GoTo www.FinchHaven.com GoTo Vashon High School Sports! GoTo 1998-1999 Vashon High School Sports! HEY! Check out Marty Hall's (#43 -- VHS class of '98) web pages at the U-Dub! 1998-1999 Vashon High School Pirates Basketball! ON TO STATE! Fourth Round: VASHON PIRATES 55 -- WAPATO 69 The Pirates are WIAA Class 2A teams in the Nisqually League, WIAA District 3! Updated Saturday 03/13/99 10:00pm

Seniors: Christina (21) and Marek (31)! Girls' Basketball 1999! We're all real proud of you, girls! Prep Sports at: the Seattle Times the Tacoma News-Tribune

So the Vashon Boys' basketball team is 6th overall in Washington State 2A basketball!

This is a basketball program that was 3-17 in the 1995-96 season!

All the boys, and Coach Gary Shaplow, have come a long way and done a great job!

This was our first state appearance since 1940, when we won the "Small School Championship"!

Wapato 69, Vashon 55
(For 3rd and 6th places, WIAA 2A Boys)

VASHON -- Cleland 4, Davis 10, K. Ento 8, Steyh, Shride 8, Hatton,
Hanusa, Tucker 10, Irish, Deibell, Rees, C. Ento 15.

WAPATO -- J.Alvarado 4, McCullough 25, Valdez 12, R.Alvarado, Kunigk,
Wilcox 18, Garza 10, Brandt, Draculan, Munson, Shields, J.C. Wofford. 

Vashon        4 11 18 22--55
Wapato       19  8 17 25--69

Vashon 49, Blaine 65

BLAINE -- Newell 16, Scheib 2, Ridnour 28, Jones, Spender 2,
Harmening 2, Broyan, Cedarquist 4, Nymeyer 3, Riddle 4, Franklin 2,
Stieb 4. (hmmm.. I add that to 67..)

VASHON -- Cleland 6, Davis 6, K.Ento 2, Steyh, Shride 6,
Hatton, Hanusa, Tucker, Irish 7, Deibell, Rees, C.Ento 22. 

Blaine          25  6 18 16--65
Vashon          13  2 14 20--49

Vashon 55, Rochester 47

ROCHESTER -- Frichette, Angove 3, Beard 13, DeLaurier 14, Kohlhas,
Burney 9, Nygard, Driver 6, Lloyd 2, Galpin, Heinz, Robarge. 

VASHON -- Cleland 1, Davis 10, K.Ento 4, Shride 13, Hanusa 3,
Tucker 7, Irish 4, C.Ento 13. 

Rochester        9 11 12 15--47
Vashon          11 16  8 20--55

Vashon 71, Omak 48

VASHON -- Davis 17, K. Ento 8, Shride 5, Tucker 14, C. Ento 12,
Cleland 2, Steyh 2, Hatton, Hanusa, Irish 11, Deibell, Rees. 

OMAK -- Hurlbert 4, Draggoo 11, Moulton 4, Pearson 6, Draggoo 11,
Richter 3, Hendrick, Albert 6, Massie, Manuel, Bessette 3.

Vashon         17 19 19 16--71
Omak           12 13 17  6--48

Here's what the Tacoma News-Tribune says about the Pirates:

"THE DARKHORSES"

"No. 6 Vashon (18-7) - The Pirates bring a good all-around package to their first state appearance since 1940, when they won the small school championship. Vashon beat tough Steilacoom to get to the tournament. Junior post Calvin Ento (22.0 points, 14.0 rebounds), the Nisqually League MVP, will be tough to stop, especially if senior Derek Shride is hitting 3-pointers. Vashon gets second shots and goes after the boards."

So we start out:

Wednesday, March 10
1: Deer Park 65 vs. Blaine 83, 9 a.m. 
2: Forks 49 vs. Foster 61, 10:30 a.m. 
3: Quincy 46 vs. Rochester 47, noon 
4: Vashon 71 vs. Omak 48, 1:30 p.m. 
5: Grandview 53
     vs. Pullman 64, 3:30 p.m. 
6: Nooksack Valley 56
     vs. Cleveland 54, 5 p.m. 
7: Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 49
     vs. Elma 70, 6:30 p.m. 
8: Woodland 45 vs. Wapato 79, 8 p.m.

and we WON! so:

Thursday, March 11
 9: Deer Park 65 vs. Forks 84, 9 a.m. 
10: Quincy 75 vs. Omak 68, 10:30 a.m. 
11: Grandview 69 vs. Cleveland 62, noon 
12: Lakeside 58 vs. Woodland 63, 1:30 p.m. 
13: Blaine 63 vs. Foster 59, 3:30 p.m. 
14: Rochester 47 vs. Vashon 55!, 5 p.m. 
15: Pullman 65 vs. Nooksack Valley 53, 6:30 p.m. 
16: Elma 70 vs. Wapato 72 OT, 8 p.m.

So we WIN GAME 14! - so next is
  #1-ranked Blaine ;-(

Friday, March 12
17: Forks 74 vs. Quincy 76 OT, 11:30 a.m. 
18: Grandview 67 OT vs. Woodland 64, 1 p.m. 
19: Foster 43 vs. Rochester 58, 2:30 p.m. 
20: Nooksack Valley 42 vs. Elma 53, 4 p.m. 
21: Blaine 65 vs. Vashon 49, 6 p.m. 
22: Pullman 78 vs. Wapato 56, 8 p.m.

OK.. we lose to Blaine, so:

Saturday, March 13
23: Quincy 52 (8th place State 2A) vs.
    Grandview 54 (5th place State 2A) 
24: Rochester 49 (4th place State 2A) vs.
    Elma 46 (7th place State 2A) 
25: Vashon 55 (sixth place State 2A) vs.
    Wapato 69 (third place State 2A)	
26: Blaine vs. Pullman, 8:30 p.m. 
    Winner is State 2A 1st Place!
    Loser State 2A 2nd Place!

Saturday 03/06/99 games:

"UNIVERSITY PLACE - It took some last-second heroics, but the Vashon boys basketball team is going to the state tournament for the first time in school history."

"Calvin Ento scored on an inside shot with 2 seconds left to lift Vashon past Steilacoom 49-48 yesterday and earn the Pirates a spot in the Class 2A state tournament at the SunDome in Yakima."

"Vashon (18-7) had to survive two loser-out games in the last week to earn its first trip to state."

""I've been here for four years and put so much effort into it, and for it to happen my senior year is great," said Derek Shride, who had nine points."

"Vashon got off to a fast start, leading 14-5 after one quarter. But Steilacoom came back and led 23-22 at halftime. The game remained close throughout the second half. The score was tied four times in the fourth quarter before Steilacoom grabbed a 48-47 lead on a free throw by Brian Ford with 12 seconds left."

"Vashon took the ball inbounds and, instead of taking a timeout, worked the ball inside to Ento, who scored on a shot close to the basket for the game-winning points."

"Steilacoom's Naaman Hinton missed a long shot at the buzzer."

"Vashon helped itself in the fourth quarter by making 10 of 11 free throws in the final 8 minutes."

"Ento led Vashon with 16 points while Jeff Tucker added 12."

WEST CENTRAL 2A DISTRICT 

Vashon 49, Steilacoom 48

VASHON -- C. Ento 16, K. Ento 6, Shride 9, Irish 4, Cleland 2, Tucker 12, Lewis.

STEILACOOM -- Kelley 2, B. Ford 12, Salas 3, Hinton 15, Cardwell 4, Simmons 12, Stewart, Song.

Vashon             14  8 10 17--49
Steilacoom          5 18 11 14--48

Other games 03/06:

Foster 83 -- Cleveland 66

Foster goes to State as #1 seed, Cleveland as #2 seed..

And Sunday 03/07/99, the WIAA West Central District III 2A basketball bracket looks like this:

Tuesday 03/02      Friday 03/05             Saturday 03/06

#3 Vashon 68
-----------------     Vashon 55
#6 Orting 46     |----------------       Foster 83
-----------------  #2 Foster 76   |--------------------
                   ---------------                     |
(loser out)                                            |
                                   Cleveland #2 seed ----- Foster #1 seed 
#4 Cleveland 67                      On to State!      |    On to State!
-----------------    Cleveland 73                      |
#5 Pt Townsend 53|----------------       Cleveland 66  |
----------------- #1 Steilacoom 69|--------------------
                   ---------------

                                        Vashon 49!
                                     ------------------
                                        Steilacoom 48  |-- Vashon #3 seed
                                     ------------------     On to State!
                                               For the first time in School history!

Friday 03/05/99 games:

West Central 2A District
Foster 76, Vashon 55 (winner to state)

WEST CENTRAL 2A DISTRICT - 03/05/99
Foster 76, Vashon 55

VASHON -- Davis 6, K. Ento 10, Shride 17, Tucker 4, Irish 6, C. Ento 12,
Steyh, Cleland, Hanusa, Deibell, Rees.

FOSTER -- Hicks 11, Aziz 17, Lyons 30, Dickerson 3, A. Rankin 2, Jones 9,
C. Rankin 4, Chmielewski, Delago, Davison, Gary.

Vashon           18  7 17 13--55
Foster           21 13 13 29--76

Dang! OK: so we gotta play Steilacoom today 03/06 at 2:30pm!
Winner goes to State as the #3 seed..

Cleveland 73, Steilacoom 69 (winner to state)

Cleveland and Foster play each other today, too, to determine the #1 and #2 seeds to State..

Tuesday 03/03/99:

"The Vashon High boys basketball team is just one victory away from a state playoff berth."

"The Pirates dominated the first-round 2A West Central District matchup against Orting, 68-46, Tuesday night at Curtis High."

""This was a very big game for us, because at this time last year we were out of the district tournament," Pirates guard Derek Shride said. "We knew we could get the job done, we just had to push ourselves.""

"The Pirates advance to play Foster at 6 p.m. Friday at Curtis. At stake is a berth in the Class 2A state tournament, March 10-13 in Yakima."

Second round Sub-Districts:

Friday 02/26/99:
Vashon 62 vs Steilacoom 65 -- in Overtime..

I think the Pirates played a good game against a team with a powerful full court press; a strong trap; and an uncanny sixth sense that lets them flash into the passing lane.
And then you add Naaman Hinton (16pts) -- I talked to his dad after the game, and he says Naaman is better at soccer and is kinda just waiting for basketball to get over with -- scary..
We were kept out of the low post pretty effectively, which meant that Calvin was held to 12 points. Steilacoom's zone defense kept the ball on the perimeter, and they picked up a lot of turnovers, not really from our errors, but from their attack on the p ass.
I had (very roughly..) Derek Shride 20pt; Jesse Davis 13pt; Calvin Ento 12pt; Kenny Ento 8pt; Jeff Tucker 6pt; Jerod Cleland 3pt
We were down but stayed in the game and fought back to a tie; we were just three points short in overtime.
At the quarters: Q1 16V-17S; Q2 24V-32S; Q3 41V-47S; Q4 55V-55S; OT1 62V-65S

Other 02/26 games:
Orting 59, Chimacum 53 (loser out)
Port Townsend 63, Eatonville 48 (loser out)
Foster 72, Cleveland 67

First round Sub-Districts:

Tuesday 02/23/99:
Vashon 74 vs Eatonville 64 -- at Home!

Woo Hoo! What a game! Calvin Ento had 23pt 21rb!; Jesse Davis 16pt; Kenny Ento 12pt; Derek Shride 16pt; Jeff Tucker 6pt including 3 big pts when fouled shooting a 3; Jonathan Irish 1; Jerod Cleland; Chris Hanusa. At the quarters: Q1 17V-9E; Q2 33V-34E; Q3 48V-44E; Q4 74V-64E!

Other 02/23/99 games:
Foster 58 -- Orting 49
Clevland 75 -- Chimacum 38

Thursday 02/18/99: Vashon Boys (16/5 -- 6-2 Nisqually League) ranked 7th in State 2A!

Steilacoom (14/5 -- 3/3 in the Nisqually League) ranked 8th; Foster (15/3 -- 6-1 Nisqually League) ranked 4th

Tuesday 02/16: Foster 58 -- Eatonville 56

Tuesday 02/09: Vashon 73 at Eatonville 71 in OT!

"Calvin Ento sank the winning shot in overtime as the Pirates (15-5, 6-2 Nisqually League) defeated the Cruisers (4-13, 1-6) on the road.

Ento scored 32 points while teammate Derek Shride added 19."

Again, I haven't heard what happened, but the box score suggests Eatonville had three solid quarters, but our 1st quarter and the OT were enough to win..

Other games 02/09: Foster 62 -- Steilacoom 53
Seattle Christian 63 -- Orting 48

Friday 02/05: Vashon 78 at Orting 46!

"Vashon 78, Orting 46 - The Pirates got off to a quick start and never looked back in a Nisqually League victory on the road."

"After a 24-point first quarter, Vashon (13-5, 5-2) cruised and remained second in the league standings behind Foster (13-3, 5-1)."

"The Pirates, shooting for their first state-tournament berth, got 28 points from Calvin Ento."

Tuesday 02/02: Vashon 60? -- Steilacoom 54?

I dunno - it was too exciting!

Friday 01/29: Foster 71 -- Vashon 65

([Offical through January 26]
 but with my updates to 02/18..)

Nisqually League

Foster     as of 02/18 7-1
Vashon     as of 02/18 6-2
Steilacoom as of 02/10 3-3
Orting     as of 01/31 1-4
Eatonville as of 02/18 1-7

(Official through February 18)

Class 2A

1.  Blaine      / 19-0
2.  Pullman     / 18-0
3.  Wapato      / 15-3
4.  Foster      / 17-3
5.  Elma        / 14-4
6.  Forks       / 15-2
7.  Vashon      / 16-5
8.  Steilacoom  / 14-5
9.  Black Hills / 13-5
10. Quincy      / 15-3

Second round Sub-Districts:

Friday 02/26:
Vashon 31 at Steilacoom 34

Loser out...

Other games 02/26:
Port Townsend 52, Eatonville 43
Orting 70, Chimacum 58 (loser out)
Cleveland 63, Klahowya 59 (loser out)

First round Sub-Districts:

Tuesday 02/23:
Vashon 41 at Eatonville 61 - grrr..

"The Cruisers got 17 points from Karen Toulouse to clinch a spot in the District tournament. Friday 02/26: Eatonville plays Port Townsend; Vashon plays Steilacoom."

Other 02/23/99 games:
Port Townsend 49 -- Steilacoom 31
Orting 79 -- Klahowya 55

Tuesday 02/16:
Foster at Eatonville
Orting 47 at Steilacoom 32

Tuesday 02/09: Vashon 25 at Eatonville 69 :-(

Other games 02/09: Orting 58 -- Seattle Christian 48

Friday 02/05: Vashon 52 at Orting 64

Other games 02/06: Eatonville 54 -- Steilacoom 41

Tuesday 02/02: Vashon 27 -- Steilacoom 34

Photos to follow Real Soon Now...

Friday 01/29: Vashon 60 -- Foster 43!

([Official through January 26]
 but with my updates to 02/10..)

Nisqually League

Orting     as of 02/07 - 6-1
          (non-league win 02/09)
Eatonville as of 02/10 - 5-2
Steilacoom as of 02/07 - 3-3
Vashon     as of 02/10 - 2-6
Foster     as of 01/31 - 0-4

(Offical through February 18)

Class 2A

1.  East Valley  (Yakima) / 16-1
2.  Lakeside      / 17-1
3.  Black Hills   / 15-1
4.  Newport       / 18-1
5.  Ephrata       / 16-2
6.  Cascade (Leavenworth) / 14-4
7.  Connell       / 14-2
8.  Elma          / 13-4
9.  Meridian      / 14-4
10. Granite Falls / 15-4

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