BOYS BASKETBALL
Wildcats 75, Eagles 42
LA CENTER — Taking command early, Trico League champion La Center trounced Elma in the opening round of the District IV Class 1A Tournament on Friday at La Center.
The Eagles (4-17) remain alive in the double-elimination tournament. They will face Forks — an upset loser to Seton Catholic — in a loser-out contest scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hoquiam Square Garden.
Tuesday’s Hoquiam-Stevenson loser-out contest, originally scheduled for Hoquiam, has been shifted to King’s Way Christian.
With a 27-point second quarter, La Center led 43-16 at the half.
Cody Vollan led Elma with 18 points, while Ray Billerback had six rebounds. The Eagles were guilty of 27 turnovers.
Elma 4 12 12 14 — 42
La Center 16 27 18 14 — 75
Elma (42) – Johnston 2, Billerback 4, Vollan 18, Schneider 2, Swint, Aho 4, Shriver 2, Moore 4, Jacobson 6.
La Center scoring unavailable.
BOYS SWIMMING
District 2A meet
LONGVIEW — Aberdeen swimmers will be represented in four events in today’s championship finals of the District IV Class 2A meet at the Mark Morris pool in Longview.
After preliminaries Friday, eight Bobcats advanced to either the championship or consolation finals of the two-day meet. The top six qualifiers in each event will compete in the championship finals, with the next six competing in the consolation finals.
Aberdeen junior Trevor Mullin advanced to the championship finals in two events. He qualified fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke and sixth in the 200 individual medley.
Junior Conner Gates qualified sixth in the 50 freestyle and senior Sage Bridges sixth in the 100 butterfly.
The top two in each event (plus those who meet time standards) advance to the state 2A championship meet next weekend at Federal Way.
“I’m very happy how this first day turned out,” Bobcat head coach Rob Burns said. “This is a very fast meet and we were on a par with many of the teams here. Trevor had a phenomenal day in the pool and I expect great things from him on Saturday. Conner is in a great spot in the 50 free, which is his best event, and Sage put down a solid effort to get into the main finals of the 100 fly.”
Mullin, Stephen Shaw, Ryan Curry, Clayton Anderson, Brice Kola and Colin Kenoyer were cited for time drops.
Bobcat qualifiers:
200 free — 7. Jared Durr. 10. Stephen Shaw. 200 IM — 6. Trevor Mullin. 50 free — 6. Conner Gates. 9. Sage Bridges. 12. Brice Kola. 100 fly — 6. Sage Bridges. 12. Ryan Curry. 100 free — 8. Conner Gates. 500 free — 10. Stephen Shaw. 12. Clayton Anderson. 100 back — 9. Jared Durr. 100 breast — 5. Trevor Mullin. 9. Brice Kola.
