BOYS BASKETBALL

Bulldogs 62, Cruisers 43

EATONVILLE — Limiting Eatonville to nine first-half points, Montesano opened its boys basketball season by thumping the Cruisers on Friday at Eatonville.

The Bulldogs led 31-9 at the half.

“We were getting hands on some balls, we were switching defenses,” Monte coach Doug Galloway said. “We kind of jumped on them relatively quick tonight.”

Trevor Ridgway paced the Bulldogs with 18 points, eight rebounds and six steals. L.J. Valley added 15 points and seven assists.

The Bulldogs travel to Rochester on Tuesday.

Montesano 14 17 12 19 — 62

Eatonville 6 3 19 15 — 43

Montesano (62) — Johansson, Bates 3, Ridgway 18, Nicklas 6, Winter 4, Albert 7, Parker, Wyatt 1, Valley 15, Farmer, Dierkop 4, Iverson 4. FG — 20-62 (.323). FT — 15-22.

Eatonville (43) — DeRosier 9, Humphrey 2, Brymer, Knoblouch, Bailey 14, Visteras 18, Smith, Manley. FG — 13-48 (.271). FT — 13-20.

Wolves 72, Grizzlies 37

TUMWATER — Taking charge with a 27-point second quarter, Class 2A Black Hills downed Hoquiam in a non-league game Friday at Tumwater.

The Grizzlies trailed only 10-9 after one quarter but the Wolves erupted for 49 points in the next two periods.

“We forced some shots in the first half that weren’t really good shots and they were able to dribble-penetrate and get to the basket,” HHS coach Curtis Eccles said. Several Grizzlies encountered foul trouble in the first half.

Victor James scored 15 points and Payton Quintanilla had 11 points and 15 rebounds for the Grizzlies, who owned a 43-42 rebounding edge.

The Grizzlies remain on the road at Cascade Christian on Tuesday.

Hoquiam 9 9 9 10 — 37

Black Hills 10 27 22 13 — 72

Hoquiam (37) — James 15, Brown 6, Quintanilla 11, Eccles 2, Morales 2, Smith 1, Dayton, Folkers. FG — 12-47. FT — 10-21.

Black Hills (72) — Bauer 20, Glenn 14, Crumley 14, Carter 4, Armin 6, Wright 7, Ainsworth 2, Walker 4, Loveless 1. FG — 23-63. FT — 18-36.

Fishermen 69, Wildcats 56

WESTPORT — Unable to overcome a first-half deficit, Ocosta fell to Ilwaco in a Pacific League contest Friday at Westport.

The Wildcats (0-2, 1-2) mustered only seven points in the opening 11 minutes and trailed by as many as 15 at that stage.

“From that point on, we really outplayed them,” Ocosta coach Jason Quinby said. “But when you dig that big of a hole against a team that’s as disciplined as Ilwaco, it’s too hard to overcome.”

Zach Allton scored 21 points and Cole Hatton 18 for the Wildcats.

Ocosta hosts Northwest Christian on Tuesday.

Ilwaco 15 19 18 17 — 69

Ocosta 7 14 19 16 — 56

Ilwaco (69) — Whiting 6, Kaino 23, Ramsey 10, Glenn 16, Penttila 10, Sheldon, Nesbitt 4. FG — 25-54 (.463). FT — 13-16.

Ocosta (56) — Bailey 5, Allton 21, Hatton 18, Beck 6, Waara, Bjornsgard 6, Wardlow. FG — 22-55 (.400). FT — 4-11.

JV — Ilwaco won.

Warriors 89, Hyaks 55

PUYALLUP – The athleticism of Chief Leschi was too much for North Beach to handle on Friday.

North Beach’s Steven Sotomish scored 14 points and Rodney Washington and Marcus Pope contributed 12 points apiece. But the Warriors’s fast-paced play created problems on the defensive end as three Chief Leschi players put up double-digit scoring efforts.

North Beach head coach Larry Moore said his team had trouble slowing down Kahea Baker, who ended up with 36 points.

“The biggest thing is that we couldn’t contain Baker, and we gave up too many shots” he said.

North Beach (1-1, 1-2) takes on Willapa Valley at home on Thursday.

North Beach 17 11 16 11 — 55

C. Leschi 18 22 29 20 — 89

North Beach (55) — Robles 5, Sotomish 14, Beck, Charley 1, Brown 2, Washington 12, Poplin 7, Pope 12, Ruiz 2. FG — 19-53 (.358). FT — 14-27.

Chief Leschi (89) — McQueen, Gower 5, Lee, 9 Vandel, Baker 36, Sharp 22, Lacy 19, Whitford 14, Horton 9. FG — 22-69 (.318). FT — 17-28.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Bulldogs 53, Cruisers 31

EATONVILLE — Zoe Hutchings scored 24 points as Montesano trimmed Eatonville in a non-league game Friday.

Hutchings was impressive but so was Monte’s defensive rotations that kept one of Eatonville’s leading scorers from taking over the game. The Bulldogs (2-0) limited Eatonville’s Samantha Swartout, who dropped in 21 points in the last game, to eight.

Monte head coach Julie Graves said she was impressed with the way her team defended Swartout.

“I really like the way we defended tonight,” Graves said. “ Samantha Stanfield, Haylee Perkinson and Zoee Lisherness rotated to play defense on her all night.”

On offense, Monte focused on getting the ball inside to Hutchings who did well finishing at the rim against a team hat was lacking size on the interior. She came away with 10 rebounds as well.

Glory Grubb had six assists while Katie Granstrom added eight rebounds and four assists as well.

The Bulldogs visit Onalaska on Saturday.

Montesano 15 13 18 7 — 53

Eatonville 6 9 5 11 — 31

Montesano (53) — Granstrom 9, Lovell 9, Ekerson 2, Hutchings 24, Hatcher, Grubb 3. Stanfield 2, Lisherness 2, Miller, Perkinson 2, Mittleider. FG — 21-44 (.477). FT — 9-18.

Eatonville (31) — P. Hutchings 12, Swartout 8, Kondra 4, A. Hutchings 2, Lucht 5, Frank. FG — 12-40 (.300). FT — 2-4.

JV — Montesano 33, Eatonville 17.

Chitwhins 77, Bears 19

SUQUAMISH — Denise Dolan scored 28 points as Taholah trounced Chief Kitsap in a non-league season opener Friday.

The Chitwhins bolted to a 28-0 lead after one quarter against a Chief Kitsap team in only its second year.

Taholah coach Karl Braden also cited the play of Teresa Billie, Tomika Grover and Nettie Mail.

The Chitwhins (1-0) return home Monday to face Chief Leschi.

Taholah 28 23 16 10 — 77

C. Kitsap 0 6 3 10 — 19

Taholah (77) — Dolan 28, McCrory 6, Mail 8, Ralston 5, T. Grover 8, Billie 10, Curley-Sailto 6, James 6, Vessey. FG — n/a. FT — 2-2.

Chief Kitsap — Last names unavailable.

Cougars 62, Bobcats 33

OLYMPIA — Class 3A Capital topped Aberdeen in a non-league game Friday at Olympia.

Details were unavailable. The Bobcats (0-2) host Elma on Tuesday.

GIRLS BOWLING

Bobcats third

TUMWATER — Registering a school-record total in the first game, Aberdeen placed third in a four-team tournament Friday at Tumwater Lanes.

Black Hills won the tourney with a three-game total of 2,252. Capital was second with 2,095, Aberdeen third with 2,083 and Tumwater fourth with 1,868.

The Bobcats led after one game with a 759.

“That was the best game in our two-year history by over 75 pins,” Bobcat coach David Bruncke said. “Our third game was our second-best total ever at 675. All of the girls bowled very well today.”

Sydni Tingwall rolled Aberdeen’s high series with 466. Kaitlyn Martin had the high game of 171.

The Bobcats swill return to Tumwater Wednesday to face Black Hills and Chehalis.

Aberdeen (2083) — Meghan Howell 420 series (three games), Sydni Tingwall 466, Bailee Green 404, Annabelle Micheau 355, Kaitlyn Martin 438.