BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles can’t hold back North Kitsap

Published 1:30 am Friday, January 27, 2023

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Port Angeles' Gus Halberg, left, waits for his chance at the basket as North Kitsap's Harry Davies, top, and Ethan Gillespie provide interference on Thursday at Port Angeles High School.
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Port Angeles' Gus Halberg, left, waits for his chance at the basket as North Kitsap's Harry Davies, top, and Ethan Gillespie provide interference on Thursday at Port Angeles High School.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Tyler Hunter, left, and teammate Dallas Dunning try to get the ball to the hoop as North Kitsap’s Jaxon Korsak, left, tries to break up the play on Thursday night at Port Angeles High School.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Josiah Long, right, pushes off the defense of North Kitsap’s Harry Davies during Thursday’s game at Port Angeles High School.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Parker Nickerson of Port Angeles, front, drives to the lane as North Kitsap’s Mason Chmielewski defends his territory while Nickerson’s teammate, Tyler Hunter, looks on from behind on Thursday night in Port Angeles.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Ezra Townsend, front, fights for a rebound with North Kitsap’s Cade Orness as Townsend’s teammate, Tyler Hunter, center right, and North Kitsap’s Harry Davies, front, look in on the play on Thursday night in Port Angeles.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Gus Halberg, left, waits for his chance at the basket as North Kitsap’s Harry Davies, top, and Ethan Gillespie provide interference on Thursday at Port Angeles High School.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Josiah Long of Port Angeles, right, looks for his teammates as North Kitsap’s Mason Chmielewski blocks the way during Thursday’s game in Port Angeles.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Parker Nickerson, right, looks for an opening around the defense of North Kitsap’s Ethan Gillespie on Thursday night in Port Angeles.

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles again took a top tier Class 2A team to the edge as the Roughriders had multiple chances to take the lead in the final minutes of a 51-44 Olympic League loss to North Kitsap on Thursday night.