-17 halftime margin by two with an 11-point effort. Brooke Willms kept the Lady Shockers in winning position with a pair of three-pointers in the third to score all but three of Waterville-Mansfield’s nine points.
The Lady Bears made a spirited run in the final quarter, closing within three of the leaders on the strength of a three-point shot by Marta Martinez and a pair of baskets by Maret Miller. However, a buzzer-beating three-point attempt to tie the game in the last second went wide, giving the underdogs the win.
Waterville-Mansfield:
15-10-9-7 41
Brewster: 9-8-11-10 38
W-M stats:
Justine Clements – 12
Brooke Willms – 6
Sarah Mullen – 5
Alyssa Hansen – 5
Alex Poppie – 4
Lexi Deishl – 3
Codee Fry – 3
Elizabeth Katovich – 3
Meredith Mittlestadt
Presley Avenell
Brewster stats:
Maret Miller – 12
Marta Martinez - 9
Sammi Emigh – 6
Mikenna Kelpman – 4
Michaun Kelpman – 4
Marlisa Garcia – 2
Kimberly Nila – 1
Kelsey Ochoa
Cynthia Sanchez

Boys
Bears dominate
The momentum generated by the Lady Shockers hit the wall when the Waterville-Mansfield boys’ team plugged into the Bears varsity.
Brewster held Waterville-Mansfield to single digits all the way through the first half with a 28-point, 37-9 lead going into the locker room. By the time it was over the Bears were up by 40, 72-32.