TENINO — There would be no letdown for the Forks basketball boys.
After knocking off Montesano, the big bully of the Evergreen 1A League, last weekend, the Spartans kept up their winning way, remaining undefeated in league and a game-and-a-half in front for first place in the Evergreen 1A League with a 62-28 win over Tenino on the road.
Joseph Reaume led the Spartans on Tuesday night with 18 points, while Iziah Morton scored 12 and Cort Prose eight. Forks was able to empty the bench and 10 different Spartans scored, including freshmen Trey Baysinger and Tony Flores.
Forks left little doubt in this one, getting out to a 12-2 lead after the first quarter and a 33-7 lead at the half.
Coach Rick Gooding continued to praise Jake Jacoby’s defense. “He didn’t score, but he did a lot of things,” he said.
Forks (4-0, 12-2) next plays at Elma (2-2, 3-13) at 7 p.m. Friday.
Forks 62, Tenino 28
Forks 12 21 14 15 — 62
Tenino 2 5 8 13 — 28
Forks (62) — Reaume 18, Morton 12, Prose 8, A. Flores 6, Archibald 4,
Tenino (28) — Canepa 8, Sanders 2, Dowies 11, Beckford 7.
Port Angeles 69, Bremerton 31
PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders regrouped after a slow start against winless Bremerton.
“Our focus was a little off for the first 10 minutes of the game,” Port Angeles coach Kasey Ulin said. “It can be difficult to play a team that’s winless, a team that we’ve already beat. But I was excited to see us play much better in the second half. We forced 26 turnovers, we beat them on the glass 46-26 and we had 18 assists.
Kyle Benedict led the Riders with 22 points.
“He was sharp, he shot the ball well, he had seven steals and made plays,” Ulin said. “We had two different 12-0 runs and he had multiple steals in both of those stretches.
“We had almost four guys in double figures. It was great to see so many guys contribute, great to see a guy like Henry Irwin get a chance to play and play well. Good to get our bench deep minutes and get a chance to develop our youth because that will pay off.”
Port Angeles (7-1, 11-5), now all alone in first place in the Olympic League 2A Division a half-game ahead of North Kitsap, visits North Mason (2-5, 5-9) on Friday.
“We have such a hard-working group that is so unselfish and motivated,” Ulin said.
“We have to keep focused on being engaged for the full 32 minutes. North Mason is a tough place to play, we nearly lost down there last year, so we have to keep improving.”
Port Angeles 69, Bremerton 31
Bremerton 8 6 8 9— 31
Port Angeles 12 14 20 23— 69
Port Angeles (69) — Benedict 22, Edwards 10, McGuffey 10, Clark 9, Irwin 5, Johnson 5, Joslin 5, Wood 3, Long, Cobb, Borde.
Sequim 57, Kingston 35
SEQUIM — Peyton Glasser scored 20 and the Sequim defense pounced all over Kingston in the first quarter to win going away 57-35.
The win gets the Wolves back to .500 in Olympic League 2A Division play.
Sequim got ahead in the first quarter 19-2 and built a lead of 44-21 after three quarters as they cruised in the fourth. Glasser, who also had six boards and four steals, got plenty of help from his teammates. Nate Despain had 12 points, four assists and six steals. Cole Williams scored eight with nine rebounds and two blocks, while Riley Cowan had eight points and seven steals. The Wolves totaled 20 steals as they held Kingston to just 43 shots (compared to 58 for Sequim) and 11 for 43 shooting.
Sequim (4-4, 7-8) is solidly in fourth place, a game-and-a-half ahead of North Mason. The Wolves next play at Bremerton (0-8, 0-15) at 7 p.m. Friday.
Sequim 57, Kingston 35
Kingston 2 9 10 14 — 35
Sequim 19 6 19 13 — 57
Kingston (35) — Chiquiti 10, Lusis 4, Bradley 4, Facklam 3
Sequim (57) — Glasser 20, Despain 12, Cowan 8, Williams 8, Rollness 5, Oliver 3, Bell 1.
North Kitsap 79, Port Townsend 42
POULSBO — The Port Townsend boys went up against one of the top teams in the Olympic League 2A Division, North Kitsap, and got pounded 79-42.
North Kitsap is ranked No. 11 among 2A schools in RPI rankings and the Vikings showed Port Townsend they’re for real. Coach Tom Webster said Port Townsend didn’t play bad, but that the Vikings are simply very good, and playing at a higher division.
“We had a hard time defending and keeping up with them,” said coach Tom Webster. “I don’t think it will effect us.”
The Vikings were led by Zac Olmstead, who scored 34, with much of his points coming from beyond the arc.
“Olmstead lit us up like a Christmas tree. A played 2-3 man on him, it didn’t matter,” Webster said.
One bright note is Jaden Watkins came off the bench for the Redhawks and scored 20 in his biggest game of the year.
“He’s pretty fearless. That was nice to see. Hopefully, that adds a guy to our mix,” said Webster.
Kaiden Parcher added 14 for the Redhawks and Jackson Foster scored six.
The Redhawks remain in first place in the Olympic League 1A Division. Port Townsend (4-1, 8-6) next hosts league rival Klahowya (3-1, 7-7) at 7:15 p.m. Friday in a game that will be for first place.
North Kitsap 79, Port Townsend 42
PT 10 12 11 9 — 42
NK 24 26 23 6 — 79
Port Townsend (42) — Watkins 20, Parcher 14, Foster 6, Baabahar 2.
North Kitsap (79) — Olmstead 34, Chmielewski 10, McMillian 8, Zinn 8, Humphrey 6, Warren 6, King 3, Miller 2, Moore 2.
Girls Basketball
Port Angeles 56, Bremerton 15
BREMERTON — The Port Angeles girls’ defense clamped down on Bremerton, giving up just 15 points for the whole game in a 56-15 win.
The win keeps the second-place Roughriders within a game of frontrunner North Kitsap.
The Roughriders are showing they are a team no one wants to play. Earlier this season, the Riders held an opponent scoreless for an entire half. This was the Riders’ fifth game of giving up fewer than 30 points and their defense is allowing 27.4 points a game over the past five games.
It was also Port Angeles’ fifth-straight win.
Against Bremerton, only two Knights scored.
“Our goal in our 2-3 zone tonight was to do a better job of locating and closing out on shooters. Guards Brianna Tarbox and Brianna Lamma combined for 20 of Bremerton’s 24 points the first time we played them. Neither player scored this game, as we anticipated and moved well in our zone,” said coach Michael Poindexter.
Emilia Long led a balanced Port Angeles attack with 12 points. Nine Riders scored at least four points with Mikkiah Brady and Madison Cooke each scoring seven.
Devin Edwards had six points and 14 boards, while Aeverie Politika had eight boards and four points. Grace Long had four points and four assists, while Cheyenne Wheeler had five points and four assists.
Port Angeles (7-1, 11-3) next hosts North Mason (2-6, 7-8) at 7:15 p.m. Friday.
Port Angeles 56, Bremerton 15
PA 12 15 10 19 — 56
Bremerton 2 4 3 6 — 15
Port Angeles (56) — E. Long 12, Brady 7, Cooke 7, Edwards 6, Wheeler 5, Wood 5, G. Long 4, Politika 4, Olsen 4, Steinman 2, Wenzl, Gray
Bremerton (15) — Dunklin 9, Bain 6.
Tenino 40, Forks 37
TENINO —The Spartans’ Evergreen League struggles continued in a road loss to the Beavers on Tuesday.
Tenino’s Kaylee Schow scored 21 points, including the game-tying 3-pointer late.
“It was a close game all the way,” Forks coach David Hurn said. “Schow is a great ballplayer, she dropped 43 on Saturday against Seton Catholic so she’s been putting up big stats.
“When we played them [at a nonleague tournament] she was good down low scoring on offensive rebounds. We did a great job of stopping that, but she hit from the outside and had four 3s.”
The Beavers took the lead for good when they rebounded a free throw and scored and then stole the ball from Forks and hit a free throw for a 3-point lead.
“We got a deep look for a 3-pointer and it went in and out,” Hurn said. “We would have went for the win if we hadn’t turned the ball over, but it didn’t work out that way.
Forks (0-4, 8-7) visits Elma (3-1, 15-1) on Friday.
Tenino 40, Forks 37
Forks 13 9 8 7— 37
Tenino 12 11 4 13— 40
Forks (37) — Olson 11, Peters 7, Leverington 7, Kratzer 6, Rowley 6, Johnson, Baar, Kilmer.
Tenino (40) — Letts 7, Mathis 8, Schow 21, Dowies 4
Kingston 58, Sequim 39
KINGSTON — The Wolves hung tight with the Buccaneers for a half but couldn’t keep up with Kingston offensively in an Olympic League 2A Division road loss.
“We started off very strong with a halftime score of 21-20 Kingston, [but Kingston] came out and had a 37 point second half — including six 3-pointers — that we could not counter,” Sequim coach Larry Brown said.
“Our girls fought hard but they weren’t able to finish the strong first half that they started.”
Alisha Grasser, Hope Glasser and Kali Wiker each scored seven points to lead the Wolves.
Sequim (2-5, 4-8) hosts Bremerton (0-8, 0-14) on Friday.
Kingston 58, Sequim 39
Sequim 8 12 9 10— 39
Kingston 6 15 17 20— 58
Sequim (39) — Grasser 7, Glasser 7, Wiker 7, Schroeder 6, Porter 3, Julmist 3, Aliseda 2, Sparks 2, Dietzman 2, Dominguez, Armstrong.
Kingston (58) — Beaulieu 15, Gomez 14, Hiner 8, Walker 6, Denning 4, Ewing 3, Halady 3, Dean 3, Williams 2.
North Kitsap 58, Port Townsend 28
PORT TOWNSEND — The shorthanded Port Townsend girls played with the Olympic League 2A Division-leading North Kitsap Vikings, but were blitzed in the first and third quarters in a 58-28 loss.
Port Townsend played with just seven players. The missing included one of their best players, Jaz Apker-Montoya, who sustained a concussion last week.
“We knew going in we were going to be overmatched,” said coach Scott Wilson. He said the team’s goal when playing tough 2A teams like North Kitsap, Kingston and Port Angeles, it’s the Redhawks’ goal to play with poise.
North Kitsap outscored the Redhawks 16-2 in the first and 23-8 in the third to blow the game open after Port Towsend had recovered, outscoring the Viking 10-9 in the third.
The Redhawks were led by Izzy Hammett with eight points and Kaitlyn Meek with six. Cici Nielsen added five.
Port Townsend (3-2, 5-9) remains tied for first in the Olympic League 1A Division with Chimacum. The Redhawks next play at Klahowya (1-3, 3-11) at 7 p.m. Friday.
North Kitsap 58, Port Townsend 28
NK 16 9 23 10 — 58
PT 2 10 8 8 — 28
North Kitsap (58) — Moore 16, Weins 10, Barreith 8, Selembo 6, Person 6, Bato 7, Johnson 2, Hughes 2, Doetz 1.
Home Team (XX) — Hammett 8, Meek 6, Nielsen 5, Johnston 3, Kellogg 2, King 2, Lake 2.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Liam Clark, right, goes up for the hoop while surrounded by Bremerton’s Gavin King, left, and Kimo Retome during Tuesday night’s matchup at Port Angeles High School.
Forks’ Elliahna Kilmer defends against Tenino’s Kaylee Schow (24) during the Spartans’ 40-37 loss Tuesday. Also in on the action is Spartan Jayden Olson. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
