ROCHESTER — Forks couldn’t contain a first-half liftoff by Castle Rock’s Brock Johnson and was eliminated from the 1A Southwest District boys basketball tournament with a 55-37 loss to the Rockets.
Johnson, a 2014-15 Associated Press all-state player who recently became Castle Rock’s all-time leading scorer, tallied 21 of his game-high 28 points in the first half of Tuesday’s game.
“Obviously, we didn’t do a great job of executing defensively on him,” Spartans coach Rick Gooding said.
A 19-6 second-quarter advantage boosted the Rockets to a 31-15 halftime lead.
“They did a couple different things defensively,” Gooding said.
“They went box-and-one and triangle-and-two on Parker [Browning] and Marky [Adams].
“We didn’t execute very well on the go, and we didn’t shoot very well from outside.”
Browning, Forks’ leading scorer, was held to seven points, and Adams scored just one point.
“Parker had a hard time getting open and getting good looks,” Gooding said.
Sophomore Cole Baysinger led the Spartans with 11 points.
Junior Keishaun Ramsey added eight points, including two 3-pointers.
Forks finished the season with a record of 7-15.
The Spartans lose just one senior, reserve Austin Pegram, this season.
“We are going to get better,” Gooding said.
“We have the right group of kids with the right mindset.
“We will hit the weight room and get stronger and play 30 or 40 games this summer.”
Castle Rock 55, Forks 37
Castle Rock 12 19 15 9— 55
Forks 9 6 11 11— 37
Individual scoring
Castle Rock (55)
Johnson 28, Proudfit 12, Kleine 8, Patching 3, Edwards 2, Golden 2.
Forks (37)
Baysinger 11, Ramsey 8, Browning 7, Prose 4 Schumack 3, Pegram 2, Adams 1, Tejano, Jacoby Baar, Davis, Flores.
Cascade Christian 57, Chimacum 48
SUMNER — The Cowboys will have to take the hard route to a regional berth after a loss to the Cougars in the Class 1A West Central District tournament semifinals.
Tuesday’s loss to the Nisqually League runner-up leaves Chimacum (9-12) facing a loser-out, winner-to-regionals game against Vashon (17-4) on Friday at Sumner High School at 6 p.m.
The Pirates, the Nisqually League champions and ranked fifth in the final Associated Press poll of the season, were upset 64-61 by Seattle Christian.
Up 26-24 at halftime, Cascade Christian used a strong third quarter to take a 43-33 lead into the final frame.
Chimacum couldn’t trim the Cougars’ lead in the fourth quarter.
Lane Dotson led the Cowboys with 16 points. Matt Koenig added 13 and Chris Bainbridge scored nine.
Jesse Howells scored 14 to lead Cascade Christian (12-9).
Cascade Christian 57, Chimacum 48
Cascade Christian 8 18 17 14— 57
Chimacum 13 11 9 15— 48
Individual scoring
Cascade Christian (57)
Howells 14, Nohr 8, Stevenson 7, Hoffman 6, Fox 6, Tigges 4, Brandner 4, Lanier 3, Cooley 3.
Chimacum (48)
Dotson 16, Koenig 13, Bainbridge 9, Porter 5, Winkley 4, Golden 2.
Girls Basketball
Neah Bay 41, Rainier Christian 30
MOUNT VERNON — The Red Devils stayed alive and clinched a regional berth with a win against the Mustangs in the 1B Tri-District girls basketball tournament game at Mount Vernon Christian High School.
The Red Devils (13-5) advance to face Seattle Lutheran (13-8) today at 6 p.m. at Evergreen Lutheran High School in Tacoma.
The winner of that contest will play the winner between Mount Rainier Lutheran and Evergreen Lutheran for the Tri-District’s third and fourth seeds at regionals at Lummi High School on Saturday.
The losers of today’s game will play for the fifth or sixth seeds, also on Saturday at Lummi.
Neah Bay forced 25 turnovers while committing 14 in the win against Rainier Christian (10-10).
Jessica Greene was a big part of Neah Bay’s defense, leading the team in steals with eight.
She added five points and four assists.
Gina McCaulley led Neah Bay with 10 points, four steals and two assists.
Vonte Agguire led the Red Devils in rebounding with seven boards and also added eight points.
Tristin Johnson scored six points and had six rebounds, two steals and an assist in the win.
Neah Bay 41, Rainier Christian 30
Rainier Christian 10 4 10 6— 30
Neah Bay 13 17 7 4— 41
Individual scoring
Rainier Christian (30)
M. Nelson 14, R. Nelson 12, Etue 2, Thomas 2.
Neah Bay (41)
McCaulley 10, Agguire 8, Johnson 6, J. Greene 5, H. Greene 4, Gagnon 4, Halttunen 2, Svec 2, Olson..
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Compiled using team reports.
