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St. Mary's tops Gilchrist St. Mary�s coach Tim Pflug knew his team needed to play a little role reversal if the Crusaders were to avoid a familiar refrain Saturday night. The Crusaders did just that, rolling to a 19-7 advantage in the first quarter, en route to a 63-40 Southern Cascade League boys basketball upset over fifth-ranked Gilchrist. Gilchrist seized command early in sweeping the Crusaders � including a 92-62 rout on the road. "The way this team got to us last year, was that they got a quick lead and we could never seem to catch up," Pflug said. "They had our number. Tonight, we wanted to get a fast start and we did." Chris Murphy, who led the Crusaders with 24 points, scored 10 points as St. Mary�s nabbed a 19-7 cushion after one quarter. Michael Fiddler added nine of his 15 points in the first half as the Crusaders took a 35-21 lead into the locker room. "We were getting two, three, four opportunities," said Pflug, whose team grabbed 20 offensive rebounds. "Brian Staver gave us a good spark in that first quarter." The defensive hero of the game was Thatcher Jones, a 5-foot-11 junior, who drew the assignment of guarding Gilchrist�s Brad Haynes, who entered with a 20-plus scoring average. Haynes finished the night with 12 points. "He�s one of those kids that goes almost unnoticed," Pflug said. "He�s very tenacious. I knew tonight he wanted to guard Brad Haynes and see how well he handled to pressure. I was very pleased." Fiddler finished with 11 rebounds and Murphy had 10. Derek Philips had five steals and Jones dished out four assists. "Our defense has really been starting to pick up," Pflug said. "We�ve held opponents in the 20s and 30 and tonight we held a team that has been averaging 60 to 70 points to 43." GILCHRIST (40) � Ernst 11, Crescenzi 0, Ke. Wirtz 0, Ky. Wirtz 0, Bishop 0, Page 3, Knotts 6, Brad Haynes 12, Heim 8, Allen 0. Totals: 16 7-10 40. ST. MARY�S (63) � P. Staver 1, Christensen 3, Jones 7, Burt 0, Morey 0, B. Staver 5, Tesdal 0, Fiddler 15, Murphy 24, Sharp 3, Philips 7. Totals: 22 18-25 63. Gilchrist.................................7 14 14 5 � 40 St. Mary�s...........................19 16 14 14 � 63 3-point goals � Gilchrist 1 (Haynes 1). St. Mary�s 1 (Jones 1). Fouled out � Knotts. JV result � St. Mary�s won. CASCADE CHRISTIAN 60, LOST RIVER 57, OT � At Merrill, Kyle Bullard�s field goal with six seconds remaining in overtime proved to be the winning basket. After Lost River�s Brad Johnson tied the game on a low-post move with 15 seconds left, Bullard took a pass along the baseline from Brian Prins and sank a 4-foot bank shot. Sophomore point guard Mychal Sha paced Cascade Christian (9-8, 2-2 SCL) with 16 points, six assists and six rebounds, while Chad Harvey tossed in 14 points. CASCADE CHRISTIAN (60) � Sha 16, Harvey 14, Prins 6, Ferrell 8, Gettman 0, Kelley 6, McCormick 5, Bullard 4, Edwards 1. Totals: 23 12-19 60. LOST RIVER (57) � Woodley 0, Hernandez 4, Lagunas 12, Donahoe 11, Rayas 0, Taylor 1, Story 2, Johnson 21, Beasley 6. Totals: 18 7-25 57. Cascade Christian ..........................11 19 11 10 9 � 60 Lost River .......................................12 11 13 15 6 � 57 3-point goals � Cascade Christian 2 (Harvey 1, Kelley 1), Lost River 4 (Lagunas 2, Donahoe 2). Fouled out � Hernandez, Kelley, Ferrell. Technical foul � Kelley. JV result � Cascade Christian won. Girls LOST RIVER 62, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 54 � At Merrill, foul troubles hampered the Challengers in their bid for an upset of the fifth-ranked Raiders. Cascade Christian (15-3, 4-1 SCL) had key starters Kelly Clarke, Hannah Gettman and Jennifer Roos foul out of the game, with Clarke still able to score a team-high 17 points despite playing about half of the contest. Trisha Gasser had 22 points and Tana Ross added 16 for Lost River (17-1, 5-0). CASCADE CHRISTIAN (54) � Clarke 17, R. Gettman 10, Brookins 5, Kelley 1, H. Gettman 7, Roos 9, Salamone 5, Conley 0, McCandless. Totals: 16 14-28 54. LOST RIVER (62) � Gasser 22, Halousek 1, Hartman 2, Chin 4, Mullanix 8, Ross 16, Bailey 9, McVay 0. Totals: 23 16-38 62. Cascade Christian.................................11 14 10 19 � 54 Lost River...............................................9 23 15 16 � 62 3-point goals � Cascade Christian 5 (R. Gettman 3, Brookins 1, Clarke 1). Fouled out � H. Gettman, Roos, Clarke, Gasser. JV result � Lost River won. ST. MARY�S 43, GILCHRIST 26 � Sophomore post Christina Vaninetti scored four straight baskets in the second quarter as St. Mary�s outscored visiting Gilchrist, 15-6, to take 20-14 lead at halftime. Lani Brophi paced the Crusaders (6-9, 2-3 SCL). GILCHRIST (26) � Ramsey 1, Adams 8, Knotts 2, J. Smith 1, Olson 0, Trapanese 4, Stevins 2, H. Smith 8, Wolfe 0. Totals: 10 4-10 26. ST. MARY�S (43) � Smith 2, Vaninetti 11, Meeker 0, Greene 2, Brophy 16, Tomlinson 0, Maurer 4, Zielony 2, Montan 6. Totals: 17 8-17 43. Gilchrist...................................8 6 8 4 � 26 St. Mary�s...........................5 15 10 13 � 43 3-point goals � Gilchrist 2 (H. Smith 2). St. Mary�s 1 (Brophy 1). Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2000 Mail Tribune, Inc.