GIRLS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay earns trophy with sixth-place finish

SPOKANE — The Neah Bay girls brought home a sixth-place trophy from the Class 1B state basketball tournament at Spokane Arena.

Neah Bay senior Cierra Moss broke the 1B state tournament record with 40 points in the Red Devils’ 72-40 rout of Taholah on Friday.

Saturday, Moss’ record was broken and the Neah Bay was routed by Wilbur-Creston 84-46 in the fourth/sixth-place game.

The Red Devils jumped Taholah early, staking a 34-13 halftime lead. Moss closed the opening half with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, giving her 19 points in the opening two quarters.

Moss and Neah Bay continued to roll after intermission, finishing with a 25-12 fourth quarter, with Moss breaking the tournament record in the closing minutes.

Moss made 13 of 23 shots from the field, 5 of 8 from 3-point range and 9 of 11 at the free-throw line. She also grabbed 20 rebounds, which was three short of another tournament record.

Faye Chartraw added 14 points and 17 rebounds for the Red Devils.

In Saturday’s fourth-place game, Wilbur-Creston raced to a 10-2 lead, but Neah Bay caught up to tie the game at 16 going into the second quarter.

The Wildcats took off again while the Red Devils remained grounded, and Wilbur-Creston led 45-24 at halftime.

Jessica Boyer led the Wildcats’ offensive attack and finished with 42 points to break the record Moss set less than 24 hours earlier.

Moss scored 22 points to top Red Devils.

In the opening round of the state tournament Thursday, Tekoa-Oakesdale pulled away from Neah Bay in the second half to win 56-43 and relegate the Red Devils to the consolation bracket.

Chartraw led Neah Bay with 15 points and Moss had 13, while eighth-grader Gina McCaulley chipped in eight points.

Moss is the lone graduating senior for the young Red Devils. She finishes the season with a scoring average of 25.1 points per game.

Saturday’s Game

Wilbur-Creston 84, Neah Bay 46

Neah Bay 16 8 13 9— 46

Wilbur-Creston 16 29 17 22— 84

Individual scoring

Neah Bay (84)

Haily Greene 2, Holly Greene 6, McCaulley 4, Chartraw 5, Moss 22, Hill 8.

Wilbur-Creston (46)

Maioho 7, Brudevold 5, Dreger 2, Boyer 42, Starzman 8, Leyva 3, Jaeger 3, Bandy 2, K. Reed 8, J. Reed 4.

Friday’s Game

Neah Bay 72, Taholah 40

Neah Bay 13 21 13 25— 72

Taholah 4 9 15 12— 40

Individual scoring

Neah Bay (72)

Haily Greene 9, Aguirre 2, Holly Greene 3, J. Greene 1, McCaulley 3, Chartraw 14, Moss 40.

Taholah (40)

James 6, Walther 3, Charley 16, Cheney 2, Hildago 13.

Thursday’s Game

Tekoa-Oakesdale 56, Neah Bay 43

Neah Bay 15 8 12 8— 43

Tekoa-Oakesdale 14 10 19 13— 56

Individual scoring

Neah Bay (43)

Holly Greene 3, McCaulley 8, Chartraw 15, Moss 13, Hill 4.

Tekoa-Oakesdale (56)

A. Lindgren 8, J. Johnson 2, M. Johnson 17, Pakootas 14, C. Mendoza 6, Groom 9.

More in Sports

Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark goes up for a basket against North Kitsap in Port Angeles on Tuesday. Clark had a solid game with 14 points, five assists and four steals in a 53-28 Roughriders victory. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles girls overwhelm North Kitsap

Lindsay and Lexie Smith: 32 points and 18 rebounds

Port Angeles Roughriders.
PORT ANGELES BASKETBALL: Roughriders lose another heartbreaker at the buzzer

The Port Angeles boys basketball team rallied in the fourth… Continue reading

Sequim's Victoria Nava rolls in a match Monday against Port Angeles at Laurel Lanes. Nava led the Sequim bowlers with a two-game score of 313 while Port Angeles' Zoey Van Gordon led all bowlers with a 337 . (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
PREP ROUNDUP: Balanced Sequim girls outroll Port Angeles

The Sequim girls bowling team used consistent individual scores… Continue reading

Gus Halberg, Port Angeles basketball.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Gus Halberg, Port Angeles basketball

The boys on the Port Angeles basketball team had their backs against… Continue reading

East Jefferson’s Manaseh Lanphear Ramirez gets a pin against Charles Damien of Kingston at 150 pounds during the Rivals’ duals tournament held this weekend in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
PREP WRESTLING: East Jefferson second at home invitational

East Jefferson finished second in its home Rivals Invitational… Continue reading

GIRLS WRESTLING: Trio of Forks, Port Angeles girls take first at Olympic tourney

Forks’ Jade Blair and Peyton Johnson and Port Angeles’ Lilly… Continue reading

BOYS SWIMMING: Riders dominate Buccaneers

The Port Angeles boys swim team came away with… Continue reading

Peninsula College's Akeem Sulaiman drives to the hoop Saturday in Port Angeles against Silas Wright (10) and Ben Thornbrue of Lane.Sulaiman scored 20 to go with 12 rebounds. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates men win two out of three at home tournament

The Peninsula College men’s basketball team won two out… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women sweep three at Clark tournament

The Peninsula College women’s basketball team swept three games… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Gus Halberg drives the lane against Olympic on Friday night. Halberg had 25 points and went to the free-throw line 17 times in a 75-40 Port Angeles victory. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
BOYS PREP BASKETBALL: Riders bounce back with resounding win over Olympic

Sequim remains in first place after crushing Bainbridge