PREP BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Fourth-quarter defense helps Stanwood nip Snohomish

STANWOOD — Facing a deficit at home in the fourth quarter can test a team’s character.

For the Stanwood boys basketball team, a renewed dedication to defense helped the Spartans rally for a 63-60 Wesco North victory over Snohomish.

Behind 49-46 entering the fourth quarter, Stanwood held Snohomish to 11 points and five field goals the rest of the way.

“We didn’t play very good defense in the second and third quarter,” Stanwood head coach Zach Ward said of his team. “Giving up 19- and 20-point quarters, … but we cranked it down (in the fourth).”

Ward credited senior guard Austin Cook (six points) with making two key free throws that pushed Stanwood’s advantage to 63-60 with five seconds remaining in the game.

Zack Johnson scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Stanwood and Kale Schmidt added 13 points.

Snohomish was led by Blane Ortiz (19 points) and post Jonathan McGee (15 points).

“They were tough,” Ward said, crediting Ortiz, a senior guard, and McGee, a senior center. “They had a tough inside-ouside combo.”

At Stanwood H.S.

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Snohomish—Hamlin 6, Ortiz 19, Sterley 0, Simpson 2, Newell 0, Carlson 9, Reichenberger 4, McGee 15, Steele 5. Stanwood—Garcea 0, Jamieson 3,Haugstad 10, Reinecke 2, Schmidt 13, T. Harris, Cook 6, Schroyer 0, Johnson 16, McCune 0, Taylor 13. 3-point goals—Ortiz 1, Jamieson 1. Records—Snohomish 4-3 league, 5-6 overall. Stanwood 5-2, 5-6.

Arlington 57, Everett 53: At Arlington, Blake Petersen had seven points and 10 rebounds and junior Eric Carlson grabbed a key offensive rebound late in the game in a Wesco North win for Arlington. Carlson, who scored a game-high 20 points, hauled in an offensive rebound and made two free throws late in the game to seal the win.

At Arlington H.S.

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Everett—Brown 15, Edwards 7, McKinnon 4, Gebert 0, Dickson 11, Sontra 3, Frauenholtz 13, Daly 13. Arlington—Carlson 20, Cooper 10, Petersen 7, Davis 2, Kurtzenacker 0, Ginnis 9, Smith 5, Brummel 2, Ladines 0. 3-point goals—Cooper 2, Ginnis 1, Smith 1, Brown 2, Edwards 1, McKinnon 1. Records—Everett 1-6 league, 3-8 overall. Arlington 4-3, 7-4.

Cascade 49, Monroe 42: At Monroe, Chris McGrath and Johnnie Hilliard each had 11 points to lead Cascade to the Wesco North win. Monroe’s Cole Parker led all scorers with 12.

At Monroe H.S.

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Cascade—McGrath 11, Jackson 5, Garrett 6, Hilliard 11, McDaniels 4, Cline 5, Barton 7. Monroe—Roppo 8, Bunge 0, Pham 0, Love 9, Drivstuen 0, Ulanovskiy 4, Jensen 3, Lustyuk 2, Meeus 4, Parker 12. 3-point goals—Roppo 2, Love 2, McGrath. Records—Cascade 5-2 league, 7-4 overall. Monroe 2-5, 4-7.

Oak Harbor 58, Marysville-Pilchuck 44: At Oak Harbor, Rashaad Smith had 12 points to lead a balanced Oak Harbor attack in the Wesco North win.

At Oak Harbor H.S.

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Marysville-Pilchuck—Stokes 2, Kiblinger 5, Hinkley 11, Shannon 8, Oden, Chris Dockendorf 0, Emch 4, Stevens 8, Calahan 2, Parker 2. Oak Harbor—Smith 12, Fakkema 6, Anter 9, Bratt 8, Harden 3, Boesch 3, Stout 7, T. Paul 0, C. Paul 0, Washington Jr. 10. 3-point goals—Stout 2, Harden 1, Hinkley 1, Shannon 2, Stevens 1. Records—Marysville-Pilchuck 3-5 league, 6-6 overall. Oak Harbor 1-6, 2-9.

Shorecrest 73, Kamiak 42: At Mukilteo, Emmanuel Chibuogwu Jr. scored 20 points and Shorecrest hit eight 3-pointers to cruise to the Wesco South victory.

At Kamiak H.S.

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Shorecrest—Clevenger 8, T. McCoy 5, Diel 14, Hake 6, Bateman 7, B. McCoy 3, Brown 11, Chibuogwu 20, Johnson 2, Shuttuck 2. Kamiak—Berg 2, Makori 13, Kussman 1, Oakes, Self 2, Manchester 8, Blacksmith 0, Houghtaling 15, Conrad 0, Lee 1, Wismubroto 0. 3-point goals—T. Mccoy 1, Diel 4, Hake 2, B. McCoy 1, Makori 2. Records—Shorecrest 6-2 league, 7-3 overall. Kamiak 1-7, 2-8.

Meadowdale 57, Lynnwood 51: At Bothell, Connor Hamlett, a 6-foot-7 post, scored a game-high 28 points to lead Meadowdale to a Wesco South win. Anthony Edwards scored 16 points for Lynnwood. Six-foot-10 senior and University of San Diego recruit Simi Fajemisin scored just three points because of foul trouble.

At Lynnwood H.S.

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Meadowdale—Neff-Warner 0, Linton 0, Werner 9, Beucherie 9, Tallman 3, Gage 0, Dooley 5, Sand 4, Buck 0, Hamlett 28. Lynnwood—Tamirat 4, Kulej 2, Norde 0, Haney 8, Nut 0, Le 6, Edwards 16, DeGraw 4, Botts 8, Fajemisin 3. 3-point goals—Werner 1, Beucherie 1, Tallman 1, Dooley 1, Hamlett 1, Haney 2, Le 2, Edwards 2. Records—Meadowdale 6-2 league, 8-2 overall. Lynnwood 3-5, 3-7.

Shorewood 66, Mariner 49: At Shoreline, Semir Kadiric scored 24 points to lead Shorewood to the Wesco South win.

At Shorewood H.S.

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Mariner—Williams 10, Kiehl 9, Reola 7, Coles 5, Purnell 2, Massey 8, McCulloch 6, Gray 2, Parra 0. Shorewood—Brazell 0, Carroll 7, Andrews 4, Mitchell 13, Kadiric 24, Berquist 2, Smallwood 8, Simpkins 2, Hendrickson 0, Hawkinson 6. 3-point goals—Williams 1, Kiehl 1, Reola 1, Coles 1, Carroll 1, Mitchell 2, Smallwood 2. Records—Mariner 0-8 league, 0-10 overall. Shorewood 5-3, 5-5.

Glacier Peak 61, Edmonds-Woodway 43: At Snohomish, Jack Bonner and Drew Cummins each scored 15 points to lead Glacier Peak to the Wesco South win.

At Glacier Peak H.S.

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Edmonds-Woodway—Nealey 0, Rupple 0, Bury 3, Wooley 5, Degrazia 2, Brudevold 0, Kwon 0, Jordan 9, Choi 2, Berg 15, Douglas 2, Butler 5. Glacier Peak—Persha 4, Hill 7, Southard 9, Cummins 15, Manning 0, Harris 0, Pederson 0, Kiser 3, Bonner 15, Pervier 8. 3-point goals—Hill 1, Southard 1, Cummins 1, Bury 1, Jordan 1, Berg 1. Records—Edmonds-Woodway 3-5 league, 5-5 overall. Glacier Peak 5-3, 7-3.

Jackson 69, Mountlake Terrace 49: At Mountlake Terrace, Jackson’s Brett Kingma hit four 3-pointers and scored 24 points and senior Mike Wishko had three points, seven rebounds and three assists as Jackson took the Wesco South victory. Jacob Champoux scored 17 points for Mountlake Terrace.

At Mountlake Terrace H.S.

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Jackson—Kingma 24, Todd 18, Dineen 0, Rucker 0, Gay 0, Massengale 11, Acholonu 0, O’Keefe 8, Gilchrist 5, Wishko 3. Mountlake Terrace—Powell 3, Johnson 2, Eftekhari 2,Champoux 17, Haldane 5, Karels 12, Cano 0, Erickson 0, Swanstrom 2, Snow 6. 3-point goals—Kingma 4, Champoux 1, Haldane 1, Karels 2. Records—Jackson 7-1 league, 9-1 overall. Mountlake Terrace 4-4, 5-5.

Archbishop Murphy 67, Coupeville 55: At Coupeville, Coupeville had a 46-43 lead after three quarters, but had a hard time taking care of the ball in the fourth quarter, as Archbishop Murphy scored 24 points in the period. Coupeville could only muster nine points.

At Coupeville H.S.

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Archbishop Murphy—Smith 7, Eichinger 7, Huesers 0, Wagner 17, DeGrazia 10, Gordon 8, McCann 13, Ryan 0, Anderson 5. Coupeville—Wilcox 3, Bagby 8, Smith 7, E. King 5, T. King 7, Brookhouse 2, Walstad 8, Hammer 15. 3-point goals—Smith 1, Wagner 1, Anderson 1, Smith 1, E. King 1, T. King 1. Records—Archbishop Murphy 2-1 league, 4-5 overall. Coupeville 3-2, 8-3.

Lakewood 67, Granite Falls 55: At Marysville, Cameron Fry had 13 points and four assists to lead Lakewood to the Cascade Conference win.

At Lakewood H.S.

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Granite Falls—Matalomani 4, Loucks 0, Walker 7, Gumke 4, Whitt 14, Cashman 2, Hitchcock 10, Phelps 12, Hereth 2. Lakewood—Fry 13, Lujan 2, Bird 8, Wiersma 4, Hawkins 7, Stanton 0, VonPein 11, Haslom 12, Jones 6, Hesselman 4, Sanders 0, Diggs 0. 3-point goals—Fry 2, Hawkins 1, Von Pein 1, Whitt 1, Phelps 1. Records—Granite Falls 0-4 league, 0-10 overall. Lakewood 1-2, 3-6.

King’s 52, Cedarcrest 41: At Shoreline, Daniel Cheledinas had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Price Coshow added 15 points and 10 rebounds for King’s in the Cascade Conference victory.

At King’s H.S.

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Cedarcrest—Rekers 9, Taylor 18, Dowd 2, Campbell 9, Corpus 2, Hammontree 1, McCadam 0, Marty 0, Duffy 0. King’s—Brugger 4, Hoff 5, Coshow 15, Berendsen 12, Porcello 1, Cheledinas 15, Castonguay 0,Taylor 0. 3-point goals—not recorded. Records—Cedarcrest 3-1 league, 6-4 overall. King’s 4-1, 7-3.

Orcas Island 85, Darrington 54: At Darrington, Orcas Island outscored Darrington in each quarter, taking the Northwest 1A/2B win. Darrington was led by the 22 points of Tyler Buchanan.

At Darrington H.S.

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Orcas Island—Nigretto 6, Bredouw 27, Granger 11, Dietenbrock 23, Padbury 5, Eagan 5, Janssen 6, Zeir 2. Darrington—Buchanan 22, Nash 8, Fenstermaker 8, Olson 2, Meece 2, Fabri 3, McMillion 9. 3-point goals—Buchanan 3, nash 2, Fenstermaker 1, Nigretto 1, Bredouw 4, Granger 1, Dietenbrock 4, Eagan 1. Records—Orcas Island 3-2 league, 6-5 overall. Darrington 0-4, 1-10.

Skykomish 67, Highland Christian 60: At Skykomish, Cody Wahl scored a game-high 32 points and teammate Chad Musser had 20 to lead Skykomish to the Northwest 1B League win.

At Skykomish H.S.

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Highland Christian—Teal 25, Breekveldt 2, Jahraus 2, Wold 25, Star 6. Skykomish—K. Wahl 9, C. Wahl 32, Torres 4, Musser 20, Hanis 2, Dorgan 0. 3-point goals—Teal 1, Torres 1, K. Wahl 1, C. Wahl 3. Records—Highland Christian 0-6 league, 1-10 overall. Skykomish 2-4, 2-4.

Lummi 60, North Sound Christian 47: At Mountlake Terrace, David James scored a game-high 34 points to lead Lummi to a Northwest 1B League win. Aaron Hudson scored a team-high 22 points for North Sound Christian and sophomore Brent Reidt added 13 points.

At North Sound Christian H.S.

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Lummi—James 34, Finkbonner 0, Robinson 4, Roberts 3, Martin 2, Fryberg 2, Rivers 13, Misores 2. North Sound Christian—Reidt 13, M.Patterson, Mackie 6, DeGroot, Eun, W. Patterson 6, Schettler 0, Martinez 0, Hudson 22, Mengiste, Purdy 0, Foley 0. 3-point goals—James 4, Reidt 3, Mackie 2, W. Patterson 2. Records—Lummi 5-0 league, 8-0 overall. North Sound Christian 3-3, 3-6.

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