State basketball prep roundup for Friday, March 1:
(Note for coaches/scorekeepers: To report results and statistics, email sports@heraldnet.com. Please report results by 10:30 p.m.)
BOYS BASKETBALL
CLASS 4A
Semifinals
No. 7 Richland 70, No. 4 Glacier Peak 59
TACOMA — The Glacier Peak High School boys basketball team went pound-for-pound with Richland for the first 27 minutes of a Class 4A Hardwood Classic semifinal matchup on Friday night, but the Bombers pulled away in the final five.
In a game that featured 15 lead changes and 12 ties, the seventh-seeded Bombers secured their shot at a state championship, using an 11-0 run over the final 5 minutes, 14 seconds to slip past the No. 4 Grizzlies 70-59 at the Tacoma Dome.
Glacier Peak (24-4) will compete in the third-place tilt Saturday at 1 p.m. against Davis in a state regional round rematch. Richland (23-4) will face Mount Si on Saturday at 3 p.m. in the title bout.
Grizzlies junior Jo Lee had with 22 points and four boards on 8-for-22 from the floor, while junior Jayce Nelson added 16 points and four rebounds on 4-for-4 from beyond the arc. Senior Isaiah Cuellar finished with nine points with five rebounds.
Richland senior Luke Westerfield collected 20 points, 12 rebounds, five assists and two blocks. Joshua Woodard also supplied a double-double, going for 17 points and 11 boards. Landen Northrop tacked on 13 points and six assists.
CLASS 3A
Consolation (loser out)
No. 5 Mountlake Terrace 67, No. 17 Lincoln 56
TACOMA — The fifth-seeded Mountlake Terrace High School boys basketball team kept its season going by defeating 17th-seeded Lincoln in a Class 3A Hardwood Classic loser-out consolation game Friday morning at the Tacoma Dome.
The Hawks (23-4) controlled the game from start to finish and scored 23 second-quarter points to take a 39-20 lead into the half. Terrace outrebounded Lincoln 24-7 in the first half.
Lincoln (21-8) registered 21 points in the third quarter to pull within 50-41 entering the fourth, but Terrace closed the game out with a sound final quarter.
Hawks senior guard Jaxon Dubiel registered a team-high 23 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Senior forward Gabe Towne added 12 points and six rebounds. Junior guard Rayshaun Connor and junior forward Svayjeet Singh each scored 11 points; Connor had four rebounds and three assists and Singh seven rebounds.
Abes senior forward Omarion Boston paced Lincoln with 25 points, 10 rebounds and two assists. Senior forward La’Vhante Sandling-Green chipped in 10 points and five assists, and senior forward Te’Shawn Ports-Jackson contributed nine points and four rebounds.
Terrace came up one game short of placing at state last year, but Friday’s victory slots the Hawks into the fourth/sixth-place game Saturday against third-seeded Garfield at 8 a.m.
CLASS 1A
Consolation (loser out)
No. 4 Freeman 78, No. 9 King’s 56
YAKIMA — The ninth-seeded King’s boys basketball team was eliminated from the Class 1A Hardwood Classic after losing to fourth-seeded Freeman in a loser-out consolation game Friday morning at the Yakima Valley SunDome.
Freeman (22-4) controlled King’s (17-10) the entire game, leading 36-26 at halftime and pulled away by outscoring the Knights 24-12 in the third quarter. The Scotties outrebounded King’s 37-26 and benefited from a 21-4 advantage in points off the bench.
Senior guard Dylan Myers led King’s with 24 points and four rebounds, senior forward Nick Linhardt added 13 points and five rebounds and junior guard Sebastian Cooper contributed 12 points, four rebounds and four assists.
Junior post Tanner Goldsmith poured in a game-high 37 points and seven rebounds for Freeman. Sophomore guard Caleb Grant scored 13 points, and junior guard Colton Wells chipped in 10 points, eight rebounds and six assists.
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GIRLS BASKETBALL
CLASS 3A
Semifinals
No. 1 Mead 56, No. 3 Snohomish 50
TACOMA — The Snohomish High School girls basketball team eventually got rolling and went toe-to-toe with the top team in the state. Unfortunately for Snohomish, that roll started too late, and there wasn’t enough time to catch up.
Snohomish, which trailed No. 1 seed Mead by 15 midway through the third quarter, whittled the lead all the way down to five with enough time remaining to make one final push. But Snohomish could get no closer as it lost the battle of Panthers 56-50 in the Class 3A state semifinals Friday night at the Tacoma Dome.
Tyler Gildersleeve-Stiles had 17 points, seven rebounds and four assists as Snohomish used its inside-out game to get back into it. But one of Mead’s many interchangeable parts found an answer every time Snohomish tried to go on an extended run.
Gracie Wenkheimer came off the bench to score 15 points on five 3-pointers to lead Mead (26-1), which advanced to face No. 6 Garfield in the championship game at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Tacoma Dome. Teryn Gardner added 13 and Reese Frederick scored 10 for Mead.
Kendall Hammer added nine points on three 3s and Sienna Capelli scored eight for Snohomish (19-7), which faces No. 2 Lakeside (Seattle) for third place at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.
Consolation (loser out)
No. 5 Arlington 53, No. 7 Bonney Lake 50
TACOMA — The fifth-seeded Arlington girls basketball team bounced back after a rough quarterfinals loss on Thursday and earned a close win over seventh-seeded Bonney Lake in a Class 3A Hardwood Classic loser-out consolation game Friday afternoon at the Tacoma Dome.
Senior guards Khari Deberry and Samara Morrow each scored 16 points, junior guard Kierra Resse added 13 and senior forward Rachel Snow chipped in eight to help lead the Eagles (22-4) into the fourth/sixth-place game against 12th-seeded Everett on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
Arlington outscored Bonney Lake from beyond the arc (24-12), in points off turnovers (23-10) and points off the bench (16-5). The biggest lead of the game was only a five-point difference when the Eagles led the Panthers 5-0 in the first quarter, as the teams battled in a back-and-forth bout with 10 lead changes.
Bonney Lake (20-7) had a 22-20 halftime lead, but Arlington paced ahead 36-33 at the end of the third quarter, which proved to be just enough of a gap as each scored 17 points in the fourth.
Senior forward Jazmyn Shipp led the Panthers with 24 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. Senior center Ava Rice added 10 points and 11 rebounds, and senior guard Evin Elias chipped in nine points.
No. 12 Everett 56, No. 8 North Thurston 48
TACOMA — Senior guard Alana Washington produced a game-high 37 points to help lead Everett over eighth-seeded North Thurston in a Class 3A Hardwood Classic loser-out consolation game Friday afternoon at the Tacoma Dome.
Everett (19-9) led 30-21 at halftime, but North Thurston (20-4) put up 19 points in the third quarter to lead 40-38 entering the fourth. The Seagulls then responded with an 18-8 advantage to take the victory.
Washington registered 12 rebounds and sophomore forward Emily Barton had eight points and seven rebounds.
Junior Soraya Ogaldez paced the Rams with 23 points and three assists, and junior Grace Lee added 19 points and four rebounds.
The Seagulls advanced to the fourth/sixth-place game against fifth-seeded Arlington on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
CLASS 2A
Consolation (loser out)
No. 6 Archbishop Murphy 46, No. 8 Columbia River 32
YAKIMA — The sixth-seeded Archbishop Murphy girls basketball never left much in doubt on its way to a wire-to-wire victory over eighth-seeded Columbia River in a Class 2A Hardwood Classic loser-out consolation game Friday afternoon at the Yakima Valley SunDome.
The Wildcats (21-6) opened with a 12-3 advantage in the first quarter and never trailed as they forced the Rapids (19-9) into 20 turnovers.
Junior guard Taylor Cushing scored a game-high 15 points, sophomore guard Brooke Blachly added 13, junior guard Ava Marr had eight and freshman guard Ashley Fletcher each chipped in eight points and eight rebounds.
For Columbia River, sophomore Gracie Glavin had 12 points, and senior Emma Iniguez added seven points and four rebounds.
Archbishop Murphy faces seventh-seeded White River in the fourth/sixth-place game Saturday at 8 a.m.
CLASS 1A
Consolation (loser out)
No. 9 Cashmere 63, No. 4 King’s 55
YAKIMA — The fourth-seeded King’s girls basketball team was eliminated from the Class 1A Hardwood Classic by ninth-seeded Cashmere in a loser-out consolation game Friday afternoon at the Yakima Valley SunDome.
The Bulldogs (21-6) led 33-29 after a close first half and kept the Knights (17-12) from making a second-half push in a game that was within single digits throughout most of the contest. Cashmere used a boost from its outside shooting, knocking down 12 3-pointers to King’s six.
Sophomore guard Kaleo Anderson led the Knights with a game-high 28 points, 13 rebounds and three assists, and freshman guard Molly Kyler contributed 12 points.
Senior post Katie Piepel registered 22 points and three assists for Cashmere. Senior guard Brianna Talley and junior guard Ellie Bessonette each scored 11 points. Talley added five rebounds and Bessonette 10 rebounds and four assists.
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