FORKS — The Chimacum Cowboys started well on both ends of the court and took an early lead that proved to be insurmountable in their 71-61 nonleague boys basketball victory against Forks at Forks High School.
The Cowboys have now won three of four games since opening the season with nine straight losses.
In Saturday’s game, Chimacum outscored the Spartans 23-11 in the opening quarter.
“Obviously, the first quarter was the biggie,” Forks coach Rick Gooding said.
“We just came out so lethargic. We didn’t have a ton of energy. It was a bummer to see.
“To give up 23 in the first quarter is not a great sight, and then to score 11, obviously.”
Christopher Bainbridge and Matt Koenig led the Cowboys with 17 points apiece. James Porter scored 11 and Lane Dotson added 10.
Forks’ Parker Browning was the game’s high scorer with 28 points, 16 of those coming in the fourth quarter.
“He kind of picked us up in the fourth quarter,” Gooding said. “We needed someone do to that in the first half.”
Cole Baysinger added 16 points for the Spartans.
“He did a really good job shooting the basketball, especially at the high-post area,” Gooding said.
Post Marky Adams finished with 10 points.
Gooding also was pleased with the effort of freshman Seth Johnson, who finished with four points.
“He came in, gave us a ton of energy. It was awesome to see,” Gooding said.
“We talked about putting pressure on the basketball, he . . . came in and did an awesome job.”
Forks (3-6, 5-9) gets back to Evergreen League play today at home against Elma (3-5, 5-9).
Chimacum (0-1, 3-10), meanwhile, is still in the Olympic League 1A title hunt, and continues league play today at home against Coupeville (1-1, 6-6) at 3:15 p.m.
Chimacum also won Saturday’s girls game 43-25.
Chimacum 71, Forks 61
Chimacum 23 13 15 20— 71
Forks 11 12 14 24— 61
Individual scoring
Chimacum (71)
Bainbridge 17, Porter 11, Golden 9, Koenig 17, Winkley 5, Torres 2, Dotson 10, Dowling.
Forks (61)
Johnson 4, Schumack 2, Ramsey 1, Baysinger 16, Browning 28, Adams 10, Pegram, Tejano, Prose, Baar.
Sammamish 47, Sequim 43
SEQUIM — The Wolves outshot and outrebounded the Totems but still lost in their final nonleague contest of the season.
Sequim shot 50 percent from the field and grabbed 32 rebounds to Sammamish’s 20 on Saturday.
This difference in the game statistically was that the Totems made nine 3-pointers while Sequim only made three treys.
Nathan Aebi made three of those 3s for Sammamish, which shot 33 percent from the field, and finished with nine points. Justin Jordan led the Totems with 11 points and made two 3s.
Sequim’s Payton Glasser led all scorers with 15 points. He also had six rebounds and three assists. Jackson Oliver finished with 10 points and five boards and Nick Faunce had eight points and six rebounds.
The Wolves (1-6, 5-10) look to make up some ground in the Olympic League 2A postseason race when they host Kingston (4-2, 7-6) tonight.
Sammamish 47, Sequim 43
Sammamish 11 5 11 20— 47
Sequim 9 6 14 14— 43
Individual scoring
Sammamish (47)
Penny 4, Dorrough 5, Drammeh 7, Jordan 11, McClaine 3, Egbejimba 2, Aebi 9, Donaldson 2, Knapp 4, McClinton.
Sequim (43)
Glasser 15, Shea 5, N. Despain 2, Oliver 10, Faunce 8, Cowan 3, B. Despain, Whitney, Holland, Black.
Crescent 40, Overlake JV 9
REDMOND — The Loggers earned their first victory of the season by soundly defeating the Owls on the road.
Wyatt McNeece paced Crescent with 12 points, while Luke Leonard had nine and Neil Peppard had eight.
“The main thing that we got out of this game was the ability to get some of our younger, more inexperienced guys a lot of playing time,” Loggers coach Chris Ferrier said of Saturday’s game.
“We are able to get the ball inside pretty much at will, and that pretty much dictated the tempo of the game.”
Crescent (0-1, 1-11) returns to North Olympic League action Wednesday at Neah Bay (1-0, 8-2).
Crescent 40, Overlake JV 9
Crescent 6 11 15 5— 40
Overlake JV 2 2 5 0— 9
Individual scoring
Crescent (40)
Hartley 2, Buchanan 3, Leonard 9, Johnson 2, Story 4, Peppard 8, McNeece 12, S. Williams.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Quilcene 54, Oakville 35
OAKVILLE — Despite battling illness, the Rangers came away with a nonleague victory over the Acorns.
“[The girls] dug deep and came up with a win,” Quilcene coach Briana Weller said of Saturday’s victory.
“Allison Jones continues to play well and led all scorers with 30 points.”
Jones also had three assists, two steals and was a perfect 6 for 6 from the free-throw line.
Megan Weller returned from being sick to post 16 points, three steals and three assists.
Abby Weller had a solid all-around performance, racking up 14 rebounds, eight assists, six steals and two blocks to go along with four points.
Kenzie Kieffer pounded the boards and finished with seven. She also had three steals.
The Rangers spent the remainder of the holiday weekend resting.
“We need to get everyone healthy and back to 100 percent, as we face tough league opponents in the remaining weeks of the regular season,” Briana Weller said.
Quilcene (2-2, 7-6) travels to face Puget Sound Adventist (0-4, 2-7) today in SeaTac League play. The Rangers then host Muckleshoot (0-4, 3-6) on Friday.
Quilcene 54, Oakville 35
Quilcene 10 13 17 14— 54
Oakville 11 4 5 15— 35
Quilcene 30, Crosspoint 15
QUILCENE — The Rangers defeated the Warriors for the second time in less than a week, and did so this time without top player Megan Weller, who missed the game due to illness.
“Allison Jones and the team stepped up and did a good job of distributing the effort on both ends of the floor to get the win,” Quilcene coach Briana Weller said of Thursday’s victory.
Jones finished with 23 points and drained four 3-pointers.
“Hannah Williams stepped up and played some tough defense to help out her team. She scored three points,” Weller said.
“Alexis Gray played another tough game and scored two points. Katlyn Hitt worked hard up and down the floor and added two points.
“Post players Abby Weller and Kenzie Kieffer owned the boards on the night and made it tough for Crosspoint to score from the paint.”
Quilcene 30, Crosspoint 15
Crosspoint 3 5 5 2—15
Quilcene 5 8 7 10— 30
Crescent 25, Overlake JV 14
REDMOND — The Loggers won their second straight game after beginning the season 0-10.
“We were able to convert a lot of shots from close range early on. We also played a really solid team defense,” Crescent coach Chris Ferrier said of Saturday’s game.
“We’ve managed to figure out where we need to get the ball to get good shots for our team..
“On top of that, were playing some pretty sticky defense, so things are starting to go a little bit better for the ladies.”
Cari Belford led the Loggers with 10 points. Hannah Lee added six and McKenzie Brannan scored five.
Crescent (0-2, 2-10) gets back to North Olympic League play Wednesday at Neah Bay (2-0, 7-4).
Crescent 25, Overlake JV 14
Crescent 4 4 10 7— 25
Overlake JV 5 0 2 7— 14
Individual scoring
Crescent (25)
Belford 10, Lee 6, Westfall 2, Hutto 2, Brannan 5, Baillargeon, Ward, Dodson, Morris, Strean.
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Compiled using team reports.
