State A Boys

Connell 62, King’s 48

Lance Marquardt scored 19 points and Trever Davis 15 Wednesday as sixth-ranked Connell (20-4) downed No. 5 King’s (20-4) in the opening game of the state Class A high school boy’s basketball tournament in the Tacoma Dome.

Connell 17 18 10 17 -62

King’s 10 11 16 11 -48

CONNELL Davis 15, Marquardt 19, Winder 9, Gunter 6, Clyde 2, Montierth, MacKay, Jake, Colclasure 3, Warr, Bailie 8, Rice.

KING’S Remington 2, Tr. Teeple 13, Ty. Teeple 2, Hiemstra 14, Lubines 7, Larkin, Frigorich, Shields, Travis 10, Reichmann, Uria, Bellew.

Tenino 57, Steilacoom 53

Chris Johnson scored 18 points and Nathen Evander 16 to lead Tenino (19-7) over Steilacoom (18-5).

Tenino 10 15 12 21 -57

Steilacoom 18 13 12 10 -53

TENINO Johnson 18, Coleman, Elliott 8, Evander 16, Wilson 8, Tucker 2, Evander 1, Hughes 3, Haase, Rickert, Wells 1.

STEILACOOM Nelson 3, Angeles 3, Crandell 3, Harris 14, Krajewski 8, Bruce 3, Wildey, Perry 7, Wilson 2, Chapman, Martin 10.

La Center 66, Lynden Christian 58

Sherman Gore scored 26 points to lead La Center (22-1) over Lynden Christian (18-8).

The Wildcats had six 3-pointers to Lynden Christian’s one and forced 22 turnovers, 15 off steals.

Lynden Christian 13 16 17 12 -58

La Center 17 15 16 18 -66

LYNDEN CHRISTIAN Kooy 4, Romjue 13, Dykstra 9, Hoksbergen 2, Pauley 12, Mellema, Eshuis, Kok, Wagenar 18.

LA CENTER Kissinger, De. Vanweerdhuizen 14, Du. Vanweerdhuizen 11, Stephens 7, S. Gore 26, Renner 4, Shaffer 4.

Okanogan 67, Goldendale 60

Jordan Lesamiz led four Okanogan scorers in double figures as the Bulldogs (23-1) beat Goldendale (20-6).

Lesamiz had 18 points, Matt Shiflett 14, Anthony Popelier 12 and Mike Ward 11 as Okanogan stretched its winning streak to 18 games.

Okanogan overcame a 52-48 fourth-quarter deficit by dominating the boards, taking the lead for good at 57-56 on a Lesamiz free throw with 4:11 to go. The taller Bulldogs had a 54-35 rebounding advantage. Okanogan is making its first state Class A tournament appearance since 1970.

David Rohrbacher led the Timberwolves with 27 points.

Goldendale 14 13 21 12 -60

Okanogan 14 18 16 19 -67

GOLDENDALE Grabenhorst, C3rocker, T. Marlow 11, Rohrbacher 27, Jimicum 8, C. Marlow 14, Musser.

OKANOGAN Lafferfy 8, A. Popelier 12, Lesamiz 18, Radke 4, Ward 11, N. Popelier, Goroch, Lane, Horner, Shiflett 14, Gibson.

Zillah 59, Foster 55

Curt Pentecost scored 16 points and Eric Nelson 15 to lead Zillah (22-2).

The Leopards held Foster (14-9) to 32 percent shooting from the floor, while hitting eight 3-pointers to the Bullogs’ three.

Richard Lilienthal’s rebound basket snapped a 54-54 tie and sent Zillah ahead to stay with 3:11 to go.

Foster 20 17 13 5 -55

Zillah 15 17 16 11 -59

FOSTER Carver 7, Sheppard 11, Clay 6, Nelson 15, Lenear 12, Lyons, Tellus 4.

ZILLAH Simmons 10, Hinson 11, Nelson 15, Pentecost 16, Delp 2, Bass, Lillenthal 4, Bell 1.

Ilwaco 63, Meridian 55

Nick Oman scored 18 points and Brady Turner 15 as Ilwaco (15-7) beat Meridian (16-9). The Fishermen, behind 20-10 in the opening quarter, tied the score 26-26 a minute into the third quarter. Three minutes later, they took the lead for good at 31-30 on Justin Cotrone’s rebound basket.

Ilwaco 10 14 19 20 -63

Meridian 12 14 12 17 -55

Ilwaco - Turner 15, Oman 18, Ford 8, Cotrone 7, Wroble 12, Rogers 3, McClung, Cook, Fritts.

Meridian -Stacy 9, Kartzig 6, Chambers 4, A. Jensen 12, Rodgers 6, Henderson 9, Hunt 2, C. Jensen 7.

Girls

Goldendale 57, Montesano 55

Jill Pimley’s hit an 18-footer as the final buzzer sounded as Goldendale (20-4) rallied to defeated Montesano (11-16).

The Timberwolves took a 9-0 lead in the first 5 minutes against the only team in the tournament with a losing record.

They didn’t permit the Bulldogs to get as close as six points after that until the final 4:45.

Montesano took its only lead 55-54 on Laura Mattson’s basket with 24 seconds to go.

Pimley had two free throws with 10 seconds left. She made the first to tie the score at 55-55, but missed the second. She wound up with 14 points.

Mattson led Montesano with 20 points.

Montesano 5 13 15 22 -55

Goldendale 16 10 18 13 -57

MONTESANO Lewis 2, Reule 7, King 11, Mattson 20, Schmitz 11, Barton, M. Brittell 4.

GOLDENDALE Davenport 4, Pimley 14, K. Amidon 9, D. Amidon 4, Rohrbacher 10, Svendsen, Vaughns 2, McConville 4, Bowen 2, Guenther, Pantages 8.

Castle Rock 58, Blaine 51

Wendy Nicholson had 24 points and 14 rebounds as Castle Rock topped Blaine.

The Rockets (19-5) rallied from a 35-28 third-quarter deficit to take the lead at 48-47 on Nicholson’s rebound basket with 4:04 remaining. Nicholson scored 18 points in the second half.

The Borderites (20-6) were led by Brenda Dodd’s 21 points and Jenny Dixon’s 13 rebounds.

Blaine 10 15 13 13 -51

Castle Rock 15 8 16 19 -58

BLAINE Dodd 21, Dixon 11, Ridnour 8, Dietzen, Bradbury 11, Leelye.

CASTLE ROCK Misner 6, Johnston 7, J. Roberson, Nicholson 24, Masser 14, Byrne, Lowe, Carrol 2, Pond 5.

Liberty Bell 76, Foster 70

Jennifer Paluck scored 31 points, Brook Bourn 20 and Lynn Brown 15 as unranked Liberty Bell upset No. 2 Foster.

The Mountain Lions (21-5), making their first Class A state appearance since 1978, led almost the entire game after breaking from a 14-14 deadlock at the end of the first quarter.

Paluck, a 5-10 sophomore forward who averaged 18.3 points during the regular season, connected on 12 of 23 field-goal attempts during a 28-minute, 4-second playing span.

Liz Balch had 27 points on 11-for-16 shooting from the field and Lashaunda Fowler added 20 points for the Bulldogs (20-3).

Liberty Bell 14 28 22 12 -76

Foster 14 17 19 20 -70

LIBERTY BELL Bradshaw, Torpey 6, Brown 15, Br. Bourn 20, Paluck 31, Be. Bourn, Liebl, Nickell, Tribolet 4, Wilson, Maples, Mountjoy.

FOSTER (70) - Shearer 4, Gratzer, Apodaca 11, Fowler 20, Balch 27, Krantz 6, Mitchell 2.

Seattle Christian 52, Toledo 42

Led by Ruth Taylor’s 15 points, Seattle Christian was a winner over Toledo (21-3).

The Warriors (18-4) never led by less than seven points in the second half. They held Toledo to 26.9 percent shooting from the field, taking the lead to stay at 24-23 on Taylor’s basket 56 seconds before halftime.

Seattle Christ. 8 16 15 13 -52

Toledo 11 12 9 10 -42

SEATTLE CHRISTIAN Bennett 2, Couch 5, Taylor 15, Strode 10, Garcia 12, Heutink 6, Carmody 2, Hedman.

TOLEDO Fallon 7, Shannon 2, Miller 5, Sellards 7, Rico 11, Madsen, Dobosh 10, Hope.

Royal 62, King’s 49

Jamie Reese scored 20 points and Shannon Gilbert had 17 to lead the Royal Knights over the King’s Knights.

Royal (17-8) went ahead to stay on Reese’s basket midway through the second quarter.

King’s (16-8) got 18 points from Sonja Roosedaal.

Royal 12 16 11 23 -62

King’s 17 4 13 15 -49

ROYAL K. Gilbert 12, Phillips 17, Potter 4, Reese 20, Stewart 4, Hanson, S. Gilbert 3, Goll 2, Bergeson.

KING’S Blackmer 8, Burk 2, Roosedaal 18, Reichmann 10, Huebner 4, Teeple 3, Lalley, Tallman 4.

Cascade 77, Connell 71

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, DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: Today’s games Boys King’s (20-4) vs. Chewelah (19-3)9 a.m. Ilwaco (15-7) vs. Lakeside (16-8)9:30 p.m. Girls Foster (20-3) vs. Newport (18-7)9 a.m. Lakeside (22-1) vs. Seattle Christian (18-4)8 p.m.