Hoquiam and Montesano girls basketball programs continued to look strong in non-league competition as we take a look at Thursday’s prep sports action on the Harbor.
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Hoquiam 49, Castle Rock 43
Hoquiam remained undefeated through the first four games of the season with a 49-43 victory over Castle Rock on Thursday in Castle Rock.
Grizzlies seniors Charli Sampson-Eastman and Kamryn Krohn led the way, scoring 15 and 12 points, respectively, for a Hoquiam team that had six different players score in the game.
Leading 25-22 at the half, the Grizzlies defense clamped down in the third quarter, holding the Rockets (1-3) to five points in the frame.
Hoquiam 8 17 12 12 — 49
Castle Rock 11 11 5 15 – 43
Scoring
Hoquiam (49) — Sampson-Eastman 15, Krohn 12, Ella Folkers 7, Graci Bonney-Spradlin 6, Ashlinn Cady 6, Katie Burnett 2
Castle Rock (43) — Wirkkala 17, Alblinger 14, Ogden 4, MOsqueda 4, Bayes 3, Cole 1
Montesano 62, King’s Way Christian 37
Montesano took to the road for the first time this season and earned a 62-37 victory over King’s Way Christian on Thursday in Vancouver.
Montesano (3-1) dominated defensively, holding the Knights (2-1) to seven points in the first quarter and 16 in the second half.
Bulldogs senior post Paige Lisherness scored 17 points, grabbed seven rebounds and had six deflections to lead Monte.
McKynnlie Dalan scored 15 points, had seven steals and six deflections and Jaiden King had 10 points and six deflections for Montesano.
Montesano outrebounded KWC 34-15, with Mikayla Stanfield and Olivia Young also grabbing seven rebounds apiece to tie Lisherness for the team lead on the night.
The Bulldogs shot 27-for-76 on the night (36%) from the field and hit 8-of-14 (57%) from the free-throw line.
KWC’s Laurel Quinn led all scorers with 23 points, which included five 3-pointers in the contest.
Montesano 16 15 14 17 — 62
King’s Way Christian 7 14 8 8 — 37
Scoring
Montesano (62) — Lisherness 17, Dalan 15, King 10, O. Young 8, Prom 5, Hannah Bruland 3, Jordan Karr 2, Stanfield 2
King’s Way Christian (37) — L. Quinn 23, B. Quinn 5, Zimmerman 4, Irwin 3, Philbrook 2
Other scores
Raymond 65, Ilwaco 24
Forks 60, South Bend 31
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Forks 52, South Bend 38
South Bend dropped its second game in as many days, falling 52-38 to Forks on Thursday in South Bend.
Behind a solid defense, South Bend (0-2 overall, 2B Pacific) held Forks (2-3, 2-0) to 19 points in the first half — seven in the second quarter alone — to take a 25-19 lead into halftime.
But the Spartans came out hot in the second half, scoring 20 points in the third quarter to 39-36 lead into the fourth quarter.
South Bend scored just two points over the final eight minutes, leading to the loss.
“I was very happy with the effort that our team put forth tonight. I was especially pleased with our defense,” South Bend head coach John Schray said. “Forks is a well-coached, solid team. We went into the fourth only down 3 points and made some costly turnovers, which I believe were a result of us just running out of gas.”
South Bend was led by sophomore Branson Williams, who scored a team-high 12 points.
Josh Flynn and Ty Reidinger each grabbed six rebounds to lead South Bend.
Forks 12 7 20 13 — 52
South Bend 14 11 11 2 — 38
Scoring
Forks (52) — Rancourt 16, Michean 12, Olson 7, Northcut 6, Salazar 5, Doyle 4
South Bend (38) — Williams 12, Flynn 8, Reidinger 6, Ryan Kirpes 5, Jacob Carlson 4, Esteban Morales 3
PREP WRESTLING
Aberdeen’s Gakin named WIAA Athlete of the Week
Aberdeen girls wrestler Katie Gakin was named on of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s “Athletes of the Week” for Week 13 of the school season.
The senior two-time state meet competitor pinned each opponent in the first round en route to the 190-pound title at the Lady Jag Tournament at Emerald Ridge High School on Dec. 4.
Gakin took a total of 4:34 to dispatch of her opponents for the fastest overall championship of any weight class at the meet.
PREP GIRLS BOWLING
Black Hills 1894, Aberdeen 1516
Aberdeen fell to Black Hills 1,894-1,516 on Thursday at Rainier Lanes in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen lost Game 786-588, Game 2 776-654.
The Bobcats split the Baker games, winning the first by a score of 171-137 before dropping the second 195-103.
Cameryn Micheau had the high game and series of the day for Aberdeen, bowling a 174 in Game 2 for a two-game series score of 321.
The Wolves’ Zoey Theophilus was the top bowler of the day, rolling a 236 in Game 2 and a 399 series for the high scores of the match.
Black Hills (1894) — Dana Culley (120, 107, 227); Kaitlyn Gwinn (199, 136, 335); Kaylene Hall (148, 137, 285); Hallie Stuart (156, 160, 316); Zoey Theophilus (163, 236, 399)
Aberdeen (1516) — Cha’Tara Green (124, 171, 295); Cameryn Micheau (147, 174, 321); Sarah Harder (106, 99, 205); Aliyah Burkett (110, 102, 212); Karie Turner (101, 108, 209)
