Brewster basketball teams advance to State

ELLENSBURG – The Brewster Bears and Lady Bears varsity basketball teams advanced to the State tournament in Spokane following games against Kittitas and Mossyrock last weekend.
The Bears met their District 5/6 nemesis and defending state champion Kittitas in the first round of Regional play last Friday, Feb. 23, at Ellensburg. For the second time in a week, the Central Washington 2B League Champion Bears fell to the Coyotes, this time by 39 points, 76-37. The loss still leaves Brewster alive for state competition
Kittitas took an initial 7-0 in the first quarter and held off a rally by the Bears who closed within three points. On the strength of 13 points from leading scorer Brock Ravet, Kittitas led 25-11 going into the second quarter. By halftime the Coyotes had a 40-20 lead.
Brewster junior guard Joe Taylor pressured Ravet defensively and held the leading Coyotes scorer to just four points in the second half, but other Kittitas players stepped up to fill the vacuum.
The Bears were scheduled to face Life Christian Academy on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in a loser-out game in the first round of state competition in the Spokane arena.
Lady Bears advance
It was Kelpman night at Wenatchee High School last Saturday, Feb. 24, as Michaun Kelpman scored 23 points and sister Michelle 18 points in the 66-50 Lady Bears’ victory over Mossyrock in loser-out Regional competition.
The twin sophomore guards combined for 41 of Brewster’s 66 points including Michelle Kelpman’s four buckets from three-point range.
The Lady Bears took a 37-26 halftime lead over the Vikings and extended that to 51-37 at the end of the third quarter.
The Brewster girls were scheduled to take on Napavine on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the first round of state championship loser-out play in the Spokane Arena.