Prep Roundup: Hilanders pull out OT win at Prairie
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:21 AM PST
By Rick S. Alvord, Rick McCorkle and Ben Zimmerman
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E-mail this articleBRUSH PRAIRIE — Garrett Austin scored all 14 of his points in the fourth quarter and overtime to help Kelso pull out a 58-55 victory over Prairie here Tuesday in a nonleague boys basketball epic.
“It was a fantastic game,” Hilanders coach Joe Kinch said. “There were great plays on our end and they certainly made some great plays. Our kids were pretty resilient.”
Austin had eight points in the fourth quarter and six in overtime, making three 3-pointers in that 12-minute sequence. He also had took two key charges. At the end of regulation with the game tied, Kelso had the ball and ran a minute off the clock before running a set play and getting its shot blocked by the Falcons.
Prairie raced downcourt, and Austin took a charge at the Hilander basket with one second left.
Austin also took a charge in overtime.
Kinch praised Kelso’s “collective team defense.”
“We executed our game plan,” he added. “Our kids were very engaged in the game.”
Chad Pegg had 12 points and Riley Davis 11 for the winners (2-0), who visit Scappoose on Thursday in a contest originally scheduled at Kelso on Saturday.
Hilanders 58, Falcons 55 (OT)
KELSO (58) — Justin Gillen 5, Spencer Downs 4, Riley Davis 11, Chad Pegg 12, Adam Scalesse 5, Carson Christian 4, J.D. Gabrielson 3, Garrett Austin 14
PRAIRIE (55) — Pavelick 6, Weidenaar 2, Brooks 11, M. Pond 8, Herman 18, Madison 8, Dixon 2
Kelso 11 8 13 14 12 — 58
Prairie 19 5 14 8 9 — 55
Jacks drop OT thriller
ABERDEEN — An inexperienced R.A. Long squad “showed character” Tuesday in its nonleague boys basketball matchup against Aberdeen, but had no answer for Nick Siebert in a 70-64 overtime loss.
Siebert scored 12 of his 28 points in the third quarter as the Bobcats wiped out a 10-point RAL halftime lead.
“I was impressed with our effort. We’re a young team with just two seniors, and they have seven seniors back,” Lumberjacks coach Rally Wallace said. “We were down six late in the fourth quarter and came back to send it to overtime.”
RAL got the first basket of OT, but “that’s when the wheels fell off,” Wallace said.
Taylor Woodruff led the Jacks with 19 points and nine rebounds, while Ian Mahncke played well with 17 points, nine rebounds and five steals. Gavin Johnson chipped in 13 points and four assists.
RAL made 16-of-27 from the free-throw line, compared to 20-of-23 for the Bobcats.
Bobcats 70, Jacks 64 (OT)
R.A. LONG (64) — Kevin Sheehy 4, Levi Welch 2, Russel Lengyel 4, Tyson Strand 2, Ian Mahncke 17, Gavin Johnson 13, Taylor Woodruff 19, Sam Barbee 3, Angelo Folz-Edwards 0.
ABERDEEN (70) — Richards 4, Sanders 12, Marlow 8, Siebert 28, King 7, Sharma 5, Myhre 6.
R.A. Long 14 18 11 12 9 — 64
Aberdeen 12 10 22 11 15 — 70
Toutle holds off Kodiak
BATTLE GROUND — Chris Foster scored a game-high 20 points and Jeff Campbell yanked down 10 rebounds as Toutle Lake tipped off its Central 2B League campaign with a 53-43 victory over Columbia Adventist in boys basketball action Tuesday.
The Ducks (2-0, 1-0 league) built a 41-24 lead through three quarters before the Kodiak went on a 19-12 run in the fourth.
Campbell added nine points for Toutle.
Ducks 53, Kodiak 43
TOUTLE LAKE (53) — Michael Chambers 4, Connor Vickaryous 0, Sage Chapman 2, Cody O’Connor 7, Tyler Elam 5, Boomer Nash 0, Chris Foster 20, Jeff Campbell 9, Dan Schilter 6.
COLUMBIA ADVENTIST (43) — Davison 17, J. Ashton 19, Hamby 3, Palaki 4, Roberts 0.
Toutle Lake 15 11 15 12 — 53
Col. Adventist 5 12 7 19 — 43
Indians fall on road
SEATTLE — Toledo got off to a poor start and it cost the Indians in the end, as they dropped a 54-38 nonleague boys basketball decision to a strong University Prep team Tuesday night.
“We played them last year at our place and beat them by one or two, and we knew they had everybody coming back,” Toledo coach Scott Merzoian said. “We didn’t get off to a very good start (20-7 deficit in first quarter) and we didn’t shoot the ball well, but it was good experience going on the road against a quality team.”
David Wallace led the Indians (1-2) with 12 points and five rebounds, and Keith Askin chipped in nine points.
Merzoian praised the play of reserves Joe Jordan and Mitchell Fiecke.
Pumas 54, Indians 38
TOLEDO (38) — Mike White 2, D.J. Herbert 3, Keith Askin 9, Trevor Jones 0, Chad Taylor 2, Mitchell Fiecke 2, Bryce Palm 2, David Wallace 12, Alex Teitzel 2, Joe Jordan 4.
UNIVERSITY PREP (54) — Wahl 7, Stevens 4, Belyaer 6, Sulvar 3, Brown 2, Sanders 10, Morgard 5, McEacharn 8, Graham 4, Jollie 3, Hagens 2.
Toledo 7 10 8 13 — 38
U. Prep 20 11 11 12 — 54
Rockets win in overtime
CASTLE ROCK — Zack Gehring, Steven Horsley and Dustin Hamilton combined for 45 points as Castle Rock scored in the closing seconds of overtime to claim a 55-54 victory over Rainier in boys’ nonleague basketball on Tuesday.
Gehring, who led all scorers with 23 points, hit a pair of free throws late in the overtime to give CR a two-point lead. Hamilton, who also hit a freebie in the final minute to give the Rockets a three-point advantage, finished with 11 points.
Rainier hit a shot moments later that cut the margin to one point, but it would get no closer.
“We had a chance to win the game in overtime with a last shot in the final 10 seconds, but we came up a little short at the buzzer,” Rainier coach Joe Neill said. “It was really back and forth throughout the game, but they (the Rockets) pulled the ball out for the final two minutes and worked for a last shot.”
Horsley also netted 11 points for CR.
Brandon Cataldo had a double-double for Rainier with 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Tyler Yeoman added 13 points. Jake Drabandt chipped in 11 points, Daryl Paddock grabbed seven rebounds and Riley Tripp dished five assists.
Rockets 55, Columbians 54
RAINIER (54) — Riley Tripp 0, Jeff Schiedler 0, Nathan Stecker 3, Jake Drabrandt 11, Curtis Kauffman 2, Tyler Yeoman 13, Daryl Paddock 8, Jeff Stennick 0, Brad Tripp 0, Brandon Cataldo 17.
CASTLE ROCK (55) — Mike Murray 4, Chris Tinney 2, Zack Gehring 23, Steven Horsley 11, Kyle Karnofski 4, Dustin Hamilton 11.
Rainier 11 19 11 7 6 — 54
C. Rock 12 14 15 7 7 — 55
Andrews ignites Tigers
BANKS, Ore. — Ethan Andrews exploded for 21 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead Clatskanie to a 61-51 victory over Banks in boys’ nonleague basketball on Tuesday.
Clatskanie trailed 19-15 after the first quarter, but bounced back to grab a 32-28 lead at the break and a 42-36 advantage entering the final eight minutes.
Mitch Ryan and Chris Wood added 11 points apiece for Clatskanie, with Seth White adding 10. Wood also dished four assists, and Cody Sloderbeck grabbed six rebounds and made five steals.
Tigers 61, Braves 51
CLATSKANIE (61) — Ethan Andrews 21, Mitch Ryan 11, Chris Wood 11, Seth White 10, K.C. Taylor 4, Cody Sloderbeck 2, Danny Solum 2, Ian Anderson 0, Matt White 0, Trenton Garlock 0, Zach Krause 0.
BANKS (51) — Shulund 6, Bowen 10, Loven 10, Partain 21, Nowak 4.
Clatskanie 15 17 10 19 — 61
Banks 19 9 8 15 — 51
Winlock outsizes Chinooks
WINLOCK — Winlock used its size to its advantage as the Cardinals rolled to a 61-30 victory over Kalama in boys nonleague basketball on Tuesday.
Jordan Davis led Winlock with 18 points and 11 rebounds, with Tyler Hertz adding 16 points and seven assists. Jake Brown chipped in 12 points, and Nate Booth grabbed seven rebounds.
“We’re pretty big ... huge in fact,” Winlock coach Gary Viggers Sr. said. “I thought we had the first-game jitters and were way too keyed up, but we did a good job keeping them away from the basket.”
Winlock netted 13 points in each of the first three quarters to take a 39-25 lead into the final eight minutes.
“We won’t see anyone in our league with that kind of size this season,” Kalama coach Jody Stemkoski said. “We had a good start, but we let them penetrate to the basket because we didn’t do a good job blocking out.”
Robby Sanders and Brandon Walker led Kalama with seven points apiece.
Winlock visits Kalama for a rematch on Friday.
Cardinals 61, Chinooks 30
KALAMA (61) — Robby Sanders 7, Jordan Wall 4, Brandon Walker 7, Brandon Osterlund 0, Ryan Chiodo 5, Logan Kallwick 0, Jacob Neimann 2, Austin Hauser 0, Matt Pollock 5.
WINLOCK (30) — Tyler Diamond 2, Mike Hertz 2, Jordan Davis 18, Nate Booth 8, Tyler McCarthy 3, Jake Brown 12, Tyler Hertz 16.
Kalama 9 4 12 5 — 30
Winlock 13 13 13 22 — 61
Whealdon shines in loss
SOUTH BEND — Jack Whealdon knocked down a game-high 21 points for Ilwaco, but the Fishermen had too many errors in a 71-62 setback to South Bend in boys nonleague basketball on Monday.
“We had too many unforced errors that led to turnovers,” Ilwaco coach Kip Meinhardt said. “They (the Indians) also scored too many points on us in the transition game.”
Kolby Kirby and Justin Short added 13 points apiece to the Ilwaco attack, and Karl Oman chipped in 12.
Indians 71, Fishermen 62
ILWACO (62) — Jack Whealdon 21, Kolby Kirby 13, Bobby Byrd 2, Ross Kary 2, Karl Oman 12, Justin Short 13, Cody Bliss 6.
SOUTH BEND (71) — Manipakone 2, T. Lorton 8, Vongmixay 18, T. Boyes 7, Royers 14, D. Lorton 14, Z. Boyes 4, Acrey 4.
Ilwaco 10 18 13 21 — 62
So. Bend 17 13 20 21 — 71
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Ducks dunk Kodiaks
VANCOUVER — Kiana Saluni and Payton Hoff helped Toutle Lake pick up its first win of the season here Tuesday, just in time for the start of league play.
Saluni had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Hoff added 15 points, six rebounds and five steals as the Ducks beat Central 2B League newcomer Columbia Adventist 54-17.
“We seem to be getting better every game,” TL coach Larry Hoff said.
Kelsey Kent and Christian Carlson added six points apiece for the Ducks (1-2, 1-0 in league), who raced to leads of 12-2 after one quarter and 28-10 at halftime.
Toutle visits Mossyrock on Friday.
Ducks 54, Kodiaks 17
TOUTLE LAKE (54) — Jamie Wall 4, Hayley Gorton 0, Kelsey Kent 6, Payton Hoff 15, Kiana Saluni 16, Sarah Andrews 0, Christian Carlson 6, Maddie Timm 5, Nichole Locke 2
COLUMBIA ADVENTIST (17) — Waymire 2, Serns 2, Rogers 3, Jorgensen 5, Baggetta 4, Rich 1
Toutle 12 16 13 14 — 54
Col. Adventist 2 8 3 4 — 17
Kalama stumbles on road
ONALASKA — Onalaska steadily pulled away from Kalama en route to a 57-42 victory here Tuesday in a nonleague girls basketball game.
“We’re improving,” Chinooks coach Ron Palmer said. “That’s what we’re hoping for at this point in the season.”
Stephanie Saracoo led Kalama with 16 points and seven rebounds. Shelby Parrish was “a big spark off the bench,” Palmer said, chipping in 13 points and five rebounds.
Jenna Denton grabbed six boards, and Jessica Shagool was a defensive standout.
The Chinooks host Winlock on Thursday.
Loggers 57, Chinooks 42
KALAMA (42) — Jessica Shagool 3, Stephanie Saracco 16, Taylor Loree 2, Kayla Palmer 2, Jenna Denton 4, Susie Arn 0, Shelby Parrish 13, Molly Campbell 2
ONALASKA (57) — H. Givens 8, R. Givens 3, Ritchey 22, Durand 19, Gordon 2, Barnes 2, Wrzesuski 1
Kalama 9 11 8 14 — 42
Onalaska 16 10 12 19 — 57
MM posts take over
CENTRALIA — Post players Kaytlin Ingman, Erica Niemi and Taybra Teeters sparked a second-half surge to help Mark Morris knock off Centralia 59-47 in a nonleague girls basketball game Tuesday.
Ingman and Niemi led MM (2-1) with 11 points apiece, and Teeters added 10.
“We came out of the locker room at halftime and did a nice job of imposing our will,” MM coach Scott Ruhland said. “We made a point to go inside on them, and all three of our posts did a nice job.”
Christy Polis “did a nice job running the point and keeping the team under control,” the first-year coach added.
MM led 31-24 at halftime, then put the Tigers away with a 16-8 run in the third.
Monarchs 59, Tigers 47
MARK MORRIS (59) — Hayley Brusewitz 4, Christy Polis 6, Kelly Lambert 5, Kelly Bell 0, Christy Kirkpatrick 5, Kaytlin Ingman 11, Kylie Farmer 5, Nicole Duscha 2, Erica Niemi 11, Taybra Teeters 10.
CENTRALIA (47) — Rahn 9, Sande 12, Amburgy 2, Boyajian 1, Jamine Stray 2, Lawson 0, Jillian Stray 14, Milton 6, Keim 1.
M. Morris 17 14 16 12 — 59
Centralia 11 13 8 15 — 47
Lady Fish clip Comets
ILWACO — Four players scored in double figures, led by sophomore Vallori Crowston’s 13 points, as Ilwaco put away Naselle 64-37 in a nonleague girls basketball game Tuesday.
Crowston completed the double-double with 11 assists. Ashley Tapio added 10 points and nine rebounds, and Alexa Wirkkala and Cameo Ulbricht scored 10 each.
Freshman Carley Kitzman also collected nine boards for the Lady Fishermen (1-0), who led 33-15 at halftime and cruised the rest of the way.
Fishermen 64, Comets 37
NASELLE (37) — Nicole Laney 4, Orianne Condon 4, Emily Green 12, Nicole Tarabochia 4, Taylor Wasmundt 1, Shelby Leeland 5, Kaylee Dearmore 3, Lindsay O’Kelley 4.
ILWACO (64) — Carley Kitzman 5, Aimee Banuet 4, Cameo Ulbricht 10, Vallori Crowston 13, Alexa Wirkkala 10, Erin Kelly 3, Marin McDonnell 5, Kenzi Wirkkala 4, Ashley Tapio 10.
Naselle 5 10 12 10 — 37
Ilwaco 18 13 14 19 — 64
Beavers breeze to win
WOODLAND — McKenzie Heberer hit 7-of-11 shots en route to a game-high 16 points and also blocked four shots in Woodland’s 58-38 blowout of Evergreen in a nonleague girls basketball game Tuesday.
Freshman Emily Smith chipped in 10 points and nine rebounds for the Beavers (2-1), Charity Arn came off the bench to snag seven boards.
Kaitlyn Moses also played well with nine points (all in the second half), four rebounds, three steals and six reflections.
Beavers 58, Plainsmen 38
EVERGREEN (38) — Frazier 5, Scruggs 4, Barry 10, Telles 3, Weaver 6, Rutherford 6, Hillman 4.
WOODLAND (58) — Jessica Hughes 9, Charity Arn 3, Karen Alejo 0, Kaitlyn Moses 9, Emily Smith 10, Taylor McCullough 4, McKenzie Heberer 16, Mia Patterson 7, Hannah Ingerham 0.
Evergreen 6 11 6 15 — 38
Woodland 12 14 12 20 — 58
Balanced Indians top RAL
TOLEDO — Tiffany Tornow netted 13 points as every Toledo player scored in the Indians’ 65-48 victory over R.A. Long in girls nonleague basketball on Tuesday.
“Every player contributed for us,” Toledo coach Mandie Olson said. “Brittany Hope came off the bench and did a great job lighting things up for us, and Kelsey Stone had a solid all-around game.”
Stone scored eight points, grabbed nine rebounds, dished six assists and made five steals. Ashlee Coffey added nine points, and Sara Buswell came off the bench for eight points and seven rebounds.
Katie Gudgell led RAL with 12 points, with Sadie Petersen and Christina Driscoll adding eight apiece.
“We played well defensively in the first half, but we got a little overaggressive in the post in the second half,” RAL coach J.D. Ott said. “We played hard and did a good job controlling their fast break, and I also thought we did a solid job holding their leading scorers in check.”
Indians 65, Lumberjills 48
R.A. LONG (48) — Hannah Johnson 2, Christina Driscoll 8, Sadie Petersen 8, Kelsey Craft 3, Katie Gudgell 12, Averie Bogner 4, Tirzah Coalman 6, McDonald 2.
TOLEDO (65) — Stone 8, Tornow 13, Helem 6, Scott 1, Buswell 8, Ewers 0, Zion 6, Hope 9, Lucas 4, Votaw 1, Coffey 9.
R.A. Long 11 14 8 15 — 48
Toledo 8 18 16 23 — 65
WRESTLING
Rockets top R.A. Long
Castle Rock controlled the lower weights and held off R.A. Long 41-25 in a nonleague wrestling dual at the Lumberdome on Tuesday.
The Rockets got wins-by-pin from Rocky Hubbard at 119, Cody Martin at 140, Zeke Lomer at 160, and Chase Alderman at 215.
Matt Payne (130), Kyler Lake (135) and Jed Lomer (171) won by decision for Castle Rock (1-0), and Travis Patrick won a matchup of state veterans by out-pointing RAL’s Cory Tran 7-3 at 125.
For R.A. Long, Arie Cottrell won by pin in the heavyweight class, Josh Johnson (112), Kyle Jones (145), Kody Cassidy (152) and Ryan Ralston (189) won by decision, and Jakob Collins won by forfeit at 103.
Castle Rock hosts Washougal tonight, while the Jacks take on Ilwaco and Astoria at Astoria on Thursday.
Hilanders crush Skyview
VANCOUVER ---- Kelso claimed eight matches by pin as the Hilanders cruised to a 64-9 victory over Skyview in Greater St. Helens 4A League wrestling on Tuesday.
“Something we strive for is to win every match by pin,” Kelso coach Bob Freund said. “We have a young group of kids who are paying attention and are willing to keep making adjustments.”
Winners by fall were Jared O’Neil (171 pounds), Todd Riffe (189), Josh Custer (215), Jordan Evald (103), Riley Miller (112), Garrett McDaniel (130), Carl Dalgleish (135) and Nathan Bullock (152). Decision winners were Elijah Moreno (285, 11-3), Tyson Connors (119, 8-5) and Curtis Gibberson (125, 9-5). Kelso also claimed a forfeit.
In girls matches at 119 pounds, Emma Destromp won 8-2, and Amber Mendoza claimed a 13-0 decision.
SWIMMING
Jacks, Monarchs go 2-1
Mark Morris and R.A. Long each went 2-1 at a four-team swim meet at Dick Mealy Memorial Pool on Tuesday.
Brian Mitchell won an individual event and helped on a winning relay as the Monarchs beat Battle Ground 131-6, Hockinson 105-47 and fell to Camas 100-70.
Colin Meharg was a standout for R.A. Long as the Jacks nipped Hockinson 59-52, beat Battle Ground 69-18 and fell to Camas 127-35.
Mitchell won the 100 backstroke in 1:06.17, and joined Seth Lonborg, Richy Arquette and Eric Botton to ace the 400 free relay in 3:49.85.
Lonborg was second in the 200 IM with a state-qualifying time of 2:17.14 and also came in second in the 100 butterfly (1:02.42).
Meharg won the 200 free in 1:59.71 and was second in the 100 free in 54.72. Also for the Jacks, Ryan Hunter was second in the 500 free (6:02.90) and Bill Davenport second in the 100 breast (1:13.35).
Both Longview schools visit Aberdeen on Friday.
Gallaher, Linn shine for Rainier
RAINIER — Allison Gallaher won two individual events, and Josh Linn won once and helped a relay to victory for Rainier in the Rainier Invitational swim meet on Tuesday.
Astoria claimed team titles in the boys and girls events. Astoria outdistanced Tillamook 375-273 in the girls meet, followed by Scappoose with 267 and Rainier 262. Astoria topped Rainier in the boys meet 349-298, followed by Tillamook with 284 and Scappoose 174.
Gallaher won the 200 individual medley (2:42.37) and 500 freestyle (6:26.34). In the boys meet, Linn was tops in the 100 freestyle (56.98), and joined Joey Cook, Jody Powell and Alex Field to claim the 200 free erlay in 1:42.76.
Field, Vince Holmsten, Powell and Cook also won the 200 medley relay in 1:56.44.
JV report
Boys basketball
Mark Morris 68, W.F. West 44 — Rashad Rollins led the Monarchs with 16 points and Chris Reeves added 13. Jake Hamlik and Zach Tackwell also played well.
Toutle Lake 56, Columbia Adventist 40 — Connor Vickaryous scored 19 points for the Ducks and Corey Keefe added 13.
Aberdeen 57, R.A. Long 51 — Bronson Folz-Edwards and Chandler Banks had 12 points apiece for the Jacks.
Kelso 59, Prairie 34 — For Kelso, Joey Miller, Colton Temanson and Blake Giles had 10 points apiece.
Kalama 48, Winlock 31 — Dakota Holt and John Pittard scored nine points each for Kalama.
Castle Rock 47, Rainier 43 — Will Dolan scored 17 points and Brad Williamson added 16 for CR.
Girls basketball
Centralia 39, Mark Morris 35 — Kelci DuBois had 10 points for the Monarchs.
Evergreen 49, Woodland 39 — Mary Kate Hughes scored 10 and Brittany Crace nine for the Beavers.
C-squad report
Girls basketball
Centralia 30, Mark Morris 26 — Megan Treffry led MM with 10 points.
Boys basketball
R.A. Long 36, Aberdeen 35 — Braxton Wanner and Sean Sheppard led the Jacks in scoring. Sheppard’s last-second shot won it at the buzzer. Anton Stalick was a defensive standout.
Prairie 58, Kelso 50 — Corbin Sims had 11 points and Tate Cummings chipped in 10 for the Hilanders.
Mark Morris 50, W.F. West 25 — Jeremy Gomes scored 15 points, and Casey Tilton added eight points and five steals for MM.
Kalama 29, Winlock 27
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