BOYS PREP BASKETBALL

Willapa Valley 71, Raymond 50

Willapa Valley got balanced scoring up-and-down the lineup en route to a 71-50 season-opening victory over Raymond on Wednesday at Raymond High School.

With six players scoring at least eight points apiece, including three starters in double figures, Willapa Valley (1-0 overall, 1-0 Pacific 2B) held a 33-23 lead at the half before blowing the game open in the third quarter, outscoring the Seagulls (0-1, 0-1 Pacific 2B) by 13 points in the period.

Logan Walker and Chad Flemetis scored 14 points apiece to lead Willapa Valley, followed closely by fellow starter Allen Deniston, who tallied 13 points to go along with his eight rebounds.

Tyler Adkins scored nine points for the Vikings while both Carter Pearson and Beau Buchanan added eight points each for Willapa Valley. Buchanan also recorded a game-high 19 rebounds to his stat-line.

“It was a well-rounded game for our first game out,” Vikings head coach Jay Pearson said. “We were a little rusty at the beginning but we settled down. … We spread the court, drove and dished and I think our size affected them.”

Raymond’s Tre Seydel scored a game-best 22 points, but the Seagulls struggled to find much offense aside from the sophomore guard with no other player scoring in double figures.

“Their size and length was disruptive and simply an issue for us,” Raymond head coach Derek Rask said. “We had a difficult time with that on both ends of the floor.”

Next up for Willapa Valley is a road game against Northwest Christian at 7 p.m. on Friday.

Raymond will host Ocosta in a league game also scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday.

Raymond’s Trey Seydel, foreground, and Joseph Villalpando box out Willapa Valley’s Logan Walker during the Vikings’ 71-50 season-opening victory on Wednesday in Raymond. (Photo by Larry Bale)

Willapa Valley 19 14 23 15 — 71

Raymond 14 9 10 17 — 50

Top Players: Willapa Valley — Walker (14 pts.); Flemetis (14 pts., 5 asst.); Deniston (13 pts., 8 reb.); Adkins (9 pts.); Pearson (8 pts.); Buchanan (8 pts., 19 reb.). Raymond — Seydel (22 pts., 8 reb., 3 stl.); Joseph Villalpando (6 pts.); Mason Crawford (5 pts.); Morgan Anderson (5 pts.).

Other Scores

Ocosta 57, Pe Ell 32

Northwest Christian 60, South Bend 37

PREP BOWLING

Rochester 1453, Aberdeen 1439

The Aberdeen Bobcats lost in heartbreaking fashion in its league-opener on Wednesday, falling late to Rochester after leading nearly the entirety of the match at Fairway Lanes in Centralia.

Leading by one pin nearing the end of the final Baker game, Aberdeen was out-bowled over the final three frames of the match in a 1,453-1,439 loss.

Aberdeen (3-2, 0-1 Evergreen 2A) held a 28 point lead —its largest of the match —after winning Game 2 by a score of 615-606.

But Rochester rallied to win both Baker games, including the final game of the match, 128-95, to pick up the win.

Aberdeen’s Sierra Hammond led all bowlers with a 294 series score.

Aberdeen will take on WF West at 3 p.m. on Monday at Fairway Lanes in Centralia.

Rochester (1,453) — Kayla Hubert (83, 101, 184); Bonnie Swaim-Tribble (119, 120, 239); Sarah Soderback (107, 141, 248); Zee Lowry (118, 128, 246); Emily Holmes-Pickernell (175, 116, 291)

Aberdeen (1,439) — Sierra Hammond (123, 171, 294); Juli Villa (146, 114, 260); Victoria Judkins (133, 117, 250); Maggie Reyes (92, 106, 198); Macy Cogburn (127, 107, 234)