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Stout defense leads Lynnwood girls back to Tacoma

Published 3:02 pm Saturday, February 27, 2016

By Aaron Lommers Herald Writer

Lynnwood’s Jordyn Edwards (left) attempts a shot over West Seattle’s Jenna McPhee during a 3A state regional game Saturday afternoon at Everett Community College. Lynnwood won 59-34.
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Lynnwood’s Jordyn Edwards (left) attempts a shot over West Seattle’s Jenna McPhee during a 3A state regional game Saturday afternoon at Everett Community College. Lynnwood won 59-34.

Lynnwood’s Jordyn Edwards (left) attempts a shot over West Seattle’s Jenna McPhee during a 3A state regional game Saturday afternoon at Everett Community College. Lynnwood won 59-34.
Lynnwood’s Kaprice Boston attempts a shot past West Seattle’s Gabby Sarver during a 3A state regional game Saturday afternoon at Everett Community College. Lynnwood won 59-34.
Lynnwood’s Mikayla Pivec attempts to save a loose ball with West Seattle’s Lexi Ioane looking on during a 3A state regional game Saturday afternoon at Everett Community College. Lynnwood won 59-34.
Lynnwood head coach Everett Edwards argues a call during a 3A state regional game against West Seattle on Saturday afternoon at Everett Community College. Lynnwood won 59-34.

EVERETT — Last year at the 3A state tournament, the Lynnwood girls basketball team held West Seattle’s leading scorer Lydia Giomi to five points in a 60-36 quarterfinal victory.

The Royals outdid themselves on Saturday.

Giomi scored just three points for the Wildcats and her high-school career ended with a 59-34 loss to the top-ranked and defending state champion Royals in a 3A state regional game.

“To hold Lydia to three points, that’s just a great defensive effort,” Lynnwood head coach Everett Edwards said. “I have to give it up to Kelsey Rogers. She did a great job defensively. She used her strength and she used her smarts. It took a whole lot more help from her teammates, but Kelsey just really led the way.”

The Royals were led by senior Mikayla Pivec, who finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Junior Kaprice Boston chipped in 15 points.

“Kaprice is a great athlete and she really complements our team,” Edwards said. “Obviously Mikayla gets a lot of attention and Jordyn gets a lot of attention. Kaprice is just able to kind of go in there and do her thing. She’s shooting the ball well and she’s good in transition and is just a great fit for our style of play.”

The fourth-ranked Wildcats shot just 11-for-43 (25.6 percent) from the field and the Royals held their top two leading scorers below their season average.

“West Seattle presents some unique dynamics with Lydia in the middle,” Edwards said. “Thank goodness we had a week to prepare for their style of play and the different things that they did, but given how we responded to what West Seattle did, I couldn’t be more proud of our team.”

At Everett Community College

West Seattle 6 9 6 13 —34

Lynnwood 15 17 15 12 —59

West Seattle—Izzy Turk 7, Kelsey Lenzie 6, Riley Newsome 2, Jenna McPhee 1, Sarah Dulong 0, Grace Sarver 5, Lexi Ioane 10, Lydia Giomi 3. Lynnwood—Abby Yemane 0, Reilly Walsh 3, Rachel Walsh 0, Jordyn Edwards 11, Mikayla Pivec 18, Kelsey Rogers 8, Valerie Bell 0, Kaprice Boston 15, Taylor Fahey 4, Abby Douglas 0, Kaui Piilani 0, Kia Crawford 0. Records—West Seattle 22-4. Lynnwood 24-0.

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