Thursday, March 28, 2024

Waterville-Mansfield loses to Raiders on the road

Shocker boys fall by three points

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LAKE ROOSEVELT – Nobody left the spectator seats early during the down-to-the-wire varsity boys’ basketball battle between the visiting Waterville-Mansfield Shockers and the host Raiders in the Shockers’ final Central Washington 2B League regular season game last Thursday, Feb. 1.
Shockers varsity coach Heath Jordan said Waterville-Mansfield enjoyed a one-point lead during most of the game, to illustrate how closely matched the teams were.
In the second half Lake Roosevelt “put on a trapping press making us turn the ball over and rushing our offense,” Jordan said.
The game was tied with 16 seconds left Raider Cameron St. Pierre made a jumper on the right baseline to give Lake Roosevelt the lead and the game, 53-50.
“We blew a one-point lead with five minutes left,” said Jordan. “It was a really tough loss being our third in a row and fourth straight on the road.”
Lake Roosevelt was just one of several cliffhangers for the Shockers lately. On Jan. 20, Waterville-Mansfield dropped a one-point, 68-67, decision to Tonasket. The Shockers lost by two, 57-55 at Soap Lake, Feb. 25.
“We led the whole game except the last minute,” said Jordan of the Tonasket loss. “We had an open shot in the corner with eight seconds left and missed long.”
The Shockers then fouled, and the Tigers missed the front end of the one-and-one but got the offensive rebound. The Shockers fouled again, and that time Tonasket missed the double bonus. “We got the rebound and called time out with 4.7 seconds left,” said Jordan. “We drew up a full court play and got a good shoot on the left wing that bounced off the front of the rim.”
The Shocker boys finished the season 7-9 in the Central Washington 2B League and 10-10 overall, good for sixth place.
“We play Liberty Christian at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, in Granger in a loser-out game,” said Jordan.
If the Shockers win they will face Oroville at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, also at Granger.
Lady Shockers advance
It wasn’t as close for the Lady Shockers who fell to Lake Roosevelt, 55-40, to end the regular season in third place at 11-5 in league and 13-7 overall. Elizabeth Katovich led all scorers with 17 points for Waterville-Mansfield.
In the District 5/6 playoffs at Granger, the Lady Shockers face DeSales at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, in a loser-out game. If Waterville-Mansfield wins it will meet White Swan at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at Granger.
 

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