TENINO — For some reason, Tenino has Forks’ number.
The Beavers, for the second time this season, defeated the Spartans 59-56 on Monday. It was Tenino’s second Evergreen League boys basketball victory of 2015-16, and both have come against Forks.
The Spartans (4-8, 6-10) also missed a chance to improve its bid for a postseason berth by adding distance between themselves and Elma (3-7, 5-11).
“We lost a big game, at least for us,” Forks coach Rick Gooding said. “It would have been huge to get another league win here. Elma has three [league wins], and they have some winnable games left.”
Gooding said the Spartans lacked energy at the start of Monday’s game, leading them to trail 32-24 at half.
They also were without post Marky Adams for much of the first half due to foul trouble.
Adams, though, still managed to put up 22 points.
“He actually had a pretty dominant game,” Gooding said. “He went back in and did some great things.”
Adams had a chance to tie the game in the closing seconds, and got a good look despite being heavily guarded, but his shot didn’t fall.
“He made a strong move to the block. It just came up a little long,” Gooding said.
“But that’s all right, he kept us in the game.”
Parker Browning added 13 points and Cole Baysinger finished with 10 for the Spartans.
Tano Bailon led Tenino (2-10, 4-11) with 17 points, and Thomas Pier had 15 points.
The Spartans play at Neah Bay (4-0, 12-2) today at 7 p.m.
The Red Devils, ranked ninth in Class 1B, came from behind to beat Forks last month 73-69.
The Spartans then close out the regular season with home games against Hoquiam (8-2, 12-4) this Friday and Montesano (7-3, 12-4) on Friday, Feb. 5.
The top four Class 1A schools in the Evergreen League advance to the district playoffs. Forks is currently fourth.
Tenino 59, Forks 56
Forks 11 13 17 15— 56
Tenino 13 19 14 13— 59
Individual scoring
Forks (56)
Schumack 4, Ramsey 6, Baysinger 10, Pegram 1, Browning 13, Adams 22, Johnson, Tejano, Prose.
Tenino (59)
Strawn 11, Bailon 17, Peterson 9, Wright 2, Dowies 2, Pier 15, Guzman 3.
Neah Bay 75, Clallam Bay 57
NEAH BAY — Four players scored in double figures as the ninth-ranked Red Devils improved to 4-0 in North Olympic League action.
Ryan Moss lead Neah Bay with 16 points, Kenrick Doherty Jr. scored 15 and Jericho McGimpsey and Reggie Buttram finished with 11 apiece.
And that’s not all: Anthony Bitegeko had nine points and Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. contributed eight.
The Red Devils tallied 26 steals in Monday’s game. Doherty and McGimpsey had six, and Moss had four.
Moss, Munyagi and Doherty also dished out four assists apiece.
Buttram had a team-high eight rebounds, while Bitegeko pulled down seven.
The Bruins (1-2, 9-6) were led by Alan Greene’s 21 points, including 4 of 11 shooting from 3-point range. Kyle Keys added 16 and Caiton Smith made two 3-pointers and finished with eight points.
Clallam Bay’s next two games are against Crescent (0-3, 1-13). The Bruins travel to Joyce today and then host the Loggers on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
Neah Bay, meanwhile, hosts Forks tonight (4-8, 6-10). In the teams’ first meeting last month, the Red Devils rallied from a 17-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Spartans 73-69.
Neah Bay 75, Clallam Bay 57
Clallam Bay 8 12 23 14— 57
Neah Bay 26 20 14 15— 75
Individual scoring
Clallam Bay (57)
Keys 16, Greene 21, J. Signor 1, Smith 8, McCoy 4, Tinoco 3, Willis 2, Cowdrey 2, Haney.
Neah Bay (75)
Munyagi 8, McGimpsey 11, Bitegeko 9, Buzzell 2, Johnson 3, Doherty 15, Moss 16, Buttram 11, Gagnon, Dulik, Tejano.
Sequim JV 45, Crescent 37
SEQUIM — Luke Leonard’s 16 points and four 3-pointers weren’t quite enough for the Loggers against the Wolves.
Leonard made four of his 10 attempts from beyond the arc. He also grabbed five rebounds.
Wyatt McNeece added 12 points and seven rebounds for Crescent. McCabe Story and Neil Peppard each pulled down eight boards.
The Loggers (0-3, 1-13) host Clallam Bay (1-2, 9-6) tonight at 7:15 p.m.
Sequim JV 45, Crescent 37
Individual scoring
Crescent (37)
Buchanan 3, Leonard 16, Johnson 2, Peppard 4, McNeece 12, Spencer, Story.
Girls Basketball
Sequim JV 38, Crescent 7
SEQUIM — Hannah Lee led the Loggers with four points in Monday’s loss.
Crescent (0-3, 1-13) hosts ninth-ranked Clallam Bay (1-2, 11-3) for a North Olympic League game tonight at 5:45 p.m.
Girls Bowling
Sequim qualifies 3 for districts
SILVERDALE — Dakota Henderson leads a group of three Wolves who qualified for the district tournament.
Henderson earned Olympic League first-team honors and placed second at the league tournament with a score of 522 over three games at All-Star Lanes last week.
Olympic’s Ashlyn Jamrog earned league MVP honors. She rolled a 570 series at the league tournament.
Sequim’s Kaleigh Cassal and Destiny Stevens also qualified for districts. Cassal was 23rd at the league tournament with a score of 414, and Stauss was 28th with a 379.
As a team, the Wolves finished eighth. They started hot, tallying a 794 in the first game, and followed that with a 654 in the second game and a 572 in the third.
The district tournament is Saturday at Pacific Lanes in Tacoma.
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Compiled using team reports.
