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Neah Bay swamps Pateros state basketball hopes

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TACOMA – Despite nine three-point balls scored by two Pateros starters, the Billygoats varsity basketball team was unable to stay with the Neah Bay Red Devils in their loser-out 1B Regional game at Mt. Tahoma High School last Saturday, Feb. 23.

The Red Devils took an early 11 point, 24-13 first-quarter lead and built on that through the second.
“They were able to out-rebound us and convert in the first half to get a 20-point (43-23) lead,” said head coach Marcus Stennes. “We were able to gain a little ground in the third, but it wasn’t enough.”

After trailing through the first half the Billygoats rallied to outscore Neah Bay by three points, 23-20 in the third quarter but the Red Devils regained the momentum in the final eight minutes to make up that deficit plus a little more to win, 80-58.

Ethan Freels, the Central Washington 1B League Most Valuable Player and the Billygoats’ leading scorer connected on six three-pointers and teammate Sam Larsen added another three more in the losing effort. Freels ended the game with 20 points and Larsen made 15.

The loss ended the season for the Billygoats who placed second in CW1B District and went 15-9 for the year.

“I’m proud of my seniors who were able to help us get to a regional game,” said Stennes, “and also all the time and effort they have put into continuing to build our program over the last four years.”

Pateros will lose varsity seniors Tag Easter, Andrew Gonzalez, Sam Larsen, Jeremy Piechalski, and Max Ewing to graduation this year.

Pateros: 13-10-23-12  58
Neah Bay: 24-19-20-17  80
Pateros stats
Ethan Freels: 20 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists.
Sam Larsen: 15 pts, 6 reb.
Aiden Hall: 7 pts, 3 reb.
Jeremy Piechalski: 7 pts.
Ethan Wall: 4 pts, 5 reb.
Andrew Gonzalez: 3 pts.
Ivan Ceniceros: 2 pts.
 

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