Miki Ness and Alexandria Matthews led Ocosta to a 36-29 victory over North Beach in girls basketball action on Wednesday in Westport.

Ocosta (2-3 overall, 2-2 2B Pacific) led wire-to-wire in picking up its second 2B Pacific League win of the season.

The Wildcats held a 20-13 lead at the half and — after the Hyaks trimmed the lead to two late in the third quarter — stretched the lead back up to seven heading into the fourth quarter.

Ocosta was led by senior guard Ness, who scored 17 points, grabbed eight rebounds, dished out seven assists and recorded five steals in the game.

PHOTO BY VAN ADAM DAVIS Ocosta senior guard Miki Ness (12) had a game-high 17 points in the Wildcats’ 36-29 victory over North Beach on Wednesday in Westport.

Senior Matthews added 11 points and nine boards while freshman Anna Davis stepped up to score eight points and grab a team-high 14 rebounds for the Wildcats.

Ocosta shot 24% for the game, going 15-of-62 from the field.

The Wildcats had 43 rebounds as a team — 22 on the offensive glass — and committed 15 turnovers.

North Beach was led by Anna Eastman and Malia Cox with 12 and eight points, respectively.

The Hyaks (1-4, 0-2) committed 17 turnovers in the game.

North Beach hosts Chief Leschi at 7 p.m. Friday.

Ocosta plays at South Bend at 7 p.m. on Friday.

North Beach 3 10 7 9 — 29

Ocosta 9 11 7 9 — 36

Scoring: O — M. Ness 17, Matthews 11, Davis 8.

PHOTO BY LARRY BALE Raymond guard Karsyn Freeman (24) scored 37 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a 66-43 win over Chief Leschi on Wednesday at Raymond High School.

Raymond 66, Chief Leschi 43

Karsyn Freeman had a big game to lead Raymond girls to a 66-43 victory over Chief Leschi on Wednesday in Raymond.

Freeman scored a game-high 37 points to go along with 12 rebounds and seven steals in an all-state caliber performance.

Senior Alia Enlow added 10 points and a team-leading 13 rebounds for the Seagulls (4-1, 3-1 2B Pacific), which had 49 rebounds as a team.

Raymond lead 9-6 at the end of the first quarter and outscored the Warriors by 10 in the second period to take a 26-13 lead at the break.

Leading 49-34 entering the fourth quarter, Raymond secured the victory by outscoring Chief Leschi 17-9 in the period.

Freeman scored 19 of her 37 points in the second half.

Raymond plays at Forks at 6 p.m. on Friday.

Chief Leschi 6 7 21 9 — 43

Raymond 9 17 23 17 — 66

Scoring: CL — Mitchell 30, Anderson 5, Brown 4, Rodarte 2, Dillon 2. R — Freeman 37, Enlow 10, Glazier 7, Kongbouakhay 5, Williams 4, Ky. Koski 3.

Montesano 62, Columbia-White Salmon 33

Montesano benefited from a McKynnlie Dalan double-double en route to a 62-33 girls basketball win over Columbia-White Salmon on Wednesday at Columbia High School.

Dalan scored a game-high 27 points to go along with 12 rebounds as the University of Minnesota-bound forward led Monte to victory in its first game in eight days.

Senior guards Vanna Prom and Jaiden King added eight and seven points, respectively, for a Bulldogs team that shot 25-of-46 (54%) from the field and had 22 steals in the victory.

Monte (3-1) led 17-3 after one quarter and 30-17 at the half before outscoring CWS 28-3 in a dominant third quarter to put the game away.

Montesano hosts Adna at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

Montesano 17 13 28 12 — 62

Columbia-White Salmon 3 14 3 13 — 33

Scoring: M — M. Dalan 27, Prom 8, King 7, Karr 5, Stanfield 4, J. Dalan 4, Young 2, Bruland 2.

Other scores

Boys Prep Basketball

Tumwater 78, Aberdeen 37

BOYS PREP SWIMMING

Shelton 96, Aberdeen 70

Aberdeen senior Zach Parker claimed two victories to highlight the Bobcats’ season-opening Evergreen 2A dual meet with league-rival Shelton on Wednesday at the YMCA of Grays Harbor.

Parker won the 50-yard freestyle and the 100 butterfly to lead the Bobcats.

“This is a young and relatively inexperienced squad this season,” Aberdeen head coach Rob Burns said. “Parker came through with wins in key events for us and the whole team competed very well in their first dual meet of the season.”

Parker edged out Shelton’s Wyatt Anthis by 0.08 of a second to win the 50 free. The senior returned quickly to take the 100 butterfly for the Bobcats’ lone event wins of the day.

Freshman Zeke Olson took second in the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke, while sophomore Denny Linker added a second in the 100 freestyle and sophomore Tony Hatlested took second in the 100 backstroke.

The Aberdeen coaches cited those swimmers, along with freshman Tyson Powell and sophomore Jacob Hallak for their performances.

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