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Published March 2, 2008

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Ryan Strandin scored six of his eight points in an up-tempo final quarter to lead the Grizzlies to a win over Wellpinit in the battle for the fifth-place trophy.

T.J. Flett hit a layup and was fouled following a smooth pass from Cheyenne Swift with 7:41 remaining in the game to bring the Redskins within 35-32. But Bear Creek was too deep for the Redskins. Strandin, Jamie Meyer (six points), Nate Castle (five points) and Kyle Blankenbeckler (four points) all had solid fourth quarters for the Grizzlies.

Both teams played a zone defense for much of the game, which forced Wellpinit to rely heavily on its outside shooting. The Redskins shot 7 of 23 from beyond the arc, including 6 of 15 from Cody Flett. Flett had a game-high 22 points – eight in the final quarter.

With Bear Creek running down the clock, Blankenbeckler dropped the ball with 3 seconds left to shake the hand of Wellpinit's Cody Flett. Flett grabbed the ball and banked in a half-court shot at the buzzer.

T.J. Flett had 12 points and five rebounds for eighth-place Wellpinit.

Bear Creek outrebounded the Redskins 47-20.

 Wellpinit - B.Flett Jr. 2, Stensgar 0, Sherwood 0, T.J. Flett 12, Brown 0, Seyler 2, C.Flett 22, Wynne 0, Swift 14.

Bear Creek - M.Castle 2, Meyer 14, Blankenbeckler 6, Benson 9, Strandin 8, N.Castle 13, Rehfeld 6, Davisson 0, Richardson 2.

Wahkiakum seniors Josh Rongey and Hayden Miles teamed up for 12 and 23 points, respectively, in the Mules' consolation victory against an overmatched Darrington squad in the game for fourth and seventh places.

Miles jump-started Wahkiakum in the second quarter with eight points and the Mules' 3-2 swarming zone defense limited the Loggers to perimeter shots. Darrington made 7 of 18 3-pointers to keep the game relatively close until the Mules pushed their lead to 50-33 after three quarters.

Mark Jones shot 2 of 3 and Cory Hoveskeland was 2 of 6 from long range for the Loggers.

Darrington's Mike Parris, who came into the game averaging 14.3 points per game in the tournament, scored 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the field and 2 of 6 from the free-throw line. Wahkiakum limited Parris to three first-half points.

The fourth-place Mules emptied their bench with 2:47 left in the game. Darrington followed suit shortly thereafter.

Sophomore Cody Olsen had 17 points for the Mules, hitting 45 percent of his shots.

Rongey dished out six assists for Wahkiakum. Justin O'Dell had seven points and three assists for the seventh-place Loggers.

 Wahkiakum - K.Benson 0, Rongey 12, Diaz 1, Lofstrom 0, Windsor 0, Fritzie 0, Howard 0, Olsen 17, Miles 23, Helms 3, T.Benson 8, Bain 3.

Darrington - O'Dell 7, Hoveskeland 6, Buchanan 0, Green 5, Barquest 2, Parris 12, Schillhammer 3, Jones 6, Gillette 0, Monteith 4, Olsen 4.

Chris Pynch scored 27 points, but the Mountain Lions had four players score in double figures to hold off Riverside Christian in the game for third and sixth places.

Liberty Bell outscored the Crusaders 16-9 in the final quarter, turning a 42-40 lead after three into a nine-point victory. Pynch missed desperation 3-pointers with less than a minute left for Riverside Christian (22-2) and Connor Walsh hit 3 of 4 free throws in addition to a Tre Ahern layup with less than 10 seconds left to seal third place for Liberty Bell (20-5).

Louis Donnet had 13 points and seven rebounds for the Mountain Lions.

Pynch shot 10 of 24 from the field, including 3 of 11 from 3-point range for Riverside Christian.

The game was tight and well played all the way through. The teams combined for only 17 turnovers and there were four ties and three lead changes before Liberty Bell took control for good in the fourth quarter.

 Liberty Bell (19-8) - Childs 3, Peters 0, Walsh 16, Donnet 13, Hutchinson 13, Aherns 13, Dy.Oliver 0, De.Oliver 0.

Riverside Christian (18-5) - C.Pynch 27, Byrne 3, Crockett 2, Hargrave 0, Cates 9, Schmidt 0, Doornink 2, Allan 6.

Crusaders senior John Graham hit a go-ahead layup with 6 seconds left and junior Matt Zandbergen blocked the final shot attempt by the Ducks as Northwest Christian capped off its third consecutive state championship.

With 13 seconds remaining in the game, Ducks senior Luke Lindquist stepped to the line for a 1-and-1 attempt leading by one. His first attempt missed and Zandbergen grabbed the rebound, outletting the ball to teammate junior Chase Ramey. Ramey then looked ahead and got the ball to Graham for the winning basket.

NWC won its final 29 games of the season after losing to Class 2A Riverside.

 NWC (Colbert) (29-1) - Ramey 7, Graham 4, Stephens 0, Descoteaux 8, McConkey 4, Huffman 2, Zandbergen 17.

Toutle Lake (23-1) - Lindquist 10, Gardner 3, Hoff 5, Breece 3, Bartlett 18, Campbell 0, Harris 2.

Scoring

Ryan Fox, NW Christian (Lacey), 21.3

Jason Lindeman, La Conner, 19

Chris Pynch, Riverside Christian, 18.2

Cody Flett, Wellpinit, 17.8

Connor Walsh, Liberty Bell, 17.3

Rebounding

Casey Carns, Napavine, 10.5

Matt Zandbergen, NWC (Colbert), 8.2

Ryan Strandin, Bear Creek, 7.8

Mike Gourlarte, Life Christian, 7.5

Kirk Vigre, Napavine, 7