Photo: Port Angeles freshman Lindsay Smith had nine points at Renton in a tough loss
RENTON — For 30 of the 32 minutes in last night’s district basketball game between Port Angeles and Renton the Roughriders had a 8-10 point lead. And for 30 of those minutes PA looked by far to be the better basketball team at the West Central Bi-District girls basketball tournament. However, Renton outscored Port Angeles 17 – 6 in the last quarter and did not take the lead until there was just 3 seconds left in the game to give Renton the 44-42 come from behind win over a broken hearted Roughrider team that played hard but in the last quarter took too many 3 point shots and made too many costly turnovers.
As usual, Anna Petty led the Roughriders with 10 points. Freshman Lindsay Smith had 9 points and especially for a freshman made big plays all night long. Sophomore Lexie Smith had a big night on the boards. Paige Mason also played very well and scored 7 points. Freshman Teanna Clark hit a 3-point buzzer beater at the end of the first half that sent an energetic Roughrider team into the locker room with a 24-13 lead. The Roughriders will now host North Mason tomorrow night. A win by the heavily favored Roughriders would put them at Mount Tahoma Saturday at 2:30 pm. The Roughriders would play the winner of #7 seed North Kitsap and #10 Seed Foster. The winner of that game moves on to the regional.
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As expected, #1 seed Sequim blew out Clover Park 65-30. Hannah Bates led the way with 15 points. Jelissa Julmist and Libby Turella scored 13 points apiece. Jolene Vaara playing in her first game in nearly 3 weeks had 10 points and Bobbi Smith had 8 points. The Wolves will now take on #4 seed Enumclaw in a semifinal match-up Thursday night at Highline High School with the tip off at 7:45 pm. You can hear that game live on Newsradio KONP with the Les Schwab Tires pre-game show starting at 7:30 pm. Oly Archibald and Deontae Cooper will have the live play by play.
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It’s boys district action tonight with the Sequim Wolves hosting Lindbergh at 6 pm.
The Port Angeles Roughriders will be big underdogs as they have to travel to South East King County to take on South Puget Sound champion Enumclaw. The Hornets went through a very tough league with a 15-1 record and an 18-2 overall record. The Hornets have it all in size, speed and shooting ability. You can hear the live action on Newsradio KONP with the Les Schwab Tires pre-game show at 5:45 pm. Oly Archibald and Joe Gladfelter have the play by play.
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In NWAC action tonight the Peninsula Pirates travel to Skagit Valley with the women tipping off at 5 pm and it’s a big game as Skagit Valley, Shoreline and Peninsula are all tied for first place with 7-2 records. The Pirate men will tip off at 7 pm.