Looking to get the most out of its weekend, the Aberdeen boys wrestling team split its squad to find success at two tournaments on Saturday.

Aberdeen sent a contingent of grapplers to the Jim Bair Invitational at Castle Rock High School.

Seven Bobcats wrestlers placed in the top five, leading Aberdeen to a second-place finish in the team standings behind host Castle Rock, which had a total of 24 wrestlers at the tournament while limiting the other 18 teams in the field to 14 (one wrestler per weight class).

Aberdeen’s Talatheon Warness placed first in the 106-pound class while Mikey Hatton (126) and Aiden Watkins (152) placed second in their respective classes.

PHOTO BY SUE MICHALAK BUDSBERG Aberdeen’s Mikey Hatton, right, competes in the finals of the 126-pound weight class at the Jim Bair Invitational on Saturday at Castle Rock High School.

Jack Dore (132), Michael Leontyev (138) and Dre Brown (145) each placed third while Mateus Martin (182) finished fourth for Aberdeen.

At the nine-team Bash at the Beach tournament at North Beach High School in Ocean Shores, Aberdeen got a first-place finish from Devyn Ayala (285) and second-place finishes from John Prentice (106), Rique Gadwa (126), Tristan Walker (138) and Bryan Sanchez (182).

Aberdeen’s Jaidon Williams (126), Jacob Allison (152) and Landon Hamblin (220) each placed third as the Bobcats placed second as a team.

GIRLS PREP WRESTLING

Aberdeen places 11th at Kelso meet

Aberdeen placed 11th out of 30 teams at the Kelso Girls Invitational on Saturday in Kelso.

The Bobcats totalled 116 points led by Kya Roundtree, who scored 22 points by finishing fourth in the 170-pound weight class.

Felicia Bell placed sixth in the 125-pound weight class while Aman Cheema made the podium with an eighth-place finish at 155 pounds.

Mount Baker placed two points ahead of the Bobcats in 10th place with WF West finishing a point behind Aberdeen in 12th place.

White River won the meet with 202 points with Yelm (158 points) and Moses Lake (140) placing second and third, respectively.

For full meet results, visit trackwrestling.com.

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL

Elma 69, Raymond 54

Elma got balanced scoring to pick up a 69-54 win over Raymond in a non-league contest on Saturday at Raymond High School.

The Eagles (8-4 overall) led 17-12 after the first quarter against the Seagulls (7-6) but exploded for 26 points in a wild second quarter.

Elma shot 13 of 21 from the field in the period, led by senior forward Gibson Cain’s 10 points and seven from junior guard Cason Seaberg.

The Eagles needed it as Raymond hit five 3-pointers in the frame — four in consecutive possessions — but still trailed by 14 points at halftime.

“Roadrunner versus the coyote in this one. Wow! What a game of cat and mouse,” Elma head coach Matt Ferrier said. “Every one of those threes were followed by an answer bucket from us.”

In the second half, Elma continued to share the ball well and got a big quarter from junior forward AJ Holmes, who scored 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the period.

Elma had the game in hand 59-41 entering the fourth quarter, and outscored the shorthanded Seagulls by three points in the final period to secure the win.

Holmes led Elma with 24 points, eight rebounds and two assists.

Seaberg (19 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals) and Cain (12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals) also scored in double figures for an Elma team that shot 30 of 65 from the floor (46.1%).

The Eagles dished out 18 assists as a team led by sophomore point guard Traden Carter with four.

“Extremely proud of how well we moved the basketball versus the zone. We are starting to see openings, we are starting to make the reads and starting to be very comfortable attacking the zone,” Ferrier said. “Biggest thing is how unselfish we are starting to become. The kids are getting excited when others are hitting shots.”

Raymond shot 36% from the field on 21-of-58 shooting, led by senior guard Morgan Anderson’s 22 points on 9-of-18 shooting (50%), nine rebounds and five assists.

“I would call our game against Elma a productive loss. Before the game, I told the guys that I just wanted to see them compete. They did exactly that,” Raymond head coach Mike Tully said. “Elma is an athletic, physical team and I was happy with how we played. Hopefully, we can work on some of the things that we struggled with and apply them to some of the big league games we have coming up.”

Seagulls senior Jarrod Gunderson scored 12 points while junior center Talan Yearout led Raymond with eight rebounds.

Raymond plays at South Bend at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

Elma hosts Montesano at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

Elma 17 26 16 10 — 69

Raymond 12 17 12 13 — 54

Scoring: Elma — Holmes 24, Seaberg 19, Cain 14, Carter 7, Vessy 3, Studer 2. Raymond — Anderson 24, Gunderson 10, Medeiros 9, Hutson 6, Yearout 5.

Willapa Valley 73, Wahkiakum 51

Willapa Valley couldn’t slow down Wahkiakum’s offense in a 73-51 loss on Saturday in Cathlamet.

The Vikings (7-4) struggled against the ninth-ranked Mules (7-2), which hit 14 of 31 threes in the game (45.6%).

Willapa Valley trailed 17-11 after one quarter and 36-23 at the half.

“At the beginning, their height really bothered us and they shot lights out,” Vikings head coach Jay Pearson said.

Willapa Valley was outscored 21-9 in the third quarter, leading to a fourth quarter where both teams cleared their benches and played their reserves.

The Vikings shot 17 of 58 from the field (29%) and were led by senior guard Riley Pearson with 24 points.

Pearson was the only Viking in the game to shoot over 40%, going 7 for 16 (44%) overall, including 4 of 10 from 3-point range (40%) and 6 of 7 from the free-throw line (86%).

Wil Clements had seven points while Derek Fluke scored six points and led the Vikings with eight rebounds.

Willapa Valley plays at Mossyrock in a key 1B Columbia Valley League matchup at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday.

Willapa Valley 11 12 9 19 — 51

Wahkiakum 17 19 21 16 — 73

Scoring: Willapa Valley — Pearson 24, Clements 7, D. Fluke 6, K. Fluke 5, Keeton 4, B. Ritzman 2, King 2, T. Ritzman 1.

Other scores

Boys Basketball

Crescent 63, Taholah 47

Wishkah Valley 60, Mary M. Knight 38 (Friday)

Girls Basketball

Taholah 56, Crescent 39

Mary M. Knight 61, Wishkah Valley 32 (Friday)