PORT TOWNSEND — Everybody played major minutes as the Port Townsend boys basketball team rolled over an overmatched Aussie Travelers team at the Crush in the Slush tournament.
The Redskins ran out to a 23-6 lead at the end of the first quarter and 37-10 advantage at halftime and cruised to a 50-28 victory in the final game of their own tourney Saturday night.
The score could have been a lot worse against the youthful and inexperienced Australian team.
Port Townsend coach Tom Webster took mercy on the Aussies and gave good playing time to his reserves.
“They were blown out the day before by Neah Bay, and then we took the big early lead and then we started playing a lot of guys,” Webster said.
“We were able to play everybody, and they were able to work on their game. It was good for everybody.”
Leading scorer Cody Russell put in just four points because of limited minutes but he did dish out four assists.
Jacob King had a team-high 11 points while Brian LeMaster added eight.
Both players also led on the boards with King grabbing seven and LeMaster bringing down six.
“King played his best game, and Emmett Davis played a good game,” Webster said.
Davis scored six points.
The Redskins went 2-0 in the two-day, 15-team tournament, improving to 4-7 on the year.
Port Townsend now will take the week off and next will host Port Angeles on Jan. 8.
Port Townsend 50, Travelers 28
Travelers 6 4 6 12— 28
Port Townsend 23 14 10 3— 50
Individual scoring
Aussie Travelers (28)
Guala 9, George 13, Jelss 2, Goldsach 2, McGlade 2.
Port Townsend (50)
O’Brien 1, Russell 4, LeMaster 8, King 11, Davis 6, Charlton 4, Spaltenstein 6, Arthur 2, Ristick 3, Dwyer 5.
Port Angeles 62, Black Hills 35
OLYMPIA — Derek Schumacher and Hayden Gunderson combined for 31 points as the youthful Roughriders earned their first win of the season Saturday night.
Schumacher swished in a game-high 16 points while Gunderson was right behind with 15.
The Riders cruised out to a dominating 39-8 lead at halftime despite missing a starter to injury and two other key players for other reasons in the nonleague contest.
“We had a good group effort,” coach Brent Stephens said.
Starter Marshall Elliott will miss three weeks after suffering a concussion five days ago during practice.
Under doctor’s orders, Elliott will start walking after the first week as long as his headaches are under control, then start running after the second week and then do light workouts after the third week and get ready to start practicing with the team.
“Marshall is one of our contributors, one of the better players,” Stephens said.
Other players are stepping up with increased minutes and more contribution in the place of Elliott.
That includes Gunderson, a junior who had a strong game against Black Hills, Stephens said.
“In the last week he has been stepping it up,” Stephens said. “He’s getting one of the biggest increase of minutes with Marshall out. He’s making an impact.”
Also making an impact is sophomore Hunter Hathaway, up from the JV team.
Hathaway had eight points “and a ton of rebounds” against Black Hills, Stephens said.
“Hunter does a lot of the gritty work,” Stephens said. “He-s 6-2, 6-3, and a good athlete.”
Hathaway is just one of the many underclassmen on the varsity team.
“We’re very young,” Stephens said. “We only have three seniors who play valuable minutes.”
Another player up from the JV team is junior Tristan Isett, who had four points in Saturday’s game.
Hathaway and Isett would have both been called up to the varsity team this season; they just were called up sooner than expected because the squad is missing three players right now, Stephens said.
The Riders now get a bit of a break and don’t play again until Jan. 8 when they travel to Port Townsend.
They have been playing nonstop since the season’s opening tip-off.
“This break should be good for us,” Stephens said.
Port Angeles 62, Black Hills 35
Port Angeles 18 21 11 12— 62
Black Hills 6 2 20 7— 35
Individual scoring
Port Angeles (62)
Schumacher 16, Gunderson 15, Payton 9, Hathaway 8, Williams 2, Treider 8, Isett 4.
Black Hills (35)
Grate 12, Burgess 11, Hewell 8, Underhill 4.
Sedro-Woolley 86, Chimacum 48
PORT TOWNSEND — The Cowboys were overwhelmed by state-caliber Sedro-Woolley in the second day of the Crush in the Slush tournament Saturday.
Sedro-Woolley scored at least 19 points in each quarter and led 47-20 at halftime and never looked back.
Orion Weller scored 11 points and Kevin Miller had 10 for the Cowboys while Jackson Price of Sedro-Woolley had a hot hand with 27 points.
Mason Felms netted 18 and Michael Moser had 14 for Sedro-Woolley.
Sedro-Woolley 86, Chimacum 48
Sedro-Woolley 24 23 20 19— 86
Chimacum 9 11 19 9— 48
Individual scoring
Sedro-Woolley (86)
Price 27, Felms 18, Moser 14, Jette 6, Peterson 6, Doorn 5, Conjin 4, Farmer 3, Hindman 3.
Chimacum (48)
Weller 11, Miller 10, Pagasian 8, Settje 8, Ajax 5, Carthum 3, Hundley 2, Settlemire 1.
Girls Basketball
Chimacum 41 Seattle Academy 29
PORT TOWNSEND — Lauren and Audrey Thacker combined for 22 points to spark the Cowboys at the Crush in the Slush tournament Saturday.
“This one started slow for us, looking much like the start of Friday’s Port Townsend game [won 79-21 by the Redskins] but in the second quarter we locked in mentally, picked up our defense and started forcing turnovers,” Chimacum coach Trevor Huntingford said.
“Lauren Thacker led us with good post play while sophomore Kiersten Snyder did a nice job controlling our offense at point, and freshman and most versatile player Audrey Thacker is improving quickly and had another strong outing with 10 points.”
The Cowboys pulled away in the middle quarters, outscoring Seattle Academy 31-13 in the second and third periods.
Chimacum 41, Seattle Academy 29
Seattle Academy 7 8 5 9— 29
Chimacum 3 18 13 7— 41
Individual scoring
Seattle Academy (29)
Perlin 8, Mark 7, True 5, Lems 4, Valentine 3, Hansen 2.
Chimacum (41)
L. Thacker 12, A. Thacker 10, Snyder 9, Johnson 6, Cossell 3, Sutherland 1.
Port Townsend 43, Mornington Breakers 31
PORT TOWNSEND — Codi Hallinan swished in a game-high 16 points to lead the Redskins past the Australian traveling team at the Crush in the Slush tournament Saturday.
Gabrielle Hossack added eight points and Irina Lyons had seven as Port Townsend used the middle two quarters to gain a 39-20 lead on Mornington and hang on for the win.
The Redskins, now 8-3 on the season, went 2-0 in the two-day tournament, beating rival Chimacum 68-23 on Friday.
Sarah Beardmore led Mornington with 15 points.
Port Townsend 43, Mornington 31
Mornington 9 4 7 11— 31
Port Townsend 9 13 17 4— 43
Individual scoring
Mornington (31)
Beardmore 15, Crossman 6, Watkins 4, Hay 3, Plummer 3.
Port Townsend (43)
Hallinan 16, Hossack 8, Lyons 7, Johnson 5, Meek 4, Rutenbeck 2, Rubio 1.
W.F. West 65,
Port Angeles 41
CHEHALIS — The short-handed Roughriders lost their second nonleague game against high-caliber competition last weekend.
The Bearcats, who captured sixth at state last season, stormed out to a 36-13 halftime lead and never let the Riders into the game.
“For the second straight night, we ended up playing one good half against a very good team,” Port Angeles coach Michael Poindexter said.
“And again, a sub-par half did us in.”
The Riders were outscored just 29-28 in the second half.
“We shot 18 percent from the field in the first half and 50 percent in the second half, with roughly similar shots available,” Poindexter said.
“Obviously, when the shots went in in the second half, we were competitive.”
The Bearcats’ two big players combined for 16 of the team’s 19 points in the first quarter.
“We were not able to do anything to stop their inside scoring early on,” Poindexter said.
“During the second half, our full-court pressure improved, which gave them less time to execute their half-court offense.
“Macy Walker played an outstanding game both offensively and defensively. Krista Johnson shot the ball well in the second half.”
All of Johnson’s 10 points came in that half.
Kylee Jeffers had a strong game as well, and was the only Roughrider to get herself to the free-throw line, where she was 5 of 6.
Now 7-3, the Riders next will host Port Townsend on Jan. 8.
W.F. West 65, Port Angeles 41
Port Angeles 10 3 16 12— 41
W.F. West 19 17 13 16— 65
Individual scoring
Port Angeles (41)
Walker 11, Johnson 10, Hinrichs 7, Jeffers 5, Jones 4, Northern 2, Lee 2.
W.F. West (65)
Parker 23, Spencer 19, Hankins 7, Weeks 5, Betray 4, Kelly 1.
North Mason 33, Sequim 24
PORT TOWNSEND — The Bulldogs held off the Wolves in nonleague action at the Crush in the Slush tournament Saturday.
No player on either team scored in double figures as North Mason turned a 23-20 lead after three periods of play into a victory by outscoring Sequim 10-4 in the final quarter.
The Wolves fell to 4-7 with the loss.
North Mason 33, Sequim 24
Sequim 6 3 11 4— 24
North Mason 10 6 7 10— 33
Individual scoring
Sequim (24)
Lester 2, Cummins 4, Bentz 2, Guan 4, Wallner 3, Landoni 5, Beuke 2, Anderson 2.
North Mason (33)
Sandquist 3, Hicks 4, Stanton 3, Shumaker 8, Satran 6, Johnson 9.
North Beach 26, Forks 25
OCEAN SHORES — The Spartans lost a heartbreaker to host North Beach at the North Beach Christmas Tournament on Friday night.
“It was nice to be able to have a chance to tie it with 7 seconds to play,” Forks coach Al Scheibner said.
“We were down by three points with 22 seconds to go, got the ball into Casey Williams, who put back her miss, made it, and was fouled on the play, putting us down by one, 26-25.”
That was as close as the Spartans would get.
“Overall, a really good defensive night to let us have a chance to win,” Scheibner said.
It didn’t help the Spartans that they had to wait six hours to play their game Friday night.
“Despite sitting for six hours after watching the boys game at 1 p.m., I thought we came out really strong the first quarter,” Scheibner said.
“And we played great defense the entire game. However, offensively we did not play very well at all, missing many easy baskets. Probably a lot to due with being off four days during Christmas.”
Earlier in the tourney, the Spartans lost 35-27 to Mary M. Knight.
North Beach 26, Forks 25
Forks 11 8 0 6— 25
North Beach 5 12 3 6— 26
Individual scoring
Forks (25)
Paul 4, Raben 5, Price 6, Weekes 4, Williams 4, Flores 2.
North Beach (26)
Sotomish 5, Delacruz 17, Shale 4.
Wrestling
Forks 5th
in tourney
VASHON ISLAND — The Spartans captured fifth place at the 12-team Vashon Island Invitational on Saturday.
Quincy claimed the team title while Blaine took second and Mount Baker was third.
The Spartans were missing a few wrestlers because of the holidays.
“For what we had, it was good,” Forks coach Bob Wheeler said.
“The ones that were there finished pretty much in line with the rest of the season. Overall, it was a decent performance.”
Two Spartans claimed second place as Sebastian Morales was runner-up at 106 pounds and Sebastian Barragan was second at 120.
There were three third places with Javier Contreras taking third at 126, Ricky Barragan third at 128 and Miguel Morales third at 185.
Contreras lost to the eventual winner in his weight class.
Naninto Sanchez was fourth at 132 while Gavin Castaneta took fifth at 195 and Erik Camacho was sixth at 182.