Quilcene's Megan Weller (21) dribbles past Rainier Christian's Heather Hoyt. Weller scored 10 points in the Rangers' 30-29 win. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

Quilcene's Megan Weller (21) dribbles past Rainier Christian's Heather Hoyt. Weller scored 10 points in the Rangers' 30-29 win. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Quilcene girls basketball wins 30-29; other area reports

QUILCENE — The Quilcene girls basketball team won a 30-29 squeaker against Rainier Christian.

“A high volume of turnovers, sloppy play, and rushed effort made for an ugly game,” Rangers coach Briana Weller said after Tuesday’s game.

“I hope the girls will look at the game tape and see for themselves the mistakes that were made.

“Our goal as a team is to learn from these mistakes and come out playing smarter and stronger the next time out on the floor.”

Junior Sammy Rae came up big for Quilcene, pulling down 24 rebounds and scoring 10 points.

“She had a monster game defensively,” Weller said.

“Offensively, she struggled as the Mustangs double-teamed her most of the night.”

Megan Weller scored 10 points to share high-scoring honors with Rae.

Allison Jones and Katie Bailey each contributed four points each.

The Rangers travel to face Northwest Yeshiva tonight.

Boys Basketball

Central Kitsap 75, Port Angeles 60

SILVERDALE — The class 2A Roughriders suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of the 4A Cougars.

Senior Derek Schumacher had a big game for Port Angeles, scoring 19 points on 7 of 11 shooting, including 4 for 5 from 3-point range.

Schumacher also blocked five shots and grabbed five boards, which tied him for the team-high with Steven Lauderbeck and Hunter Hathaway.

Hathaway was the only other Rider to score in double figures with 10 points.

Brady Konopaski added nine points, seven coming at the free-throw line. The senior point guard also assisted on six baskets and had six steals for Port Angeles (2-1).

Sophomore Cameron Burns scored seven points on 3 of 5 shooting from the field. He also had three rebounds, two assists, three steals and a block.

Wrestling

Port Angeles 57, North Kitsap 17

POULSBO — The Roughriders opened Olympic League competition with a win over the shorthanded Vikings.

Port Angeles bumped Ozzy Swagerty up a weight class to 132 pounds to set up the most anticipated match of the evening.

In a matchup of two state wrestlers from a year ago, Swagerty faced Nikita Weston and prevailed 8-0.

Other individual results:

106 pounds—Ben Basden (Port Angeles) won by forfeit.

113—Tyler Gale (Port Angeles) won by forfeit.

120—Curan Bradley (Port Angeles) pinned Trinity Stacenour 4:26

126—Brady Anderson (Port Angeles) won by forfeit.

132—Ozzy Swagerty (Port Angeles) defeated Nikita Weston 8-0

138—Erick Powell (North Kitsap) defeated Sam Burton 5-1

145—Ricky Crawford (Port Angeles) pinned Kye Ryan 2:47

152—Jon Morgan (North Kitsap) defeated Andrew Harrelson 19-4

160—Brandyn Fouts (Port Angeles) won by forfeit.

170—Will Read (North Kitsap) pinned Thomas Blevins 1:17

182—Augie Piehl (North Kitsap) defeated Evan Gallacci 9-2

195—Matt Robbins (Port Angeles) defeated Tanner Stracener 16-0

220—Kyle La Fritz (Port Angeles) won by forfeit.

285—Roberto Coronel (Port Angeles) won by forfeit.

The Riders next host Bremerton tonight, with JV matches starting at 6 p.m. followed by the varsity at 7 p.m.

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