Raiders take District 6 championship

 

Last updated 2/15/2023 at 5:40am

The Raider team poses for a photo with the District 6 Championship trophy and pieces of the nets. From left, starting with Coach Jeremy Crollard with net around his neck, Tanner Kiser, Wyatt Egbert, Chase Clark, Assistant Coach Billy Nicholson, Tanner Whitelaw, Champ Louie (squatting down), Logan Marconi, Chase Marchand (with trophy), Bear Vargas-Thomas, Brandon Pino, Ivan Alejandre, Brit Egbert, Assistant Coach Edward Wolfe.  - Al Camp photo

With a blood-pumping finish, the Lake Roosevelt Raiders came back from an eight-point deficit with under three minutes left in the game against Brewster to claim the District 6 basketball championship Saturday night at Omak.

With LR down 61-53 with 2:47 left in the game, Coach Jeremy Crollard called a time out, and the Raiders switched to a press to stop the Bear advance.

Brandon Pino sunk a free throw, then added a trey to cover half their deficit.

Chase Clark, open at the top of the key, netted the ball for three more, bringing the Raiders within two points of a lead.

After the inbound, Brewster missed their shot as Ivan Alejandre got the rebound and fired a long pass to Wyatt Egbert, already down court, who put the Raiders in the lead with a layup, 62-61 with 59 seconds left.

Both teams played without key players. Brewster's top scorer, Kelson Gebbers, had fouled out. Raider Chase Marchand had hopped out in the third period with an injured ankle.

Brandon Pino goes up for two against Brewster's Kelson Gebbers. - Al Camp photo

Two more possessions and missed shots for each team, plus a time out apiece, left Brewster inbounding with 3.7 seconds left. The Raiders kept them outside, and the Bear three-point attempt bounced off the rim.

The 62-61 win marked the Raiders' third time this season pulling it together to defeat Brewster and now sends LR, with a win-loss record of 19-3, to meet Reardan (11-14) in a loser-out game at the District 6/7 Crossover at Wenatchee High School Saturday at 5 p.m.

The winner in Wenatchee heads to the state 2B tournament at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena March 1-4, the "opening round" of which takes place Feb. 24-25.

Clark led the Raider scoring with 21, followed by Pino's 13 and Alejandre's 10. Marchand managed eight points before his injury. As of Tuesday night, he was icing his ankle and planned to play on Saturday.

 

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