Montesano beat Black Hills to win its own winter tournament as we review boys prep basketball games on the Twin Harbors.

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL

Montesano 67, Black Hills 52

Montesano closed out its Winter Classic with a convincing 67-52 victory over Black Hills on Friday in the title game of the Montesano Winter Classic at Montesano High School.

PHOTO BY FOREST WORGUM Montesano’s Tyce Peterson (23) puts up a jump shot during the Bulldogs’ 67-52 victory over Black Hills in the Montesano Winter Classic on Friday in Montesano.

The Bulldogs (8-1 overall) extended their winning streak to eight games with a complete team victory over the Wolves (2-7).

Trailing by five at halftime after losing the second quarter 24-11, Montesano took control of the game in the second half by getting 12 points apiece from leading scorers Delon Chan and Tyce Peterson while holding the Black Hills offense to 18 points over the final 16 minutes of the game, four alone in the fourth quarter.

“Just a truly great effort. Our defense was phenomenal,” Montesano head coach Leonard Barnes said. “We had some tremendous rebounding by our big guys. I love what they did inside. … I loved our effort. It was a great team victory.”

Montesano head 27 rebounds as a team, led by senior post Gabe Bodwell with eight.

Both Chan and Peterson finished with 20 points for a Bulldogs offense that shot a red-hot 31-for-56 from the floor (55%).

Senior post Cam Taylor finished with 11 points in the paint while Bodwell, Jaxson Wilson and Soren Cobb scored six points each for Montesano.

The Bulldogs will resume play against Chief Leschi at 7 p.m. on Friday in Puyallup.

Black Hills 10 24 14 4 – 52

Montesano 18 11 20 18 – 67

Scoring: Black Hills – T. Morrill 14, Q. Morrill 11, Ellison 9, Morgan 7, Faught 6, Beck 5. Montesano – Chan 20, Peterson 20, Taylor 11, Wilson 6, Bodwell 6, Cobb 6.

PHOTO BY FOREST WORGUM Montesano’s Cam Taylor (50) scores from the low post against Black Hills’ Quinton Morrill during the Bulldogs’ 67-52 win in the Montesano Winter Classic on Friday in Montesano.

Montesano 67, Castle Rock 28

Montesano quickly took care of business in defeating Castle Rock 67-28 in the first round of the Montesano Winter Classic on Thursday in Montesano.

The Bulldogs (7-1) dominated the opening eight minutes of play, routing Castle Rock (1-5) 25-6 led by nine points from Tyce Peterson and seven from Delon Chan in the frame.

Leading 39-21 at the half, Monte put the game away with a 19-0 third quarter, with Chan scoring nine points on 3-of-4 shooting from beyond the arc.

Monte shot 26-of-59 from the field (44%) – including 8-of-20 from 3-point range (40%) – and had 12 steals and 12 assists as a team.

Chan led all scorers with 18 points while Peterson (12 points) and guard Terek Gunter (10 points) also scored in double figures for the Bulldogs.

Castle Rock 6 15 0 7 – 28

Montesano 25 14 19 9 – 67

Scoring: Castle Rock – Keatley 7, Langdon 7, Randolph 6, Metcalf 3, Ross 3. Montesano – Chan 18, Peterson 12, Gunter 10, Wilson 8, Taylor 4, Dowler 2, Damasiewicz 2, Cobb 2.

Black Hills 61, North Beach 39

North Beach couldn’t overcome a tough first half en route to a 61-39 loss to Black Hills in the Montesano Winter Classic on Thursday at Montesano High School.

The Hyaks (2-7) trailed 20-9 after one quarter and – after scoring four points in the second period – trailed by 23 at halftime.

“We had a rough first half. Just couldn’t get it going,” North Beach head coach Larry Moore said. “Our effort was good the entire game but our execution on offense wasn’t where it needed to be in the first half.”

Jade Charley led North Beach with 19 points while Kobe Charley had seven points and led the Hyaks “with his hustle,” according to Moore.

Tyrell Hovland had 12 rebounds to lead the Hyaks on the boards.

North Beach hosts Rainier at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

North Beach 9 4 15 11 – 39

Black Hills 20 16 12 13 – 61

Scoring: North Beach – J. Charley 19, K. Charley 7, Curry 5, Eastman 4, Hovland 2, Lauderdale 2. Black Hills – Ellison 26, Faught 12, Beck 8, Morgan 5, Q. Morrill 4, Cedargreen 2, Stallings 2, T. Morrill 2.

Raymond 72, Willapa Valley 53

Raymond had arguably its best offensive game of the season in a 72-53 win over Willapa Valley on Friday at Raymond High School.

The Seagulls (5-3) shot 59% from the field in the game, hitting 32-of-54 shots and had four players score in double figures.

After a back-and-forth first 12 minutes of play, Raymond found itself down 29-22 midway through the second quarter, but a 13-0 run put the Seagulls up 35-29 at the half.

Raymond stayed hot after the break, outscoring the Vikings (5-3) 24-9 in the third quarter to take a comfortable 21-point lead heading into the final period of play.

“We played our best, most complete game of the year tonight. It was a packed house with a great environment and our guys really fed off of that energy,” Raymond head coach Mike Tully said. “Offensively, we did a good job of taking advantage of mismatches when we found them. We also shot the ball much better than we have all season.”

Guard Chris Quintana led Raymond with 22 points and four assists while Talan Yearout had a double-double with 14 points – 10 in the first quarter – and 10 rebounds.

Senior Austin Snodgrass also scored in double digits for Raymond, tallying 16 points to go along with six rebounds.

“I thought we started off the game playing poorly defensively,” Willapa Valley head coach Derek Rask said. “Unfortunately, we weren’t able to execute the adjustments we tried to make in the second half.”

Blaine King scored a game-high 27 points and had seven rebounds to lead the Vikings.

Willapa Valley takes on King’s Way Christian in the Jack Q. Pearson Holiday Classic at 4 p.m. Friday at Willapa Valley High School.

Raymond hosts Muckleshoot Tribal at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Willapa Valley 13 16 9 15 – 53

Raymond 18 17 24 13 – 72

Scoring: Willapa Valley – King 27, Fluke 10, Ritzman 6, Ruelas 6, Swartz 2, Keeton 2. Raymond – Quintana 22, Snodgrass 16, Yearout 14, Banker 10, Miller 3, Welch 3, Kongbouakhay 2, Schlueter 2.

Other scores

Montesano Winter Classic Consolation

North Beach 45, Castle Rock 34 (Friday)

2B Pacific League

Raymond 57, North Beach 54 (Wednesday)