Friday, March 29, 2024

Bears rise in rankings with recent wins

Second in league, third in RPI

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BREWSTER – The Bears high school varsity boys basketball team has been rising in both ranking and RPI with wins in all but one of a half dozen games between Jan. 13-24, and but for a fading fourth quarter and one-point loss against unbeaten Lake Roosevelt on Jan. 17, would be six-for-six for that period.

The Raiders extended a four-point first quarter lead to eight points, 33-25 at halftime but the Bears had a blazing 24-point third quarter to take a five-point lead into the fourth. Kelson Gebbers with 20 points and nine rebounds led the three played who scored in double figures including Reese Vassar with 12, and Brady Wulf with 10.

Lake Roosevelt managed to hold the line and outscore Brewster, 17-11, to win by one, 61-60, at the buzzer and remain first in district with a 6-0 record.

Since that loss the Bears have turned back Liberty Bell, 71-48, Liberty, 55-47, Tonasket, 80-66, and Oroville in three league games to stand second in league at 6-2. The CWB-2B rankings as of Jan. 28 include:

  1. Lake Roosevelt 6-6
  2. Brewster 6-2
  3. Tonasket 5-5
  4. Liberty Bell 3-3
  5. Manson 2-2
  6. Okanogan 2-3
  7. Oroville 0-9

The WIAA RPI rankings tell another story with the Bears at No. 3 and the Raiders No. 5:

  1. Davenport
  2. Morton-White Pass
  3. Brewster
  4. Columbia (Burbank)
  5. Lake Roosevelt
  6. Napavine
  7. Adna
  8. Wahkiakum
  9. Chief Leschi
  10. Auburn Adventist Academy


 

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