RAYMOND — It was a big weekend for the Forks boys and Port Angeles girls basketball teams, which each won a pair of tournament games.
The Sequim boys also remained unbeaten with a big nonleague win over W.F. West.
Forks improved its record to a stellar 9-1 with big wins at a Raymond holiday tournament over old Evergreen 1A foe Hoquiam 64-48 and 52-41 against a physical Friday Harbor team. Forks got big games from their big men inside, Brody Lausche and Titus Rowley.
Against Hoquiam, the Spartans ran away with the game in a 23-point fourth quarter, building up the lead to 20 at one point. They were led by a monster game by Lausche, who had 29 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots. Lausche shot 13-for-16 from the floor. Rowley, meanwhile, contributed 16 points and 14 boards.
Against Friday Harbor, the pace was slow and rugged and the Spartans guards came through with big games. Lausche still had a solid game with 11 points and 13 rebounds, while Rowley had 12 points and 15 rebounds. Kyle Lohrengel scored 15 in the backcourt, while Landen Olson had 12.
Forks begins Pacific 2B League play Friday at Ilwaco (2-5).
Sequim 59, W.F. West 42
SEQUIM — Sequim used a balanced attack with three players in double figures and 10 players scoring to run away from W.F. West 59-42 on Saturday as the Wolves remained unbeaten on the season.
The game wasn’t even as close as the final score as the Wolves, who improved to 6-0 held a 54-31 lead at one point.
Mason Rapelje and Jericho Julmist led with the Wolves with 13 points each, while Solomon Sheppard got off to a fast start with 11 points, all in the first quarter. In that first quarter, Sheppard had a big blocked shot, a 3-pointer and two slam dunks to get the home crowd excited.
Charlie Grider added eight points.
The Wolves played an exhibition game at home Monday against Showtime Basketball, an international traveling team from Australia.
Quincy 61, Port Angeles 54
East Valley 73, Port Angeles 63, OT
YAKIMA — The Port Angeles boys basketball team lost a pair of games at the Yakima SunDome Shootout this weekend, though both games were closer than the final scores indicated.
Against Quincy, coach Kasey Ulin said it was a one-possession game with two or three minutes left.
“We just didn’t make enough plays down the stretch,” Ulin said.
Against East Valley of Yakima, the Roughriders started hot, making seven 3-pointers in the first half, led by three from Blake Sohlberg and two from Hunter Flores.
Ulin said there were six lead changes in the final two minutes of the game and Matthew Miller had two huge baskets for the Riders in the final 1:15. Port Angeles was able to force overtime, but then didn’t play well in the OT and East Valley outscored the Riders by 10 in the final period.
The two losses put the Riders’ record at 3-5, though Ulin pointed out that, with any luck in one-possession games, Port Angeles could be 6-2.
Port Angeles will play East Jefferson at home at 5 p.m. today.
Crescent 70, Lake Quinault 20
Willapa Valley 86, Crescent 42
NORTH BEACH — The Crescent boys basketball team split a pair of games this weekend at the North Beach tournament, dropping its first game 86-42 against Willapa Valley, but then coming back later Saturday to beat Lake Quinault 70-20.
Mikah Love led the Loggers with 19 points against Lake Quinault, while Josh Noel had 13.
In the early game, Willapa Valley scored 32 points in the first quarter.
Henry Bourm had 11 and Jaxon Sprague nine for the Loggers.
Crescent (6-4) next plays at Oakville on Saturday.
Girls Basketball
Port Angeles 66, Sultan 32
Port Angeles 41, Curtis 22
BELLINGHAM — The Port Angeles girls basketball team swept a pair of games at a Meridian tournament this weekend behind its defense and a huge game from Teanna Clark.
The victories evened the Riders’ record at 4-4.
The Roughriders forced 33 turnovers and had 17 steals in a rugged 41-22 win over Curtis on Saturday. This came after a 66-32 win Friday in which Clark scored 27 points.
The Riders got up on Sultan 22-5 in the first quarter thanks to 13 points from Clark, who shot 6-for-9 from 3-point range for the entire game..
The Riders forced 32 turnovers and had 15 offensive rebounds to Sultan’s four. They also tallied 20 steals.
Clark had five assists and four steals to go along with her points. Lindsay Smith added 12 points, five steals and four assists, and Lexie Smith had 10 points and five steals.
Port Angeles is off until Friday when the Roughriders will travel to play at Central Kitsap.
Editor’s Note: The prep basketball recap includes information for print already published online and in the Peninsula Daily News Monday e-edition.
