Forks senior Tony Hernandez-Flores drives the key against Raymond. Forks clinched a Pacific League 2B League championship by beating the Seagulls 79-34. (Photo by Lonnie Archibald.)

Forks senior Tony Hernandez-Flores drives the key against Raymond. Forks clinched a Pacific League 2B League championship by beating the Seagulls 79-34. (Photo by Lonnie Archibald.)

BOYS BASKETBALL: Spartans win Pacific B League; Neah Bay remains perfect

FORKS — The Spartans sealed their second straight league championship, this one in the Pacific 2B League, with a blowout win over the Seagulls.

Forks will host a home game in the district tournament as a top seed.

Riley Pursley went off for a career-high 27 points for Forks (8-0).

“Lots of energy from him, steals and layups,” coach Rick Gooding said. Raymond Davis also had a good scoring night with 13 points.

Gooding liked the defensive effort from his guys.

“We played our 2-3 and 1-3-1 [zones] and they had a kid who scored 42 against Chief Leschi,” Gooding said. “He had 12 of their 34 but we always knew where he was at. We were up 35-15 at halftime and we thought we hadn’t hit our groove.”

A 26-point third quarter changed that mindset.

“We had a stretch where we were running and gunning and Logan [Olson] hit a 3 and Riley got some runouts,” Gooding said.

Forks 79, Raymond 34

Ray. 6 9 9 10 — 34

Forks 20 15 26 18 — 79

Forks (79) — Pursley 27, Baysinger 16, R. Davis 13, Olson 8, Horjesi 5, Flores 5, Beebe 5, K. Steffen, Rancourt, Northcutt, Doyle.

Neah Bay 71, Concordia Christian 46

TACOMA — Neah Bay got 37 points from Julian Carrick in beating Concordia Christian on Thursday.

Carrick hit five 3-pointers and shot 16-for-28 from the floor to get his 37 points. Jaden Halttunen added 12 points and Jaxson Halttunen 10.

The Red Devils also beat Chief Kitsap 55-38 on Friday to improve their record to 7-0.

Neah Bay played Saturday at East Jefferson after press deadline. The Red Devils next play Wednesday against the Port Angeles JV.

Neah Bay 71, Concordia Chr. 46

NB 21 18 16 16 — 71

CC 14 11 15 6 — 46

Neah Bay (71) — Carrick 37, Jaden Halttunen 12, Jasxon Halttunen 10, Chambers 4, Lovik 4, Martinez 2.

Neah Bay 55, Chief Kitsap 38

NB 18 14 12 11 — 71

CK 9 5 2 22 — 38

Neah Bay (55) — Jaxson Halttunen 12, Carrick 9, Lovik 9, Jaden Halttunen 9, Chambers 6, Lyons 4, Wimberly 2, Martinez 2, Carrick-Aguirre 2.

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