SILVERDALE — Chimacum broke out in a big way to pick up its first win of the season, thumping Klahowya 64-29 in the Olympic League 1A Division opener for each team.
Mia McNair poured in 34 points to lead the Cowboys, connecting on four 3-point baskets and scoring 14 points as Chimacum opened with a 17-7 lead after one quarter.
A bloody nose kept McNair on the bench for the second quarter, and the Eagles clawed back into the contest as Chimacum led 26-22 at the break.
“Second half we came out and applied a little more pressure, we went into our half court trapping defense,” Cowboys coach Trevor Huntingford said.
“We picked up a lot of points in transition. A team effort, we got a lot of stuff off of traps, steals and run-outs.”
Chimacum shut out Klahowya 14-0 in the third and allowed one point through the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter to turn the close game into a blowout.
“We gave up about a point in the second half,” Huntingford said. “We did a way better job defensively and shared the ball tremendously in transition.”
Jada Trafton added 12 points, all but two coming in transition, according to Huntingford.
Trafton had eight steals.
“This was the first game where we’ve had our whole team together and able to play.”
Diamond Young made her first appearance of the season and had five points and rebounded well, Huntingford said.
“The thing about this game is a lot of kids might not show up in the stats but they played really well for us,” Huntingford said.
“Grace Yaley did a good job on the boards, handling the ball and getting out in transition.”
Yaley scored six points, had six rebounds and four steals.
“Katie Clark, Savannah [Huntingford, they did good jobs. Clara Noble had a good night defensively.
Chimacum (1-0, 1-3) hosts Concrete on Wednesday.
Chimacum 64, Klahowya 29
Chimacum 17 9 14 24— 64
Klahowya 7 15 0 7— 29
Chimacum (64) — McNair 34, Trafton 12, Yaley 6, Young 5, Nordberg 4, Huntingford 2, Horner 1, Clark, Noble.
Klahowya (29) — Cooper 12, Fish 4, Feaster-Radford 4, Woodrun 3, Watson 2, Hudson 2, Hendricks 2.
Port Angeles 67, Kingston 29
KINGSTON — The Roughriders shot well from the floor and kept the Buccaneers quiet offensively in Port Angeles’ Olympic League 2A Division opener.
“We played a 2-3 zone much of the night and were successful in preventing Kingston from getting many good looks from outside,” Port Angeles coach Michael Poindexter said. “Our press was effective in the first half, as well. All twelve of our players contributed to our best overall defensive effort of the season so far.”
The Riders shot 47 percent from the field, achieving a pre-game goal of having a balanced offensive attack, according to Poindexter.
“Millie Long and Madi Cooke combined for a 60 percent shooting effort, scoring 28 points between them with just 12 minutes of play each,” Poindexter said.
“Our three ninth-graders, Eve Burke, Bailee Larson, and Catie Brown were a combined 9 of 11 (82 percent) from the field.
Cooke led the team in rebounding with eight, while Myra Walker had seven boards.
Port Angeles (1-0, 3-1) hosts North Kitsap (2-3) at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Port Angeles 67, Kingston 29
Port Angeles 19 18 15 15— 67
Kingston 4 7 7 10— 29
Port Angeles (67) — Millie Long 15, Madi Cooke 13, Eve Burke 9, Bailee Larson 7, Myra Walker 6, Catie Brown 5, Kia Noel 5, Jaida Wood 3, Jada Cargo 2, Aeverie Politika 2, Mikkiah Brady, Summer Olsen
Kingston (29) — Brockman 14, Denning 8, Jorgensen 3, Eckert 2, Skinner 1, Deam 1.
Sequim 56, North Mason 31
BELFAIR — The Wolves got off to a slow start offensively but their shots started to fall in the second quarter and Sequim’s defense was key in a road win Friday.
Hope Glasser had her third-straight double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds. Melissa Porter also had 12 points for the Wolves, while Jayla Julmist had nine points and 12 rebounds.
Abby Schroeder (six steals) and Jessica Dietzman (five steals) were active defensively for Sequim (2-0, 4-0).
“We struggled early on in to make our free throws and easy baskets, but the girls persevered and got into a flow in the second quarter,” Wolves coach Linsay Rapelje said. “Although we led from the second quarter on, North Mason is a good, athletic team, who could have easily come back. Our intensity and defense through all four quarters was solid, though, and won us this game.”
Sequim hosts Forks on Monday.
Sequim 56, North Mason 31
Sequim 8 18 18 12— 56
North Mason 9 8 5 9— 31
Sequim (56) — Glasser 12, Dietzman 9, Sparks 2, Pyeatt 4, Schroeder 5, Wiker 3, Porter 12, Julmist 9
North Mason (31) — Cartensen 6, Matthews 5, Green 2, Maring 3, Brown 13, Griffey 6.
Neah Bay 75, Darrington 19
NEAH BAY — The Red Devils stole and shared the ball in cutting down the Loggers on Friday night.
Neah Bay players assisted on 27 of its 31 made baskets on the night and piled up 25 steals in the rout.
Ruth Moss led the way with 15 points, four assists, four rebounds and two steals.
Freshman Shaiyann Cummins had 13 points, four rebounds and two steals, while sophomore Laila Green added 13 points, including three 3-point baskets, plus seven steals and five assists.
Courtney Swan led in assists with six and had eight points, seven rebounds and two steals.
Freshman Oceanna Aguirre had seven points, three assists and two steals for the Red Devils (2-1).
Neah Bay visits Taholah on Tuesday.
Neah Bay 75, Darrington 19
Darrington 7 6 2 4— 19
Neah Bay 23 28 15 19— 75
Darrington (19) — Wright 9, Nations 4, Dewberry 3, Korr 2, Maltos 1.
Neah Bay (75) — Moss 15, Cummins 13, Greene 13, C. Swan 8, Aguirre 7, Horejsi 5, Pilatti 5, Gagnon 4, Woodruff 3, P. Swan 2, Lovik.
