Tides Roll As Reserve Fires Away Aa Boys

Reserve guard Matt Gardner sank 5 of 8 3-pointers Saturday as Gig Harbor rolled to a 60-45 win over West Valley of Yakima in the State AA boys basketball championship game at the Tacoma Dome.

The Tides never trailed, zipping from a 6-0 lead to advantages of 15-2 after one quarter, 31-16 at halftime and 43-29 after three quarters.

Gardner scored 17 as the Tides (25-2) won their first state title on 50-percent shooting from the floor while holding WV (25-3) to 28 percent. The highest Gig Harbor had finished was third place in 1984.

The second-place finish was the highest for the Rams, who entered the contest with a 20-game win streak.

WV’s Bryan McLaughlin scored 17.

Gig Harbor 60, West Valley 45

No linescore available Gig Harbor - Scholl 4, Grobins 3, Schmidt 7, Kiehl 12, Bennett 10, Harris 0, Hangartner 7, Gardner 17, Baurichter 0, Amidon 0, Scott 0, Johnson 0.

West Valley - Johnson 5, Cure 6, Allen 12, McLaughlin 17, O’Connor 3, Faletto 0, McMurty 0, Taggart 2, Cowden 0, Thorson 0, Perri 0, Evert 0.

O’Dea 87, Lynden 64

Douglas Wrenn, reserve Shane Makanani and Kerry McDonnell combined for 64 points as the top-ranked Irish (26-3) beat the Lions (19-8) in the game for third and sixth places.

Wrenn scored 23, Makanani 21 and McDonnell 20 as O’Dea led from midway through the first quarter.

Treven VanderPloeg scored 15 for Lynden, which opened the tourney with a 49-39 win over Cheney.

Lynden 8 21 16 19 - 64 O’Dea 17 27 20 23 - 87

Lynden - VanderYacht 8, VanderPloeg 15, Ad.Enfield 3, Nyhoff 0, DeLange 12, Hilt 0, Wall 8, VanDyk 5, Heeringa 0, An.Enfield 3, Heppner 6, Benson 4.

O’Dea - Ball 9, Ellis 0, McDonnell 20, Wrenn 23, Foy 0, Billones 0, Brown 2, Reese 3, Makanani 21, Del Fierro 2, McHenry 5, Cunningham 2.

Ferndale 45, Capital 43

Jerome Toby’s basket with 2 seconds left gave the Golden Eagles (21-6) a win over the Cougars (22-3) in the game to settle fourth and seventh places.

Capital tied the game at 43 on Josh Partlow’s basket with 3:35 to go.

Ferndale’s Wade Vandenhaak scored 13.

Capital 6 17 15 5 - 43 Ferndale 15 16 8 6 - 45

Capital - Jones 13, Lee 12, Medcalf 0, Partlow 13, Carras 0, Nguyen 0, Waltermeyer 1, Fleisher 0, Newbry 4, Campbell 0.

Ferndale - Vandenhaak 13, R.Skogstad 12, Cantrelle 5, Toby 11, Udo 0, Lafave 0, Wood 4, Farrar 0.

Seattle Prep 68, Ballard 51

David Emslie scored 17 as the Panthers (24-7) beat the Beavers (21-9) to decide fifth and eighth places.

Seattle Prep took the lead for good, at 11-10, on Brandon Bede’s basket 2:10 into the game. Ballard never came closer than five points - 33-28 early in the third period - in the second half against a zone defense.

Seattle Prep 18 14 17 19 - 68 Ballard 12 16 12 11 - 51

Seattle Prep - Bede 15, Mattson 8, Murray 15, Emslie 17, Lenz 10, Nachand 0, Evans 0, Rewak 0, Weed 0, Henderson 0, Forgette 1, Hanover 2.

Ballard - Case 0, Monsaas 0, Zardis 23, Johnson 16, Korsgaard 5, Fellows 2, Tangen 0, Hammer 4, Hanson 1, Green 0, Smith 0, Johnston 0.