Chelan's winning free throws

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about 2 years ago Larry MacKinnon responded:

What I liked about that sequence was the drive by Harris and the smart pass to Amsel who was open under the bucket and fouled. Amsel then cooly nailed both shots from the line for the win. Go Chelan!!

about 2 years ago ron responded:

Chelan salvaged a 5th from the jaws of disaster. This shouldn't have been a two point win for Chelan. They were still in shock from Vashon. Too bad for the Harris kid. Next year they will do better

about 2 years ago raymond responded:

They should do better next year, only if they change coaches. Really, what school in this state (other than Vashon last year) wouldn't trade their athletes for Chelan's athletes? Even Cascade Christian would be hard pressed to beat Chelan more than one out of ten times they play. I am glad that our boys played well and they deserved the championship, but that is why they play the game and don't go on opinions of who has the best athletes and coaches. The court determines champions and we are that!!

about 2 years ago Mark responded:

Chelan will reap what they sow on the basketball scene. They will never win a state championship with their current coach. Unless of course, LeBron moves to Chelan and has kids that are 6' 10" and can play. The system of mindless agressiveness on defense is a complete train derailment in a state tournament. I agree with other comments that you could bring back the Chelan boys team minue their state player to next year's tournament and they would place higher than this year IF they had a new coach with brains.

about 2 years ago Cam responded:

I say leave Chelan alone. At least the rest of us know what to count on when we see Chelan. A good team that will bring a great record into state and then squat in pressure situations.

about 2 years ago 1998 responded:

Funny, I think that same coach won a State Title in 1998! Oh yeah he did! Some teams never even make it to State. Granted, they may of had the best team but like someone else said that's why you play the game. Strange things can happen when you get to the tourney.

about 2 years ago Craig Jenkins responded:

Funny, strange things did happen when Chelan took the court this year at state. I never saw that Cullen kid that won a championship for Chelan play the guard spot in the state tournament. However, it appears that if you are a guard at Chelan nowadays that your main responsibility is to gather up rebounds at the opposing teams end of the court. Once they secure the rebound over the much taller post players of the other team, the guards are supposed to outlet the ball to the post players of Chelan that hang out around the free throw line awaiting the out let pass.......or inbounds pass after the opposing team scores over the short "rebounding" guards of Chelan ..... whichever comes first ... usually the latter. The argument that a coaching staff won a state championship 12 years ago and now consistently underwhelms the state tournament opposition with poor tactical decisions isn't a reason to continue supporting poor coaches. Also, if you are happy just making it to state because some other schools never make it, just forfeit your games please so that you don't waste your school's money by attending the tournament. Thanks for your poor justification for horrendous decision making. To the Chelan coaches, if you have political reasons (certainly not athletic ones) for not playing certain players on your bench, please the next time you get to the tournament don't ever put in those players into the game so that all the fans can see them play and ask themselves where have these kids been during the season!!

about 2 years ago Pam Clayton responded:

Go easy on Chelan please. I heard that their #32 had a major broken bone in his ankle or leg. That is probably why he had a hard time rebounding and moving quickly and getting his shots off against taller opponents. You folks need to think before you say this kind of stuff.

about 2 years ago Ted Mobley responded:

Pam,

If you are correct about number 32 why was he playing in the first place? Wouldn't/shouldn't the coach know that he was injured? He did have a hard time playing at the game speed of Chelan. If this is true, it is certainly not the kids fault, but the coaches should have known better. I think you are making it more of a stretch to support the coaching staff if this is true. Not only are there questions of defensive strategy, offensive shot selections, substitution patterns, gimicky defenses and hyper agressive fouling among other things, but you are now telling us that the one kid who was slower than everyone on the court (including the Chelan reserves who played against Vashon) had a injury that the coaches had to know about? Wow, more salt on the wound! It looks like that kid will be back next year. Maybe he will be healthy by then.

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Chelan's winning free throws