HOQUIAM — A disastrous third quarter spelled doom for the Forks boys basketball team in its 60-41 loss to Hoquiam on Friday night.
Turnovers were the deciding factor for the Spartans (3-4 in league, 6-7 overall), allowing the Grizzlies to extend their lead in the second half of the SWL-Evergreen Division contest.
“We played well at times, but the third quarter was our Achilles heal,” Forks coach Scott Justus said. “We have to play consistent and we didn’t do that.”
Forks turned over the ball on four of their first seven possessions of the third quarter and only scored five points on 2-of-8 shooting.
Tyler Penn and Bryce Johnson each had nine points to lead Forks, which didn’t have a single scorer in double figures against the second-place Grizzlies (6-1 in league, 11-2 overall).
The Spartans will next host third-place Rainier (4-3, 7-5) on Tuesday with game time starting at 7 p.m.
HOQUIAM 60, FORKS 41
Forks 11 9 5 16 — 41
Hoquiam 13 13 18 16 — 60
Individual Scoring
Forks (41)
T. Penn 9, Johnson 9, Noles 6, Decker 6, Castellano 6, J. Penn 3.
Hoquiam (60)
Ronquillo 19, E. Erhart 16, Williams 7, Morgan 7, Irion 5, Smith 4.
VASHON ISLAND 58, CHIMACUM 44
VASHON ISLAND — The Cowboys (2-3, 4-7) dropped Friday night’s Nisqually League game to the Pirates (4-2, 8-5) after going down by 13 points at halftime.
Landon Cray scored 15 points to lead Chimacum, but it was Alex Wagner of Vashon Island who was the game’s leading scorer with 29 points.
Chimacum will next host Orting on Tuesday with game time starting at 5:15 p.m.
The Cowboys play Port Townsend at home the day after that.
VASHON ISLAND 58, CHIMACUM 44
Chimacum 6 14 12 12 — 44
Vashon Island 16 17 10 15 — 58
Individual Scoring
Chimacum (44)
Cray 15, Brown-Bishop 12, Eldridge 7, Pagasian 4, Manix 2, Riggle 4.
Vashon Island (58)
Wagner 29, Whittaker 8, Griffin 7, Arceo 6, Lofland 4, Rauma 2, Hazard 2.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
VASHON ISLAND 55, CHIMACUM 24
VASHON ISLAND — The Pirates (4-2, 7-4) shot out to a 20-point after one quarter Friday night and never looked back.
Kaylie Castillo led Chimacum (2-3, 4-8) with seven points, and Lauren Thacker added six.
Vashon Island’s Charlotte Kehoe was the game’s leading scorer with 19 points.
Chimacum will next host Orting on Tuesday with game time starting at 7 p.m.
VASHON ISLAND 55, CHIMACUM 24
Chimacum 3 8 5 8 — 24
Vashon Island 23 12 16 4 — 55
Individual Scoring
Chimacum (24)
Castillo 7, Thacker 6, Cossell 4, Hathaway 3, Baird 2, Nelson 2.
Vashon Island (55)
Kehoe 19, Quig 18, Amicka 8, Hoffman 4, Abella 3, Lynch 2, Johnson 1.
HOQUIAM 41, FORKS 27
HOQUIAM — The Spartans (1-5, 3-9) remained one spot out of SWL-Evergreen Division playoff contention after losing Friday night’s road game.
Details were not reported.
QUILCENE 31, CLALLAM BAY 29
QUILCENE — The Rangers (3-2, 7-5) dealt the Bruins their second defeat of the weekend in Saturday’s hotly-contested nonleague game.
“Our players have done a tremendous job at getting better,” Quilcene coach Joe Whitsett said.
Amy Kaiser was the game’s leading scorer with 12 points, while Jazzmin Randall led the Bruins with 10 points.
Clallam Bay (1-1, 9-4) will next host Crescent on Monday starting at 6:30 p.m.
QUILCENE 31, CLALLAM BAY 29
Clallam Bay 2 11 9 7 — 29
Quilcene 8 4 13 6 — 31
Individual Scoring
Clallam Bay (29)
Randall 10, Parker 9, Willis 6, Welever 3, Erickson 1.
Quilcene (31)
Kaiser 12, Weed 6, Bacchus 6, Turley 5, Beukes 2.
