KIRKLAND — A shorthanded Quilcene girls’ basketball squad managed to fend off Puget Sound Adventist 38-29 on the road for the Rangers’ first Sea-Tac 1B League win of the season.
The Rangers were missing two players — Harmony Shulz and Madison Coffey — then battled foul trouble with Abby Weller, Gina Brown and Katie Love, who all played with four fouls in the Tuesday night game.
“Any time you take a couple of your starters and have to sit them for substantial periods of the game, it definitely causes some concern and changes the way [you] attack and strategize against [your] opponent. The bright spot in this one was the girls were able to pull it together and hang on for the win,” said coach Brianna Weller.
Weller said that Alexis Gray “was the glue that held us together.”
“Gina Brown energized us as well with her strong rebounding and hustle after the loose balls. This kid isn’t afraid of contact. She gets after it and loves the physical assertiveness of the game,” Weller said.
Weller said the Rangers’ foreign exchange student, Natalyia Namjausuk, played a lot of minutes tonight to substitute for the girls in foul trouble.
“She did a great job of hustling up and down the floor and did a nice job on defense,” she said.
Love led Ranger scorers with nine, Gray added seven and sisters Gina and Sydney Brown each scored six.
Quilcene (6-3, 1-1) next plays at Auburn Adventist at 6 p.m. today.
Quilcene 38, PS Adventist 29
Quilcene 10 9 5 14— 38
PS Adventist 3 9 7 10— 29
Quilcene (38) — Love 9, Gray 7, G. Brown 6, S. Brown 6, Weller 3.
Chimacum 35, Vashon 28
VASHON — The Chimacum girls got off to a 22-11 lead at halftime against Vashon, then held on for a 35-28 road win.
The girls got a bit of revenge for a 40-36 loss earlier this season to Vashon.
Mechelle Nesbet had her 11th consecutive double-digit scoring game with 13 points for the Cowboys. Grace Yaley and Shanya Nesbet each added six points for the Cowboys.
Chimacum (6-4, 1-2) next hosts Coupeville at 6 p.m. Friday for an Olympic League 1A Division game.
“The girls did an excellent job of playing defense tonight from start to finish. We did an excellent job of handling their pressure and executing in the first half in particular. We lead from wire to wire which was great,” said soach Trevor Huntingford.
Chimacum 35, Vashon 28
Chimacum 13 9 8 5— 35
Vashon 7 4 6 11— 28
Chimacum (35) — G. Yaley 6, Trafton 4, M. Nisbet 13, Dowling 2, A. Yaley 4, S. Nisbet.
Vashon (28) — Larson 3, Anderson 9, Bray 4, Butler 2, Walker 3, Kyper 7.
Coupeville 39, Port Townsend 29
PORT TOWNSEND — Coupeville won an Olympic League 1A Division game at Port Townsend 39-29.
The game was the first league loss for the Redhawks.
Port Townsend (5-4, 2-1) travels to Forks Friday for a nonleague game at 7 p.m.
Coupeville 39, Port Townsend
PT 10 7 6 6— 29
Coupeville 9 6 15 9— 39
PT (29) — Meek 10, Nielsen 7, Apker-Montoya 6, Carson 4, Hammett 2.
Coupeville (39) — Kellner 13, Roberts 10, M. Littlejohn 8, K. Littlejohn 6, Elfrank 2, Wright 2.
Elma 72, Forks 26
ELMA — Elma won an Evergreen 1A game against Forks 72-26.
Forks (1-7, 0-1) hosts Port Townsend for a nonleague game at 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball
Port Townsend 60, Coupeville 39
COUPEVILLE — The Port Townsend basketball boys improved to 3-0 in Olympic League 1A play with a 60-39 road win over Coupeville.
The Redhawks got balanced scoring with five players with nine points or more. Detrius Kelsall led the Redhawks with 13, while Berkley Hill scored 12, Kaiden Parcher 11, Noa Montoya nine and Seth Spencer nine.
Coach Tom Webster said his team played a good defensive game in what turned into a physical matchup with the Wolves. The Redhawks held the Wolves to only 2 points in the first quarter, then they exploded for 22 points in the fourth to blow the game open.
Spencer hit three 3-pointers for the Redhawks.
“It’s a road league win. You gotta take care of business on the road,” Webster said.
Port Townsend (6-3, 3-0) hosts an 8-2 Forks team at 7 p.m. today for a non-league game, then goes on the road Saturday for a 2 p.m. game against Granite Falls.
Port Townsend 60, Coupeville 39
Port Townsend 12 12 14 22 — 60
Coupeville 2 11 12 12 — 39
PT (60) — Kelsall 12, Hill 12, Parker 11, Montoya 9, Spencer 9, Watkins 4, Foster 2.
Coupeville (39) — Wynn 18, Smith 7, Downes 4, Shank 2 Spark 5, Toomey-Stout 3.
Forks 68, Elma 46
FORKS — The Forks basketball boys scored 44 points in the first half and got 24 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks from Marky Adams en route to a 68-46 Evergreen 1A League opener against Elma.
Forks also got 14 points and 12 rebounds from Cole Baysinger and three 3-pointers and 12 points from Cort Prose and nine points from Parker Browning.
Forks got up 44-19 at the half, then cruised in the second half.
“It was good to start league play with a win in their house,” said coach Rick Gooding. Gooding said Baysinger and Adams both had good games on both ends of the court. Most of Baysinger’s rebounds came on the defensive end, whiule Adams was able to get his hands on the ball on the offensive end when Elma was doing everything it could to keep the ball away from him. He said it was Adams’ best game of the year.
“I can’t say enough about those guys,” he said.
Forks (8-2, 1-0) plays at Port Townsend at 7 p.m. today, then takes on defending Evergreen 1A champion at home at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Hoquiam.
Forks 68, Elma 46
Forks 22 22 11 13— 68
Elma 8 11 5 22— 46
Forks (68) — Schumack 2, Ramsey 2, Baysinger 14, Tejano 3, Browning 9, Prose 12, Adams 24, Flores 2.
Elma (46) — A. Brown 11, Peterson 4, Thompson 11, Vollan 2, A.J. Brown 18.
Puget Sound Adventist 66, Quilcene 39
KIRKWOOD — Quilcene lost a Sea-Tac 1B League game on the road to first-place Puget Sound Adventist 66-39.
The Rangers (5-3, 0-2) next play at 7:30 p.m. today at Auburn Adventist.
