Port Townsend 45, Chimacum 32
PORT TOWNSEND — The Redhawks made things tough for the rival Cowboys offensively and earned their first win of the season in an Olympic League 1A game.
Port Townsend’s Kaitlyn Meek hit from inside and outside to tally 21 points to lead all scorers in Thursday’s game.
“But the story of the game was [the] Redhawks’ defense, which proved to be stiff both in the half court and in a press,” Port Towsend coach Scott B. Wilson said.
“Jenna Carson, Reilly Berkshire and Eileen Leoso just clogged up the middle in both man-to-man and zone defensive sets.
“Chimacum got very few inside points. Berkshire fought for every rebound.”
Cowboys coach Trevor Huntingford said the game was Chimacum’s “worst overall performance to date.”
“We came out and put points up early against their man, and when they switched to zone defenses we failed to reverse the ball and we didn’t catch ready to shoot when we caught, and their length became a factor against us,” Huntingford said.
“Their size also affected us on the boards and that got them many second, third [and] fourth-shot opportunities.
“They just outworked us. And frankly we didn’t play well as we failed to even run our set properly and did not rotate on defense well tonight in general.
“Bottom line I felt they where just hungrier than we where and we just need to get our heads right and execute better.”
Shanya Nisbet led Chimacum with 12 points.
“We were not able to put the lid on the Cowboys’ outside shooters, especially Shanya Nisbet,” Wilson said.
Her twin sister, Olympic League 1A All-Leaguer Mechelle Nisbet was injured in the fourth quarter.
“Mechelle Nisbet is a particularly smart and hard-working player, and we all hope she makes a rapid recovery,” Wilson said.
Port Townsend (1-0, 1-5) hosts Quilcene on Monday.
Chimacum (0-1, 2-4) visits Kingston on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
Port Townsend 45, Chimacum 32
Chimacum 10 6 7 9— 32
Port Townsend 6 14 17 8— 45
Individual scoring
Chimacum (32)
S. Nisbet 12, M. Nisbet 7, Dowling 6, Castillo 5, McKinley 2.
Port Townsend (45)
Meek 21, Olin 9, Berkshire 5, King 4, Carson 4, Leoso 2.
Port Angeles 49, Klahowya 24
PORT ANGELES — The Wheeler sisters, Nizhoni and Cheyenne, had solid games to help undefeated Port Angeles roll past winless Klahowya 49-24.
“Cheyenne Wheeler did a nice job along the baseline in our zone offense, and Nizhoni Wheeler had a solid all-around game,” Port Angeles coach Michael Poindexter said of Friday’s game.
Nizhoni Wheeler scored 11 points, grabbed nine rebounds and nabbed four steals to go along with four assists and three blocked shots.
Cheyenne Wheeler also scored 11 points and pulled down nine rebounds.
Katyn Flores scored nine points and had five rebounds for the Riders (8-0).
Maddie Boe had six points and six boards for Port Angeles.
The Riders are off until a trip to Anacortes on Tuesday, Dec. 29.
Port Angeles 49, Klahowya 24
Klahowya 8 0 9 7— 24
Port Angeles 16 14 9 10— 49
Individual scoring
Klahowya (24)
Antoldi 8, Salo 5, Ladner 5, Kendall 3, Wischoefer 2, Bumbalough 1.
Port Angeles (49)
N. Wheeler 11, C. Wheeler 11, Flores 9, Boe 6, McGuffey 5, Steinman 3, Baxley 2, Gray 2, Williams.
Olympic 42, Sequim 34
SEQUIM — Up 28-27 entering the fourth quarter the Wolves faltered down the stretch, scoring just six in the final frame to lose to the Trojans on Friday.
Sequim (0-3, 2-4) is off until a game at North Mason on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
Olympic 42, Sequim 34
Olympic 12 4 9 17— 42
Sequim 9 13 6 6— 34
Individual scoring
Sequim (34)
Haggerty 12, Miller 11, Christiansen 10, J. Bentz 1.
Clallam Bay 50, Crescent 21
JOYCE — The Bruins bested the Loggers down low to earn a North Olympic League victory.
“Clallam Bay pounded the paint and used a high number of second shots to prevail over Crescent,” Loggers coach Chris Ferrier sai of Friday’s game.
McCoy led the Bruins with 14 points, while Jennica Maines and Mariah LaChester each scored eight for Clallam Bay.
“In the first quarter the Bruins got lots of pressure and we battled hard but struggled with it.
“The rest of the game we were able to get shots but still are trying to find consistent shooting.
That said, 21 points is a season high for us [and] Cari Belford led us with 6 points.”
Clallam Bay (1-0, 7-1) visits Quilcene on Tuesday, Dec. 29.
Crescent (0-1, 0-6) heads to Quilcene on Tuesday.
Clallam Bay 50, Crescent 21
Clallam Bay 20 11 12 7— 50
Crescent 6 2 7 4— 21
Individual scoring
Clallam Bay (50)
McCoy 14, LaChester 8, Maines 8, Signor 6, Wonderly 4, Anderson 4, Willis 2, Herndon 2, Tyree 1, Willis 1, Gonzalez, Donaghue,
Crescent (21)
Belford 6, Hutto 5, Dodson 3, Ward 2, Lee 2, Baillargeon 1, Westfall, Hoffman, Strean, Dodson, Morris.
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Compiled using team reports.
