Jackson keeps playoff hopes alive

MILL CREEK – The Jackson Timberwolves girls basketball team snapped out of its losing streak at the right time.

Jackson (6-8 in league, 7-9 overall) ended its four-game skid with a 60-52 Western Conference South victory over Mountlake Terrace (6-9, 6-11) to claim a half-game lead over the Hawks for the fifth and final district playoff position.

“We came out pumped to play tonight,” Jackson’s first-year coach Jeannie Howell said. “We have to keep our energy up. We can’t have any mental or physical lapses.”

Emilee Eisinger and Sam McCracken combined to score 47 of the Timberwolves points. Eisinger scored 14 of Jackson’s 26 first-half points and McCracken had 10 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter. Eisinger and McCracken scored 13 of Jackson last 15 points.

“Once they get a hold of the basketball inside it’s pretty hard to stop them,” Howell said.

Howell said Jackson did not turn the ball over as it had in previous games.

At Mill Creek Mountlake Terrace 12 8 17 15 – 52 Jackson 13 13 15 19 – 60 Mountlake Terrace-Heck 11, McEntire 21, Buxton 7, Grover 4, Cumbee 2, Mossman 6, Smith 2. Jackson-Eisinger 27, Whitcomb 10, McCracken 20, Muscat 2, Connelly 1. 3-point goals-McEntire 1, Whitcomb 2. JV score-Mountlake Terrace 45, Jackson 25. Records-Mountlake Terrace 6-9 in league, 6-11 overall. Jackson 6-8, 7-9.

Lynnwood 54, Mariner 33: Molly Hunsinger scored a game-high 15 points to help lead Lynnwood to the Wesco South victory. Alyssa Bowman paced Mariner with 11 points, including three 3-pointers.

At Everett Lynnwood 13 16 8 17 – 54 Mariner 8 2 12 11 – 33 Lynnwood-Hunsinger 15, Miller 5, Breidenbach 2, Crain 3, Janssen 10, Sorge 6, Ayres 6, Hjertstedt 7. Mariner-Begthol 2, Greaby 6, Prom 4, Morris 4, Bowman 11, Douglas 6. 3-point goals-Bowman 3, Greaby 2, Jansssen 2, Hunsinger 1, Crain 1, Miller 1. JV-Mariner def. Lynnwood Records-Lynnwood 5-10 in league, 6-11 overall. Mariner 0-14, 1-15.

Edmonds-Woodway 45, Everett 32: Jessica Takara scored 17 points, leading Edmonds-Woodway in the Wesco South game. With the victory Edmonds-Woodway clinched a district berth.

At Edmonds Everett 7 10 4 11 – 32 Edmonds-Woodway 10 10 15 10 – 45 Everett-Larson 3, Hudson 8, Crossen 6, Austin 4, Homer 3, Hornyak 2, Luatua 2, Olson 4. Edmonds-Woodway-Vlasic 2, Wells 4, Takara 17, Harter 9, Trew 9, Bordeaux 2, Fraine 2. 3-point goals-Homer 1, Takara 2. JV-Everett defeated Edmonds-Woodway. Records-Everett 8-6 in league, 8-8 overall. Edmonds-Woodway 11-3, 13-3.

Meadowdale 60, Kamiak 41: Anne Martin’s 23 points led Meadowdale to the Wesco South victory, the Mavericks’ fifth-straight win after dropping its only game of the season to Snohomish. The Mavericks remain unbeaten in league.

At Lynnwood Kamiak 10 13 8 10 – 41 Meadowdale 18 10 18 14 – 60 Kamiak-McKnight 9, Garski 14, Ghassemieh 8, Vick 10. Meadowdale-Fenimore 8, Martin 23, Graham 6, Beucherie 1, Brewe 13, Craig 3, Draper 2, Lewis 4. 3-point goals-McKnight 2, Vick 1, Martin 4, Craig 1. JV-Kamiak defeated Meadowdale. Records-Kamiak 10-4 in league, 11-5 overall. Meadowdale 15-0, 16-1.

Marysville-Pilchuck 59, Stanwood 45: Nikki Jordan scored 15 points and Serresa Stovall netted 11 to lead Marysville to the Wesco North victory. Stephanie Laures scored 13 points to lead Stanwood .

At Marysville Stanwood 10 12 10 13 – 45 Marysville-Pilchuck 20 6 9 24 – 59 Stanwood-Boehme 3, Laures 13, Handelsman 1, Kloke 12, Janiesen 11, Austin 2, Amundson 3. Marysville-Pilchuck-Evans 9, Dunbar 8, Bailey 2, Jordan 15, Clevish 4, Stovall 11, Gribler 10. 3-point goals-Laures 3, Evans 1, Dunbar 2. Records-Marysville-Pilchuck 8-5 in league, 11-6 overall. Stanwood 1-11, 1-15.

Oak Harbor 51, Lake Stevens 42: Heidi McNeill led Oak Harbor to the Wesco North victory. McNeill scored 21 points, the fourth time in five games she has scored more than 20.

At Oak Harbor Lake Stevens 8 10 9 15 – 42 Oak Harbor 5 19 8 19 – 51 Lake Stevens-Estes 5, Housden 3, West 12, Kelly 2, Fisher 8, Holloway 12. Oak Harbor-McNeill 21, White 10, Watts 12, Hill 4, Bratt 4. 3-point goals-Watts 1. JV-Lake Stevens defeated Oak Harbor. Records-Lake Stevens 6-6 in league, 10-6 overall. Oak Harbor 8-5, 11-6.

Monroe 89, Cascade 46: Kirsten Thompson scored 24 points to lead Monroe to its 12th Wesco North victory. Tianna Moriarty had 16 points for Monroe and Kristi Auckland scored 18 points for the Bruins.

At Everett Monroe 25 18 26 20 – 89 Cascade 12 12 18 4 – 46 Monroe-Morton 10, Zimmerman 10, Kolrud 6, Heilman 6, Thompson 24, D. Drivstuen 7, Muhammad 7, Moriarty 16, C. Drivstuen 3. Cascade-Auckland 18, Sadler 2, Bergstrom 2, Simek 3, Elliott 5, Cooper 2, Eide 2, Hansen 2, Muscatell 7, Hooks 3 . 3-point goals-Muscatell 1, Muhammad 1. JV-Monroe def. Cascade. Records-Cascade 3-9 in league, 6-10 overall. Monroe 12-1, 16-1.

Nooksack Valley 61, Sultan 45: Molly Sumpter had 13 points for Sultan in the North Cascades game.

At Sultan Nooksack Valley 23 15 10 13 – 61 Sultan 10 15 6 14 – 45 Nooksack Valley-Robinson 14, Jenson 12, Vermeulen 9, Handy 7, Wilburn 6, Visser 5, Groen 4, Koostera 4. Sultan-Sumter 13, Dutson 9, K. Powers 8, Cramer 7, Burnside 4, Elliott 2, Beckers 2. 3-point goals-Dutson 2, Cramer 1. JV score-Nooksack Valley 38, Sultan 35. Records-Nooksack Valley 8-4 in league, 12-4 overall. Sultan 0-13, 2-14.

Archbishop Murphy 76, Concrete 32: Lisa Coate led all scorers with 18 points and she collected 11 rebounds for Archbishop Murphy in the Northwest A game. Ellie Frahm added 14 points and 17 rebounds for the Wildcats.

At Concrete Archbishop Murphy 22 19 27 8 – 76 Concrete 4 12 4 12 – 32 Archbishop Murphy-Coate 18, Eknes 14, Frahm 14, Lyons 11, Taylor 4, Clapper 4, Zitnik 4, Werner 2, Huggins 2, Westlund 2, Lasswell 1. Concrete-Dalesky 10, Swanson 7, Lewis 7, Whitten 4, Witman 2, Schoolland 2. 3-point goals-Eknes 4, Swanson 1, Lewis 1, Lyons 1. JV-Archbishop Murphy def. Concrete. Records-Concrete 1-6 in league, 3-13 overall. Archbishop Murphy 8-0, 17-0.

Coupeville 52, La Conner 35: Senior Venessa Davis scored 19 points and grabbed 18 rebounds in her last career home game for Coupeville. Lexie Black added 15 points for Coupeville in the Northwest A League game.

At Coupeville La Conner 3 9 13 10 – 35 Coupeville 14 10 14 14 – 52 La Conner-Coe 2, Springer 1, Bassford 11, Skeele 2, Higgins 3, N. Hinton 10, P, Hinton 6. Coupeville-Clark 3, Lamb 2, Mouw 5, H. Davis 3, V. Davis 19, B. Black 5, L Black 15. 3-point goals-Bassford 3, Clark, B. Black, Mouw. JV-Coupeville def. La Conner. Records-La Conner 1-8 in league, 4-12 overall. La Conner 8-1, 14-5.

King’s 75, Darrington 22: Freshman Danielle Clauson scored a career-high 16 points and Hayley Zevenbergen and Sara Mosiman each collected nine rebounds to lead King’s to its seventh-straight victory in the non-league game.

At Shoreline Darrington 6 4 10 2 – 22 King’s 19 21 13 22 – 75 Darrington-Bryson 4, Jones 8, Traulsen 1, Harris 4, Schillhammer 5. King’s-Zevenbergen 10, Clauson 16, Constanzo 2, Louie 2, Faidley 4, DeJong 6, Keiling 5, Simons 4, Smart 2, Nordtvedt 4, Sather 10, Mosiman 10. 3-point goals-Clauson 1, Keiling 1, Sather 1. Records-King’s 16-4 overall. Darrington 16-3.

Tulalip Heritage 46, Lopez 27: Latoya George scored 11 points to lead Tulalip Heritage to the Northwest B victory. Alena Marfhak had 10 points for Lopez.

At Lopez Island Tulalip Heritage 17 17 5 7 – 46 Lopez 4 4 7 12 – 27 Tulalip Heritage-Jones 1, Bumgargur 10, George 11, Saluskin 10, Vallo 10, Charley 2, Anderson 2. Lopez-Marfhak 10, Dalton 2, Buchanan 8, Zoerb 2, Shipman 2, Wilson 3. 3-point goals-Bumgarner 2, Vallo 1, Saluskin 1. Records-Tulalip Heritage 6-2 in league, 13-5 overall. Lopez 7-1, 10-7.

Snohomish County Christian 43, Shoreline Christian 36 OT: Snohomish County Christian’s defense, led by Tara Holgate’s 17 blocked shots, shut down Shoreline Christian in overtime of the Northwest B game. The 6-foot-4 Holgate also added 11 points and seven rebounds and Bekka Brekkaa led all scorers with 15.

At Mountlake Terrace Shoreline Christian 14 4 13 5 0- 36 Snohomish County Chr. 13 12 5 7 7- 43 Shoreline Christian-Vanderwerff 11, Fertello 1, Visser 8, Dekoekkoek 9, VanHal 8. Snohomish County Christian-Jackson 3, M. Oakland 6, B. Brekkaa 15, Cathey 3, N. Brekkaa 6, Holgate 11. 3-point goals-Vanderwerff 1, Visser 2, Jackson 1, B. Brekkaa 1, Cathey 1. Records-Shoreline Christian 3-4 in league, 8-11 overall. Snohomish County Christian 3-4, 12-6.

Master’s Touch 36, Lummi 35: Rachel Brown of Master’s Touch scored 26 points. Master’s Touch was behind throughout the game, but made a fourth-quarter run to win.

At Arlington Lummi 11 6 9 9 – 35 Master’s Touch 7 4 12 13 – 36 Lummi-Freeman 5, A. Jeffersen 20, Thomas 4, J. Jefferson 6. Master’s Touch-Brown 26, Williamson 2, Amundson 2, Santaford 6. 3-point goals-Brown 1, A. Jefferson 1. Records-Lummi 2-4 in league, 6-14 overall. Master’s Touch 2-4, 2-13.

Mount Vernon Christian JV 48, Skykomish 16: Sophomore Charlotte Brown scored 14 of Skykomish’s 16 points in the non-league game.

At Skykomish Mount Vernon Christian 13 8 14 13 – 48 Skykomish 2 4 3 5 – 16 Mount Vernon Christian-Geertsma 2, Weber 15, Triezenberg 3, VandenBosh 6, Stephenson 12, VanVorrst 2, Peters 8. Skykomish-Caryl 2, Brown 14. 3-point goals-Peters 1. Records-Skykomish 2-14 overall. Mount Vernon Christian JV not reported.