YAKIMA — The Port Angeles basketball boys got 30 points from Kyle Benedict on Friday to beat Davis 66-58, earning a split against 4A opponents at the Wilbur-Ellis SunDome shootout.
Earlier in the tournament, the Roughriders lost to West Valley of Yakima 64-49.
With the split, the Roughriders, playing a tough nonleague schedule, went 3-1 this season against 3A and 4A schools.
Coach Kasey Ulin said that in the West Valley game, the boys were intimidated by the SunDome.
“We let the environment of the SunDome take us out of what we wanted to do. We never found a rhythm,” Ulin said.
“We responded really well against Davis.”
Ulin said Davis and West Valley were two completely different kinds of teams. He described West Valley as a methodicalm, very skilled team, whereas Davis was a pressing, man-to-man aggressive team.
The Riders had a great second half against Davis, outscoring them 39-20. Benedict scored 18 of his 30 points in the second half.
“Our defense and our offense were extremely connected. It was really, really fun to watch,” Ulin said.
Garrett Edwards had 12 and Liam Clark and Payton Schmidt each scored 10 in the Davis win.
Against West Valley, Clark led the team with 10 points, while Benedict had nine and Anton Kathol eight.
Port Angeles (2-1, 6-3) will next play at 7:15 p.m. Friday against North Mason, a game rescheduled because of the countywide power outage earlier this month. Then the Riders will have an interesting game against 1A Lynden Christian at home at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Lynden Christian is the defending 1A state champion and a team the Riders played twice during summer league action. The Lyncs (9-0 overall) are the No. 1 ranked 1A team in the state.
Port Angeles 66, Davis 58
PA 10 17 19 20 — 66
Davis 19 17 8 12 — 58
Port Angeles (66) — Benedict 30, Edwards 12, Clark 10, Schmidt 10, Long 4.
West Valley 64, Port Angeles 49
PA 10 9 13 17 — 49
WV 13 11 18 22 — 64
Port Angeles (49) — Clark 10, Benedict 9, Kathol 8, Edwards 6, Schmidt 5, Johnson 5, Long 2, Cobb 2, Maestas 2, Bowechop 2.
Forks wins Leavenworth tourney
LEAVENWORTH — The Forks Spartans came back from a 24-point deficit to force overtime, eventually beating a very good Vashon team 70-69 to win the championship of the Leavenworth Holiday Tournament.
Cort Prose scored 26 points, including 18 points in the second half and overtime. Trey Baysinger had 12, Braton Armas 11 and Seth Johnson 10.
“It was so exciting, especially coming back from where we were,” said coach Rick Gooding. “We were super excited, the kids were pumped.”
Gooding said that even when the team was down 24 to Vashon, which is a 1A school that has beaten a 4A school this year, if the Spartans could just get into a rhythm, they could pull it out.
Gooding said that Baysinger and Prose made a couple of clutch plays to pull the game out. On a missed free throw by Armas with 7 seconds left in overtime, Baysinger was able to tip the rebound out to Prose, who buried a shot for the winning margin.
Earlier in the tournament against Cascade, Forks got out to a 36-18 lead in the first half and went on to win 67-46. Johnson led the Spartans with 17 points while Armas had 11.
Forks (0-0, 7-3) opens up Evergreen 1A play on the road against Tenino (0-0, 7-2) on Wednesday.
Forks 70, Vashon 69, OT
Forks 9 7 12 28 14 — 70
Vashon 21 15 9 11 13 — 69
Forks (70) — Prose 26, Baysinger 12, Armas 11, Johnson 10, Baar 5, Morton 3.
Forks 67, Cascade 46
Forks 17 19 20 11 — 67
Cascade 10 8 16 12 — 46
Forks (67) — Johnson 17, Baar 6, Baysinger 3, Flores 5, Armas 11, Olson 5, Prose 6, Morton 6, Reaume 8.
Cascade (46) — Cortes 17, Hasse 10, Warnaca 7, Schyler 6, Burpee 5, K. Fraker 5, Ostrem 1.
Girls Basketball
Port Angeles sweeps
LYNDEN — The Port Angeles girls crushed a pair of opponents in sweeping two games at the Cloud 9 Christmas Classic.
The Roughrider first beat De La Salle of Oregon 66-13, then beat Tahoma 74-39.
Against De La Salle, the Riders were led by Jaida Wood with 18 and Eve Burke with 17.
“De La Salle was missing two key players. They struggled against both our zone and man-to-man defense. We had outstanding ball movement on offense and attacked inside effectively,” said coach Michael Poindexter.
Against Tahoma, Port Angeles was led by Madi Cooke with 18, Wood with 15 and Mikkiah Brady with 10.
“Our defensive pressure helped slow the pace of Tahoma’s game, they like to get up the floor quickly and get early shots up, and we frustrated them early in the game,” Poindexter said.
Port Angeles (4-0, 9-1) will next play at North Mason (1-3, 7-4) on Friday, a make-up game from the power outage earlier this month.
Port Angeles 74, Tahoma 39
Tahoma 4 13 8 14 — 39
PA 26 15 17 16 — 74
Tahoma (39) — Schweikart 10, Gleason 6, Knutson 5, Pfeiffer 5, Taylor 4, Bell 4, Mueller 2, Sullivan 2, Woodruff 1.
Port Angeles (74) — Cooke 18, Wood 15, Brady 10, Long 7, Larson 6, Burke 5, Politika 5, Walker 4, Olsen 4.
Port Angeles 66, De La Salle 13
PA 23 9 15 17 — 66
DLS 5 4 1 3 — 13
Port Angeles (66) — Wood 18, Burke 17, Politika 9, Long 6, Larson 6, Brady 4, Cooke 4, Walker 2.
De La Salle (13) — Boyd 7, Pierce-Louis 2, Imes 2, Conley 1, Miller 1.
Forks splits two
LEAVENWORTH — The Forks girls won a close 44-41 game over Cascade in their Leavenworth Holiday Tournament opener, then lost their second game 60-24 to Royal.
Jayden Olson hit five 3-pointers and scored 15 points against Cascade. Chloe Leverington scored 14.
“[Olson] has a beautiful shot and shot got it going,” said coach David Hurn.
Against Royal, Rian Peters led the Spartans with 12 points.
They pressured us a little and we didn’t execute,” Hurn said. “Overall, it was a good experience for us.”
Forks (0-0 4-4) will enter Evergreen 1A play on Wednesday on the road against Tenino (0-0, 7-3).
Forks 44, Cascade 41
Forks 6 14 11 13 — 44
Cascade 14 4 13 10 — 41
Forks (44) — Olson 15, Leverington 14, Peters 7, Kilmer 6, Johnson 2.
Royal 60, Forks 24
Forks 4 11 7 2 — 24
Royal 15 16 19 10 — 60
Forks (24) — Peters 12, Leverington 8, Johnson 2, Kilmer 2.
Tenino 57, Chimacum 41
TACOMA — The Chimacum girls were rusty in their Charles Wright Tournament opener, falling to Tenino 57-41.
“We had rust and lack of conditioning [from the Christmas break],” said coach Trevor Huntingford. “We looked a little bit tired.”
Mia McNair had a huge game for the Cowboys, scoring 26 points.
Chimacum (2-0, 3-5) played Saturday against Steilacoom in the Cowboys’ second game of the tournament. Results were not known before press deadline.
Tenino 57, Chimacum 41
Tenino 11 18 19 9 — 57
Chimacum 16 7 7 11 — 41
Tenino (57) — H. Schow 29, A. Schow 13, Mathis 9, M. Letts 4, C. Letts 2.
Chimacum (41) — McNair 26, Yaley 7, Noble 2, Dowling 2, Young 2, Horner 2.
