GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL
Raymond 50, South Bend 13
Kyra Gardner’s fantastic season continues.
Raymond’s sophomore guard, who was named a WIAA Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, had a triple-double on Thursday to lead the Seagulls to a 50-13 victory on the road in South Bend.
Gardner scored a game-best 27 points to go along with 10 rebounds and 10 steals in a dominant performance. Gardner shot 12-for-24 (50%) from the field and is averaging 23.8 points and nine rebounds per game this season.
Hannah Miller added 10 points and seven rebounds for Raymond (10-1, 8-1 Pacific 2B), which remains a game behind Ilwaco for first place in the Pacific League.
South Bend (4-7, 4-5) was led by Reece Williams (4 pts., 6 reb.) and Brooklynne Johnson (4 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals) as the Indians have lost six of its past seven games and sit in sixth place in league.
Willapa Valley 60, Pe Ell 33
Britney Patrick scored 23 points to lead Willapa Valley past the Pe Ell Trojans 60-33 on Thursday at Pe Ell High School.
The Vikings (7-4, 6-3 Pacific) took a 22-10 lead at the half by outscoring Pe Ell (5-6, 5-4) 15-4 in the second quarter.
Willapa Valley found an offensive rhythm in the third quarter, besting the Trojans 22-11.
“In the second half, I thought we just relaxed,” Vikings head coach John Peterson said. “We hit a couple of shots and it was like, ‘Here we go, we’ve got this.’”
Patrick added seven rebounds and four assists to her stat line while her younger sister, freshman point guard Brooklyn Patrick, had eight assists to lead Willapa Valley.
Vikings senior Katie Adkins scored 15 points and grabbed five rebounds for Willapa Valley, which sits in fourth place in the Pacific League, a game behind Chief Leschi.
“Out two senior captains (Adkins and Britney Patrick) did a good job tonight,” said Peterson, who also noted the contributions of his bench, particularly Grace Huber and Jeorgi Ritzman. “(They) gave us some good minutes.”
Annika Mason led Pe Ell with 10 points. Charlie Carper added nine points for the Trojans, who sit a game behind the Vikings in the league standings.
Pe Ell 6 4 11 12 — 33
Willapa Valley 7 15 22 16 — 60
BOYS PREP BASKETBALL
WF West 58, Aberdeen 50
After a slow start, Aberdeen played catch-up most of the night in suffering a 58-50 loss to WF West in Chehalis on Thursday.
The Bobcats (4-6, 0-2 Evergreen 2A) fell behind 18-8 by the end of the first quarter and couldn’t get over the hump as the Bearcats’ Carter McCoy finished the game with 25 points to help keep the Aberdeen at bay.
“We started out flat in the first quarter but quickly realized our effort and energy had to change to keep things within reach,” Aberdeen head coach Mark Buckman said. “We responded in the second half, but Carter McCoy was already in an offensive rhythm down low for the Bearcats.”
Kayden Seibert scored 15 points with Wyatt Johnson and Gio Pisani added nine apiece for the Bobcats.
“Overall, it was a good effort, but we have to be more focused on the road,” Buckman said.
Aberdeen 18 11 9 20 — 50
WF West 8 14 10 18 — 58
Chief Leschi 70, North Beach 61
North Beach’s comeback fell short as the Hyaks lost to Chief Leschi 70-61 on Thursday at Chief Leschi High School.
North Beach (2-9, 2-7 Pacific 2B) was led by Josh Bighead’s 24 points and five assists.
Tre’Vaughn Greene scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the Hyaks.
Kyle Fry led North Beach with nine rebounds.
Other scores
Willapa Valley 52, Pe Ell 33
GIRLS PREP BOWLING
WF West 1879, Aberdeen 1487
WF West (1,879) — Brianna Powe (102. 160. 262); Cami Aldrich (193, 135, 328); Kelsey Strimatter (156, 148, 304); Ellie Bunker (154, 178, 332); Piper Chalmers (167, 167, 334)
Aberdeen (1,487) — Sierra Hammond (142, 110, 252); Juli Villa (137, 112, 249); Victoria Judkins (97, 109, 206); Savannah Hendricks (119, 156, 275); Macy Cogburn (118, 116, 234)
