SPORTS: Chimacum girls basketball beats Charles Wright from long distance; other girls basketball reports

TACOMA — The Chimacum girls basketball team rained eight 3-pointers down upon the Charles Wright Tarriers and withstood a 26-point night from Cydney Hughes to earn a Nisqually League win Friday.

The Cowboys won 56-50.

Ke Ke Snyder buried four shots from distance on her way to 16 points, and Mallori Cossell hit three 3s and had 14 points.

Point guard Cydney Nelson also netted eight points while turning the ball over just one time as the Cowboys (2-1 in league, 3-4 overall) earned a critical road victory.

“In the end Cydney just grew up, just pulled herself together and played like a senior even though she’s a junior,” Chimacum coach Brad Burlingame said.

“It’s something I’ve been waiting for. She just did a great job.”

Hughes, a 6-foot-6 post, gave Chimacum fits on the defensive end. But by pressuring the Tarrier guards with a press, the Cowboys were able to keep it out of her hands enough to escape with the win.

Chimacum 56, Charles Wright 50

Chimacum 22 9 13 12 — 56

Charles Wright 13 11 12 14 — 50

Individual Scoring

Chimacum (56)

Nelson 8, Thacker 11, Johnson 1, Snyder 16, Cossell 14, Hathaway 6.

Charles Wright (50)

Bano 10, Davis 8, Neilsen 4, Cydney Hughes 26, Porthow 2.

Port Angeles 68, Klahowya 26

PORT ANGELES — The Roughriders exploded for a 23-6 second quarter and never looked back in Friday’s Olympic League game.

Krista Johnson scored a game-high 16 points and Mariah Frazier added 14 to lead a group of 10 Rider scorers in the blowout.

“They just struggled against the full-court pressure and we played pretty good defense,” Rider coach Michael Poindexter said.

Port Angeles (4-2 in league, 4-3 overall) will travel to North Kitsap on Tuesday to take on the first-place Vikings.

Port Angeles 68, Klahowya 26

Klahowya 6 6 3 11 — 26

Port Angeles 10 23 15 20 — 68

Individual Scoring

Klahowya (26)

Peterson 11, Holt 4, Landram 5, Lever 4, Rouse 2.

Port Angeles (68)

Johnson 16, Frazier 14, K. Jones 11, Hinrichs 7, Rodocker 7, Cox 5, Jeffers 2, Northern 2, Moseley 2, B. Jones 2.

Taholah 56, Crescent 36

JOYCE — The Loggers (0-3 overall) turned the ball over 28 times, and their offense was never quite able to get untracked as a result in Friday night’s nonleague loss to the Chitwhins.

Sara Moore scored a team-high 14 points in the loss but was the lone Logger in double figures.

“They had spurts of excellence and then they got nervous again and started throwing the ball away,” Crescent coach Brian Scott said.

Taholah 56, Crescent 36

Taholah 13 10 14 19 — 56

Crescent 6 9 8 13 — 36

Individual Scoring

Taholah (56)

James 29, Eafalus 2, T. Cheney 2, Dunn 4, R. Cheney 7, Underwood 2, Wagner 2, Mowitch 8.

Crescent (36)

Moore 14, Bedford 9, Hartley 4, Magowen 4, Williams 3, Blazek 2.

Rochester 51,

Forks 40

ROCHESTER — Casey Williams of the Spartans suffered a head injury toward the end of the game that stopped action for almost an hour Friday night in the SWL-Evergreen Division game.

Williams, the top scorer for the Spartans, was released by a hospital in the Centralia area at 1 a.m. Saturday after a collision sent her to the floor with 1:07 left in the game.

“Casey was playing defense and there were several people on the sidelines, about three, and she fell backwards onto the floor after colliding with them, bouncing hard on the floor twice,” Forks coach Cris Wilmarth said.

Casey Williams will see her doctor this week and very likely will not play in Forks’ final game before Christmas break at Tenino on Tuesday, Wilmarth said.

The Spartans (0-2, 1-4) led Rochester 24-15 at halftime but was outscored 36-16 in the second half.

“We fouled too much, and most of that came in the second half,” Wilmarth said.

Rochester shot 46 free throws for the game, most of them coming in the second half, while the Spartans missed 12 free throws of their own.

Despite missing the last part of the game, Williams scored a team-high 11 points.

Rochester 51, Forks 40

Forks 8 16 10 6 — 40

Rochester 4 11 20 16 — 51

Individual Scoring

Forks (40)

Williams 11, Sherrif-Penn 9, Paul 2, Raben 7, Price 7, Collins 2, Sydney 2.

Rochester (51)

Sanford 1, Leischner 11, Ruege 3, Knutz 9, Althauser 13, Seymour 2, Demers 8.

Olympic 54,

Port Townsend 36

SILVERDALE — The Redskins could not keep pace with the Trojans on Friday night as they dropped another Olympic League tilt.

Olympic dominated the game with three scorers in double digits. Ashli Payne and Jaylan Halstead scored 14 each while Savannah Quitevis added 13.

Kiley Maag was the top scorer for Port Townsend with 12 points.

Olympic 54, Port Townsend 36

Port Townsend 6 7 9 14 — 36

Olympic 13 16 13 12 —54

Individual Scoring

Port Townsend (36)

Johnson 7, Maag 12, Lyons 8, Hossack 6, Reeves 1, Phillips 2.

Olympic (54)

Lagat 6, Quitevis 13, Phinney 4, Romero 2, Payne 14, Halstead 14, Burleigh 1.

North Kitsap 41, Sequim 37

SEQUIM — The Vikings edged past the Wolves in a tight Olympic League game on Friday night.

Trailing by only three at the half, Sequim struggled to gain further ground on the Vikings as Lexi Simmons dropped 15 on the Wolves.

Top scoring for Sequim came from Haleigh Harrison with 14 points.

North Kitsap 41, Sequim 37

Sequim 9 5 10 13 — 37

North Kitsap 7 10 12 12 — 41

Individual Scoring

Sequim (37)

Balkan 8, Haupt 1, Harrison 14, Guan 2, Hamer 2, Briones 2, Besand 8.

North Kitsap (41)

Baugh 2, Cardoza 2, Brown 12, Williams 10, Simmons 15.

Christian Faith 34, Quilcene 25

QUILCENE — The Rangers lost their first game of the year in nonleague action Friday night.

Quilcene canceled its first four games of the year because of low numbers but had enough for Friday night’s contest.

Samantha Rae scored 15 points for the Rangers while Ceare Williams and Delores Perez had four points.

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