CLALLAM BAY — Forks won its second straight game to open the season, defeating Clallam Bay 43-27.
The Bruins hung around in the first half, trailing Forks 18-11 at the break, before foul trouble forced the Bruins to sit point guard Mariah LaChester for most of the third quarter.
The Spartans took advantage, turning that 18-11 lead into a 38-18 advantage heading into the final quarter.
“Clallam Bay has improved greatly since last year,” Forks coach Al Schreibner said.
“Fortunately for us, we played a really fine third quarter with Alexis Leons scoring eight of her 12 points as well as Alex Henderson scoring all seven of her points.
“We picked up the defensive intensity during the third quarter which allowed us to increase our lead.”
Skyler DeMatties had 11 points for the Spartans (2-0) and Bailee Kratzer and Alex Anderson each had five.
Kyla Wilson led the Bruins (0-1) with 10 points, LaChester had four points but contributed eight steals and Molly McCoy score three points and pulled in nine rebounds.
“We have some things to work on, but overall it was a great first game of the season,” Clallam Bay coach Kathleen Winter said.
Forks 43, Clallam Bay 27
Forks 10 8 20 5— 43
Clallam Bay 5 6 7 9— 27
Individual scoring
Forks (43)
Leons 12, DeMatties 11, Hoagland 7, Kratzer 5, Rowley 2, Henry 2, Banks 2.
Clallam Bay (27)
Wilson 10, LaChester 4, McCoy 3, Maines 3, Herndon 2, Erickson 2, Ritter 2, Abe 1.
Bainbridge 44, Port Angeles 37
BAINBRIDGE — The Roughriders defended well at the outset to lead 9-6 after one quarter, but the Spartans improved their ball movement and shot selection and pulled away for the nonleague victory.
“As our lead vanished, our level of play dropped,” Roughriders coach Michael Poindexter said of Thursday’s game.
“We recovered our energy and aggressiveness in the fourth quarter but couldn’t get fully back into the game at that point.
“In spite of the lapses in the middle part of the game, I thought we showed some improvement over our execution in the previous game against Port Townsend.”
Lauren Lunt led Port Angeles with 10 points, while Maddie Boe had a solid night, scoring nine points, grabbing six rebounds, swiping five steals and doling out five assists.
Junior Emily Johnson scored seven for the Riders.
The Spartans outrebounded Port Angeles 33-24.
“We attacked the basket well at times, getting to the free-throw line 17 times, but we made only six,” Poindexter said.
“The 6 of 17 free throw and 3 of 15 3-point shooting hurt us, as did allowing Bainbridge to get 15 offensive rebounds.”
Bainbridge sophomore Taylor Tye led all scorers with 14, 12 of them coming on 4 of 10 shooting from beyond the arc.
Port Angeles (1-1) visits Vashon on Tuesday.
Bainbridge 44,
Port Angeles 37
Port Angeles 9 9 7 12— 37
Bainbridge 6 16 12 10— 44
Individual scoring
Port Angeles (37)
Lunt 10, Boe 9, Johnson 7, Flores 3, Steinman 2, Robideau 2, Buchanan 2, Wheeler 2.
Sequim 35, Klahowya 24
SEQUIM — The Wolves started slow, trailing 13-10 at intermission, but rallied in the second half to take down the Eagles.
Victoria Cummins led the Wolves (1-1) with 10 points in Friday’s game.
Kylee Williams scored six, and Hailey Lester, McKenzie Bentz and Elise Beuke had five apiece.
Sequim opens Olympic League play with a road game at Bremerton at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Sequim 35, Klahowya 24
Klahowya 5 8 8 3— 24
Sequim 4 6 12 13— 35
Individual scoring
Klahowya (24)
Severns 6, Rouse 6, Antoldi 5, Honeycutt 4, Bumbalough 3.
Sequim (35)
Cummins 10, Williams 6, Beuke 5, Lester 5, Bentz 5, Haggerty 2, McMinn 2.
Quilcene 66,
Eastside Prep 23
QUILCENE — Megan Weller had 29 points and Sammy Rae notched a double-double to lead the Rangers to a home win over the Eagles.
Weller also nabbed three steals and recorded three assists.
Rae scored 10 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. She also dished out five assists.
Allison Jones and Katie Love also scored in double figures for Quilcene. Love had 11 points, eight boards and five steals, while Jones finished with 10 points and four assists.
Hannah Williams scored four points and Taylor Burnston added two points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals.
For the second time in Quilcene’s (2-0) two games, the entire roster played significant minutes Friday night.
“The team hustled on both ends of the court,” Rangers coach Briana Weller said.
“This group of girls continues to work well as a team. They are seeing the floor and capitalizing on finding their open teammates.
“They are starting to really communicate well and gel as a team. This group of girls has been working hard all year and have a strong sense of commitment to the sport and to each other.”
Quilcene 66, Eastside Prep 23
Eastside Prep 8 4 3 8— 23
Quilcene 19 20 12 15— 66
Individual scoring
Quilcene (66)
Weller 29, Rae 10, Jones 10, Love 11, Williams 4, Burnston 2.
Boys Basketball
Forks 65,
Clallam Bay 57
CLALLAM BAY — The Spartans survived a third quarter rally thanks to the help of freshman Cole Baysinger.
Baysinger scored eight of his 13 points in the third period to help settle Forks down and retake control.
“He really picked us up,” Spartans coach Rick Gooding said.
Baysinger was one of four Forks (1-1) players in double figures, with Colton Raben leading all scorers with 17, Parker Browning chipping in with 15, and Keishaun Ramsey adding 10 points.
“That was the best game I’ve seen Ramsey play,” Gooding said.
“He played multiple positions for us and really did well.”
Alan Greene led Clallam Bay (0-1) with 14 points, Casey Randall had 12 and Sam Signor and Kelly Gregory had nine apiece.
Forks (1-1) opens Evergreen League play by hosting Rochester on Tuesday.
The Bruins (0-1) visit the Port Angeles C squad on Thursday.
Forks 65, Clallam Bay 57
Forks 17 13 16 19— 65
Clallam Bay 11 10 14 17— 57
Individual scoring
Forks (65)
Raben 17, Browning 15, Baysinger 13, Ramsey 10, Adams 4, Schumack 3, Palmer 2, Tejano 1, Kell 1.
Clallam Bay (57)
Greene 14, Randall 12, Signor 9, Gregory 9, Crowder 8, Keys 4, Uniesia 2. .
Sequim 64, Klahowya 33
SILVERDALE — Alex Barry opened his senior season with a nice all-around game, and the Wolves opened the 2014-15 season with a blowout win over the Eagles.
Barry scored 17 points, pulled down 11 rebounds and had five steals. He shot 6 for 10 from the field, including 2 for 4 on 3-pointers. He also made all three of his free throw attempts.
Freshman Payton Glasser opened his high school career Friday with 14 points for Sequim (1-0) on 7 of 9 shooting.
Bailey Earley and Jackson Oliver each chipped in seven points, while Vance Willis and Tim Tyler scored six apiece.
Guard Dusty Bates had six rebounds, three off the offensive glass, for the Wolves.
Sequim next plays at home at 7 p.m. against Bremerton on Tuesday in the Olympic League opener for both teams.
Sequim JV also defeated Klahowya 24-22.
Sequim 64, Klahowya 33
Sequim 25 15 15 9— 64
Klahowya 7 8 4 14— 33
Individual scoring
Sequim (64)
Barry 17, Willis 6, Earley 7, Oliver 7, Glasser 14, Bates 2, McConnaughey 3, Tyler 6, Espinoza, Adams, Rutherfort, Lott.
Olympic 67,
Port Townsend 32
BREMERTON — The undersized Redhawks couldn’t match the Trojans height and athleticism in a blowout loss.
Sophomore Berkeley Hill scored 14 points to lead Port Townsend.
Freshmen Detrius Kelsall added nine and Chris Adkins had five for the Redhawks (0-2).
Port Townsend hosts Kingston on Tuesday.
Olympic 67,
Port Townsend 32
Port Townsend 4 8 4 16— 32
Olympic 15 16 22 14— 67
Individual scoring
Port Townsend (32)
Hill 14, Kelsall 9, Adkins 5, Parcher 4, Ralls 3, Sua 2, Mason 2, Easley 2, Charlton 2.
Olympic (67)
McInnis 14, Johnson 13, J. Nelson 10, J. Mosley 9, Yost 6, Matheny 4, JR Nelson 2, Horst 2, Wade 1, McGee 1.
Quilcene 45, Eastside Prep 32
QUILCENE — The Rangers picked up their second nonleague win of the season against the Eagles.
“Our strategy is going to be to win ugly, because we are not great shooters,” Quilcene coach Mark Thompson said.
“We have athletes that can jump, but we are going to have to slow things down and maximize shots and rebound and we weren’t good enough on the boards [Friday] night.”
Brandon Bessey led the Rangers with 15 points, Triston Williams added 10 and Eli Harrison had six.
Quilcene (2-0) hosts Northwest Yeshiva on Tuesday.
Quilcene 45,
Eastside Prep 32
Eastside Prep 12 7 6 5— 32
Quilcene 18 10 6 11— 45
Individual scoring
Eastside Prep (32)
Rimmet 16, Sawyer 13, Sarnowcz 3.
Home (45)
Bessey 15, Williams 10, Harrison 6, Pol 5, Huwyler 4, Prater 4, Weller 1.
Boys Swimming
Kingston 90, Sequim 53
SEQUIM — Eric Prosser won two events for the Wolves, the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1 minute, 3.12 seconds, and the 200 individual medley in 2:19.15.
“Eric Prosser has held onto his fast times from last year and will be a formidable contender this year,” Sequim coach Linda Moats said.
“Other veteran swimmers who did well today included Christian Goodrich and Wendall Lorenzen, who posted similar times to those obtained at the end of last season.”
Goodrich was second in the 50 and 100 freestyle races and Lorenzon was second in the 500 free.
Sequim swims at Port Angeles on Thursday.
