FORKS — The Forks Spartans struggled to score in their 56-47 loss to Elma in Evergreen League boys basketball action at Forks High School.
Colton Raben led Forks with 18 points and Parker Browning had 17. Cole Baysinger and Marky Adams covered the remainder of the Spartans’ scoring with six points apiece.
“We didn’t have a great offensive game, didn’t make a lot of shots,” Forks coach Rick Gooding said of Tuesday’s game.
“We need to get some more consistent scoring out of guys. A lot of guys just aren’t playing all that confident on offense; they expect Parker and Colton to do everything.”
The Spartans played what Gooding called “one of our better defensive quarters,” holding the Eagles to six points in the second quarter before a buzzer-beater to end the period.
Elma’s 6-foot-8 post Kolton Emerson caused Forks problems all game, scoring from right under the hoop and at the free-throw line on his way to a game-high 24 points.
The Spartans (1-9, 2-11) travel to face league-leading Aberdeen (9-0, 14-1) on Friday.
“They’re one of the better teams in our league, undefeated in league,” Gooding said.
“We want to go down there and compete and try to use this game as a steeping stone.”
Elma 56, Forks 47
Elma 12 11 12 12— 47
Forks 19 8 11 18— 56
Individual scoring
Elma (56)
Hickle 3, Smith 10, Crist 3, Spencer 6, Osgood 2, Martin 8, Emerson 24, Sackrider, Gray.
Forks (47)
Raben 18, Baysinger 6, Browning 17, Adams 6, Ramsey, Pegram, Tejano, Palmer, Rondeau.
Sequim 47, Kingston 35
SEQUIM — Alex Barry scored 21 points on 9 of 16 shooting to lead the Wolves (5-3, 9-6).
Barry added seven steals, seven rebounds and two blocks in the win.
Up 10 at half, Sequim stalled out in the third quarter, putting up just one point.
The Wolves regrouped in the final period, scoring just under half their point total in the last frame.
Josh McConnaughey had eight points and nine rebounds for Sequim.
The Wolves visit Olympic (7-1, 11-4) on Friday.
Sequim 47, Kingston 35
Kingston 3 10 1 23— 47
Sequim 13 10 9 13— 35
Individual scoring
Sequim (47)
Barry 21, McConnaughey 8, Bates 6, Willis 5, Oliver 4, Glasser 3.
Girls Basketball
Port Angeles 39, North Mason 33
BELFAIR — The Roughriders shot the ball at a respectable 45-percent clip and made defensive adjustments after halftime to beat the Bulldogs.
North Mason hit on 6 of 10 3-point attempts, but only one came after halftime.
“We did a better job of getting out on shooters in the second half,” Port Angeles coach Michael Poindexter said.
The Riders forced 27 turnovers but coughed up the ball 23 times.
“North Mason’s overall team height in their zone defense again gave us problems with passing vision, as it did when they beat us in Port Angeles,” Poindexter said.
Lauren Lunt led the Riders (3-5, 7-9) in scoring with 11 points and Nizhoni Wheeler added 10.
Maddie Boe swiped seven steals and had five assists, five rebounds and four points.
Natalie Steinman scored eight points and had three steals and Hayley Baxley added six points, five rebounds and three steals.
Port Angeles is off until a home game with North Kitsap next Tuesday.
The Riders and Vikings (3-5, 7-7) are tied for fourth place in the Olympic League. The top five finishers advancing to district play.
Port Angeles 39, North Mason 33
Port Angeles 8 13 10 8— 39
North Mason 11 9 4 9— 33
Individual scoring
Port Angeles (39)
Lunt 11, Wheeler 10, Steinman 8, Baxley 6, Boe 4.
North Mason (33)
Shumaker 16, Satran 9, Garrett 6, Rock 2.
Kingston 61, Sequim 29
KINGSTON — A slow start doomed the Wolves against Olympic League-leading Kingston.
The Buccaneers outscored the Wolves 15-3 in the opening quarter.
Adrienne Haggerty led Sequim (4-4, 8-8) with nine points and 12 rebounds. Victoria Cummins chipped in with seven points.
Skyler Bakken led all scorers with 17 for the Buccaneers (8-0, 13-1).
The third-place Wolves host second-place Olympic (7-1, 11-4) on Friday.
Kingston 61, Sequim 29
Sequim 3 9 12 5— 29
Kingston 15 17 15 14— 61
Individual scoring
Sequim (29)
Haggerty 9, Cummins 7, Williams 4, Lester 3, Miller 3, Beuke 2, Stofferahn 1.
Kingston (61)
Bakken 17, Carper 12, Kaye 9, Eckert 9, Clark 8, Day 4, Hamal 2.
Elma 60, Forks 22
FORKS — Pressure defense from Elma forced early turnovers and sunk the Spartans in an Evergreen League game.
“Elma’s press bothered us during the first quarter, and they got most of their points off of steals,” Forks coach Al Scheibner said of Tuesday’s game.
“We need to take better care of the ball.”
Skyler DeMatties led the Spartans with 12 points.
“One good thing is we didn’t allow a made 3-point basket, which was one of the things we focused on since the last time we played Elma,” Scheibner said.
“We are getting better. Just need to play smarter in certain situations.”
Forks (0-10, 2-12) visits Aberdeen (3-6, 6-9) today.
Elma 60, Forks 22
Elma 16 19 13 12— 60
Forks 7 3 6 6—22
Individual scoring
Elma (60)
Lipska 22, Elliott 11, Neary 7, Jines 6, Doyle 6, Hall 4, Saylor 3, Zang 1.
Forks (22)
DeMatties 12, Banks 2, Norbisrath 2, Goodlance 2, Leons 2, Hoagland 2.
