LA CONNER — Darrington can do no worse than a tie for first place after defeating La Conner 61-59 Friday in a double-overtime Northwest 1A/2B game.
“It seems like every time Darrington and La Conner play, something is on the line,” Darrington head coach Kevin Ashe said.
On Friday it was first place.
“It was a hard fought game between two rivals, both teams played their hearts out,” Ashe said. “We feel good, but also fortunate.”
The win capped a team goal that Darrington had since the beginning of the season, to be the league’s No. 1 2B seed. Friday Harbor, a 1A school, can earn a share of the league title with a win today over Shoreline Christian.
“They really wanted this, they talked about it all year and tonight they finished it,” Ashe said.
Darrington senior Cory Hoveskland led all scores with 23 points. His only other senior counterpart Mike Parris added 14 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore Tyler Buchanan had 16 points and 12 rebounds.
La Conner was led by Erik Lindeman with 19 points.
At La Conner H.S.
Darrington715111217*—61
La Conner911141115*—59
Darrington—Parris 14, Nash 2, Hoveskeland 23, Gillette 2, Cousins 4, Buchanan 16, Carter 0. La Conner—Wilbur 3, Lindeman 19, Willey 7, Vander Lei 15, Carr 11, Wilson 0, McKnight 4. 3-point goals—Hoveskland 1, Buchanan 1, Wilbur 1 Lindeman 5, Willey 1. Records—Darrington 10-2 league, 15-3 overall. La Conner 9-3, 12-7.
*Period scores not reorted. Combined overtime scoring.
Shoreline Christian 56, Concrete 54: At Shoreline, Concrete cut a 12-point lead to one, but Jason Vermeer made a layup with less than a minute to play to give Shoreline Christian an insurmountable three-point lead in the Northwest 1A-2B game.
At Shoreline Christian H.S.
Concrete158922—54
Shoreline11181512—56
Concrete—Smith 20, Schoolland 11, DeZarn 6, Williams 0, Massingale 0, McIntosh 0, Johnson 0, Howell 9, Clark 8. Shoreline Christian—Vermeer 15, Drollinger 6, Jacobs 3, Ryder 5, Brown 6, Hudson 7, Danhof 4, Deelstra 10. 3-point goals—Vermeer 1, Ryder 1, Jacobs 1, Hudson 1, Howell 1, Smith 1, Schoolland 1. Records—Concrete 3-7 league, 4-13 overall. Shoreline Christian 5-6, 7-10.
North Sound Christian 51, Northwest Yeshiva 46: At Mountlake Terrace, Yeshiva jumped out to a 14-4 lead in the first quarter, but North Sound switched to a zone defense, outscoring Yeshiva 42-30 in the final three quarters of the 1B Tri-district tournament to advance to a winner-to-state game Tuesday against Lummi. Aaron Hudson (12 points, 12 rebounds) and Tanner Mahler (14 points, 12 rebounds) each had double-doubles for North Sound.
At Mountlake Terrace H.S.
N. Sound9141414—51
NW Yeshiva1612810—46
North Sound Christian—Otis 7, Waller 9, Watson 9, Johnson, Hudson 12, Mahler 14, Patterson 0, Hansen, Vaughn, Martinez, Reidt. Northwest Yeshiva—Kintzer 12, Krohn 16, Blumstein 6, Azase 3, Gordon 0, Baker 2, Hemmat 7. 3-point goals—Mahler 4, Krohn 1, Azase 1, Hemmat 1. Records—North Sound Christian 11-10 overall. Northwest Yeshiva 11-8.
Archbishop Murphy 57, Cedarcrest 37: At Duvall, Archbishop Murphy outscored Cedarcrest 34-11 in the second and third quarters of the Cascade Conference game.
At Cedarcrest H.S.
Murphy10151913—57
Cedarcrest116515—37
Archbishop Murphy—Smith 3, Felder 13, Otis 6, Wagner 8, Fleming 10, Melton 10, McCann 0, Hards 0, Quinlan 7. Cedarcrest—Rekers 0, McRae 4, Corpus 0, Alness 3, Hammontree 0, Padron 17, McKinney 2, Cook 9, Fletcher 2, Duffy 0. 3-point goals—Smith 1, Alness 1, Padron 1, Cook 1. Records—Archbishop Murphy 12-0 league, 14-3 overall. Cedarcrest 3-10, 3-14.
Sultan 59, King’s 56 (OT): At Shoreline, King’s took a seven-point lead into the fourth quarter, but were unable to contain Sultan’s Jordan Nicholes and Michael LaMunyon, who made all 12 of Sultan’s points in the final period to put the game into overtime. LaMunyon hit two 3-pointers to give Sultan a two-point lead with 18 seconds remaining.
At King’s H.S.
Sultan1411121210—59
King’s12131957—56
Sultan—Ruddock 7, E. VandenEkart 0, Barnhill 0, Beebe 2, Knoles 4, LaMunyon 18, T. VandenEkart 3, Hall 0, Nicholes 25. King’s—Berg 5, Hardy 0, Brugger 2, Kitchens 0, McDonald 0, Hoff 11, Clauson, Talbot 13, Mar 11, Clocksin 14. 3-point goals—Ruddock 1, LaMunyon 3, Hoff 2. Records—Sultan 7-5 league, 10-8 overall. King’s 10-4, 15-6.
Lakewood 49, Coupeville 45: At Marysville, Lakewood jumped out to a 33-20 lead at halftime and held Coupeville to two points in the third quarter of the Cascade Conference game.
At Lakewood H.S.
Coupeville911817—45
Lakewood1320214—49
Coupeville—Williams 0, Wilcox 14, Bagby 7, Loesch 8, Peters 9, E. King, T. King, Brookhouse, Smith, Kim 5, Walstad 0, Hammer 0. Lakewood—Fry 12, Stauffer 6, Bird 3, Dennis 0, Hawkins 4, Leach 3, Von Pein 0, Wiersma 0, Diamond 12, Hesselman 9, Sanders 0. 3-point goals—Hawkins 1, Loesch 2, Peters 1. Records—Coupeville 7-7 league, 10-10 overall. Lakewood 2-10, 3-14.
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