Wallowa, Imbler claim third place

Wallowa and Imbler claimed the girls and boys third-place trophies and berths in this week’s Class 1A state playoffs Saturday at the District 7-1A basketball tournaments at Baker High School.

Wallowa’s Ayesha Wortman scored a basket with 39.5 seconds left, then added two free throws with 3.6 seconds remaining to lift the Cougars past Cove 31-28 in the girls game.

Back-to-back baskets by Dalton McDaniel in the final 2:30 lifted Imbler to a 55-53 win over Cove in the boys game.

Girls   game

Wallowa    5    9    4    13    — 31

Cove    8    3    9    8    — 28

Wallowa (31) — McKenzie 4 0-1 8, Waters 0 2-3 2, Delatori 1 0-0 3, Goller, Wortman 3 2-2 9, Wallace 3 1-2 7, Jamerson 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 5-8 31.

Cove (28) — Tyler-Hall, M. Murchison 6 0-1 12, J. Murchison 2 2-2 6, Schafer 0 1-2 1, Prince 2 0-0 4, Leithner, Doren, Yergen 1 3-4 5. Totals 11 6-9 28.

Three-point goals — Delatori, Wortman. Fouled out — none. Total fouls — Wallowa 13, Cove 14. Technicals — none.

Boys game

Cove    15    14    17    7    — 53

Imbler    13    13    17    12    — 55

Cove (53) — Brainerd 6 1-2 16, Witty 7 0-0 17, DelCurto 1 0-1 2, Brown 1 1-3 3, Smalkais 6 3-9 15, McBride. Totals 21 5-15 53.

Imbler (55) — Masterheide 3 0-0 9, Ricker 7 4-4 18, McDaniel 5 2-2 12, McLean 3 0-1 6, VanLeuven 1 0-0 2, Fullerton 0 2-2 2, Phillips 3 0-1 6, Harder. Totals 22 8-10 55.

Three-point goals — Brainerd 3, Witty 3, Masterheide 3. Fouled out — Brown, Masterheide. Total fouls — Cove 14, Imbler 16.