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Darrington 68, Toutle Lake 57

Key to the game: The Loggers overcame a 10-5 Toutle lead with a hail of 3-pointers. Junior Dennis Sherrill, whose 14.1 scoring average belies how well he’s played lately, knocked down 3 of 5 3-pointers on the way to 31 points.

Other highlights: Shaky at the outset, Darrington played with more confidence as the morning wore on. Sophomore Ned Miller connected on 3 of 6 beyond the 3-point arc to augment Sherrill, who’s been on fire since the district tournament, when he bombed Clallam Bay for 36.

With an assortment of shots, including a wicked jump hook, Sherrill - who drained 12 of 20 shots - was a big part of a decisive third-quarter push, when Darrington went from two down to seven up.

The Loggers hit 7 of 14 3-point shots.

Freshman Casey Frandsen had 10 for the Ducks, who got 16 from Eric Keele and 13 out of Travis Sparks.

Darrington 9 17 15 27 68

Toutle Lake 10 18 10 19 57

DARRINGTON Sherrill 31, Ross 7, Lenker 10, N. Miller 13, Pomeroy 6, Tanner 1.

TOUTLE LAKE Sparks 13, Keele 16, Hynning 3, Shaw 7, Frandsen 10, Lang 2, Sweet 5, Palmer 1.

ACH 73, Clallam Bay 52

Key to the game: Kevin Evers registered 16 points and 11 rebounds in 23 minutes for the three-dimensional Warriors, who had too much defense, discipline and depth.

Other highlights: A semifinalist here last year, Clallam Bay fell out of contention early this year, falling behind 22-8 in the first quarter.

The Warriors - particularly Topher Goodwin - made CB’s 23-points-a-game scorer Fran Michelena work for every one of his 17 points this day.

Jason Pierce knocked down 6 of 9 shots to lead ACH with 17 points.

Clallam Bay 8 12 16 16 52

ACH 22 14 25 12 73

CLALLAM BAY Duncan 17, Michelena 17, T. Sawyer 6, Simmons 5, Gregory 7.

ALMIRA-COULEE-HARTLINE Goodwin 10, Leander 6, Evers 16, Pierce 17, Pate 8, R. Higginbotham 3, A. Higginbotham 4, Emerson 3, Durrant 6.

Manson 57, Willapa Valley 51

Key to the game: Sophomore guard Sean McKenna scored 19 points as the young Trojans outlasted the senior-dominated Vikings.

Other highlights: Whenever WV posed a problem, Manson had an answer. Typical was an exchange in the fourth quarter when Willapa Valley took its last lead.

Mike Miller dribbled the length of the court, split the Manson defense and laid it up to put WV up 40-39.

Twenty-seven seconds later, McKenna hit a 3-point shot - he was 4 of 8 from 3-point range - to yank the lead back for Manson. The winners never trailed after that.

“He’s a pretty special sophomore,” said Manson coach Joe Teague, who starts only one senior.

Willapa Valley 10 16 8 17 51

Manson 12 13 14 18 57

WILLAPA VALLEY Adams 14, Salme 15, Miller 6, Mulligan 9, Hodel 3, Fluke 4.

MANSON Petersen 7, Young 16, Davis 10, McKenna 19, Jeffries 5.

Republic 58, Tacoma Baptist 56

Key to the game: Jason Baldwin scored with 2 seconds left to lift the Tigers past Tacoma Baptist.

Other highlights: Republic was trailing 56-53 when Mark Rickard’s 3-pointer tied the game with 1:21 left. There were no other shots until Baldwin’s game-winner. Caleb Shamp missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Tacoma Baptist.

Rickard led Republic (24-4) with 21 points and nine rebounds. He hit 4 of 6 from 3-point range. Baldwin finished with 15 points.

Republic 17 13 12 16 - 58

Tacoma Baptist 14 15 16 11 - 56

REPUBLIC Kuchenmeister 8, Grimm 2, Rickard 21, Baldwin 15, David Hanks 8, Dany Hanks 4.

TACOMA BAPTIST Shamp 23, Russell 17, Fletus 1, Johnson 9, Meyers 4, Lee 2.

Reardan 70, Rainier 38

Key to the game: Reardan senior guard Travis Titchenal hit a record-tying eight 3-pointers, five in the second half, on his way to 32 points. Titchenal tied the mark of Sprague-Harrington’s Ryan Floyd (1995). Titchenal had seven 3-pointers when he left the game with 4:10 left, but came back at 3:32. “Nobody told me (about the record),” Titchenal said. “I just said, ‘Coach, I’m on fire,’ then he said, ‘Titch, you’re back in.”’ After 3-point misses with 3:12 and 2:24 left, Titchenal connected at 1:58. His final attempt, with 58 seconds left, was short.

Other highlights: Rainier (17-8) took an 11-10 lead with 57 seconds left in the third quarter, but Reardan (25-1) strung together a 9-0 run. The Indians later had runs of 9-2, 16-0 and 10-0. … Reardan’s James Kiger had a game-high 12 rebounds, while Rhett Soliday added a game-best eight assists. … Josh Frunz of the Mountaineers had 10 rebounds, but Reardan held the senior (22.1 ppg) to seven on 3-of-19 shooting.

Reardan 12 18 18 22 - 70

Rainier 11 10 5 12 - 38

REARDAN Jenkin 2, Brown 0, Soliday 0, Martin 1, Titchenal 32, Eastman 9, Graham 10, Flaa 4, Nollmeyer 0, Kiger 12.

RAINIER R.O’Toole 2, Garette 4, Wigren 0, Myers 4, C.O’Toole 15, Pringle 2, Do.Henderson 4, Frunz 7.

Waterville 69, Trout Lake 49

Key to the game: The Shockers (21-5), protecting a 44-38 lead with 3:05 left in the third quarter, outscored the Mustangs 23-0 over the next 7:22.

Other highlights: Senior guard Jeff Whitehall, whose cousin Derek led the Shockers to the 1994 title game, scored 29 on 13-of-17 shooting from the field to top his season high of 28. “My legs were feeling really good today,” Whitehall said. “We went to a timeout (in the third quarter) and decided to play smarter and take it to them.” … Waterville’s Darrin Nelson hit four 3-pointers to score 21. … Mustangs senior Travis Pearson hit 5 of 9 from the floor and had seven rebounds.

Waterville 18 15 19 17 - 69

Trout Lake 11 16 11 11 - 49

WATERVILLE Williams 0, Gormley 0, Nelson 21, Whitehall 29, Stoddard 10, Hart 0, Long 0, Brandt 2, Biggar 0, Prey 0, Finkbeiner 7.

TROUT LAKE Lopez 0, Young 3, Stewart 2, Lee 0, Allaway 2, Holcomb 0, Tipton 11, Belieu 8, Pearson 11, Ladwig 4, Rummel 2, Landstrom 6.

North Beach 66, Orcas Island 58 (OT)

Key to the game: Senior Jon Johnson of the Hyaks (22-3) scored 20 of his 32 after intermission, including five to open overtime, to offset a rally by the Vikings (17-4).

Other highlights: Orcas trailed 41-38 when scoring leader Peter Rutledge (17.2 ppg) injured his left ankle with 1:46 left in the third quarter. Without Rutledge, Orcas fell behind 49-40 before rallying for a 56-all tie. … Rutledge came back for OT, but lasted just 2:24 and didn’t score… . Johnson, 12 of 16 from the field, also had 21 rebounds… . NB played without second-leading scorer John Hohstadt (11.2 ppg), who head-butted a Napavine player in last week’s District 4 winner-to-state game and had to serve a one-game suspension.

N.Beach 14 17 14 11 10 - 66

O. Island 14 14 10 18 2 - 58

NORTH BEACH Carlson 2, Sage 11, Goldman 7, Pence 2, Lilja 11, Reither 0, Spencer 1, Johnson 32.

ORCAS ISLAND Rueb 5, Mahoney 2, Se.Sasan 4, Harris 11, Eastman 9, Duenn 8, Sh.Sasan 2, Rutledge 12, E.Sanders 5.

Ritzville 62, LaCrosse-Washtucna 53

Key to the game: Danny Duff of Ritzville (25-4), who averages 5.5 ppg, hit a 3-pointer with 1:18 left to seize the lead for good. He finished with a season-high 14.

Other highlights: John Galbreath of the Broncos scored 22, including 5 of 5 from the line… . The Tigercats (25-4) played much of the game without leading scorer Clint Ledbetter, who picked up his third foul late in the first quarter and his fourth midway through the third.

Ritzville 18 7 19 18 - 62

LaC-Wash. 9 16 13 15 - 53

RITZVILLE Arlt 4, Benzel 0, Duff 14, Boness 7, DeVore 2, J.Galbreath 22, S.Galbreath 8, Russel 5, Taylor 0.

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 18, Schweiger 2, Ledbetter 3, Rouleau 17, Henley 0, Daniel 11, Whitman 2.

, DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: TODAY’S SCHEDULE Toutle Lake (22-3) vs. Clallam Bay (19-6), 9 a.m. Willapa Vly (18-8) vs. Tac. Baptist (22-3), 10:30 a.m. Rainier (18-7) vs. Trout Lake (21-4), noon Orcas Isl. (18-4) vs. LaCrsse-Wash. (25-4), 1:30 p.m. Darrington (19-8) vs. Almira/Coul.-Hart. (21-4), 5 p.m. Manson (16-7) vs. Republic (24-4), 6:30 p.m. Reardan (25-1) vs. Waterville (20-5), 8 p.m. North Beach (22-3) vs. Ritzville (25-4), 9:30 p.m.