By Pierre LaBossiere
Peninsula Daily News
FORKS — The Spartan boys basketball squad remained undefeated on the season, getting out to a 21-0 lead and cruising to an easy 72-17 win over an outmatched Class 1B Lake Quinault team.
Marky Adams scored 15 points, while Jeffrey Schumack scored 14 and Austin Flores had 12 in Tuesday’s win.
“Everyone got to play and everyone worked hard,” said Forks coach Rick Gooding.
“It was nice to see different guys score and that some different guys can step up and score when we need them to,” Gooding said. He said Lake Quinault was a very young team and they didn’t get their heads down in a tough loss.
Forks is now 4-0 on the season. The Spartans are scheduled to host Chimacum at 7 p.m. Friday, pending weather conditions.
Forks 72, Lake Quinault 17
Forks 21 22 10 19— 72
L. Quinault 0 11 3 3— 17
Lake Quinault (17) — DeMArco 8, Ramirez 7, Espinoza 2
Forks (72) — Adams 15, Schumack 14, Flores 12, Browning 8, Archibald 7, Jacoby 6, Ramsey 4, Tejano 2, Barr 2, Johnson 2.
Girls Basketball Forks 51, Lake Quinault 23
FORKS — The tough-luck Forks girls finally broke through for their first win of the year with a 51-23 victory over Lake Quinault.
Forks (1-3) had three losses this year by a total of 11 points, including one loss in overtime.
“Can’t pout about it,” said coach John DeMatties of Tuesday’s game.
Forks was bolstered by a huge second quarter in which they outscored Lake Quinault 20-0.
The Spartans were led by Rian Peters, who scored 22 points.
“It was another very solid performance by her,” DeMatties said.
Skyler DeMatties also added 16 points. Coach DeMatties said Kaitlin Rowley also played solid defense in the win.
The Spartans are scheduled to host Chimacum at 5:30 p.m. Friday, pending weather conditions.
Forks 51, Lake Quinault 23
Forks 9 20 6 16— 51
L. Quinault 7 0 7 9— 23
Lake Quinault (23) — Obi 3, Saavedra 4, Ochoa 3, Neeland 11, Guadarrama 1, Cole 1.
Forks (51) — Peters 22, DeMatties 16, Rowley 5, Olson 5, Hoagland 3.
Sequim JV 25, Crescent 23
JOYCE — The Sequim JV team squeaked out a tight two-point win over the Crescent girls 25-23.
“The game was a nail biter that was full of turnovers. The Crescent girls played some amazing defense; [they] just couldn’t get the buckets to drop,” said coach Kelly Serrianne.
Crescent was led by Hannah Lee, who scored 12 points. The Sequim JV was led by Veronica Preciadio, who scored 12.
Sequim JV 25, Crescent 23
Sequim JV 3 12 8 2— 25
Crescent 3 12 4 2— 23
Sequim JV (25) — Dustin Greenspand 4, Abbee Jagger 3, Kristina Mingoy 4, Isabelle Hugonoy 2, Veronica Preciadio 12.
Crescent (23) — Alyssa Hutto 4, Ashara Dodson 5, Hannah Lee 12, McKenzie Brannan 2.
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