FORKS — The undefeated Forks boys basketball team survived its toughest test of the season by beating Neah Bay 60-54 on Wednesday night.
Spartans coach Rick Gooding was impressed with the 1B Red Devils.
“It was a fast-paced game, they are definitely quick,” Gooding said.
“You can tell why they’ve finished second [and third] at state the last few years.
“They’re a bunch of athletes.”
Mark Jacobson led the way for Forks with 18 points and 13 rebounds, while guard Colton Raben added 11.
“Jacobson had a huge game,” Gooding said.
“He had some huge free throws in the fourth quarter; he went 4 for 5 [at the line] and we needed every one of them.
“Raben hit a couple of huge 3s, so it’s good to see him get his shooting touch back.”
Abraham Venske topped Neah Bay in scoring with 18.
The Red Devils’ offense was a handful for Forks.
“We did a good job kind of limiting them,” Gooding said.
“We had to get out of our zone because they were hitting 3s all over us. Then when we manned them up, they showed their quickness.
“But our boys fought hard, struggled through it and we got the win.
“It was a close game the entire time.”
Forks (1-0, 6-0) plays a SWL-Evergreen Division game at Rochester (0-1, 1-4) tonight.
Neah Bay (1-1 overall) travels to play Oakville on Saturday afternoon.
Forks 60, Neah Bay 54
Neah Bay 15 8 15 16— 54
Forks 10 15 16 19— 60
Individual scoring
Neah Bay (54)
McGee 3, Halttunen 8, Venke 18, Greene 3, Doherty 6.
Forks (60)
Raben 11, Gilmore 8, Harris 2, Decker 9, Hatch 12, Jacobson 18.
Sequim 49,
North Mason 33
BELFAIR — Jayson Brocklesby ripped the nets for 22 points as the Wolves stayed in the thick of the race for the Olympic League championship.
Brocklesby also had four assists while fellow all-star Gabe Carter added seven points, seven rebounds and six assists to help push Sequim to 3-1 in league and 3-2 overall.
Carter also had three steals and a blocked shot while Andrew Shimer brought down a game-high eight rebounds.
Alex Barry was second-best Sequim scorer with nine points.
The Wolves led 25-13 at halftime and 36-19 at the end of three and were never threatened after the first quarter.
Sequim remains a game behind league-leading Olympic and Bremerton, both tied at the top of the standings at 4-0 each.
North Kitsap, which barely held off Port Angeles on Wednesday night, is tied with the Wolves at 3-1 in league.
Sequim 49, North Mason 33
Sequim 14 11 11 13— 49
North Mason 9 4 6 14— 33
Individual scoring
Sequim (49)
Brocklesby 22, Barry 9, Pinza 2, Guan 3, Christensen 4, Carter 7, Shimer 2.
North Mason (33)
Price 3, McKean 8, Daley 13, Allen 6, Burggraaf 1, Davenport 2.
North Kitsap 86, Port Angeles 80
POULSBO — The Roughriders gave Olympic League contender North Kitsap Vikings a major scare as Marshall Elliott and Garrett Payton combined for 43 points Wednesday night.
Down 18 points in the fourth quarter (78-60), the Riders rallied to get within two points (82-80) before having to foul, and then dropping the heartbreaker by six, 86-80.
Port Angeles trailed 51-42 at halftime and 72-58 going into the fourth quarter.
Elliott scored a game-high 24 points while Payton was close behind with 19. Hayden Gunderson also scored in double figures with 10.
Kendal Gill and Riley Lindsey led the Vikings with 23 and 21 points, respectively.
Gunderson dished out eight assists for the Riders while Payton led on the boards with eight rebounds.
Elliott had two blocked shots while Derek Schumacher added one blocked shot.
The Riders came close to their first win of the year but fell to 0-5 in league and 0-7 overall.
The Vikings improved to 3-1 in league, tied with Sequim for second while Olympic and Bremerton remain at the top of the league at 4-0 each.
The Riders host the first-place Knights tonight beginning at 7 p.m.
North Kitsap 86,
Port Angeles 80
Port Angeles 16 26 16 22— 80
North Kitsap 25 26 21 14— 86
Individual scoring
Port Angeles (80)
Elliott 24, Payton 19, Gunderson 10, Andrus 4, Angevine 2, Ciaciuch 7, Schumacher 8, Trieder 6.
North Kitap (86)
Gill 23, Lindsey 21, Grabner 7, Hill 5, Roberts 2, Perry 2, Felix 14, Urquhart 3, Lemmon 12.
Klahowya 60,
Port Townsend 45
SILVERDALE — Three players scored in double figures for the Eagles as Klahowya held off the Redskins in Olympic League action Wednesday night.
The Eagles improved to 2-2 in league and 3-4 overall while Port Townsend slipped to 2-4 in league and overall.
Mike Ward led Klahowya with 17 points while Josh Ganowski followed with 14 and Mitchell Knuckey had 10.
The Redskins led 16-11 after one quarter but were outscored 23-7 in the second period and never recovered.
Paul Spaltenstein netted a team-high 13 for Port Townsend while Cody Russell added 11 and Brian LeMaster had eight.
The Redskins next host North Kitsap tonight.
Klahowya 60,
Port Townsend 45
Port Townsend 16 7 10 12— 45
Klahowya 11 23 11 15— 60
Individual scoring
Port Townsend (45)
Spaltenstein 13, Russell 11, O’Brien 2, Coppenrath 4, LeMaster 8, King 4, Dwyer 3.
Klahowya (60)
Sheets 3, Vallejo 10, Fagan 6, Ganowski 14, Ward 17, Knuckey 10.
Girls Basketball
Neah Bay 65,
Forks 27
FORKS — Cierra Moss swished in 16 points and three teammates also scored in double figures as the Red Devils earned their second victory of the year in as many tries.
Haily Greene and Faye Chartraw sank 12 points each and Kaela Tyler added 10 for Neah Bay.
The Spartans stayed with the Red Devils in the first and third quarters but a 27-2 run in the second period put the game away for Neah Bay.
That gave the Red Devils a 40-11 halftime lead.
“I thought we played two quarters of pretty good basketball,” Forks coach Al Scheibner said.
“Unfortunately for us, the game is four quarters long. Neah Bay is a scrappy and tough opponent. You can’t let up for a second or they will make you pay.”
The Spartans stayed within four points (13-9) in the first period and within two in the third stanza (13-11).
But the second quarter was too much.
“We lost our defensive intensity in the second quarter, and it was very difficult to overcome that the rest of the way.
“I was pleased how we came out in the third quarter as the last two games we’ve been a little flat coming out from halftime.”
Merrissa Murner added eight points for Neah Bay while Holly Greene had seven.
Courtnie Paul and Jillian Raben pumped in six points each for the Spartans.
“The girls did a good job of running our plays and playing some tougher defense during that third quarter,” Scheibner said.
“It was a good [nonleague] game for us as our league [SWL-Evergreen Division] has similar teams.”
Neah Bay 65, Forks 27
Neah Bay 13 27 13 12— 65
Forks 9 2 11 5— 27
Individual scoring
Neah Bay (65)
Moss 16, Chartraw 12, Tyler 10, Haily Greene 12, Holly Greene 7, Murner 8.
Forks (27)
Paul 6, Raben 6, Price 4, Villicana 3, Williams 4, Flores 4.
Port Townsend 43, Klahowya 24
PORT TOWNSEND — Senior forward Codi Hallinan had the type of game for the Redskins that she will be telling her grandchildren about one day.
In a rare feat, Hallinan accomplished a triple-double in the Olympic League game Wednesday night.
The 6-foot-2 player sank 16 points while pulling down 11 rebounds and blocking an amazing 18 shots.
The feat of blocking double-digit shots helped the Redskins hold the Eagles to only eight points in the fisrt half, including just one point in the second quarter.
Jewel Johnson distributed 10 assists to go along with her five points for Port Townsend.
Also scoring in double figures for the Redskins was Irina Lyons, who had 11.
The 1A Redskins continued their outstanding season, improving to 3-2 in the 2A Olympic League and 4-2 overall.
The Eagles fell to 0-4, 3-4.
Port Townsend next travels to North Kitsap tonight.
Port Townsend 43,
Klahowya 24
Klahowya 7 1 3 13— 24
Port Townsend 12 11 11 9— 43
Individual scoring
Klahowya (24)
Hartford 2, Grozier 1, Lever 3, Leenstra 3, Holt 10, Rouse 5.
Port Townsend (43)
Hallinan 16, Lyons 11, Johnson 5, Rubio 2, Ruttenbeck 2, G. Hossack 4, P. Hossack 1, Sheldon-O’Neal 3.
Sequim 45,
North Mason 21
SEQUIM — Alexas Besand popped in 12 points and grabbed an equal 12 rebounds to spark the Wolves to their first Olympic League win of the year.
Sequim, now 1-3 in league and 2-4 overall, led 14-5 at the end of the first quarter and 22-9 at intermission.
The Wolves held the Bulldogs to single digits in all four periods.
The Wolves now play at Klahowya tonight.
Sequim 45, North Mason 21
North Mason 5 4 9 3— 21
Sequim 14 8 12 11— 45
Individual scoring
North Mason (21)
Sandquist 2, Hicks 6, Satran 2, Shumaker 3, Johnston 6, Nelson 2.
Sequim (45)
Besand 12, Beuke 6, Haupt 6, Cummins 4, Stofferahn 2, Martinez 4, Guan 2, Wallner 4, Landoni 4.