SHORELINE — On a night when the Peninsula Pirates men’s basketball team needed to have a good shooting night, they were as cold as a winter storm on Hurricane Ridge. The Pirates lost to Shoreline 61 -58 and find themselves in at 7-7 in 4th place tie with Shoreline for the 4th and final NWAC playoff spot.

The Pirates shot a miserable 31% from the field and 19% from the 3-point stripe.

Javon Ervin led the way with 22 points. Aiden Olmstead hit for 15 points.

A playoff might be played to determine the 4th place team to the NWAC Tournament.

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The Pirate women are absolutely perfect as Northern Conference champions. They knocked off a very good Shoreline team 52 – 36. The Pirates who were ice cold, shooting just 28% from the field made up for it, shooting a red hot 30% from the 3-point stripe hitting 8 3-point shots. Jenilee Donovan led the Pirates with 13 points and 9 rebounds. Ciera Agasiva scored 8 points. Lexie Mackey, Jelissa Julmist, Shania Moanunu, Sonny Pedobone and Allie Greene all hit for 6 points. The Pirates end the regular season 14-0 21-2 and have won 17 games in a row.

Talia Marini, a sophomore out of Reno, has been the starting goalie for the Pirates’ soccer team and a solid back up guard for the Pirates’ basketball team

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It’s the “Elite 8” night at the 2A state tournament in Yakima and 4 boys teams are from districts 2 and 3. At 3:45 Bremerton takes on Renton. At 5:30 it’s Sammamish tipping off against Lynden. The big game is at 7:15 as Anacortes takes on North Kitsap Oly Archibald and Greg Thomas will have the broadcast on kapsradio.com.