By Michael Carman and Pierre LaBossiere
Peninsula Daily News
HOQUIAM — Led by a monster performance from 6-foot-9-inch senior center Marky Adams, Forks spoiled senior night for Evergreen League-leading Hoquiam in a 68-54 win.
Adams scored 32 points, his second straight 30-point scoring performance, while grabbing 22 rebounds and blocking seven shots in Friday’s win at Hoquiam Square Garden.
“It was a massive game for him,” Spartans coach Rick Gooding said.
“We ran our offense and plugged the ball inside and had success. We did some good things with our press defensively.
“And Marky controlled the paint all night.”
Parker Browning recorded a double-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds and six assists.
“Parker probably had his best game of the year,” Gooding said.
Seth Johnson scored seven off the bench for Forks and Jeffrey Shumack dished out seven assists.
“Seth provided a huge spark off the bench,” Gooding said.
“Jeffrey had a big impact with those assists.”
The Spartans led by as much as 20 points in the game.
Browning and Adams combined for 13 of Forks’ 19 points in the fourth quarter to ice the game.
“We had a 20-point lead at one point because of not only Marky, but Parker getting to the rack, [and] Cort [Prose] hitting a couple of 3s.
“It was a team win. Marky has a huge game, but without defensive efforts and rebounding from other guys its not there. Without our guys finding him open, it’s not there. It’s a team win and we make sure to recognize that.”
Third-place Forks (4-2, 12-6) hosts second-place Montesano (5-1, 12-6) on Tuesday in a senior night contest with important postseason implications.
A win by the Spartans, coupled with a Montesano loss to Hoquiam next week, would give Forks a home playoff game to open district play.
The Spartans also have a shot at sharing the league title if they can get by the Bulldogs, beat Tenino and have Montesano upset Hoquiam.
“Those are potential outcomes, but we are counting on taking care of business on Tuesday to get a home playoff game,” Gooding said.
Forks 68, Hoquiam 54
Forks 13 17 18 20— 68
Hoquiam 18 9 12 15— 54
Forks (68) — Adams 32, Browning 15, Baysinger 8, Johnson 7, Prose 6, Schumack 1, Maxfield, Tejano.
Hoquiam (54) — Adams 17, Varner 15, Nash 8, James 7, Spradlin 5, Steen 2, Mazariegos, Brown.
Port Townsend 65, Bremerton 51
BREMERTON — The Redhawks are flying high after picking up their eighth-straight win with a road victory over the Class 2A Knights.
Port Townsend was able to play at its own tempo, committing just five turnovers and playing tight man-to-man defense while avoiding fouls against athletic Bremerton.
“That was a good road win,” Redhawks coach Tom Webster said.
“They have about five or six kids that were dunking in pregame before the refs came out, and we were able to be successful in man-to-man defense.”
Port Townsend also did well offensively against the Knights’ own man defense.
“We started taking it to the hole,” Webster said.
“They were hugging up on us and we were going to the hole. We didn’t take too many 3-pointers but we made five 3s, and hit 5 of 8 for the game.
Berkley Hill led all scorers with 26 points for the Redhawks.
Detrius Kelsall added 20 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
Kaiden Parcher scored eight points and grabbed seven rebounds and freshman Noa Montoya had 11 points and six boards.
Webster also praised point guard Jacob Boucher.
“Boucher might have had his best game leading the show last night at point guard,” he said.
“He’s a really good floor leader for us.”
Port Townsend 65, Bremerton 51
Port Townsend 17 16 14 18— 65
Bremerton 14 9 11 17— 51
Port Townsend (65) — Hill 26, Kelsall 20, Montoya 11, Parcher 8, Boucher.
Bremerton (51) — Grant 2, McMichael 6, Herring 3, Pedesclaux 15, Petty 2, Lucci 2, Madison 10, Sanders 11.
Crescent 50, Clallam Bay 46
CLALLAM BAY — The Loggers held back a late attempt at a rally by the five-man strong Bruins to win a North Olympic League contest.
“Hats off to those Clallam Bay kids, they play so hard especially for having only five players,” Crescent coach Chris Ferrier said.
“They kept competing and really pushed the game to the limit.”
Ferrier said his squad managed to get just enough defensive stops to keep the Bruins at bay.
“We got the game at our pace in the middle quarters, but in the fourth we had a hard time maintaining that pace and let the Bruins sneak back into the game,” he said.
“Sometimes you gotta win ugly and I think we did that. It’s good to have the kids persevere through a rough fourth quarter and still get the win.”
KC Spencer and Wyatt McNeece led the Loggers with 11 points apiece.
“KC Spencer had a really good game, not only scoring, but also moving the ball around, getting it to our guys in spots they could be successful. Wyatt McNeece finished strong inside and rebounded well.
“Neil Peppard was his normal hard-working, aggressive self. He got to the foul line a bunch and knocked home enough to give us some breathing room.”
Crescent (2-4, 6-9) visits Chief Kitsap on Monday.
Clallam Bay (0-7, 1-12) hosts Chief Kitsap at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Coupeville 56, Chimacum 53
COUPEVILLE — The Cowboys missed out on a season sweep of the Wolves in an Olympic League 1A Division loss on Friday.
Chimacum (3-4, 3-12) holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over Coupeville for a district playoff spot having beaten the Wolves twice earlier in the season.
The Cowboys can wrap up a playoff spot with a win at Klahowya on Tuesday or at home against the Eagles next Saturday.
Crescent 50, Clallam Bay 46
Crescent 14 16 15 5— 50
Clallam Bay 14 12 7 13— 46
Crescent (50) — Emery 6, Owens , Ward, Johnson 5, Spencer 11, McNeece 11, Story 2, N. Peppard 13, Scheid 2.
Clallam Bay (46) — Tinoco 9, Smith 10, Aldana 6, Signor 6, McCoy 15.
Girls Basketball
Coupeville 44, Chimacum 33
COUPEVILLE — The Cowboys rallied from a slow start against Olympic League 1A Division leader Coupeville, but eventually fell to the Wolves 44-33.
“We got out of the gate really cold again tonight missing some good open looks early and only managing to produce two points in the first quarter. In the second quarter we were able to cut the deficit to one before foul trouble set in with two of our starters,” said coach Trevor Huntingford.
Mechelle Nisbet scored 14 and Huntingford said she had a good game defensively. He also said Grace Yaley played well on the boards and scored eight points, while Shanya Nisbet had a “nice all-around game.”
The Cowboys (2-5, 9-9) have two games left against Klahowya. They host the Eagles at home at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Coupeville 44, Chimacum 33
Chimacum 2 14 8 9 — 33
Coupeville 10 13 14 7 — 44
Chimacum (33) — G. Yaley 8, Trafton 2, M. Nisbet 14, A. Yaley 2, S. Nisbet.
Coupeville (44) — Grove 2, Littlejohn 2, Elfrank 9, Roberts 9, Briscoe 7, Kellner 15.
NW Yeshiva 48, Quilcene 32
MERCER ISLAND — The Rangers lost on the road to Northwest Yeshiva, but remain in eighth place in the Sea-Tac 1B League and a playoff position.
“[We] did not play good defense and allowed 3 of the 613s [NW Yeshiva’s nickname, the number of commandments in the Torah] to score in double digits. We also had too many turnovers and allowed Yeshiva too many extra possessions with the basketball,” said coach Brianna Weller.
Welleer said the Rangers did shoot 86 percent from the free-throw line and were able to convert on special situation plays.
Katie Love led the Rangers with 12 points, while Allison Jones scored seven.
The Rangers (5-5, 10-7) played Seattle Lutheran late Saturday and hosts Crosspoint at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday for their final regular season game. Quilcene could finish as high as fourth in the Sea-Tac 1B League, but they need to win at least one of their last two league games to clinch a playoff spot.
Hoquaim 51, Forks 32
HOQUIAM — The Forks girls lost a road game at Hoquaim 51-32.
Forks (2-5, 4-12) next plays at 7 p.m. Tuesday at home against first-place Montesano.
NW Yeshiva 48, Quilcene 32
Quilcene 10 11 7 4 — 32
NW Yeshiva 15 9 14 10 — 48
Quilcene (32) — Love 12, Jones 7, S. Brown 6, Weller 5, G. Brown 2.
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