A big night from star senior Tre’ Seydel led Raymond to a 67-51 victory over Ocosta in a 2B Pacific League contest on Saturday in Westport.
Seydel, who is averaging 28.5 points per game, scored 39 points that included a 16-for-18 (88%) night at the free-throw line.
The Seagulls got off to a hot start in the first quarter led by Seydel’s relentless assault on the basket. The senior guard consistently attacked the rim en route to 15 points in the first eight minutes of the game.
But despite Seydel’s efforts, Ocosta (4-+ overall, 2-6 2B Pacific) was well within striking distance, trailing 22-19 after the first quarter after hitting eight shots from the field in the frame, including two threes from guard Josh Figueroa.
But Wildcats turnovers took a toll in the second quarter, and Raymond (9-3, 6-3) took advantage.
Ocosta was held to just four points in the period while Raymond remained hot as Seydel scored 14 of Raymond’s 16 points in the period to take a commanding 38-23 lead into halftime.
“The two separating factors in the game were the sheer number of turnovers that we had, most of them unforced, and the second factor in the game was Tre’ going off for 41 points,” Ocosta head coach Jason Quinby said. “He was on the attack from the start of the game.”
The second half was close as Raymond outscored Ocosta by a mere point at 19-18 as the Wildcats went to a full-court double-team on Seydel to force the ball out of his hands as much as possible.
Ocosta trimmed to lead to single digits at one point in the half, but Raymond converted free throws on an Ocosta delay of game technical foul that killed the Wildcats momentum.
In addition to Seydel, Raymond senior Adrian Quintana scored 17 points for the Seagulls.
Jaxson Freeman led Raymond with seven rebounds and was credited by Seagulls head coach Derek Rask as playing “a solid game for us defensively.”
“Ocosta is always a tough place to play. Their team plays hard and they made us work for everything tonight offensively,” Rask said. “This was our third game this week so I was proud of our guys for working hard and putting out great effort despite being a little fatigued.”
Ocosta had four players score in double figures as Mark Lewis (14 points, 9 rebounds), Xander Prigmore (12 pts., 4 reb.), Kevin Agramon (11 pts., 4 reb.) and Figueroa (10 pts., 6 reb.) scored in double digits for the Wildcats.
“Overall, our intensity was much better tonight and I thought we actually played pretty good defense as a team,” Quinby said. “I’ll take four guys scoring in double digits on any game, now we need to clean up our turnovers.”
Ocosta faces Wishkah Valley at 7 p.m. Monday at Wishkah Valley High School.
Raymond will face North Beach in a league game at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in Ocean Shores.
Raymond 22 16 13 16 — 68
Ocosta 19 4 13 15 — 51
Raymond (67) — Seydel 39, Quintana 17, Hutson 6, Freeman 4, Hubbard 2
Ocosta (51) — Lewis 14, X. Prigmore 12, K. Agramon 11, Figueroa 10, N. Prigmore 4
Elma 45, Northwest Christian 41
Elma made the clutch plays late to beat Northwest Christian 45-41 on Saturday in Elma.
The Eagles (5-5) trailed the Wolverines (4-11) by three late in the game when Elma senior Logan Witt scored on a 3-point play to tie the game with just over a minute remaining.
After a defensive stop by the Eagles, Traden Carter scored off an offensive rebound to give Elma the lead with just under a minute to go.
Carter then hit two free throws of a bonus 1-and-1 situation to seal the victory.
“NWC is better than their record indicates. They gave us everything we could handle,” Elma head coach Matt Ferrier said, lamenting his team’s poor shooting from close range, where he estimated it missed 15-20 layups. “We escaped and are happy with the win, but we have to get this fixed immediately or it won’t be pretty.”
Witt led Elma with 16 points with Carter adding 11 and senior Jerred Bailey adding eight points and a team high 11 rebounds.
Elma hosts Montesano in an East County Rivalry game at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
Northwest Christian 11 7 14 9 — 41
Elma 8 13 17 13 — 45
Scoring
NWC (41) — J. Babber 16, Walker 15, Brooks 6, D. Babber 4, Dunning 2
Elma (45) — Witt 16, Carter 11, Bailey 8, Tim Flores 4, Gibson Cain 2, Nathan Comer 2, Grant Vessey 1, Cason Seaberg 1
South Bend 63, Mary M. Knight 51
South Bend had a good shooting night in picking up a 65-51 non-league victory over Mary M. Knight on Saturday at Mary M. Knight High School.
South Bend (2-8) had four player score in double figures as it shot 12-for-24 (50%) from 3-point range on the evening.
South Bend was led by Justin Yi (15 points), Jordan Posada (13 pts.), Jacob Carlson (13 pts.) and Ryan Kirpes (11 pts.), each of whom scored in double figures.
“I was very happy with how we moved the ball on offense and got good looks,” South Bend head coach John Schray said.
Branson Williams led South Bend with 12 rebounds and five assists with Yi and Ferrill Johnson snatching four steals apiece.
South Bend hosts North Beach at 7 p.m. on Monday.
South Bend 9 20 21 13 — 63
Mary M. Knight 16 4 14 15 — 51
South Bend — Yi 15, Posada 13, Carlson 13, Kirpes 11, Johnson 7, Williams 4
MMK — Q. Krippelcz 27, R. Good 11, I. Newman 5, A. Zeigler 4, D. Goeders 4
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Willapa Valley 42, Mossyrock 38
Willapa Valley pulled off a major upset in downing the 1B class’ No. 2 team Mossyrock 42-38 on Saturday in Menlo.
Mossyrock (7-3, 2-1 1B Columbia Valley) entered the game as the WIAA RPI second-ranked team in the 1B class but was without two of its top scorers in Caelyn Marshall and Hailey Brooks.
“They are really good with (Marshall and Brooks),” Willapa Valley head coach John Peterson said. “But I’m not going to take away anything from my kids. They played the game of their life.”
Willapa Valley (6-7, 2-1) trailed early on but grabbed the lead in the fourth minute of the game and never relinquished it, shooting 16-for-45 (36%) from the field.
Willapa Valley players assisted on 14 of the team’s 16 made shots in the game.
Senior Lanissa Amacher led Willapa Valley with 14 points — 12 coming in the first half that saw the Vikings take a 24-18 lead at halftime — and grabbed eight rebounds.
Chayse Coady scored 11 for Willapa Valley while Brooklyn Patrick had seven rebounds and seven assists.
Peterson said the victory followed his formula for success of scoring between 40-45 points and playing good defense.
“We played together tonight,” he said. “I’m thrilled for the kids. They were so happy tonight.”
Mossyrock 9 9 13 7 — 38
Willapa Valley 15 9 9 9 — 42
Mossyrock (38) — Payton Torrey 22, Taylor Swartz 5, D. Marshall 4, Wiese 3, Lovan 2, Schultz 2
Willapa Valley (42) — Amacher 14, Coady 11
South Bend 52, Mary M. Knight 20
Led by a big game from Elli Capps and a strong defense, South Bend defeated Mary M. Knight 52-20 on Saturday at Mary M. Knight High School.
South Bend (2-9) used its man-to-man press defense to take an 18-7 lead after the first quarter and hold the Owls (0-5-1) to just five points in the second half and a scoreless fourth quarter.
Capps scored a game high 22 points to lead South Bend, which went 21-of-94 (22%) from the field and hit 8-of-18 (44%) of its free throws.
“Each game we continue to make improvements,” South Bend head coach Randy Carlson said. “This game our defense stepped up big time and got 26 steals and we cut our turnovers to 12. Capps had a great night attacking the basket and Reece Williams and Hannah Jewell attacked the rebounded very well. As a team we worked hard on defense paying close attention to passes they could pick off.”
South Bend hosts Oakville at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
South Bend 18 9 14 11 — 52
MMK 8 7 5 0 — 20
Scoring
South Bend (52) — Capps 22, Jewell 8, Raydynn Morley 9, Brooklynne Johnson 6, Blakeli Jerles 3, Dayna Estle 2, Berklee Morley 2
MMK (20) — Edgin 6, Westing 6, Cooper 6, Lohman 5
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
South Puget Sound 83, Grays Harbor 75
The Grays Harbor College Chokers second-half rally came up short in an 83-75 loss to South Puget Sound on Saturday in Olympia.
GHC (5-10, 1-1 NWAC West) found itself in a 50-34 hole at the end of the first half but rallied to cut the lead to 50-45 on a Justin Loveless layup with 15:51 to go in the second half.
With GHC trailing 56-50, the game got away from the Chokers as South Puget Sound went on an 8-0 run to extend its lead to 14.
GHC would cut the deficit to 76-71 on a Tristan Schoepf 3-pointer with 3:21 left to got, but South Puget Sound responded with an 7-2 run to keep the Chokers at arm’s length.
Schoepf had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds to go along with five assists.
David Featherston Jr. (15 points, 3 rebounds), Logan Walker (14 pts., 6 reb.) and Loveless (10 pts., 4 reb., 4 assists) also scored in double figures for the Chokers.
GHC returned to the court with an 88-73 victory at Centralia on Wednesday, Jan. 19 after the NWAC had decided to temporarily shut down the basketball season in December due to COVID.
Schoepf led the way in the victory over Centralia with 24 points and 12 rebounds.
Walker had 20 points with Loveless (11 pts., 11 ast.) and Featherston Jr. (11 pts.) also scoring in double figures in the victory.
Grays Harbor 34 41 — 75
S. Puget Sound 50 33 — 83
Scoring
GHC (75) — Schoepf 17, Featherston Jr. 15, Walker 14, Loveless 10, Dylan Hunter 9, Diego Gutierrez 5, Avery Seter 5
SPS (83) — Speller-Hale 21, Hicks 16, Wakefield 9, Dillon 9, Davis 7, Simmons 6, Ojukwu 6, Montes 5, Tillman 2, Hassell 2
