Girls Win 5th Place

Chelan's Lady Goat Basketball Team enjoys the moment with their parents and basketball fans at the Sun Dome in Yakima after winning fifth place at the State Basketball Tournament on Saturday.

Lady Goats bring home 5th place trophy

by Richard Uhlhorn (Photos by Linda Jo Williams)

The Lady Goat seniors said it all...

Kilee Lippincott was happy to be guarding someone her size. "We are just happy to have fifth place," she told GLC's Dave Spanjer after the game. Sydney Austin added, "It's so exciting... I don't even know what to say. It wad definitely worth it, getting up so early for." Darby Jenkins said, "It's awesome with all the fans and support. It was a great way to end the season." AnnAlise Nelson who turned 18 today said, "We all get along so well...we just rallied." And Jamie Brunner. "It's always a fun challenge. This week has been a fun experience.

Seniors Sydney Austin, Darby Jenkins, AnnAlise Nelson, Jamie Brunner and Kilee Lippincott (not shown) were happy girls after helping their team win fifth place at the State Basketball tournament.

And so, the seniors on the Lady Goats finished their high school basketball career on a high note. This was the ninth trip to the State Tournament and for first year coach Tom Robinson, a highlight of the season. "I'm so proud of them. I think we struggled a little bit, but we never backed down. These girls are really goal setters."

Robinson said after the first loss on Wednesday, the girls set a goal to win the fifth place trophy. They did it on Saturday against the hard charging and talented Toledo Indians.

By the end of the first quarter of play, Chelan knew they had a game on their hands when the buzzer sounded and the Lady Goats found themselves down 11-14. Toledo continued to be tenacious in the 2nd quarter of play and the Lady Goat were having a hard time containing them, but kept it closed.

By the end of the first half, the Goats knew they would have to adjust to Toledo's aggressive, fast paced game. Chelan went to the locker room down by three points, 22-25.

The third quarter opened up with Kelli Bowers hitting a shot to get Chelan within one point. Then it was Jamie Brunner hitting a little jumper to take the Goats into the lead 26-25. Bowers stole a pass, got double teamed under the basket and Jaicee Harris came up with a bucket to take Chelan up 28-25. Then Kilee Lippincott took charge and put in a basket to give Chelan a 30-27 lead.

Chelan never looked back and by the end of the third quarter, they enjoyed a 41-32 lead.

Down the stretch, the Lady Goats let Toledo get back into its style of play for a second and the Indians closed the gap to six points, before taking control again. With 1:23 to go in the game, Kelli Bowers put a real cap on the game with a three ball and Chelan was enjoying a 52-38 lead which they finished out to win the game 56-45.

All in all, the Lady Goats, seniors who finished their high school basketball careers off, the entire coaching staff, fans and parents can be really proud of what these girls did this season.

No one said it better than Assistant Coach Tracy Williams when he sent Linda Jo's photos up for posting on GoLakeChelan.com

"What a nice week for the Lady Goats.  5th Place!  All Chelan Basketball Fans should be very proud of these girls.  They are proud of themselves!"

As an assistant coach, they have been a pleasure to work with.  As our Seniors looked around the locker room at the makeup of this team for the very last time, they

Saw nothing but winners.  I know that they gave everything they had here at this tournament, as they have all year.  Coach Robinson has done a wonderful job of handling these girls.

Congratulations to the Whole Group.  #34 is smiling down on these ladies."

OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE    Date: Mar 07 2009     Arena: Sundome
                        Starting Time: 08:30 PM  City, State ________________________
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Lady Goats Varsity          Total FG --3PT--          --Rebound--
No. Player Name             FG  FGA  FG  FGA  FT  FTA OFF DEF TOT  F  TP  A  TO  BLK STL
10  Kilee Lippincott.......  2   5    0   1    1   2    0   3   3  0   5  1   4   0   3
42  Lyndsey Fox............  0   0    0   0    0   0    0   0   0  0   0  0   0   0   0
33  Taylor McClellan.......  2   5    0   0    0   0    2   1   3  1   4  0   1   0   1
22  AnnAlise Nelson........  0   0    0   0    2   4    0   2   2  1   2  1   1   0   0
30  Jamie Brunner.........f  2   6    1   2    0   0    2   2   4  3   5  1   1   0   1
32  Kelli Bowers..........c  4  13    2   8    3   4    0   3   3  2  13  1   6   1   3
50  Cari Williams..........  0   0    0   0    0   0    0   0   0  0   0  0   0   0   0
40  Sarah Waszkewitz.......  0   0    0   0    0   0    0   0   0  0   0  0   0   0   0
20  Houston Robison.......f  1   1    0   0    0   0    3   1   4  3   2  0   1   0   3
14  Sydney Austin.........g  3   4    0   0    3   5    2   1   3  2   9  2   3   0   2
12  Jaicee Harris.........g  5  10    0   0    2   4    3   9  12  0  12  2   3   1   3
24  Darby Jenkins..........  1   4    0   0    2   2    1   1   2  4   4  0   1   1   2
    Lady Goats Varsity..... 20  48    3  11   13  21   13  23  36 16  56  8  21   3  18

TOTAL  FG%: 1st half 9-27(.333)   2nd half 11-21(.524)  Game 20-48(.417)
 3-Pt  FG%: 1st half 0-5(.000)    2nd half 3-6(.500)    Game 3-11(.273)
       FT%:                                             Game 13-21(.619)

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Toledo                      Total FG --3PT--          --Rebound--
No. Player Name             FG  FGA  FG  FGA  FT  FTA OFF DEF TOT  F  TP  A  TO  BLK STL
22  Nicole Ewers...........  0   0    0   0    0   0    0   0   0  1   0  0   1   0   0
12  Tiffany Tornow........g  2   8    2   6    2   2    1   0   1  2   8  0   3   0   2
42  Brianna Votaw..........  1   2    0   0    0   0    1   2   3  1   2  0   1   0   0
44  Ashlee Coffey..........  0   6    0   0    0   0    0   3   3  0   0  0   1   0   1
20  Lacey Scott............  0   0    0   0    0   0    0   0   0  0   0  0   1   0   2
30  Candi Zion............c  3  11    1   1    3   4    3   2   5  3  10  1   3   0   1
32  Brittany Hope..........  2   6    0   0    0   0    0   2   2  4   4  0   1   0   1
14  Haley Hellem..........f  2   8    0   2    1   2    4   0   4  3   5  1   6   0   1
10  Kelsey Stone..........g  2   5    1   2    6   6    1   1   2  3  11  0   4   0   1
34  Lia Lucas..............  1   2    1   2    0   0    0   0   0  0   3  0   0   0   0
24  Sara Buswell..........f  1   1    0   0    0   0    0   1   1  1   2  0   1   0   0
    Toledo................. 14  49    5  13   12  14   10  11  21 18  45  2  22   0   9

TOTAL  FG%: 1st half 10-25(.400)  2nd half 4-24(.167)   Game 14-49(.286)
 3-Pt  FG%: 1st half 3-6(.500)    2nd half 2-7(.286)    Game 5-13(.385)
       FT%:                                             Game 12-14(.857)

Score by Period     1   2   3   4    Final 
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Lady Goats Varsity  11  11  19  15    56 
Toledo              14  11  7   13    45 

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