PORT ANGELES — Four players scored in double figures as the Port Angeles girls basketball team ripped North Kitsap in a battle for the Olympic League’s second seed Tuesday night.
The Roughriders (12-3, 13-5) pounded the Vikings (8-5, 9-6) 72-47 in a game that was close only in the first quarter.
“It was a good first quarter (19-18 Port Angeles) as both teams shot the ball well but our press started to take a toll in the second and third quarters,” Port Angeles coach Michael Poindexter said.
The Riders outscored the Vikings 37-17 in the second and third periods.
“Our offensive ball movement was the best of the season,” Poindexter said.
Team defense was strong, too, as the Riders held North Kitsap’s top scorer, Rebecca Baugh, to two 3 pointers in the first quarter.
“That was a tremendous effort to shut Rebecca down in the final three quarters of the game,” Poindexter said.
Paxton Rodocker sparked the Riders with 16 points while Kiah Jones and Kathryn Moseley sank 11 each and Maddy Hinrichs netted 10.
Port Angeles now has most of the week off before it travels to archrival Sequim next Tuesday in a doubleheader. The girls game will start at 5:15 p.m. with the boys to follow.
Port Angeles 72, North Kitsap 47
North Kitsap 18 10 7 12— 47
Port Angeles 19 24 13 16— 72
Individual scoring
North Kitsap (47)
Williams 9, R. Baugh 8, Simmons 7, Cardoza 6, L. Baugh 4, Bray 4, Brown 3, Snyder 2, Nold 2, Mueller 2.
Port Angeles (72)
Rodocker 16, K. Jones 11, Moseley 11, Hinrichs 10, B. Jones 9, Frazier 8, Cox 4, Johnson 2, Walker 1.
Port Townsend 41, North Mason 30
BELFAIR — The Port Townsend girls basketball team has the inside track to the Class 1A playoffs after taking care of North Mason on the road Tuesday night.
Irina Lyons scored a team-high 11 points to pace the Redskins to the Olympic League victory over the Bulldogs.
The Redskins (5-10, 9-10) hope to get at least one more win while keeping their eyes on Klahowya, who they need to finish higher in the standings.
The Eagles had four wins as of Wednesday afternoon.
“Klahowya finishes with a tough schedule, which gives us hope,” Port Townsend coach Randy Maag said.
The Redskins came out a little slow against the Bulldogs (0-13, 2-15) on Tuesday.
“We were a little sloppy in the first half,” Maag said.
“After a little discussion at halftime, we came out hard in the third quarter. For some reason, we never play well at North Mason.”
After leading just 21-17 at the break, the Redskins outscored the Bulldogs 16-8 in the third quarter to take control of the game.
Kiley Maag scored nine points for Port Townsend while Jewell Johnson had seven.
The Redskins conclude the regular season when they host Bremerton on Friday night for Senior Night.
Seniors on their current roster include Chelsea Whipple, Kiley Maag, Kaile Phillips and Megan Gambill.
Port Townsend 41, North Mason 30
Port Townsend 10 11 16 4— 41
North Mason 8 9 8 5— 30
Individual scoring
Port Townend (41)
Johnson 7, Rubio 5, Maag 9, Lyons 11, Hossack 5, Hallinan 4.
North Mason (30)
Hicks 12, Q. Satran 2, Shumaker 11, E. Satran 2, Johnson 3.
Crescent 42, Port Angeles JV 37
PORT ANGELES — Crescent senior Sara Moore was in a zone, rallying the Loggers with a season-high 29 points and 16 rebounds after Crescent fell behind 17-6 after one and 27-18 at the break.
Moore wasn’t the top rebounder in the game, though, as teammate Tori McGowen collected 18.
The Loggers swept the Roughriders this year, beating the C team twice and now coming from behind to shade the tough JV squad.
“It was good to play the JV team because that gave us good experience in our final two regular-season games,” Crescent coach Brian Scott said.
The Loggers host state powerhouse Neah Bay on Friday night and then have an all-important meeting with Clallam Bay on Tuesday that will determine the No. 2-seeded team in the playoffs.
Crescent is 1-2 (5-8 overall) in the North Olympic League and the Bruins are 1-3, 6-8.
Lenora Hofer led the Riders with 12 points while Jolene Millsap sank 10.
Crescent 42, Port Angeles JV 37
Crescent 6 12 10 14— 42
Port Angeles 17 10 5 5— 37
Individual scoring
Crescent (42)
Moore 29, Youngman 6, Belford 5, Hartley 2.
Port Angeles (37)
Hofer 12, Millsap 10, Vingo 4, Norberg 6, Officer 5.
Boys Basketball
Port Angeles 64, North Kitsap 52
POULSBO — Hayden McCartney swished in 21 points to lead four players in double figures as the road Olympic League victory set up an important game for the Roughriders with archrival Sequim for second place next week.
The Wolves, 10-3 in league and 13-4 overall, still have three games left while the Riders (12-3, 16-3) have the one left with Sequim this coming Tuesday.
Sequim will play league-leading Kingston on Friday night and Bremerton on Saturday evening before taking on the Riders in their second meeting of the season.
Port Angeles won its fifth game in a row and played their fifth contest in the past seven days.
“I’m very, very pleased with how we played,” coach Wes Armstrong said.
“It was a great team effort with four players in double figures.”
Along with McCartney, others scoring in double figures were Keenen Walker with 13 and Cameron Braithwaite and Cole Uvila both with 10 each.
McCartney and Walker also brought down 10 rebounds apiece.
“It was a very physical game and good team basketball by us,” Armstrong said.
Port Angeles 64, North Kitsap 52
Port Angeles 15 23 11 15— 64
North Kitsap 10 16 14 12— 52
Individual scoring
Port Angeles (64)
Braithwaite 10, Walker 13, McCartney 21, Uvila 10, Elliott 9, Norberg 1.
North Kitsap (52)
Lindsey 9, Mitchell 2, Ford 7, Hill 4, Gill 5, Waller 16, Urquhart 3, Levin 7.
Port Townsend 34, North Mason 30
PORT TOWNSEND — Kyle Kelly swished in 18 points, including the winning free throws with 1.8 seconds left, sparked the Redskins to their second Olympic League victory of the year.
It was Senior Night, so Port Townsend’s lone senior, Luke Coppenrath, was feted before the game.
“Luke played a lot of minutes for us in the game,” coach Tom Webster said.
The contest was tied at 30-all with 18 seconds left and the Redskins had the last shot.
Kelly was fouled, missed the front end but then North Mason was given a technical and Kelly dropped both free throws for the winning 32-30 edge with 1.8 seconds left.
Brian LeMaster added two free throws for the final margin with .8 of a second left.
“Kyle Kelly had a great game,” Webster said.
Port Townsend will conclude play at Bremerton on Friday night.
Port Townsend 34, North Mason 30
North Mason 5 10 10 5— 30
Port Townsend 7 9 8 10— 34
Individual scoring
North Mason (30)
Price 17, Crummey 5, Allen 2, Sanquest 9.
Port Townsend (34)
Kelly 18, S. Coppenrath 3, King 4, Spaltenstein 3, LeMaster 6.
Wrestling
Sequim 41, North Kitsap 36
SEQUIM — In their final home meet of the season the Wolves notched their first Olympic League victory.
Sequim captured five matches with Dakota Hinton and Austin Leach earning pins.
Hinton now is 27-5 on the year at 170 pounds while Leach is 23-11 at 182.
Also winning were Luke Mooney with an 8-6 decision at 138, Clay Charley with a 5-2 decision at 285 and Chris Goettling with a 19-4 major decision at 220.
Boys Swimming
Divisional Meet
PORT ANGELES — Several swimmers and divers in the area jumped on the district and state bandwagon with qualifying times at the Olympic League Divisional Invitational at William Shore Memorial Pool on Tuesday.
Three divers from Sequim qualified for state and the Wolves’ 200-yard medley relay team captured third place and a district qualifying time.
Earning trips to state were Connor Christianson, who was runner-up to defending state champion Austin Fahrenholtz of Port Angeles, Austin Clement and Cameron Harrison.
Christianson, who claimed fifth at state last year with 299.50 points, earned 340.03 Tuesday.
Fahrenholtz, meanwhile, blew alway the field with a meet-high 442.65.
Clement, who took 11th at state in 2011, had a score of 311.70 for third place.
Sam Beasley of Port Angeles, 13th at state last season, took fourth at divisionals with 311.55.
Harrison captured fifth place with 280.65.
The 200 medley relay team of Steve Dewey, Eric Prosser, Noe Calderon and Matt Cays finished with a time of 2:05.59 to qualify for districts.