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	The Manchester Enterprise A Heritage Newspaper Weekly Publication

Season ends for Manchester

Coach pleased with development of team throughout season

By Ed Patino, Staff Writer

PUBLISHED: February 28, 2008

Manchester freshmen boys basketball coach Brad Gerbe refuses to look at his team's win-loss record as an indicator of success.

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Despite the final result, Gerbe was happy with the Flying Dutchmen's effort throughout the season, which came to an end with a 74-36 loss to the East Jackson Trojans in a Cascades Conference game Feb. 21.

"It can be tough when you look at the record to determine if you're successful," Gerbe said. "But you can lose focus of the gains that we made throughout the season, and this is a whole different level in high school. The guys showed up every day and improved over the course of the year."

Manchester (2-15) kept it close for most of the first half. The Dutchmen held a two-point lead with two minutes remaining in the second quarter, but East Jackson answered with eight straight points and took a 30-23 lead into halftime.

East Jackson carried the game throughout the second half, outscoring the Dutchmen 44-13 to pull away for the win.

"We got sloppy and started turning the ball over," Gerbe said. "We had some defensive mistakes that allowed them to get lots of penetration. East Jackson was more aggressive offensively in the second half and we didn't respond."

Alex Wallace finished the game with 12 points, all from three-pointers, to lead the Dutchmen. Scott Wharam added nine points and four rebounds, while Scott Coval had nine points. Ryan Fookes scored seven points and grabbed four rebounds, and Alex Mutchler had two points and four rebounds. Jack Bagley and Jake Derheim each grabbed three rebounds, while Nik Stetler handed out three assists and forced two steals for Manchester.

"These are good young men who always bring a good effort, and to coach this team was a privilege," Gerbe said. "They were committed to learning how we do things at the high school level, and are good students academically. Hopefully this experience helps them in life and their future progress."

Staff Writer Ed Patino can be reached at 428-8173 or epatino@heritage.com.