PORT TOWNSEND — Bring out the boxing gloves in this one.
Port Townsend beat archrival Chimacum 62-43 in a physically tough game Thursday.
“This was a very, very, very physical game,” Port Townsend coach Randy Maag said.
“There were three intentional fouls called. It was a typical Port Townsend-Chimacum game.”
The Redskins (5-5) won the girls championship at the sixth annual Crush in the Slush Tournament with the victory against their archrival Thursday night.
In the first round Wednesday, the Redskins had ripped Orting 54-14.
Irina Lyons and Kiley Maag combined for 31 points for Port Townsend in Thursday’s game with Lyons leading the way with 16 and Maag right behind with 15.
Six-foot Codi Hallinan added 12 points for the Redskins.
Freshman point guard Ke Ke Snyder led the Cowboys with a game-high 20 points.
The Redskins led by just three points going into the fourth quarter but pulled away for good by outscoring the Cowboys 25-9 in the final stanza.
Port Townsend next plays at Bremerton in Olympic League competition Tuesday.
Port Townsend 62, Chimacum 43
Chimacum 5 17 12 9 — 43
Port Townsend 14 13 10 25 — 62
Individual Scoring
Chimacum (43)
Nelson 6, Thacker 5, Johnson 4, Snyder 20, Hathaway 8.
Port Townsend (62)
Johnson 6, Rubio 6, Maag 15, Lyons 16, Hossack 4, Hallinan 12, Meeks 2, Gamble 2.
Clallam Bay 47, Quilcene 19
QUILCENE — Melissa Willis and Inga Erickson combined for 26 points to lead the Bruins to the nonleague victory Thursday night.
Willis had a game-high 14 points while Erickson added 12.
“Melissa had a great overall game with four rebounds, three blocked shots and two steals,” Clallam Bay coach Kelly Gregory said.
Kyla Wilson had a game-high nine rebounds for the Bruins (3-6) while Jeddie Herndon had seven.
Clallam Bay next hosts Crescent in North Olympic League action Friday night.
Clallam Bay 47, Quilcene 19
Clallam Bay 9 9 16 13 — 47
Quilcene 2 5 4 8 — 19
Individual Scoring
Clallam Bay (47)
Willis 14, Erickson 12, Corpuz 4, Signor 5, Wilson 4, Welever 6, Ojeda 2.
Quilcene (19)
A.Perez 6, Knutson 1, Rae 8, D. Perez 4.
Forks splits tourney games
NORTH BEACH — The Spartans split their games at the North Beach Christmas Classic basketball tournament to capture third place Thursday and Friday.
On Thursday, host North Beach dominated play, beating Forks 64-33 in the opening round while on Friday Forks took out Lake Quinault 35-29.
Lake Quinault played a good game on Friday, leading the Spartans by six going into the fourth quarter.
But Forks found its rhythm in the fourth, outscoring Lake Quinault 16-4.
This was enough to lead the Spartans to victory.
Thursday found the Spartans flat as they struggled against North Beach.
North Beach had three players in double digits for the night, including Dramikha Skaar with 16, Erika Kramer with 12 and Lynn Bastain with 13.
Casey Williams was the highlight for the Spartans, scoring 13 points.
Forks 35, Lake Quinault 29
Lake Quinault 6 12 7 4 — 29
Forks 10 5 4 16 — 35
Individual Scoring
Quinault (29)
Wilder 15, Neeland 6, Allen 7, Begay 1.
Forks (35)
Sheriff-Penn 13, Paul 8, Raben 7, Price 5, Weekes 2.
North Beach 64, Forks 33
Forks 4 11 11 7 — 33
North Beach 18 15 19 12 — 64
Individual Scoring
Forks (33)
Williams 13, Flores 2, Weeks 4, Price 2, Allen 2, Paul 7, Sheriff-Penn 3.
North Beach (64)
Skarr 16, Laranang 8, Kramer 12, Frost 2, Bastain 13, Brown 2, Markishtum 3, Delacruz 8.
