Willapa Valley defeated North Beach in the championship game of the Holiday with the Hyaks Tournament as we review Friday’s boys prep hoops games on the Harbor.
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BOYS PREP BASKETBALL
Willapa Valley 72, North Beach 38
Willapa Valley capped off a successful trip to Ocean Shores with a 72-38 victory over North Beach in the championship game of the North Beach Holiday with the Hyaks Tournament on Friday.
Valley (7-2 overall) jumped out to a 25-9 lead after the first eight minutes of the game and never looked back, leading 46-20 by halftime and 64-31 by the end of the third quarter.
“Once again, we did a great job setting the tone on the defensive end,” Willapa Valley head coach Derek Rask said. “We didn’t allow North Beach to get easy shots and we rebounded the ball well, which allowed us to get into our transition game on offense.”
Valley was led by senior guard Nathan Fluke and tournament MVP Blane King with 17 points apiece.
SUBMITTED PHOTO Willapa Valley guard Blane King was named the MVP of the North Beach Holiday with the Hyaks Tournament on Friday in Ocean Shores.
Fluke added seven assists to his stat line while Vikings senior Connor “Cheese” Keeton had 11 rebounds to lead Valley.
Willapa Valley shot 37.8% on 28-of-74 shooting while the Hyaks (4-6) were 16 of 45 from the field (35.5%).
J.J. Eastman led North Beach with 17 points.
“We gave them way to many second, third and sometimes even fourth-chance shots,” Hyaks head coach Jordan Fry said. “Credit Valley though, they are tough and they do all the little things right and in sports, the little things add up to big things in the end. I was proud of how hard our kids fought and hustled, but we need to get a little bit tougher.”
Willapa Valley 25 21 18 8 – 72
North Beach 9 11 11 7 – 38
Scoring: WV – Fluke 17, King 17, Russell 10, Lusk 9, Aust 6, Keeton 4, Ritzman 4, Sliva 3. North Beach – Eastman 17, Johnson 7, Terrell 5, Reither 4, Apadaca 3, Russell 2.
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Willapa Valley 86, Crescent 42
Willapa Valley advanced to the title game of the North Beach Holiday with the Hyaks Tournament with an 86-42 victory over Crescent on Friday at North Beach High School.
Junior guard Blane King (22 points), sophomore point guard Lucas Lusk (16 pts.) and sophomore power forward Brody Aust (10 pts.) each scored in double figures for Valley, which went a perfect 11 for 11 from the free-throw line as a team.
”We set the tone on the defensive end early,” Valley head coach Derek Rask said. “Our transition game on the offensive side was fantastic in the first quarter as most of our points were either layups or in-rhythm jumpers. We did a nice job of attacking the hoop and getting to the free-throw line.”
Crescent 13 15 7 7 – 42
Willapa Valley 32 15 27 12 – 86
Scoring: King 22, Lusk 16, Fluke 12, Aust 10, Russell 8, Ritzman 6, Keeton 4, Sliva 2, Jarvis 2, Swartz 2, Price 2.
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North Beach 63, Lake Quinault 18
North Beach opened its home Holiday with the Hyaks Tournament with a 63-18 victory over Lake Quinault on Friday in Ocean Shores.
The Hyaks defense held the Elks (1-4) to a lone field goal in the first quarter en route to a comfortable 18-2 lead, which North Beach extended to 27 points by halftime.
“Thought our kids were able to really work on running our offense and we played really solid defense, which turned into fast break opportunities,” North Beach head coach Jordan Fry said.
Sophomore wing J.J. Eastman led the Hyaks with 20 points on 10-of-20 shooting (50%) while teammate Sonny Terrell added 16 points for North Beach.
They Hyaks shot 30 of 71 from the field (42.2%).
Lake Quinault 2 8 3 5 – 18
North Beach 18 19 20 6 – 63
Scoring: LQ – Butler 6, Cortez 4, C. Leavitt 3, Martin 3, Corder 2. NB – Eastman 20, Terrell 16, Herrera 7, Aquino 6, Frank 6, Russell 5, Johnson 3.
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Forks 64, Hoquiam 48
Hoquiam opened play at the Raymond New Year’s Tournament with a 64-48 loss to Forks on Friday at South Bend High School.
The Grizzlies (3-6) trailed by seven after one quarter despite nine points by Hoquiam sophomore point guard Lincoln Niemi.
Leading 41-32 entering the third quarter, the Spartans (9-1) pulled away by scoring 23 points in the final period, 11 by forward Ty Rowley.
The Grizzlies were led by junior guard Joey Bozich, who scored 22 points to go along with a team-high seven rebounds.
Hoquiam was outrebounded 49-27 in the game and allowed 19 offensive rebounds, which Forks turned into 12 second-chance points, 10 in the first half.
“While there was still a lot to work on, what I told the kids and my coaches was even though we got outrebounded by 22, there was a reality tonight where we could have won that game,” Hoquiam head coach Jeff Niemi said. “That’s encouraging because the first time we played them, there was no reality where we were going to win the game.”
Niemi added 16 points for a Grizzlies team that went 17 of 55 from the field (30.9%), 9 of 16 from the free-throw line (56.3%) and had 13 turnovers as a team to 14 for Forks.
“We’re just not making shots right now,” said Coach Niemi, who commended the energy and defense of freshman forward Talan Abbott off the bench. “But we did get to the foul line 16 times, which is more than we’ve got all year. There is some encouraging stuff happening.”
Forks 18 13 10 23 – 64
Hoquiam 11 9 12 16 – 48
Scoring: Forks – Lausche 29, Rowley 18, Foster 5, Lohrengel 2, Hernandez 2, Ramos 2, Terrones 2, Olsen 2, Cobody 2. Hoquiam – Bozich 22, Niemi 16, Byron 4, Maxfield 2, Azevedo 2, Dayton 1, Abbott 1.
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Raymond-South Bend 71, Friday Harbor 63
Raymond-South Bend defeated Friday Harbor in the Raymond New Year’s Tournament on Friday in South Bend.
The Ravens (2-4) got 22 points from senior guard Chris Quintana and 15 points by senior forward Fernando Jiminez en route to their second victory over the previous five games.
Tied going into the second quarter, six different Ravens recorded a field goal as RSB outscored the Wolverines (0-7) 19-10 in the second quarter.
Quintana scored nine points in the third frame to help extend the Ravens’ lead to 54-41 entering the fourth quarter, leading to the victory.
Friday Harbor 13 10 19 20 – 63
RSB 13 19 22 15 – 71
Scoring: Friday Harbor – P. Kleine 22, McCutchen 12, Matsura 12, Bogert 11, C. Kleine 3. RSB – Quintana 22, Jiminez 15, Schlueter 9, Morris 8, Somero 7, Ridderbush 5, Banker 5.
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Other games
Tumwater 69, Montesano 21
