By Michael Carman and Pierre LaBossiere
Peninsula Daily News
QUILCENE — Quilcene evened the score against Clallam Bay with a 45-30 nonleague girls basketball victory at home Monday.
“[We] got it done today against the Lady Bruins and made up for last week’s [47-44] loss at Clallam Bay,” Rangers coach Briana Weller said.
“We are coming off two solid performances in the past three days. [I give] credit to Clallam Bay as they are a very scrappy and physical team.”
Madi Coffey led Quilcene with 15 points and 14 rebounds.
“Madi Coffey had an absolute lights-out game offensively and defensively,” Weller said.
“She had her first high school double-double. She has a huge motor and backs down from nobody. She also had four steals.”
Weller also praised Katie Love, who put up eight points, grabbed six rebounds and swiped five steals.
Allison Jones added 14 points and a pair of steals for the Rangers (0-1, 3-3).
The loss snapped Clallam Bay’s (6-1) six-game season-opening winning streak.
“I think we are a tired basketball team,” Bruins coach Michael Maines said.
“We’ve had three games in four days and I think we lacked our usual energy, our usual spark. But no excuses, they beat us.”
Mariah LaChester led Clallam Bay with 13 points and Atokena Abe added seven points.
“They outrebounded us pretty well,” Maines said. “We didn’t get too many second chances [offensively].”
Quilcene had a good game from the free throw line, hitting 15 of 21 attempts.
“Our free throw shooting was solid tonight as well,” Weller said.
“We were able to do a much better job of utilizing our dribble drive attacks and we got rewarded for our efforts.”
Maines said it was a physical game.
“There were a lot of fouls and jump ball tieup calls,” Maines said.
“It went both ways, but it was a real, real physical game.”
Quilcene visits Crescent on Wednesday, Dec. 28.
Quilcene 45, Clallam Bay 30
Clallam Bay 5 10 3 12— 30
Quilcene 6 13 8 18— 45
Quilcene (45) — Coffey 15, Jones 14, Love 8, Gray 4, Weller 4.
Neah Bay 44, Taholah 30
TAHOLAH — The Red Devils received 14 points from Cheyanna Svec and 12 from Cei’J Gagnon in a win over the Chitwins.
Neah Bay ran out to a 16-9 lead after the first quarter and never looked back. Gina McCaulley also added seven points and Vonte Aguirre six.
Coach Tony McCaulley said Neah Bay was a little shorthanded, and that the team, “still didn’t play as well as we wanted to.”
Neah Bay (4-0) gets a break for a week and next plays Nooksack Valley at the Crush in the Slush Tournament at Port Townsend on Dec. 29.
McCaulley said in general he’s happy with the girls getting off to a 4-0 start. The team is playing solid defense.
“We still have to work on some stuff,” he said.
Neah Bay 44, Taholah 30
Neah Bay 16 6 8 14— 44
Taholah 9 5 3 13— 30
Neah Bay (44) — Svec 14, Gagnon 12, McCaulley 7, Aguirre 6, Greene 3, Halttunen 2.
Taholah (30) — Ralston 11, Dolan 8, Grover 7, McCrone 2, Pope 2.
Chimacum 38, North Mason 36
BELFAIR — The Cowboys got off to a good start against the Bulldogs, taking a 17-10 lead into the halftime break, but fell on the road 38-36, then held on for a tight finish down the stretch in a 38-36 win.
Coach Trevor Huntingford calls his players “cardiac kids” for their tendency to get in a lot of close games.
“We pushed out to an early lead and felt very good with our overall performance in the first half. In the second half, North Mason changed their defense a bit and put a little better pressure on us. It got pretty physical with them pushing us around the floor which I think we can do a little better job with, but we managed to make plays again when it really counted,” Huntingford said.
Huntingford said the Yaley sisters, Grace and Alice, had their best game of the year, combining for 25 points.
Chimacum (5-3, 1-2) next plays Vashon on Dec. 28 at the Blaine Holiday Invitational.
Chimacum 38, North Mason 36
Chimacum 11 6 4 17— 38
North Mason 6 4 10 16— 36
Chimacum (38) — G. Yaley 15, M. Nisbet 11, A. Yaley 10, S. Nisbet 2.
North Mason (36) — Carstensen 6, Simonson 10, Womack 6, Garrett 14.
Pullman 42, Port Angeles 39
PULLMAN —The Roughriders fell on the road when Pullman’s Carolena Sears sank a jumper with 23 seconds to play.
“Pullman hit the go-ahead basket with 12 seconds left to go up 40-39,” Port Angeles coach Michael Poindexter said of Monday’s game.
“We didn’t score on the next possession, had to foul, and they hit both free throws. We had 12 seconds left and got a decent 3-point attempt up that missed.”
Cheyenne Wheeler scored 15 to lead the Riders. Gracie Long added nine points and Lauren Lunt had five.
“Our 5 of 16 free throw shooting, combined with a couple of stretches where we turned the ball over on four or five consecutive possessions, prevented us from getting the win,” Poindexter said.
Pullman 42, Port Angeles 39
Port Angeles 7 14 11 7— 39
Pullman 14 10 9 9— 42
Port Angeles (39) — Cheyenne wheeler 15, Gracie Long 9, Lauren Lunt 5, Mikkiah Brady 4, Brennan gray 3, Kyrsten McGuffey 2, Nizhoni Wheeler 1
Pullman (42) — Clear 6, Druffel 6, Hansen 5, Nestegard 9, Reyes 4, Sanders 5, Sears 7, Teevens 0, Haugen 0.
Boys Basketball
Port Townsend 62, South Whidbey 60, OT
PORT TOWNSEND — Berkley Hill shook off a cold night from the floor with two clutch 3-point shots in overtime, the second to take the lead for good with 15 seconds to play, as the Redhawks winged the Falcons in a nonleague game.
“We defended it out and they really didn’t get a chance to put up much of a look [at a game-winner,” Port Townsend coach Tom Webster said of South Whidbey’s final offensive possession.
Detrius Kelsall had a monster game for Port Townsend, leading all scorers with 35 points.
“He had an amazing game,” Webster said.
“Deet spread his scoring out and had eight in the first, 10 in the second and third and seven in the fourth.
“He also guarded their best player, a real legit guy, and just had an awesome game all-around.”
Hill finished with 11 points. Kaiden Parcher added eight points and Jacob Boucher scored six.
“Kaiden did a good job down low and Jacob ran the offense well,” Webster said. “We ran a lot of sets offensively and got a lot of good looks [at the basket.”
Port Townsend (2-0, 4-1) hosts Vashon (2-1) in a nonleague game Thursday.
Port Townsend 62, South Whidbey 60, OT
South Whidbey 11 20 9 16 4— 60
Port Townsend 13 12 20 11 6— 62
Port Townsend (62) — Kelsall 35, Hill 11, Parcher 8, Boucher 6, Hammett 2.
Pullman 65, Port Angeles 51
PULLMAN — The Roughriders lost after their longest road trip of the season to Pullman 65-51.
“Pullman is exactly what we thought they were,” Port Angeles coach Kasey Ulin said. “A physical, athletic team and we had to figure out how we could play with them.”
The Riders trailed 32-24 at halftime and cut the deficit to 36-34 early in the third quarter.
“Grayson [Peet] hit a three, Kyle [Benedict] hit a three and we cut it to a two-point game,” Ulin said.
“Then we took our foot off the gas a little and they went on a big run, a 12-2 run, to take control. And that’s what good teams do. They took advantage of every mistake we made.”
Garrett Edwards, who appears to be getting better each game, had his best scoring game of the year with 17 points for Port Angeles.
“Garrett came off the bench for us and played really well,” Ulin said.
Liam Clark also did well, scoring nine points, grabbing 12 rebounds and blocking a few shots.
“Their post is a 6-5, 220-pound senior and Liam battled him all game long,” Ulin said.
The Riders (2-1, 4-3) host Centralia (3-2), a team boasting one of the state’s highest scorers in Hodges Bailey, today at 3 p.m.
Pullman 65, Port Angeles 51
Port Angeles 7 15 14 15— 65
Pullman 13 19 21 12— 51
Port Angeles (51) — Edwards 17, Peet 12, Angevine 8, Clark 7, Benedict 5, Shamp 2, Joslin 0.
Pullman (65) — Anderson 14, Cilley 12, Hawes 8, Kinkade 0, Lees 2, Pendry 7, Peterson 1, Strong 2, Vannucci 0, Wells 19
Taholah 83, Neah Bay 76
TAHOLAH — Neah Bay got 25 points from Cole Svec and 20 from Cameron Moore, but fell to Taholah 83-76 in another close loss for the Red Devils.
Neah Bay had a 43-34 lead at the half, but gave up 32 points to Taholah in the third quarter.
Anthony Bitegeko scored 13 for the Red Devils and Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. scored 10.
Neah Bay (1-3) lost its previous game in overtime to Seattle Lutheran. The Red Devils will next play Class 1A Nooksack Valley at the Crush in the Slush in Port Townsend on Dec. 29.
Taholah 83, Neah Bay 76
Neah Bay 23 20 16 17— 76
Taholah 14 20 32 17— 83
Neah Bay (76) — Svec 25, Moore 20, Bitegeko 13, Munyagi 10, Tyler 4, Dulik 2, Johnson 2.
Taholah (83) — Cain 20, Orozco 20, Jackson 14, James 10, Jones 9, Anderson 5, Mowitch 5.
North Mason 63, Chimacum 61, 2OT
CHIMACUM — The Chimacum boys had their second game in three days that went to overtime, but this time they fell just short to North Mason 63-61 in a nonleague game.
“Our guys played their hearts out and we had our best game as a team this season. We came out fast and were able to stick to the game plan. In the end, we had opportunities to win and that’s really all you can ask for as a coach,” said coach Justin Bento.
“Considering we lost to North Mason by 27 points earlier this year, I am very proud of the progress we have made so far,” Bento said.
On Friday, Chimacum (2-6) beat Klahowya 52-51 in overtime.
The Cowboys next play at Vashon on Jan. 3.
North Mason 63, Chimacum 61, OT
North Mason 10 14 13 14 6 6— 63
Chimacum 17 13 6 15 6 4— 61
North Mason (63) — Fisher 25, Burell-Briggs 12, Solis 12, Ness 6, Coldiron 3, Dumont 1, Camahan 1
Chimacum (61) — Hartnett 12, Winkley 12, Hundley 8, C. Dotson 7, Glessing 7, Dickerson 5, L. Dotson 5, Richey 1
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