PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: South Whidbey headed to 2A district

Published 11:44 pm Friday, February 19, 2010

LANGLEY — It was a good night for the South Whidbey boys basketball team.

Not only did the Falcons clinch a 2A District 1 playoff berth on Friday with a 64-57 win against Lakewood but they did it in front of their family and friends on senior night at South Whidbey High School.

After a rocky first quarter in the Cascade Conference game, South Whidbey pulled it together to lead by one at halftime.

“They had some senior night jitters,” said South Whidbey coach Christ Ferrier. “The guys were a little too excited and hyped up but they played good defense and settled down.”

Lakewood pulled within two points early in the fourth quarter before South Whidbey went on a 7-0 run to seal the win. A strong showing from the free-throw line (13-for-14) in the final quarter also helped boost the Falcons into the playoffs.

Cole Erikson and Jordan Thornley led South Whidbey with 13 and 11 points, respectively.

“They’re both tremendous leaders and hit good shots at the right time tonight,” said Ferrier.

South Whidbey’s Riley Newman led all scorers with 20 points. Tre Haslom scored a team-high 18 points for Lakewood.

South Whidbey begins its playoff journey with a 7 p.m. game Friday at the Northwest League No. 2 seed.

Lakewood quest for a playoff berth continues when it hosts a play-in game Wednesday at 7 p.m.

At South Whidbey H.S.

Lakewood11111520—57

S. Whidbey6171724—64

Lakewood—Fry 12, Bird 5, Wiersma, Hawkins 10, Stanton, VonPein, Haslom 18, Hesselman 12. South Whidbey—Bennett, Erikson 13, Dibble 2, Thornley 11, George 6, Cary, Newman 20, Norris 10, Ball 2. 3-point goals—Fry 3, Erikson 1, Newman 2. Records—Lakewood 6-8 league, 7-13 overall. South Whidbey 7-7, 9-11.

Cedarcrest 62, Sultan 48: At Duvall, Cedarcrest jumped to an early 19-4 lead after the first quarter and sailed to the Cascade Conference win. In addition to his 12 points, Zach Taylor had 12 rebounds and seven assists for Cedarcrest.

At Cedarcrest H.S.

Sultan4191213—48

Cedarcrest19131515—62

Sultan—Ruddock 15, Beebe 9, Cotterill, Knoles, B. VandenEkart 8, Rutz 3, Hatton 3, Alwood, T. VandenEkart 10, Pruitt, Hall. Cedarcrest—Rekers 15, Taylor 12, Dowd 3, Campbell 16, Corpus 10, McKinney 4, Marty 2, Houser, Duffy. 3-point goals—Ruddock 3, B. VandenEkart 2, T. VandenEkart 1, Rekers 3, Dowd 1, Campbell 2. Records—Sultan 2-12 league, 3-17 overall. Cedarcrest 8-6, 11-9.

Archbishop Murphy 77, Granite Falls 45: At Everett, Zach Smith scored 18 points, all of which came from behind the 3-point line, to lead Archbishop Murphy to the Cascade Conference win.

At Archbishop Murphy H.S.

Granite Falls6141114—45

Archbishop Murphy11292017—77

Granite Falls—Otness 0, Matalomani 2, Gumke 5, Whitt 8, Cashman 2, Hitchcock 9, Phelps 7, Hereth 10, Loucks 2. Archbishop Murphy—Smith 18, Haider 7, Wagner 6, DeGrazia 2, Gordon 7, Hughes 10, McCann 4, Shober 4, Ryan 6, Anderson 13. 3-point goals—Smith 6, Anderson 3, Hughes 1, Ryan 1, Whitt 2, Phelps 1. Records—Granite Falls 0-14 league, 0-20 overall. Archbishop Murphy 9-5, 11-9.

Tulalip Heritage 61, Mt. Rainier Lutheran 59: At Mountlake Terrace, Shawn Comenote (30 points) and James Whitebear (20 points) led Tulalip Heritage in the winner-to-state 1B Tri-district playoff game.

At Mountlake Terrace H.S.

Tulalip Heritage11818159—61

Mt. Rainier Luth.11816177—0

Tulalip Heritage—George 3, Enick 1, Kublic 3, Reedy 4, Whitebear 20, Henry Ramos, Comenote 30, Hatch. Mt. Rainier Lutheran—Greenwood 14, Schlatter 2, Hopkins 20, Newmiller, Cross, Pelissier, Wolf 15, Price, Murphy, Baggley, Lake 8. 3-point goals—George, Kublic, Comenote 6, Hopkins 4, Wolf 1. Records—Tulalip Heritage 13-10 overall. Mt. Rainier Lutheran not reported.

Girls basketball

Archbishop Murphy 72, Granite Falls 34: At Granite Falls, Sam Pettinger and Savannah Fletcher each scored 12 points to lead Archbishop Murphy to the Cascade Conference win.

At Granite Falls H.S.

Murphy25221312—72

G. Falls710116—34

Archbishop Murphy—M. Carlson 4, Ericksen 0, Lyman 11, Bartholomew 8, Begert 6, Vincent 3, Pettinger 12, Fletcher 12, Rasmussen 4, B. Carlson 4, Meehan 4, Rebich 2, Maher 2, Nelson 0, Farrell 0. Granite Falls—Ogren 2, Spencer 17, Smith 2, R. Alexander 2, J. Alexander 3, Arndt 0, Hensley 4, Matalomani 4. 3-point goals—Spencer 1, Hensley 1, Lyman 3, Bartholomew 2, Begert 2, Vincent 2. Records—Archbishop Murphy 14-0 league, 18-2 overall. Granite Falls 5-9, 6-14.

Sultan 53, Cedarcrest 40: At Sultan, Bianca O’Hara had 20 points, seven assists and six steals to lead Sultan to the Cascade Conference win.

At Sultan H.S.

Cedarcrest98815—40

Sultan1017179—53

Cedarcrest—Stauffer 9, Den-Hartog 9, Hammontree 2, Campbell 6, Rouleau 1, Smythe 9, McKinney 2, Krammer 2. Sultan—Batts 13, Nuyen 4, Wiedeger 0, Hopkins 0, Hassler 2, O’Hara 20, Haney 0, Johnson 0, Beucherie 8, Markwood 6. 3-point goals—O’Hara 2, Campbell 2. Records—Cedarcrest 7-7 league, 8-12 overall. Sultan 11-3, 14-6.

Lakewood 50, South Whidbey 40: At Marysville, In Cascade Conference action, Chrystle Clark had 16 points, 10 rebounds and six assists to lead Lakewood to its first win of the season in the Cascade Conference game.

At Lakewood H.S.

S. Whidbey113818—40

Lakewood1115816—50

South Whidbey—Kovic 0, Calderwood 11, Alber 4, O’Sullivan 3, Prosch 11, Brown 1, Linehan 10. Lakewood—Darrah 14, Clark 16, Wessell 12, Eby 2, Austad 0, Orr 6, Mizell 0, Smith 0, Raymond 0, Jensen 0. 3-point goals—Darrah 2, Wessell 1. Records—South Whidbey 3-11 league, 3-17 overall. Lakewood 1-13, 1-18.

Nooksack Valley 39, King’s 32: At Mt. Vernon, Nooksack Valley advanced to the 1A Tri-district playoffs with the win. Joclyn Kirton led King’s with 10 points. King’s has another opportunity to advance in a third-place district game at 4:15 p.m. today at Mt. Vernon H.S.

At Mt. Vernon H.S.

Nooksack8101110—39

King’s81293—32

Nooksack Valley—Ozuna 0, Warner 5, Beard 9, Larson 0, Huttema 0, Johnson 18, DeBruin 7. King’s—Taylor 3, McConnaughey 8, Rasmussen 0, Storkson 6, Adams 5, Berg, Kirton 10, Fairley 0, Kieling 0. 3-point goals—Taylor 1, DeBruin 1. Records—Nooksack Valley not reported. King’s 12-9.

Lynden Christian 74, Coupeville 35: At Mt. Vernon, Megan Smith scored 12 points to lead Coupeville in the 1A District 1 playoff loss. Coupeville plays King’s at 4:15 p.m. today at Mt. Vernon H.S. for a tri-district berth.

At Mt. Vernon H.S.

Coupeville61487—35

Lynden Chr.18152417—74

Coupeville—K. Smith 4, Boyd 0, Rosenkrance 2, O’Keefe 2, Chan 0, M. Smith 12, Boonstra 2, Hesselgrave 0, Esdalle 3, Arnold 0, Manker 8, Walstad 2. Lynden Christian—D. Luna 0, Vanderpol 2, Biehle 24, A. Luna 2, Friberg 2, Ryan 7, De Jager 2, Van Berkum 4, Hommes 15, Bajema 4, Carhuff 10, Vanzonneveld 2. 3-point goals—Biehle 4, M. Smith 1, Esdalle 1. Records—Coupeville 12-10 overall. Lynden Christian 19-2.