2C Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 Bulletin, Record, Progressive, Reporter
End of
season
The Portola High School
basketball team receives
instruction from head
coach Tim Brubaker during
a game earlier this season.
The Tigers, seeded eighth
in the-Northern Section
Division V basketball
playoffs, fell 73-63 to
ninth-seeded Mt. Shasta
in their opening playoff
game at home Wednesday,
Feb. 22. Portola firiished
its season with a 6-0
league record to take first
place in the Mid-Valley
South League.
Photo by Shannon Morrow
Quincy reaches quarterfinals
Shannon Morrow
Sports Editor
sports@plumasnews.com
The fourth-seeded Quincy
High School boys' basketball
team, with two playoff games
Quincy's Chris Guereque
scored the first basket of the
game, but then Tulelake re-
sponded with nine unan-
swered points, prompting a
timeout by the Trojans.
The timeout helped, as
at home last week,..won tha JakHatzl,andJustin Lusk
first round 63-34 against No.
13 Colusa Wednesday, Feb.
22, before losing 51-32 in the
quarterfinals to No. 5 Tule-
lake Friday, Feb. 24.
In the opening round
against Colusa, the first
quarter ended fairly evenly
with Quincy leading 15-14,
but then the Trojans blew it
open with an 18-5 run in the
second quarter.
The second half was simi-
lar to the first half, as Quin-
cy gained one point through
the third quarter, but then
went on an 18-4 run in the fi-
nal period.
Two nights later, the Tro-
jans hosted Tulelake in the
quarterfinals.
each scored their first bas-
ket, bringing the score to 10-6
at the end of the first quar-
ter.
Tulelake continued to pull
away through the second
quarter by outplaying the
Trojans 12-7. Hatzell and
Lusk each added another
basket for Quincy, and
Keyshawn Johnson scored
while drawing a foul to gain
three points.
Both teams seemed tight
during the first half, with an
uncharacteristic amount of
turnovers and missed shots.
The score at halftime was
just 22-13.
The Trojans found them-
selves in the third quarter
and went on a 15-4 run to
take a 28-26 lead, capped by a
steal and layup by Justin
Saltel.
Tulelake quickly retook
the lead by scoring the final
five points of the third period
for a 31,28 advantage going:: .
into the fourth quarter.
Early in the final period,
Lusk scored one basket for
Quincy and Jarrett Hughes
made two free throws, but
then the Trojans went the re-
maining four minutes of the
game without scoring a sin-
gle point.
Tulelake scored 20 points
in the fourth quarter for a 19-
point win.
Tulelake will face top-seed-
ed Liberty Christian in the
semifinals Wednesday, Feb.
29.
Quincy finished its season
with an overall record of 19-8
and a league record of 5-1 to
take first place in the Mid-
Valley North standings.
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Quincy captain Keshawn Johnson darts right. After winning their opening playoff game, the
Trojans were eliminated in the second round. Photo by Shannon Morrow
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