TACOMA — Kiah Jones and Mariah Frazier combined for 26 points to spark the Port Angeles girls basketball team to the Class 2A West Central District semifinals and an automatic regional berth at Foss High School on Friday night.
The Roughriders held off Olympic League rival North Kitsap 54-38 to advance to the semifinal game against Renton on Saturday night. Results weren’t available by press time.
Frazier, who scored 12 points against the Vikings in the quarterfinals, was lights-out in the fourth quarter to help hold back a North Kitsap rally.
“North Kitsap was very competitive,” Port Angeles coach Michael Poindexter said.
That was saying something since the Vikings went 0-3 against the Riders this year, including losing by 29 and 25 points in the regular season.
“They handled our press well this time,” Poindexter said.
Frazier took over in the fourth quarter, scoring most of her 12 points and grabbing seven rebounds in that period.
“She really dominated,” Poindexter said about Frazier’s fourth quarter.
Kiah Jones, meanwhile, led the Riders with 14 points while Frazier and Maddy Hinrichs had four steals each.
“Kiah had a steady overall game for us,” Poindexter said.
Shayla Northern kept the Riders ahead in the first half with nine points, making three 3-pointers in the opening half.
“Shayla kept us in the game early,” Poindexter said.
Indigo Williams scored a team-high 14 points for the Vikings.
Port Angeles 54, North Kitsap 38
North Kitsap 10 3 12 13— 38
Port Angeles 8 17 8 21— 54
Individual scoring
North Kitsap (38)
Williams 14, Baugh 8, Brown 5, Simmons 4, Bray 4, Mueller 3.
Port Angeles (54)
K. Jones 14, Frazier 12, Northern 9, Hinrichs 4, Johnson 4, Walker 3, Jeffers 2, Rodocker 2.