Wrestling

North Mason Invitational

BELFAIR — Aberdeen placed four wrestlers into the finals, with two of them winning their weight divisions, during Wednesday’s North Mason Invitational.

Overall, Aberdeen had eight placers in the tournament and finished sixth overall. North Beach was also at the tournament.

“I gave the guys four days off, so this was a ‘get back into shape’ tournament for them,” AHS head coach Jimmy Martin said. “We were a little out of shape, but we should be ready to go.”

Tyler Sopupamannichanh won the 132-pound division with a pin at 4:44 over North Mason’s Cole Varick, while Jacob Jamiston won the 195 title with an 8-2 decision over Port Angeles’ Bryce Lauderback.

At 120, Angel Cosneros lost to Port Angeles’ Cody Anderson, 4-2, while teammate Edgar Salazar lost by pin at 4:46 to Bremerton’s Connor Eals in the 126 finals.

Skyler Murray took third at 285, with Andres Cisneros (220), Favian Orjeo (285) and Cameron Harris (106) each taking fifth place.

For North Beach, senior Seth Bridge lost to Nico Ramires, of North Mason, by a major decision, 13-5, in the 285 final. Hunter Dianovich took fourth at 195 to round out the Hyaks’ placers.

On Wednesday, Aberdeen starts up Evergreen 2A Conference competition with a home dual meet against Black Hills.

Girls Basketball

Lions 49, Bulldogs 44

LYNDEN — A third-quarter cold spell cost Montesano as Lynden defeated the Bulldogs in the Lynden Cloud Nine Christmas Classic on Wednesday.

The Bulldogs (8-2) led by one at halftime, but came out of the locker room cold, not scoring for almost five minutes as Lynden ran out to a 9-point lead. Monte worked back to a 4-point deficit, but couldn’t overcome the lack of offense in the third quarter.

“It was definitely a battle,” Monte coach Julie Graves said. “The first half was just back and forth. The beginning of the third quarter, they scored 11 straight points, we didn’t score for the first five minutes of the first quarter. They hit four of their 10 three pointers in the third quarter. They are a very good basketball team and it was a good basketball game all around except for those five minutes there.”

Montesano was led by 25 points and 10 rebounds from Jordan Spradlin. Cheyann Bartlett added seven points, while Josie Talley and Shayla Floch each pulled down seven rebounds. Floch, Spradlin and Josie Toyra each had three assists.

Montesano is off until they host Tenino on Jan. 6.

Montesano 12 13 6 13 — 44 Lynden 13 11 16 9 — 49

Montesano (44) — Bartlett 7, Talley 4, Toyra 5, Floch 3, Spradlin 25, Quinn, Lovell. FG — 17-46. FT — 8-13.

Lynden (49) — Neria 15, Dut 2, Smith 8, Hershey 2, Kooiman 11, VanderHaak 3, Amos 8, Zwiers, Gonzalez. FG — 18-53. FT — 3-7.

Boys Basketball

Trojans 41, Indians 39

MENLO — Kaelin Jurek’s put back with just eight seconds left in the game lifted Pe Ell over South Bend in the third-place game of the Jack Q. Pearson Holiday Classic at Tenoski Gym on Wednesday.

The Indians (0-10) led by four points with four minutes left in the game, but the Trojans tied the game up with four straight free throws and took the lead on a 3-pointer from Max Smith with two minutes on the clock. South Bend’s Drew Rose tied the game back up at 39-39 a minute later, but Jurek was able to secure on offensive rebound and put a short jumper to put the Trojans up for good with eight ticks on the scoreboard.

South Bend got one last possession, but a long shot from Rose was off the mark.

“Our kids played hard and showed a lot of energy tonight, just a couple breaks here and there,” South Bend coach Manuel Rangel said. “It was a tough one to lose. Our kids played good defense, we just struggled putting the ball in the basket.”

The Tribe was led by 17 points from Raul Mora.

South Bend hosts North Beach on Jan. 5.

S. Bend 4 10 14 11 — 39 Pe Ell 12 3 11 15 — 41

South Bend (39) — Sanchez 7, Bucio 6, Stamos, Strozyk, Mora 17, Rose 6, Graves 3. FT — 4-8.

Pe Ell (41) — Duncan 2, Cox, Jurek 6, Bush, Ward, Smith 7, Blank 12, McCalden 10, Sheperd 2, Prestegord 2, Nelson. FT — 8-16.

Fishermen 78, Eagles 42

ILWACO — Leading 13-6 five minutes into the game, Elma had control to start before the wheels fell off in a non-league loss to host Ilwaco on Wednesday night.

The Fishermen finished with a 19-13 lead after one quarter, a 42-21 halftime margin and more in the second half against the Eagles (2-7).

“We stopped playing defense,” Elma head coach Marvin Prince said. “We stopped boxing out. We literally went backwards after five minutes of play. Our conditioning was poor to boot. That is on me. I am in charge of these young men. ”

Trace Thompson led all scorers with 22 points for Elma.

On Jan. 3, Elma hosts Forks to start Evergreen 1A play.

Elma 13 8 9 12 — 42 Ilwaco 19 23 14 22 — 78

Elma (42) — Thompson 22, Vollan 8, Av. Brown 6, AJ Brown 4, Schneider 2, Spalding, Horton, Peterson. FG — 17-49. FT — 6-6.

Ilwaco (78) — Tapio 16, Kaino 14, Tynkila 7, Bannister 7, Glenn 7, Sheldon 4, Woods 3, Ramsey 3, Ramsey 2, Mendoza 2, Merino-Ortiz 2. FG — n/a. FT — 10-13.

C.C. Women’s hoops

Bulldogs 68, Chokers 56

MOUNT VERNON — Holding a five-point halftime lead, Grays Harbor College was up to the task with Bellevue College before Bellevue held GHC in the second half for a first-round win in an NWAC Crossover Tournament opener at Skagit Valley College on Wednesday.

GHC (5-6) led 33-28 at the half, but were held to a 16-5 third-quarter by Bellevue and never got the lead back.

Alexa Thrower led the Chokers with a double-double — 14 points and 11 rebounds — with Jaylin Brasher-Norwood adding 11 points.

“The Chokers started the game styrong with effort in the first half, but couldn’t pull the same energy out in the second half,” GHC head coach Chad Allan said. “We are better than this effort.”

Allan cited Romey Begay for her overall game and Thrower for fighting through her offensive struggles on the day.

Today, GHC takes on Everett at noon.

Bellevue 15 13 16 24 — 68 GHC 19 14 5 18 — 56

Bellevue (68) — Metzger 3, Cold 13, Hamilton 4, Dixon 9, Akota 11, Ivory, Perry 3, Akoto 18, Wheeler 4, Mason 3, Turner. FG — 21-70. FT — 21-28.

Grays Harbor (56) — Brisbios 4, Begay 9, Thomas, Wilson 4, Falealii 1, Thrower 14, Efferson 3, Sikora 3, Brasher-Norweeod 11, Salazar 7. FG — 21-65. FT — 10-23.

C.C. Men’s hoops

Cardinals 111, Chokers 58

COEUR d’ ALENE, Idaho — A slow start was never overcome by Grays Harbor College as host North Idaho College rolled out to a big lead and added to it en route to a win on Wednesday in the North Idaho’s CDA Inn-vitational.

Malik Redmond led the Chokers (3-10) with 12 points.

“They played out of shape, mental fatigue,” GHC head coach Alonzo Cole said. “It was the holiday break. This is something we need to get back into the gym and fix in quick fashion.”

Today, GHC will take on Fairchild AFB club team at 5:30 p.m.

Grays Harbor College (58) — Hickle 9, Rowland 9, Redmond 12, Gillespie, Robinson 8, Rainey 4, Phillips 3, Hayes 7, Bean 6. FG — 21-64. FT — 9-15.

North Idaho College (111) — Dowd 8, Williams 6, Bevens 15, Gotelli 7, Burkett 2, Golder 23, Sheridan 8, Satterthwaite 26, Erickson 13, Henderson 3. FG — 48-89. FT — 7-12.

Halftime: North Idaho 52, Grays Harbor College 33.