Aberdeen, Elma and North Beach boys basketball teams picked up key league victories as we review Tuesday’s hoops action on the Harbor.

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Aberdeen 72, Centralia 49

Led by the hot shooting of senior guard Manny Garcia, Aberdeen earned an important 72-49 win over Centralia on Tuesday at Centralia High School.

The Bobcats (5-9 overall, 3-5 2A Evergreen) remained in fifth place in the 2A Evergreen League standings with the victory over the Tigers (3-12, 1-6).

Aberdeen led 28-23 at halftime and blew the game open with a 44-point second-half performance.

Bobcats senior guard Manny Garcia led the way for the Bobcats with a season-high 31 points.

Aberdeen center Baylor Ainsworth also scored in double figures with 12 points followed by Jhacob Quezada (9 points) and Isaac Garcia (8 pts.).

The Bobcats host Tumwater at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

Aberdeen 19 9 23 21 — 72

Centralia 12 11 11 15 — 49

Scoring: Aberdeen — M. Garcia 31, Ainsworth 12, Quezada 9, I. Garcia 8, Brooks 5, Walsh 2, Raya 2, Zarate-Gomez 2, LaRocque 1. Centralia — Jenkins 20, Ballard 10, Daarud 8, Wasson 6, Sprague 2, Sanders 2.

Elma 78, Eatonville 30

Elma put everything together in a 78-30 route of Eatonville on Tuesday at Eatonville High School.

The Eagles (9-6, 3-1) shot a whopping 58% from the field on 31-of-53 shooting and had five players score in double figures.

Eagles senior guard Cason Seaberg scored 15 points to lead Elma.

AJ Holmes had a double-double with 14 points and a team-high 11 rebounds while Grant Vessey (13 pts., 6 reb.), Isaac McGaffey (10 pts., 6 reb.) and Traden Carter (10 pts., 7 ast.) also scored in double digits for Elma.

Elma had 20 assists as a team and went 7 of 10 from 3-point range.

”Our energy level was exceptional. Our conditioning level was impressive. And our overall execution was truly incredible. We finally pieced the offensive side with the defensive side. 32 minutes of great basketball,” Eagles head coach Matt Ferrier said. “Definitely just played our most complete game of the season. We popped them in the mouth with a couple haymakers to start the game and they didn’t seem to pop back up.”

Elma hosts Hoquiam at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

Elma 24 16 26 12 78

Eatonville 8 9 12 1 30

Scoring: Elma – Seaberg 15, Holmes 14, Vessey 13, McGaffey 10, Carter 10, Studer 9, Flores 3, Murray 2, Meadows 2.

Chief Leschi 73, Raymond 59

Too many mistakes led to Raymond’s 73-59 loss to Chief Leschi on Tuesday in Puyallup.

The Seagulls (7-8, 5-4 2B Pacific) trailed 31-28 at the half before the Warriors (10-4, 6-2) scored 42 points in the second half as turnovers became a problem for Raymond.

”Turnovers killed us tonight. Leschi played some great pressure defense and we didn’t handle it well,” said Raymond head coach Mike Tully, whose team cut the deficit to as close as six points midway through the fourth quarter but saw the game get away from them. “We did some good things when we were able to get them into a halfcourt game. Talan Yearout (18 pts.) used his size advantage to have a huge game for us and Austin Snodgrass (13 pts.) overcame some early foul trouble to have a good game as well.”

Raymond sits in fourth place in the 2B Pacific League and will host third-place Forks at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.

Raymond 9 19 13 18 – 59

Chief Leschi 12 19 20 22 – 73

Scoring: Raymond – Yearout 18, Snodgrass 13, Quintana 9, Banker 9, Welch 7, Kongbouakhay 5. Chief Leschi – Lara 25, Dillon 18, Spino 11, Earl 8, Oyos 7, Colon 4.

North Beach 59, Ocosta 40

North Beach won for the third-straight game with a 59-40 victory over Ocosta on Tuesday in Ocean Shores.

The Hyaks (6-9, 4-5 2B Pacific) beat the Wildcats (3-10, 2-7) on the back of a defense that held Ocosta to 26 points over the final three quarters of the game.

“We played an excellent team defense tonight,” North Beach head coach Larry Moore said. “Jayden Williams came off the bench and gave us a big lift defensively in the second half. … Offensively, we did a much better job tonight moving the ball.”

Tyrell Hovland led the Hyaks with 21 points, 10 rebounds, four blocks and four assists.

Jade Charley (14 pts., 4 ast.) and Tyrell Curry Sith (12 pts., 6 reb., 3 stl.) also had big games for the Hyaks.

Ocosta was led by Tarren Lewis with 14 points.

North Beach is fifth in the 2B Pacific League, one game behind Raymond, and will play at Chief Leschi at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

Ocosta sits in sixth place in the league standings and will host South Bend at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

Ocosta 14 6 11 9 – 40

North Beach 9 16 17 17 – 59

Scoring: Ocosta – Tar. Lewis 14, Agramon 9, Kay. Turner 9, Prigmore 2, Beard 2, Priest 2, Ceja 2. North Beach – Hovland 21, J. Charley 14, Curry 12, Eastman 6, Williams 4, Lauderdale 2.

Pe Ell 43, Willapa Valley 32

A poor-shooting performance led to Willapa Valley’s 43-32 1B Columbia Valley League loss to Pe Ell on Tuesday at Pe Ell High School.

Valley (7-8, 6-2 1B CVL) shot 28% from the floor on 13-of-46 shooting.

The Trojans (4-10, 4-5) weren’t much better, hitting 11-of-37 shots (30%) from the field.

Pe Ell won the game at the free-throw line, converting 17-of-24 foul shots (71%) compared to just 3 of 7 for the Vikings (43%).

“This was about as bad as it gets, I believe, for us offensively,” Valley head coach Derek Rask said. “We couldn’t buy a basket all evening. We struggled to get to the free-throw line as well. I thought we played well enough defensively to win, but we can’t shoot that badly on the road and hope to win.”

Nathan Fluke led Valley with eight points and seven rebounds.

The Vikings play at Firm Foundation Christian at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

Willapa Valley 4 7 10 11 – 32

Pe Ell 12 9 11 11 – 43

Scoring: Willapa Valley – Fluke 8, King 6, Lusk 6, Ritzman 4, Keeton 4, Young 2, Russell 2.

Other scores

South Bend 58, Taholah 49

Mary M. Knight 51, Wishkah Valley 28

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Pe Ell 48, Willapa Valley 39

Willapa Valley dropped into third place in the 1B Columbia Valley League with a 48-39 loss to Pe Ell on Tuesday at Pe Ell High School.

The Vikings (8-7, 5-3 1B CVL) were undone by 10-of-21 free-throw shooting (48%) and 20 turnovers, the majority of those coming in the first half.

Valley was led by eighth-grade guard Tylar Keeton with 11 points.

Pe Ell (10-3, 5-2) was led by freshman guard Karli Phelps with 26 points.

Peyton Zock added 14 points for the Trojans.

Valley sits a half-game behind Pe Ell in the league standings and will host Ilwaco at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.

Willapa Valley 9 9 9 12 – 39

Pe Ell 13 12 12 11 – 48

Scoring: Willapa Valley – Keeton 11, Matlock 8, Channell 8, Fluke 4, Russell 4, Merkel 4. Pe Ell – Phelps 26, Zock 14.

Black Hills 56, Elma 37

Elma struggled to slow down Black Hills in a 56-37 non-league loss on Monday at Black Hills High School in Tumwater.

The Eagles (5-8) scored 14 points in the first half to trail by 15 at the break.

The Eagles hit 12-of-42 shots from the floor (29%) and went 10 of 24 from the free-throw line (42%).

Senior forward Eliza Sibbett led Elma with 11 points.

The Eagles play a 1A Evergreen League game at 7 p.m. Friday in Hoquiam.

Elma 8 6 13 10 – 37

Black Hills 16 13 13 14 – 56

Scoring: Elma – E. Sibbett 11, Moore 6, Bol 4, Monroe 4, Weld 4, M. Sibbett 3, Spencer 3, Lewis 2. Black Hills – Venable 14, Harris 13, McMahon 10, C. Johnson 6, Williams 6, Buchanon 3, Reichert 2, McKissick 1.

Other scores

Mary M. Knight 60, Wishkah Valley 17