TAHOLAH — The Neah Bay boys and girls basketball teams finally opened their respective seasons, and both picked up wins on the road against Taholah.
The boys beat the Chitwins 89-78 behind the scoring of Ryan Moss and Kenrick Doherty Jr.
The girls game was a rematch of the state tournament showdown between the Red Devils and the Chitwins earlier this year.
Even without Cierra Moss scoring 40 points for Neah Bay — as the current Peninsula College player did in a 72-40 win at state — Saturday’s game went about the same as their March meeting: the Red Devils winning big, by a nearly identical 74-40 score.
Senior Faye Chartraw led Neah Bay this time with 22 points on 10 of 15 shooting from the field. Chartraw also pulled down nine rebounds and had four steals.
The Red Devils forced 35 turnovers in the game, including 23 steals.
Hailey Greene led the heist with five steals. Chartraw and Kaela Tyler had four, Gina McCaulley added three and Jessica Greene, Tristin Johnson and Blaire Hill each had two.
Tyler and Jessica Greene also had double-figure scoring outputs for Neah Bay with 11 and 10 points, respectively, while Johnson scored nine and Hailey Greene contributed eight.
Tyler also had six rebounds and four assists. Hailey Greene also had four assists and Jessica Greene dished out three.
The Neah Bay girls and boys host their first home games of the season Friday against the teams of Cedar Park Christian of Mountlake Terrace.
Neah Bay 74, Taholah 40
Neah Bay 19 22 19 14— 74
Taholah 6 10 4 20— 40
Individual scoring
Neah Bay (74)
Hailey Greene 8, Jessica Greene 10, B. Jimmicum 2, Tyler 11, McCaulley 4, Chartraw 22, Johnson 9, Halttunen 6, Hill 2, Holly Greene.
Taholah (40)
Dolan 17, James 6, Walther 4, Waugh 2, Logan 3, Cheney 8.
Boys Game
Neah Bay 89, Taholah 78
TAHOLAH — Moss scored 24 and Doherty poured in 20 to lead the Red Devils to a high-scoring victory over the Chitwins in Stan Claplanhoo’s debut as Neah Bay’s new head coach.
The game was won in the middle quarters.
Neah Bay trailed 25-20 after one quarter as Taholah’s Jimmy Smith-Kramer scored 18 of his game-high 30 points in the period.
By halftime, though, the Red Devils had 50-34 lead after they outscored the Chitwins 30-9 in the second quarter.
After three quarters, Neah Bay’s advantage had grown to 73-49.
Moss made 9 of 17 shots from the field, including 3 of 7 from 3-point range, and tied for team-highs with four assists and three steals.
Doherty made 8 of 19 from the field, with 4 of 12 shooting on 3-pointers. He also had three steals, six rebounds and a team-high three blocks.
Jericho McGimpsey also reached double figures with 10 points for the Red Devils.
Senior Abraham Venske, the reigning All-Peninsula Boys Basketball MVP, scored nine points. He made all three field goals he attempted, each of which were 3-pointers.
Venske also had eight rebounds, four assists and two blocks.
Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. and Jongi Claplanhoo also scored nine points apiece for Neah Bay.
Claplanhoo grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds, including six offensive boards, and three steals.
Taholah did cut 13 points off of the deficit in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t nearly enough.
Keanu Curleybear added 26 points for the Chitwins.
Neah Bay 89, Taholah 78
Neah Bay 20 30 23 16— 89
Taholah 25 9 15 29— 78
Individual scoring
Neah Bay (89)
Venske 9, McGimpsey 10, Claplanhoo 9, Martinez 2, Moss 24, Munyagi 9, Conwell 4, Dulik 2, Buzzell, Johnson.
Taholah (78)
Anderson 7, Smith-Kramer 30, Jackson 3, James 6, Jones 2, Northup 4, Curleybear 26, Orozco.
