Thursday's Prep Girls Basketball: Mossyrock Uses Big Third Quarter to Defeat Onalaska

ONALASKA — Mossyrock scored 25 points in the third quarter to pull away from Onalaska and earn a 67-37 win in a Central 2B League girls basketball game here on Thursday.

Mossyrock’s Stephanie Fried scored 18 points to lead all scorers. Paige Moorcroft added 16 points and Lainee Grose recorded 11 points for the Vikings.

Eryn Duryea and Chloe Nevitt each scored 8 points to lead Onalaska.

Mossyrock built a 17-4 lead after one quarter. Onalaska picked up their offense in the second quarter but trailed Mossyrock 34-17 at halftime.

The Vikings outscored the Loggers 25-5 in the third quarter to pull away for good.

“We turned the ball over quite a bit. We had a hard time putting the ball in the basket that third quarter,” Onalaska coach Dracy McCoy said. “We only shot 19 percent from the floor. That’s hurting us, we’ve got to put the ball in the basket to win games.”

McCoy noted the solid play of McKenzie Pannkuk, Karsen Morris and Duryea shooting well for Mossyrock (10-2, 7-2) hits the road to face Rainier on Tuesday while Onalaska (4-9, 3-6) hosts Toledo on Tuesday in a C2BL game.

Napavine Defeats Winlock

NAPAVINE — The Tigers shutout the Cardinals in the first half to cruise to a 52-4 win in a Central 2B League girls basketball game here on Thursday.

Mollie Olson led the Tigers with 20 points and Melissa Lee and Becca Snaza each added 8 points. Jenna Jones scored all four points for the Cardinals.

Napavine (12-1, 9-0) hosts Wahkiakum on Tuesday while Winlock (2-10, 1-7) travels to face Adna on Tuesday in a C2BL game.

Pirates Plunder Ducks

ADNA — Adna shutout Toutle Lake in the first quarter to help the Pirates to a 48-27 win in a Central 2B League girls basketball game here on Thursday.

Payton Aselton scored 16 points and grabbed 9 rebounds to lead the Pirates. Ellie Sliva added 8 points. Casey Wentz led Toutle Lake with 16 points.

Adna led 10-0 after the first quarter and padded the lead at 22-5 at halftime. The Pirates outscored the Ducks 26-22 in the second half.

“We’ve done a pretty good job of (playing defense) overall all season. Tonight we controlled it,” Adna coach Chris Bannish said. “We got everybody in and filtered through. It was a good win because we’re putting our defense together and it is creating offense for us.”

Bannish noted the play of Makaela Meister, scoring 6 points, all in the third quarter. He also said he thought Kiyah Kennedy played well, coming off the bench and scoring three points.

Adna (7-6, 5-4) hosts Winlock on Tuesday in a C2BL game.

Kalama Drops Pe Ell

PE ELL — Pe Ell started off the first quarter strong, but couldn’t keep it up as Kalama earned a 52-37 win in a Central 2B League girls basketball game here on Thursday.

Annika Mason led Pe Ell with 11 points and Maggie Elliott grabbed 11 rebounds. Kalama’s Macey Sykes led all scorers with 16 points.

Pe Ell led 17-9 after the first quarter, but the Trojans managed just three points in the second quarter and trailed 23-20 at halftime. It was all Chinooks in the second half, as they outscored the Trojans 29-16.

Pe Ell had 34 turnovers in the loss.

“We came out and executed as we practiced throughout the last couple weeks. We’ve been working on some things. You’re not going to win any ball games turning the ball over 34 times,” Pe Ell coach Chris Phelps said. “Our defense was not very good, we’re not going to win ball games doing that either.”

Pe Ell (2-10, 2-7) hosts Toutle Lake on Tuesday in a C2BL game.

Toledo Holds Off Morton-White Pass

MORTON — Toledo’s Anna Tauscher scored 17 points to help the Indians fend off Morton-White Pass 39-35 in a Central 2B League girls basketball game here on Thursday.

Kal Schaplow added 10 points and four rebounds. Morton-White Pass was led by Shaylee Peters with 14 points and 8 rebounds. Sierra Dotson scored 7 points and grabbed a team-high 15 rebounds.

Toledo led 8-6 after the first quarter, but Morton-White Pass answered in the second as the game was tied at 12 at halftime.

Each team found some offense in the second half, with MWP leading 25-23 going into the fourth quarter. Toledo took the lead and made 12 of 14 free throws in the fourth, including Tauscher making 8 of 10 to seal the win for Toledo.

“I thought we played a really fine game tonight compared to (Tuesday). Tonight was a good, a tight, competitive game the whole game,” MWP coach Tom Griffith said. “It had been back and forth the whole way. Both teams played hard, it was one of those fun games to be apart of.”

Griffith commended the play of Peters and Dotson, noting the two combined for 23 of the team’s 38 rebounds.

Toledo (9-4, 7-2) travels to face Onalaska on Tuesday while MWP (6-6, 4-4) hosts Kalama in Randle on Tuesday in a C2BL contest.

1A Basketball

Elma Too Much for Tenino

TENINO — Elma held Tenino to just seven points in the first half to cruise to a 55-25 win in an Evergreen 1A League girls basketball game here on Thursday.

Tenino’s Rhian Mathis scored 12 points to lead the Beavers. Elma’s Quin Mikel scored 14 points to lead all scorers.

Elma held Tenino to just five field goals in the game.

“They’re a tough team. The big thing for us, they’re also very aggressive. They won all the 5/50 balls,” Tenino coach Brandi Thomas said “We knew coming in they’re a very aggressive team.”

Elma led 15-2 after one quarter and expanded the lead to 27-7 at halftime. Elma outscored Tenino 28-18 in the second half.

Tenino (5-8, 0-3) travels to Vancouver on Saturday to face Seton Catholic in a nonleague game.