Prep girls basketball: Meadowdale stages comeback to edge Lynnwood 66-63

LYNNWOOD — With Meadowdale behind Lynnwood 49-42 after three quarters, the Mavericks went back to basics in the fourth quarter.

And Hanna Fjortoft.

Meadowdale outscored Lynnwood 24-14 in the fourth quarter with stout defense and clutch free throws and Hanna Fjortoft’s potent scoring attack of 23 points was too much for Lynnwood to handle as Meadowdale squeaked out a 66-63 win over the Royals.

“They were really poised down the stretch to make a comeback like that,” Lynnwood coach Everett Edwards said, referring to the seven-point deficit that Meadowdale faced heading into the fourth quarter.

Meadowdale knocked down 72 percent of its free throws and Hanna Fjortoft was 6-for-7 from the free-throw line in the final moments of the game, sealing the win and keeping Meadowdale (6-1, 7-2) in the hunt for first place in the Western Conference South, trailing Edmonds-Woodway by only one game.

“She was the leader for them down the stretch,” Edwards said of Hanna Fjortoft, who totalled 11 points in the fourth. “The biggest thing was Meadowdale having 11 attempts in the fourth quarter, and out of those 11 attempts they made eight of them.”

The upset of second-place Meadowdale looked possible after Lynnwood rebounded in the second quarter to take a narrow two-point advantage at halftime. Lynnwood then went on to outscore Meadowdale 19-14 in the third, reaching their biggest advantage of the night.

“We maintained the lead until the last couple of minutes and they took the lead and were able to hold on,” Edwards said, “It was a great game.”

Lynnwood was led by Mokun Fajemisin’s 16 points, eight rebounds and six blocks.

“To be honest, I thought it was going to be a closely fought game, and I was looking forward to getting a win against Meadowdale,” Edwards said. “It has been a long time since that has happenned.”

At Lynnwood H.S.

Meadowdale16121424—66

Lynnwood12181914—63

Meadowdale—Zickefoose 2, J. Fjortoft 4, Barhoum 2, Landa, H. Fjortoft 23, Molitor 4, Beyer 16, M. O’Neill 4, Horn 2, Nugent 4, Lillquist, C. O’Neill 5. Lynnwood—Horton 2, Cross 11, Hella 6, Hill 8, Evans 7, Fajemisin 16, Parker 9, Eddy 4, Coates. 3-point goals—Hella 2, Parker 2, H. Fjortoft 3, Beyer 3, C. O’Neill 1, M. O’Neill. Records—Meadowdale 6-1 league, 7-2 overall. Lynnwood 3-4, 3-6.

Jackson 65, Mountlake Terrace 44: At Mountlake Terrace, Mountlake Terrace got to within seven points at 46-39 in the fourth quarter, but Jackson pulled away down the stretch in the Wesco South game. Mountlake Terrace could not stop the inside-outside attack of Kristin Stoffel and Erin Feeney. Stoffel led all scores with 23. Feeney added 21 for Jackson.

At Mountlake Terrace H.S.

Jackson11221319—65

Terrace166157—44

Jackson—Coacher 6, Sam 4, Feeney 21, K. McArthur 0, M. McArthur 0, Johnson 2, Guzman 4, King 1, Stoffel 23, Haataja 4. Mountlake Terrace—Chikoore 2, Seidlitz 8, Pingul 10, James 6, Bouche 10, Kristianson 4, Berry 0, Staley 2, Shook 2. 3-point goals—Feeney 5, James 2. Records—Jackson 5-2 league, 7-2 overall. Mountlake Terrace 1-6, 1-8.

Mariner 51, Shorewood 48 (OT): At Shoreline, Shorewood was behind by five points with less than two minutes remaining in the Wesco South game, but went on a small run to tie it with 50 seconds to go and send the game to overtime. In overtime Mariner’s Brittney Todhunter hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with a minute remaining. After scoring a two-pointer, Shorewood fouled Mariner. Mariner made both free throws, and Shorewood missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

At Shorewood H.S.

Mariner14101197—51

Shorewood13121094—48

Mariner—Grant 0, Anderson 0, Varde 18, Todhunter 3, Branham 10, Ruscha 20. Shorewood— Echert 12, Hasegawa 3, Farden 11, Lundquist 2, Nephew 12, Clark 0, England 4, Holley 4. 3-point goals—Varde 2, Todhunter 1, Echert 1, Hasegawa 1, Farden 1. Records—Mariner 2-6 league, 3-7 overall. Shorewood 1-5, 2-6.

Kamiak 72, Shorecrest 56: At Mukilteo, Georgia McClaskey scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Kamiak in a Wesco South win. Michelle Lipscomb had 12 points and 16 rebounds and Kelsey Patrick had a game-high 21 points for the Knights. For Shorecrest, Janie Uppinghouse had 18 points.

At Kamiak H.S.

Shorecrest9181215—56

Kamiak19201320—72

Shorecrest—Axelson 2, Schrote 6, Grubaugh 0, Tseng 10, Glesener 0, Hagood 13, Molina 1, Richards 0, Towles 2, Uppinghouse 18, Matheson 4. Kamiak—Sovich 8, Simmons 0, Barnes 9, Patrick 21, Kussman 4, Burns 0, Mahjoubian 0, Johnson 0, Lipscomb 12, McClaskey 18. 3-point goals—Patrick 2, Sovich 1, McClaskey 1, Lipscomb 1, Hagood 2. Records—Shorecrest 1-6 league, 2-7 overall. Kamiak 5-2, 6-3.

Granite Falls 56, Lakewood 52: At Marysville, Audrey Murphy led Granite Falls to the Cascade Conference victory with 23 points and 14 rebounds. Anna Work had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Lakewood, Jocelyn Shafer added 11 points and 10 boards.

At Lakewood H.S.

G. Falls11141615—56

Lakewood18101014—52

Granite Falls—S. Spencer 4, Jensen 7, P. Spencer 5, Smith 9, Kramer 5, Alexander 2, Wesala 0, Hensley 0, Murphy 23. Lakewood—Hernandez 0, Jillian Shafer 0, Wessell 0, Eby 0, Wiederkehr 6, Jocelyn Shafer 11, Work 11, Mizell 7, Smith 4, Diggs 13. 3-point goals—Jocelyn Shafer 3. Records—Granite Falls 3-0 league, 6-3 overall. Lakewood 0-2, 2-7.

Cedarcrest 52, King’s 45: At Shoreline, Cedarcrest made 11 of 22 shots in the first half and capitalized on King’s slow start. Cedarcrest’s Sara Houser led all scorers with 19 points and also had four rebounds and three steals in the Cascade Conference victory. Dionna Kirton had 17 points and 12 rebounds for King’s.

At King’s H.S.

Cedarcrest1419910—52

King’s219816—45

Cedarcrest—Chapman 6, Kevin 5, Den Hartog 14, Houser 19, O’Donnell, Taylor 3, Richter 5. King’s—Taylor, McCormick 4, Kleffner, D. Kirton 17, Wood, Friar, Storkson 6, J. Kirton 6, Cutright 4, McConnaughey 8. 3-point goals—Storkson 2, Houser 3. Records—Cedarcrest 2-0 league, 6-2 overall. King’s 2-3, 6-5.

Sultan 49, S. Whidbey 47 (OT): At Sultan, Bianca O’Hara hit the game-winning shot with 20 seconds remaining in overtime. Courtney Batts had 10 steals and scored 10 of her 14 points in the fourth quarter and overtime for Sultan in the Cascade Conference win. The teams combined to shoot 25 free throws in the fourth quarter.

At Sultan H.S.

S. Whidbey1076186—47

Sultan498208—49

South Whidbey—Peterson 0, O’Sullivan 2, Prosch 0, Manca 10, LaChaussee 0, Alber 9, Newman 22, T. Pope 2. Sultan—Batts 14, Brink 2, Hassler 3, O’Hara 14, Korn 0, Haney 6, Beucherie 10. 3-point goals—Newman 1. Records—South Whidbey 0-1 league, 2-5 overall. Sultan 1-1, 2-6.

Archbishop Murphy 77, Coupeville 25: At Coupeville, Archbishop Murphy’s Savannah Fletcher had 17 points and Megan Carlson had 12 points to aid the Wildcats offensively and defensively Murphy held Coupeville to single-digit scoring in each quarter of the Cascade Conference victory.

At Coupeville H.S.

Murphy21271019—77

Coupeville7783—25

Archbishop Murphy—Rasmussen 8, Lyman 7, Bartholomew 2, Vincent 3, Pettinger 10, Fletcher 17, Shober 4, Anderson 5, Smith 9, Carlson 12. Coupeville—K. Smith 1, Caselden 1, Rosenkrance 2, Murdy, M. Smith 16, Sherman, Lawson, Hesselgrave 5, Manker 2, Arnold. 3-point goals—none reported. Records—Archbishop Murphy 3-0 league, 8-0 overall. Coupeville 0-4, 2-7.

Orcas Island 50, Darrington 46: At Darrington, Lanie Padbury and Stephanie Shaw each had 12 points and Orcas Island used some strong defensive pressure in the fourth quarter to earn the Northwest 1A/2B win. Hailey Wales of Darrington led all scorers with 22 points.

At Darrington H.S.

Orcas Is.10141214—50

Darrington1411129—46

Orcas Island—Padbury 12, Shaw 12, O’Toole 5, M. Smith 2, M. Thomas, E. Smith 0, Diepenbrock 2, A. Thomas 3, Harris 4, Hofmann 2, Parnell 8. Darrington—Fanning, Gentry, H. Wales 22, Cousins 10, R. Wales 8, Baker 2, Pugh 4, Brooks. 3-point goals—Cousins 2. Records—Orcas Island 2-1 league, 3-2 overall. Darrington 1-3, 7-4.

La Conner 31, Shoreline Christian 30: At Shoreline, Shoreline Christian was behind 28-11 midway through the third quarter when it switched defenses and went on a 19-3 run to just come up short in the Northwest 1A/2B game. Kelsey Kennedy led La Conner with 12 points on four 3-pointers.

At Shoreline Christian H.S.

La Conner81193—31

Shoreline Chr.631011—30

La Conner—Finley 0, Raymond 2, McClung 9, Hulbert 4, Kennedy 12, Allman 4, Pedroza 0. Shoreline Christian—Anderson 0, Hoskin 0, Daigneault 11, DeKoekkoek 10, Schneider 3, van der Giessen 0, Ott 2, Richards 4. 3-point goals—Kennedy 4. Records—La Conner 3-0 league, 7-2 overall. Shoreline Christian 2-2, 5-5.

Tulalip Heritage 41, Lopez Island 18: At Tulalip, Lateesha Jack led Tulalip Heritage to the Northwest 1B League win with a game-high 19 points.

At Tulalip Heritage H.S.

Lopez Is.3636—18

Tulalip172814—41

Lopez Island—Sanburn-Bill, Hobi, Schober, Dalton 7, Stanley 8, Ogden 2, Burson, Rain, DeGraaf 1, Steinbrueck, Crawford. Tulalip Heritage—B. Jones 0, R. Jones 4, Oldham 0, Jack 19, Deen 0, Velazquez 0, Martin 6, Todd 0, Spencer, Enick 5, T. Fryberg 0, Villa, M. Fryberg 8, A. Jones 0, Burke. 3-point goals—S. Enick 3. Records—Lopez Island 0-5 league, 0-7 overall. Tulalip Heritage 6-2, 8-3.

Highland Christian 41, Grace Academy 25: At Arlington, Highland Christian held Grace Academy to seven points in the first half, including only one point in the second quarter, and Highland’s Graber sisters combined for 28 points in the Northwest 1B game. Kendall Likes led Grace Academy with 10 points.

At Highland Christian H.S.

Grace Acad.61117—25

Highland Chr.1212512—41

Grace Academy—Krumm 6, Krum 6, Likes 10, Galbreath 3. Highland Christian—Brown 4, Sande 1, Olin 2, K. Graber 8, C. Graber 18, Tummler 8. 3-point goals—none. Records—Grace Academy 3-5 league, 4-7 overall. Highland Christian 3-4, 3-5.

Lummi 59, North Sound Christian 44: At Mountlake Terrace, North Sound’s Melissa Castor led all scorers in the Northwest 1B game with 24 points, including four 3-pointers.

At North Sound Christian H.S.

Lummi12131618—59

N. Sound4121413—44

Lummi—Humphreys 5, K. Frajman 10, Brady 19, Edwards 12, Jefferson 2, Landsem 11, Teaubenheim 0, S. Frajaman 0, Edge 0, Bob 0. North Sound Christian—Reymore 3, M. Castor 24, Oakland 9, Speck 2, Washio 2, Meeks 4. 3-point goals—Humphreys 1, Brady 1, M. Castor 4. Records—Lummi 6-0 league, 7-0 overall. North Sound Christian 2-4, 4-5.