SPORTS: North Kitsap holds off Port Townsend in girls and boys basketball action; other prep reports

PORT TOWNSEND — It was bad enough that the Port Townsend girls basketball team was rusty after a week off because of the snow and ice.

But on the Redskins first game back they had to take on the deeper and bigger North Kitsap Vikings in Olympic League action Monday night in a makeup game.

The fourth-place Vikings (7-4, 8-5) beat the seventh-place Redskins (3-8, 7-8) 62-40.

“We got into foul trouble and did not have the depth to stay with them,” Port Townsend coach Randy Maag said.

“We did have some turnover problems in the second half but we played pretty well in the first half.”

Port Townsend stayed with the Vikings in the first half, leading 14-12 at the end of the first quarter and trailing only 23-19 at the break.

North Kitsap, though, put the game away with a 39-21 advantage in the final two periods.

Irina Lyons led the Redskins with 13 points while the Vikings had four players scoring in double figures, sparked by Rebecca Baugh’s 19 points.

The Redskins next host Olympic on Friday night. They played at Kingston Tuesday but results were unavailable by press time.

North Kitsap 62,

Port Townsend 40

North Kitsap 12 11 21 18— 62

Port Townsend 14 5 11 10— 40

Individual scoring

North Kitsap (62)

Benny 1, L. Baugh 2, Cardoza 5, Brown 10, R. Baugh 19, Snyder 2, Bray 3, Williard 1, Williams 10, Simmons 10.

Port Townsend (40)

Johnson 6, Olin 3, Maag 7, Lyons 13, Hossack 5, Reeves 2, Hallinan 2, Gambill 2.

Sequim JV 34, Crescent 30

JOYCE — The youthful Wolves used a strong third quarter to hold off the Loggers in the nonleague game Monday night.

Crescent led 17-15 at halftime but Sequim took over with an 11-2 third period to take a 15-point lead.

The Loggers (1-1 in the North Olympic League and 4-7 overall) came back in the fourth quarter to make it close.

Crescent’s Sara Moore led everybody with 13 points while Sequim’s Haley Lester sank a team-high nine.

“Both of the teams were tired because of no practice last week,” Crescent coach Brian Scott said.

Because of snow and ice, the Loggers had only a short practice Saturday for the whole week.

That helped make the Loggers rusty for the game.

Crescent next plays at Clallam Bay on Friday in league action.

Sequim JV 34, Crescent 30

Sequim 7 8 11 8— 34

Crescent 3 14 2 11— 30

Individual scoring

Sequim (34)

Lester 9, Martinez 5, Villella 4, McIntyre 1, Beuke 7, Mittman 2, Sokkappa 2, Cummins 4.

Crescent (30)

Moore 13, Hartley 6, Youngman 1, Belford 4, MacGowan 6.

Clallam Bay 48, Port Angeles C 28

PORT ANGELES — Melissa Willis came one rebound short of a triple-double in leading the Bruins past the Roughrider C team Monday night.

The senior forward scored 20 points while collecting 11 blocks and nine rebounds in the nonleague victory.

Teammate Kenna Welever added 10 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals, while Jazzmin Randall had four points, four assists and six steals.

The Bruins (0-3 in league, 5-8 overall) will be playing for their playoff lives when they host Crescent on Friday night.

Clallam Bay 48, Port Angeles C 28

Clallam Bay 14 9 14 13— 48

Port Angeles 4 4 11 9— 28

Individual scoring

Clallam Bay (48)

Melissa Willis 20, Corpuz 9, Randall 4, Signor 2, Kenna Welever 10, Erickson 3.

Port Angeles C (28)

Peterson 2, Dudley 5, Raber 5, Officer 7, Howell 5, Little 2, West 2.

Boys Basketball

North Kitsap 53, Port Townsend 28

POULSBO — The Vikings used a 16-3 second-quarter advantage to breeze to an Olympic League victory Monday night in a makeup game from last week’s winter weather.

North Kitsap improved to 4-7 in league and 4-10 overall while the Redskins fell to 1-10 and 2-12.

North Kitsap’s Trevor Waller led everybody with 13 points while Kyle Kelly had a team-high eight points for Port Townsend.

The Redskins were behind by only two, 10-8, at the end of the first period but the Vikings romped to an easy win with a 28-7 advantage in the middle two quarters.

Port Townsend next plays at Olympic in Silverdale on Friday night. It hosted Kingston on Tuesday, results unavailable by press time.

North Kitsap 53, Port Townsend 28

Port Townsend 8 3 4 13— 28

North Kitsap 10 16 12 15— 53

Individual scoring

Port Townsend (28)

O’Brien 3, Kelly 8, S. Coppenrath 4, L. Coppenrath 2, King 6, Charlton 2.

North Kitsap (53)

Lindsey 2, Mitchell 2, Adams 7, Harrell 3, Hill 8, Gill 8, Waller 13, Umquhart 6, Lemmon 4.

Crescent 42, Sequim JV 41

JOYCE — Derrick Findley swished in a 3-pointer with 7 seconds left to give the Loggers the nonleague victory Monday night.

Crescent (9-5 overall) led most of the game but a fourth-quarter surge gave the Wolves a 41-39 lead with just seconds remaining.

Kai Story of Crescent led everyone with 13 points while Findley added 10.

Story also grabbed seven rebounds while teammate Joel Williams led on the boards with 10.

“We played a real good game,” Crescent coach Darren Heaward said.

“Kai Story had an outstanding game and all the kids worked really hard.”

Christian Cruz and Rory Kalleppa both led the Wolves with nine points each.

The Loggers next play at Clallam Bay in North Olympic League action Friday night.

Crescent 42, Sequim JV 41

Sequim 5 14 5 17— 41

Crescent 10 10 10 12— 42

Individual scoring

Sequim (41)

Cruz 9, Kalleppa 9, Brown 7, McConnaughey 4, Bates 6, Willis 6.

Crescent (42)

Walker 8, Fadness 3, Findley 10, Story 13, Williams 6, Souders 2.

Clallam Bay 47, Port Angeles C 42

PORT ANGELES — Everybody played and everybody scored for the Bruins in a tune-up for a crucial North Olympic League game against Crescent on Friday night.

“Friday’s game is a must-win for us,” Clallam Bay coach Cal Ritter said.

The Bruins are 0-3 in league and 6-9 overall.

“We have a couple of important league games coming up,” Ritter said.

Eleven players scored for Clallam Bay against the Roughriders with Kevin Hess leading the way with 12 points.

Justin Welever added eight points for the Bruins while freshman Hunter Hathaway of Port Angeles led everyone with 22 points.

Clallam Bay 47, Port Angeles C 42

Clallam Bay 18 10 14 5— 47

Port Angeles 8 9 14 11— 42

Individual scoring

Clallam Bay (47)

Hess 12, Welever 8, Portnoy 6, A. Ritter 5, Willis 4, james 3, Messenger 2, Hanson 2, Gregory 2, C. Ritter 1.

Port Angeles C (42)

Hathaway 22, Clacluch 6, Brown 4, Mudd 3, Angevine 3, Leslie 3, Heilman 1.

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