Central Valley romps to 4A title game
Greg Lee, spokesman.com, February 10, 2018
It’s unlikely Freddie Rehkow will watch any video in preparation for the District 8 4A girls basketball final.
And the Central Valley coach will refrain from reviewing his team’s film from Saturday.
There’s no hint of arrogance in Rehkow’s reasoning.
“We work on us,” said Rehkow, whose top-ranked Bears romped past the visiting University Titans 75-28 in a district semifinal Saturday. “All of the girls are capable of having big nights. If everybody can say I’m happy with my job, we don’t care who is scoring. We’ve just go to put the ball in the hole.”
The win earned the Bears (22-0), ranked No. 1 in the WIAA’s RPI computations, a berth to regionals. Their seeding will be determined when they meet Lewis and Clark (15-7), which hammered Mid-Columbia Conference top seed Chiawana 65-35 in the other semifinal at Chiawana.
The showdown is Friday at 6 when the tourney concludes at the Arena.
Central Valley 75, University 28: If Rehkow were to peek at the video of another lopsided victory, he would see an effort that bordered on a masterpiece.
The Bears graded high in the three things Rehkow most values – defense, execution and passing. Making baskets takes a back seat to those core principles.
CV piled up 26 assists, which were split evenly in both halves. By game’s end, nine of 10 players had at least one assist. Lacie Hull led with six.
“This is an unselfish team,” Rehkow said. “I think the thing I was most pleased with – and I told them – was their unselfishness.
“We were passing up good shots for great shots. As long as we do that they’re going to be tough to stop. We’re guaranteed a state berth now.”
The Bears handled the Titans 55-28 and 62-35 during league play, but U-Hi outscored CV in the final two quarters of the second matchup.
Some thought the Titans might give their best account the third time around.
The Bears never let U-Hi have an ounce of hope.
CV used a 16-2 run to forge a 22-8 lead after the first quarter. The Bears followed with a 20-5 surge to go into intermission with a 27-point lead.
It got worse in a hurry in the opening minutes of the second half. An 8-0 spurt gave CV a 52-17 lead, and the Bears reached the 40-point running clock mode at 61-21 with 3:20 remaining in the period.
It was CV’s 24th consecutive win dating back to the conspicuous setback in the state quarterfinals a year ago. The Bears have won 74 of their last 75.
Reigning Gatorade Player of the Year Lexie Hull was her usual dominant self, scoring a game-high 29 points to go with seven rebounds, four assists and two steals.
“We just need to keep doing what we’ve been doing,” Lexie Hull said.
“In practice, we need to keep giving our best effort and getting better each day so we’re ready for each game that comes.
Central Valley routs Pasco in first-round matchup
Lexie Hull scored 24 points, Lacie Hull added 15 and Central Valley (21-0) routed visiting Pasco (8-14) in a 4A District 8 first round matchup on Wednesday.
The Bears, rated No. 1 in Class 4A in WIAA’s RPI calculations, advance to host University in a semifinal on Saturday.
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