JOYCE — Both the Crescent boys and girls basketball teams are headed to the Class 1B Tri-District tournament after winning loser-out pigtail games at home Monday night.
The Crescent girls beat Quilcene 33-18 to make it back to the playoffs for the first time in 10 years while the Logger boys defeated Lopez Island 45-30.
Both teams jumped from the frying pan into the district fire, at least it’s double-elimination, on Tuesday night.
Results were unavailable as the boys took on Mount Rainier Christian and the girls played Northwest Yeshiva in the first round.
On Monday, Sara Moore swished in 17 points to spark the Logger girls over fellow North Olympic Peninsula school Quilcene.
“We started out really slow,” Crescent coach Brian Scott said.
The Loggers led just 12-11 at the break but a 12-2 third quarter broke the game open.
Crescent ended up outscoring the Rangers 21-7 in the second half.
“We came out in the second half with the press, and from there we increased our lead,” Scott said.
Samantha Rae led the Rangers with 10 points.
Crescent 33, Quilcene 18
Quilcene 3 8 2 5— 18
Crescent 6 6 12 9— 33
Individual scoring
Quilcene (18)
Knutzen 3, Rae 10, Hughes 4, Dial 1.
Crescent (33)
Moore 17, Hazelett 7, McGowan 4, Belford 2, S. Williams 2, T. Williams 1.
Crescent 45,
Lopez Island 30
JOYCE — Joel Williams, the North Olympic League offensive player of the year, had another monster game with 23 points and 20 rebounds to spark the Logger boys to the blowout pigtail victory Monday.
Williams also had three blocks and a steal.
“Joel had a great game,” Crescent coach Darren Heaward said.
Overall, the Loggers caught fire in the second half and buried Lopez with the second-half score of 31-13 after trailing 17-14 at halftime.
“We played a great game,” Crescent coach Darren Heaward said.
“The boys are pretty excited [about playing in the Tri-District tournament].”
Derrick Findley also scored in double figures for the Loggers with 13 points while Kelvin Jordan had a team-high 14 for Lopez.
Crescent 45, Lopez 30
Lopez 7 10 5 8— 30
Crescent 4 10 10 21— 45
Individual scoring
Lopez (30)
Peralta 8, halberg 3, Graham 2, Jordan 14, Colby 3.
Crescent (45)
Walker 2, Fadness 5, Findley 13, Story 2, Williams 23.