Boys

Neah Bay 63, Colton 60

Drexler Doherty scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half and hit a free throw with 7.7 seconds remaining to help clinch a title berth for the Neah Bay Red Devils with the win over the Colton Wildcats.

Doherty’s two 3-pointers in the third quarter capped an 18-point period to give Neah Bay the lead at 46-44. The Devils would not trail again, despite several ties by Colton.

After struggling in the third quarter, Colton’s Dustin Patchen showed up in a big way in the fourth quarter, tallying 11 of his 31 points in the final frame to keep the Wildcats close. Patchen added 14 rebounds and four blocked shots. Josh Straughan scored 16 points for the Wildcats, but had a potential go-ahead 3-point attempt miss wide.

Sunnyside Christian 50, ACH 44

Steven Bosma hit the game-clinching free throws with 13 seconds left and the Knights survived a furious full-court onslaught by the Almira/Coulee-Hartline defense to advance to the title game.

ACH trailed by nine going into the final frame, but picked up the intensity with a full-court press that at one point produced four consecutive turnovers by the Knights. The Warriors capitalized, scoring nine straight to eventually tie the game on a basket by Brandon Boutain. Robert Hurka had three of his four steals in the fourth quarter helping to ignite the ACH offense with breakaway baskets.

Derek Isaak of ACH led all scorers with 19 points after being held scoreless in the opening frame. But his 3-point attempt in the final minute came up short off the iron and a late drive to the paint ended in a turnover that led to Bosma’s winning free throws.

Rosalia 70, Columbia Adventist 26

Nathan Richards came a block shy of a triple double, scoring 27 points to go with 11 rebounds and nine blocks as the Rosalia Spartans pulled away early against the Columbia Adventist Kodiaks to advance to today’s fourth-place game.

Richards had 17 points and nine boards at the break to help Rosalia take a 37-12 halftime lead, going on a 15-3 run to start the second quarter.

Columbia Adventist was paced by five points and seven rebounds from Tevita Palaki. But the Spartans held Columbia Adventist to 19.3 percent shooting from the floor.

Rosalia, meanwhile shot 49.2 percent, led by Richards, who was an efficient 12 of 20 shooting. The Spartans also won the rebounding battle 47-33, getting 17 offensive boards.

Lummi 48, Mt. Rainier Lutheran 37

Following the Mt. Rainier Lutheran Hawks making their first run of the game in the third quarter, the Blackhawks of Lummi responded with eight consecutive points to start the fourth quarter, pulling away to earn their first tournament win.

Tony Rivera scored nine of his 19 points after the half to keep Lummi out front, despite the hot hand of MRL’s Carsten Neumiller. Neumiller hit 5 of his first 7 3-point attempts and scored 17 points, helping the Hawks get within three with a minute left in the third.

The Hawks got no closer, though, as the Blackhawks went on a run to push the lead back to double digits.

Jeremy Roberts finished with 15 points and five rebounds for the Blackhawks and Deion Hoskins’ 3-pointer with 3:34 left spelled the end for MLR.

David Greenwood added eight points for the Hawks. Hoskins finished with seven points and seven boards for the Blackhawks, who play at 9:30 this morning.