PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend posted 26 fourth-quarter points to force overtime and eventually triumph over Wahluke 60-55 in overtime in the girls opener at the Redhawks’ annual Crush in the Slush basketball tournament Thursday.
Kaitlyn Meek and Jazmine Apker-Montoya keyed the comeback for Port Townsend.
Meek scored 12 of her game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter and overtime.
Apker-Montoya notched 13 of her 22 points in the final frame and the extra period.
“Most of the comeback, offensively, was thanks to Jazmine hitting 3s,” Redhawks coach Scott Wilson said.
“She hit three 3s in the fourth quarter and overtime. Her outside shooting was really what got us back in the game. Kaitlyn is always a monster defensively. So, those two together really caught fire.”
Wilson said his team upped the tempo on both sides of the floor during the rally.
“We picked up the pace offensively and that helped us score layups inside and Jazmine was open on the outside,” Wilson said.
“Defensively, we stopped fouling and really did a good job of closing out on their post players.”
Wilson is in his second year of coaching the Redhawks’ varsity, and third year with the program. He hasn’t seen anything approaching a 26-point quarter.
“We’ve never come closing to scoring 26 points in a quarter in my time as coach,” Wilson said. “That was impressive.”
Wilson also singled out the play of post Jenna Carson. Carson finished with eight points.
“She has stuggled to score in her last couple games, but really came through with inside moves and scores down low,” Wilson said. “And Jenna always is the Rock of Gibraltar on defense.
“Wahluke was getting inside of our defense pretty consistently until later in the fourth quarter and Jenna and Izzy Hammett stepped up and clogged up the middle.”
Port Townsend (2-0, 5-2) will face Sehome (2-0, 5-2) tonight (Friday) at 5:45 p.m.
Port Townsend 60, Wahluke 55, OT
Wahluke 15 8 11 17 4— 55
Port Townsend 8 8 9 26 9— 60
Wahluke (55) — Bailey 17, Hidalgo 14, Barajas 9, Barragan 8, Torres-Giselle 7.
Port Townsend (60) — Meek 26, Apker-Montoya 22, Carson 8, Nielsen 2, Lake 2, Breithaupt, An Nguyen, Tracer, Hammett.
Nooksack Valley 58, Neah Bay 28
PORT TOWNSEND —In another Crush in the Slush girls’ contest, Nooksack Valley pushed to a 26-14 halftime lead and beat Neah Bay 58-28 Thursday.
Gina McCaulley led the Red Devils with 12 points and Tristin Johnson scored eight.
Neah Bay (4-1) will face Bellingham today (Friday).
Quilcene 39, Crescent 14
JOYCE — The Rangers picked up their second win in as many weeks over the Loggers.
“Our younger and newer girls to the game got a lot of game time exposure which is a building block for consistent and competitive levels of play for the future of the program,” Quilcene coach Briana Weller said.
Katie Love led the Rangers with 12 points, nine rebounds and two steals. Allison Jones scored 11 points and had two assists.
Sydney Brown totaled eights points and three steals for Quilcene.
Abby Weller added three points, four rebounds, five steals, and four assists in the win.
The Rangers (0-1, 5-3) host Puget Sound Adventist in a SeaTac League game Wednesday.
Quilcene 39, Crescent 14
Quilcene 6 8 14 11— 39
Crescent 0 2 4 8— 14
Quilcene (39) — Love 12, Jones 11, S. Brown 8, Weller 3, G. Brown 2, Namjaisuk 2, Gray 1.
Boys Basketball
Neah Bay 67, Nooksack 48
PORT TOWNSEND — The Red Devils snapped a three-game losing streak and got back on the winning track Thursday with a good win against the Class 1A Pioneers (3-3) in the Crush in the Slush Tournament.
Kenrick Doherty Jr. led a balanced Neah Bay offensive attack in scoring with 15 points and made five steals.
Rweha Munyagi was active with 12 points, including 8 of 10 free throw shooting, to go with five rebounds, five assists, six steals and a block for the Red Devils.
Phillip Greene added 12 points and Anthony Bitegeko hit for 10 points with seven rebounds and four steals in the win.
Neah Bay (2-3) will face Port Townsend tonight (Friday) at 7:30 p.m. in the finale of the Crush in the Slush.
Crescent 50, Quilcene 34
JOYCE — The Loggers put it all together in a win over the Rangers.
“We played our most complete game in my two years as a coach at Crescent,” Loggers head coach Chris Ferrier said of Wednesday’s game.
KC Spencer led all scorers with 22 points and swiped six steals.
“KC Spencer was terrific at dictating tempo,” Ferrier said.
“Our bigs Wyatt McNeece, McCabe Story and Peter Johnson, did a great job containing their big guy. And Eric Emery was terrific on defense.”
The Logger led 10-2 after the first quarter and 28-10 at halftime.
“Our defensive intensity really picked up and we cut down on their open looks,” Ferrier said.
Crescent (3-4) visits the Chimacum JV on Wednesday.
Crescent 50, Quilcene 34
Quilcene 2 8 12 10— 34
Crescent 10 18 13 11— 50
Crescent (50) — Spencer 22, N. Peppard 9, Story 8, Johnson 7, Emery 4, Owens, McNeece,
Arch. Murphy 85, Sequim 41
SEATTLE — Archbishop Murphy can play a little basketball, too. The Class 2A football champions shot past the Wolves in a nonleague game at The Northwest School on Wednesday.
The Wildcats hit on 35 of 63 shots from the floor (56 percent) to Sequim’s 15 of 38 (40 percent).
The Wolves had no answer inside for Archbishop Murphy’s 6’8, 260-pound Abe Lucas. Lucas, a lineman on the Wildcat’s title-winning football team who has committed to play football at Washington State, connected on 12 of 14 shots and scored 25 points.
Another highly-touted football recruit, Kyler Gordon, added 14 points for the Wildcats.
Payton Glasser led Sequim with 15 points. Nate Despain added eight and Cameron Welcher scored seven.
The Wolves (0-4, 1-6) host rival Port Angeles on Tuesday.
Archbishop Murphy 85, Sequim 41
Sequim 14 13 7 7— 41
ABM 27 17 23 18— 85
Sequim (41) — Glasser 15, Despain 8, Welcher 7, Rollness 5, Cowan 4, Williams 2.
Archbishop Murphy (85) — Lucas 25, Gordon 14, Carter 10, Johnson 8, Carter 7, Miller 7, Oliviera 6,
Wrestling
Riders win title
BELFAIR — Port Angeles placed five wrestlers in the finals and won three individual championships to pin down a team title at the North Mason Classic.
The Roughriders rolled to 240 points, ahead of Sequim (188) and North Mason (186.5).
“A pretty good day for us,” Port Angeles coach Brent Wasche said.
Three Riders’ seniors wrestled their way to titles.
Cody Anderson won the 120-pound class, Ben Basden was tops at 138 and Caleb Joslin claimed the 160-pound title.
“Ben Basden was named the outstanding wrestler for the tournament,” Wasche said.
“He dominated his whole way through.”
Joslin picked up his first tournament championship.
“He’s one of our senior captains along with Ben,” Wasche said. “He was very technical the whole time, avoided trouble and controlled his matches.”
Port Angeles’ other finalists included Tyler Messinger at 113 and Bryce Lauderback at 195.
“Bryce wrestled at one of the hardest weight classes in the tournament,” Wasche said. “He lost in the finals by five to a state placer from last year.”
Thomas Blevins (170) and Dan Basden (106) turned in third-place finishes for the Riders.
“Dan had one of the toughest performances of the day,” Wasche said.
“His second match he was disqualified on blood time and he had to wear a face shield the rest of the day and just rolled through his matches.”
Port Angeles’ girls varsity also wrestled and Alyssa Sweet (130) was second and Sam Rueda (115) third for the Riders.
Port Angeles will visit North Mason for an Olympic League dual Thursday.
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