BLAINE — The Chimacum basketball girls split a pair of games at the Blaine Holiday Invitational, narrowly losing to Vashon 40-36, but coming back to beat Granite Falls 54-48, thanks to 26 points from Mechelle Nisbet.
In the Vashon game Dec. 28, coach Trevor Huntingford said the Cowboys did a fair job of executing at times, but have to be more consistent.
“When we applied pressure in the manner we can we got what we wanted in the game, and when we didn’t Vashon got what they wanted and in the end that really was the difference. We just didn’t play defense as a unit consistently enough,” he said.
Nisbet led the Cowboys in scoring with 12. Maddie Dowling scored seven, while Grace Rayley and Jada Trafton each tallied six. Shanya Nisbet scored three and Alice Yaley two.
In the Dec. 29 game against Granite Falls, the Cowboys actually built up a big lead, but partly because of foul trouble, allowed the Tigers to get close late.
“We got out of the gate earlier, applied great pressure, handled theirs and got the looks we wanted and led at one point by 18. We suffered some serious foul trouble in the second half and again I think a few of us lost focus, feeling overly secure in the large lead. Ultimately Granite Falls was scrappy and fought right back into it in the fourth quarter,” Huntingford said.
Huntingford said Mechelle Nisbet had a “monster game” with 26. Grace Yaley and Shanya Nisbet each added nine points. Trafton had six, while Alice Yaley had four.
Chimacum (6-4, 1-2) next plays at 5:30 p.m. today against Vashon again at Vashon.
Sequim at Battle of the Cove
KINGSTON — The Sequim girls split a pair at the Kingston Battle of the Cove, beating Olympia 33-25 and losing to Sammamish 34-29.
Against Olympia on Dec. 28, the Wolves were led by Ella Christiansen and Jessica Dietzman with 12 each.
Against Sammamish on Dec. 29, Christiansen led the Wolves again with 13 points. Hope Glasser added six.
The Wolves (4-3, 2-2) will play at 5:15 p.m. today at home against Olympic League 2A Division rival Port Angeles.
Sequim 33, Olympia 25
Sequim 10 10 4 9 — 33
Olympia 9 4 2 10 — 25
Sequim (33) — Haggerty 4, Christiansen 12, Sparks 2, Dietzman 12, Glasser 3.
Olympia (25) — VanDormolen 2, Stock 14, Jerry 2, Landers 3, Brown 2, Chureli 2.
Sammamish 34, Sequim 29
Sequim 8 8 4 9 — 29
Sammamish 11 8 6 9 — 34
Sequim (29) — Haggerty 4, Christiansen 13, Sparks 1, Dietzman 3, Glasser 6.
Sammamish (34) — Nash 4, Patterson 5, Nagle 3, Jenekes 12, Chi 5, Storsetn 3, Skillor 3.
Boys Basketball
Sequim 74, Tenino 55
SEATTLE — The Sequim boys got 27 points from Payton Glasser and picked up their second win of the year 74-55 against Tenino at The Northwest School tournament.
Kyler Rollness added 14 points in the Dec. 29 game. Keeshawn Whitney also had eight points as the Wolves got off to a fast start with 23 points in the first quarter.
The Wolves split two games at the tournament. They earlier lost to Archbishop Murphy 87-41.
The Wolves (2-7, 0-4) will host Olympic League 2A Division rival Port Angeles at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Sequim 74, Tenino 55
Tenino 13 17 13 12— 55
Sequim 23 19 13 19— 74
Tenino (55) — Wright 16, Dowies 14, Canepa 10, Griffis 4, Bratton 4, Stakelin 3, Burnham 2.
Sequim (74) — Rollness 14, Despain 6, Glasser 27, Willaims 5, Greenlow 2, Willis 4, Whitney 8, Cowan 4.
