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Challengers hold off pesky Chiloquin, 57-53 CHILOQUIN -- Cascade Christiandefeated Chiloquin by 29 points in the Crusader-Challenger Christmas Classic earlier this season. The Challengers found themselves in an entirely different situation Friday at the Chiloquin gym. This time, Cascade Christian had to rally from a four-point deficit with less than one minute to play to escape with a 57-53 Southern Cascade League boys basketball victory. "They were definitely a different team tonight," Cascade Christian coach Brian Morse said. "Things were not looking good for a while." The Challengers (13-3, 1-1 SCL) cut their four-point deficit to 53-51 on Don Jenkins' layup with 46 seconds remaining in the game. Then Cascade's fullcourt pressure forced a steal by Jordan Ferrell and Will Vanderstoel tied the game at 53 on a 5-foot jumper with 33 seconds to go. A deflection by Jenkins and an Andy Baker steal on Chiloquin's next possession put the Challengers in position to take the lead. Baker, an 87 percent free throw shooter, was fouled on the play and made both ends of a 1-and-1 to put the Challengers up by two. "That was a lot of pressure on Baker," said Morse, "but he definitely was the one we wanted to have the ball." Chiloquin had one more opportunity to tie, but Vernon Miller's 10-foot jumper rimmed out and Ferrell corralled the rebound and was fouled immediately. The junior forward converted both free throws for the final margin of victory. "We cranked up our defensive intensity and caused those steals," said Morse. "Ferrell down the stretch made some huge plays with the steal and rebound at the end." CASCADE CHRISTIAN (57) -- Sha 3, Kimmelshue 6, Jenkins 14, Baker 22, Hefley 0, Vanderstoel 6, Ferrell 6, Bullard 0. Totals: 18 19-25 57. CHILOQUIN (53) -- Riddle 2, Jackson 1, Crosby 9, Hescock 11, Ross 0, Holster 13, Miller 17. Totals: 23 4-6 53. Cascade Christian .....13 12 17 15 -- 57 Chiloquin ..................12 14 12 15 -- 53 3-point goals -- Cascade Christian 2 (Sha 1, Baker 1), Chiloquin 3 (Crosby 1, Hescock 1, Miller 1). JV score -- Cascade Christian 90, Chiloquin 42. ST. MARY'S 53, LOST RIVER 43 --Junior post Chris Murphy scored a career-high 24 points and went 5-of-6 from the 3-point line in the process to pace St. Mary's to the Southern Cascade League victory. The Crusaders led 15-6 after one period and 28-17 at halftime as they improved to 2-0 in conference play and 12-3 overall. Paul Donahue had 14 points to lead Lost River. LOST RIVER (43) --Donahue 14, Bee 3, Hernandez 4, Vasii 7, Taylor 2, Story 5, Rajnus 2, Zambrano 6, Beasley 0, Lagunas 0, Johnson 0. Totals: 15 8-12 43. ST. MARY'S (53) --Schultz 4, Christensen 5, Jones 8, Caplan 6, Morey 1, T. Stout 0, Sharp 0, B. Staver 0, Frankel 0, Fiddler 1, Murphy 24, Haas 3, Phillips 1. Totals: 15 16-31 53. Lost River ...............6 11 12 14 -- 43 St. Mary's ...............15 13 15 9 -- 53 3-point goals -- Lost River 5 (Donahue 4, Story 1), St. Mary's 7 (Murphy 5, Schultz 1, Christensen 1). Fouled out -- Beasley, Zambrano. JV Score -- Lost River 51, St. Mary's 38. BUTTE FALLS 66, NORTH LAKE 40 -- At Butte Falls, sophomore Nick Rodgers scored 21 points on 10-of-15 shooting from the field and added six rebounds to lead Butte Falls to the Skyline A League victory. Dusty Harrington added 18 points and seven rebounds, while Travis Smeltz had 20 points and eight steals to help Butte Falls (9-7 overall) remain undefeated in Skyline A League play at 6-0. Senior Randy Horton had 17 points to pace North Lake. NORTH LAKE (40) -- Ingalsbe 10, Griffith 2, Horton 17, Birdwell 6, Lay 5, Reeve 0, Willardt 0, Condon 0. Totals: 17 1-3 40. BUTTE FALLS (66) -- Harrington 18, Hampton 0, Rodgers 21, Sizemore 2, Smeltz 20, Rowden 3, Hayes 2, Hoel 0. Totals: 29 4-6 66. North Lake ..............13 12 5 10 -- 40 Butte Falls ..............24 21 13 8 -- 66 3-point goals -- North Lake 5 (Ingalsbe 2, Horton 2, Lay 1), Butte Falls 4 (Harrington 2, Smeltz 2). JV result -- Butte Falls beat Cascade Christian freshmen. PAISLEY 55, PROSPECT 52 -- At Prospect, Paisley was forced into 30 turnovers, but the Broncos offset the miscues with the inside play of Chaylon Shuffield and Dan Byers, who combined for 41 points. Prospect's Keith Howard led all scorers with 24 points. The versatile senior added six assists and six steals. Zach Gordon had a solid game for the Cougars with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Prospect (6-8, 2-4 Skyline A League) trailed by 11 points in the fourth quarter but rallied to take a 52-51 lead with about two minutes remaining. PAISLEY (55) -- Murphy 5, Masaki 0, Richardson 7, McClellan 2, Chaylon Shuffield 23, Kravtsov 0, Byers 18. Totals: 24-53 9-14 55. PROSPECT (52) -- Howard 24, Bre. Way 0, Blythe 2, Gordon 14, Maloy 5, D. Andresen 4, Wood 3. Totals: 24-49 2-4 52. Paisley ...............14 19 10 11 -- 55 Prospect ..............12 15 9 16 -- 52 3-point goals -- Paisley 1 (Murphy 1), Prospect 2 (Maloy 1, Wood 1). Today's Edition : News | Sports | Business | Weather | Tempo | Classifieds Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 2000, Medford, Oregon USA