Poised Cavaliers break Colts.Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Clackamas coach Steve Gustovich kept his message simple as he took the Cavaliers, who have only one senior on the roster, on the road for the playoffs. "We had nothing to lose, so I told them to go have a good time, and that's what we did," Gustovich said. The Cavaliers, the No. 4 seed out of the Three Rivers Three Rivers, Que., Canada: see Trois Rivières. League, rallied past Thurston in the fourth quarter and held on for a 55-51 win in the first round of the Class 4A boys basketball sub-tournament Monday night at Thurston High School Thurston High School is located in Springfield, Oregon in Lane County. Their mascot is a black colt. Shooting On May 20, 1998, student Kipland "Kip" Kinkel killed his parents, William and Faith, both Spanish teachers at local high schools. . Clackamas (15-10) advanced to face second-ranked South Salem South Salem is the name of several places in the United States:
Clackamas scored six straight points early in the fourth quarter to take a 48-44 lead and never trailed the rest of the way. Junior Nick Eldridge secured the win with two free throws with 17 seconds remaining. "Thank goodness," Gustovich said of his team's composure com·po·sure n. A calm or tranquil state of mind; self-possession. [From compose.] composure Noun the state of being calm or unworried Noun late in the game. "With young kids, that's lucky." Thurston took its biggest lead at 39-30 when Ryan Keeling keeling the marking of ewes by the ram when they are mated by the marking on the ewe of paint or chalk from the sternum of the ram. hit a three-pointer with 3:20 left in the third quarter, but Clackamas outscored the Colts 11-3 to end the quarter trailing 42-41. Jason Bell Jason Dewande Bell (born April 1, 1978 in Long Beach, California) is an American football cornerback in the NFL for the New York Giants. He played college football at UCLA. opened the fourth quarter with a basket for Thurston, but Kyle Rudolph scored for Clackamas and Eldridge followed with his fifth three-pointer of the game to put the Cavaliers ahead 46-44 with 5:59 left to play. Dan Daw added a layup to put Clackamas ahead 48-44 while Thurston went five straight possessions without a point as the Cavaliers played a zone defense to try to keep the ball away from Keeling and Bell inside. "We didn't want those guys to beat us," Gustovich said. "If we were going to lose, we were going to lose outside because they are so good inside." Thurston missed two free throws, three shots from the field, and committed a turnover while going more than five minutes without a point in the fourth quarter. "We didn't penetrate one time," Thurston coach Doug Piquette said. "We did not have one penetration basket against their zone in the second half." Craig Senkel scored inside to get Thurston within 48-46 with 2:14 left to play, then Daw converted a three-point play. Following a basket by Bell, Daw added a layup that put the Cavaliers ahead 53-48 with 1:09 remaining. Bell banked in a three-pointer with 19.6 seconds left to cut Clackamas' lead to 53-51, but Eldridge made his final two free throws to clinch Clinch, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed by the junction of two forks in SW Va., and flowing generally SW across E Tenn. to the Tennessee River at Kingston. it. Bell had 16 points and Keeling added 12 points and seven rebounds for Thurston, which was outrebounded 30-15. Point guard Jamal Sarkez added 11 points for the Colts, who missed 8-of-13 free throws. `That's the story of our season,' Piquette said. `We had a chance to beat people and we missed free throws and layups.' Clackamas was 22-for-38 (58 percent) from the field and got a game-high 24 points from Eldridge. Daw added 15 points and five rebounds off the bench, and 6-3 post Matt Ochs had 10 points and seven rebounds. "That's a lot of points for us; we don't score a lot," Gustovich said. "We were patient on offense, and we didn't force things." 4A BASKETBALL STATE PLAYOFFS Boys First Round MONDAY'S RESULTS Wilson 60, Sprague 51 Clackamas 55, Thurston 51 Aloha 82, Centennial 66 Mountain View 53, Tigard 47 Second Round WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Hillsboro at Roseburg Wilson at South Eugene, 7 p.m. Hermiston at Silverton David Douglas
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CAPTION(S): Thurston's Ryan Keeling drives around Clackamas' Karrson Koivisto and Dan Daw in the Colts' 55-51 loss to the Cavaliers in the first round of the Class 4A boys basketball playoffs. Keeling scored 12 points for the Colts. Wayne Eastburn / The Register-Guard Thurston's Jason Bell, who led the Colts with 18 points, dunks over the Clackamas defense on Monday night. Wayne Eastburn / The Register-Guard Boldfaceand this is light text and this is more light text |
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