In 2017, a record 509 teams registered for the tournament. The Yakima Valley Sports Commission staff, in partnership with a local organizing committee and Yakima Parks and Recreation, continued to operate Hot Shots. In 2005, Mel Moore stepped down as event director for Hot Shots. In 20, Hot Shots featured 24 courts and expanded to North 3rd Street next to Ron’s Coin & Books. The first event was played on 20 courts spread throughout several downtown streets. Directed by the legendary Mel Moore, Yakima’s initial 3-on-3 street basketball tournament drew 217 teams. They could only meet in the finals.Hot Shots launched on Labor Day Weekend in 2003. Freeman is likely hoping it won't face Northwest Christian, which has had the Scotties' number this year, beating them four straight times.
Notes: Freeman has trophied each of the past four years, grabbing seventh, eighth, seventh and fourth. It's an honor to be here and we don't want to go home early." We're gonna try to win three straight now. We're not here to hang our heads over one loss. "We haven't had to deal with coming back from a loss for the last five games," said Gillispie. Freeman converted just 8-of-13 but it was enough, since the Panthers weren't hitting the shots they were rushing. With 1:42 to play, White Pass trailed just 49-43, before having to foul. The game wasn't as lopsided as the final score. Guard Jon Dresback led the winners with 17 points, while Kevin Hatch added 11. The Scotties also scored 15 points off White Pass turnovers, compared to four points the other way.Īnd depth was a huge factor as the Freeman bench outscored White Pass's, 17-0. Freeman outscored WP 22-2 at the line, but a lot of that came late when the Panthers had to foul. There were some key areas that hurt the Panthers. It all combined to turn out wrong for us." They ran some back cuts on us and were jumping our screens well. When we started playing worse, they settled down and ran their offense better. "Freeman had something to do with that because they're quick and caused us some problems. Today, some of our shots didn't fall and that happens. When we've been successful, it's been because everyone helps out. "We didn't have the balance we usually have. "I'm not sure what happened," he said outside a quiet locker room. Panther coach Tony Gillispie, who has done a masterful job molding the Panthers into the dangerous unit they are, was at a loss. "Things can go wrong here but you have to adjust and step it up, but we didn't." It's state, but we didn't have people step up like we should have. We had the great start but all of a sudden things went wrong and we hung our heads and we got out of sync.
Usually, a balanced attack is the key to the Panther offense, but it didn't happen Wednesday. He led White Pass with 14 points while Kory Hamre and Koda Noblitt added 12 points each. White Swan fell to Bellevue Christian, 56-49.Īnthony Moss was one Panther who stayed solid all game long. The loss drops WP into today's losers bracket where it will play White Swan at 12:30 p.m. The shots quit falling for White Pass and the Panthers were getting just one shot per trip.įreeman kept the turnaround going over the second half and, despite a spirited run in the fourth period by the Panthers, Freeman stayed in control to take a 59-45 win. The Panthers did it by running the floor effectively, shooting well and playing great defense.īut suddenly the Panthers went cold and Freeman, which put a scare into top-ranked Brewster last week before losing by just four points, took advantage and turned it around.Īfter Koda Noblitt's 3-pointer gave White Pass that 22-13 lead with 4:50 left in the first half, Freeman went on a spree, outscoring the Panthers 13-2 until halftime, looking a lot like White Pass in the process. White Pass was the hottest team out of District IV after storming through that tournament with three straight wins, capped by a near flawless effort in a 63-50 win over Toledo in the district title contest last Friday.įor a quarter and-a-half here Wednesday, White Pass looked just like that team, jumping on a strong Freeman team 12-4 out of the chute and 22-13 midway through the second quarter. YAKIMA - White Pass turned in one of the classic Jekyll and Hyde performances at the Boys 1A State Basketball Tournament Wednesday in the SunDome.
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