PORT ANGELES — Twenty-eight teams in five divisions took to the courts this weekend for the Port Angeles Park and Recreation Department’s April Fools’ Extravaganza youth basketball tournament.
Teams from Port Angeles won the boys and girls varsity divisions.
Girls eighth-grade division
HD Seattle, first; Port Angeles Threat, second; Enunclaw Hornets, third; Chimacum Cowboys, fourth; Peninsula Seahawks (Gig Harbor), fifth; Eagles (Seabeck), sixth.
Championship Game: HD Seattle 34, Port Angeles Threat 31
Girls varsity
Port Angeles, first; Olympic Avalanche, second; Lady Flames (Tacoma) third; Chimacum Cowboys, fourth; Quilcene
Boys sixth-grade division
Eatonville Blue Cruisers, first; Eatonville Black Cruisers, second; Port Angeles Sixers, third; 253 Venim (Tacoma), fourth; NW Fierce (Port Townsend), fifth; Silverdale Eagles, sixth; Sequim Wolves, seventh; Port Angeles Fivers, eighth.
Championship Game: Blue Cruisers 59, Black Cruisers 24
Boys seventh-grade division
Washington Evolution, first; Port Angeles, second; NW Fierce, third; 253 Venim, fourth.
Championship Game: Evolution 59, Port Angeles 42
Boys varsity division
Port Angeles Green, first; Grit Works (Bellingham), second; Port Angeles White, third; Forks, third; NW Fierce, third
Championship Game: Port Angeles Green 55, Grit Works 40
OAB nearly wins it all
Playing in the girls’ varsity division, the Next Door Gastropub Olympic Avalanche Black eighth-grade team lost in the championship to the Port Angeles High School Varsity team 41-37 in the Port Angeles Parks and Recreation April Fools’ Extravaganza.
“I’m very proud of the way the girls competed in the championship against the Port Angeles High School varsity girls. We were right there the whole way. Myra Walker and MJ Cooke really stepped up and stood out for us in this game. There’s no shame in these kids finishing second in the high school bracket. I’m hopeful they’ll receive an opportunity to show what they can do next year as freshman at PAHS,” said Olympic Avalanche Black coach Joe Marvelle.
OAB first beat Quilcene High School 76-17. The Black were led by Cooke with 24 points and Emilia Long with 21 points. In its next game, the Black beat the Lakewood Lady Flames 67-15. OAB was led by Long with 21 and Cooke with 14. Maggie Ruddell also scored 11, while Jaida Wood had nine points and 10 rebounds.
OAB beat Chimacum 65-19. Long scored 19 and Cooke 18. Wood pulled down 12 rebounds. In the championship game, Cooke, Myra Gale Walker and Layla Greene all scored 10.
