PREP HOOPS: Challengers roll to win over Knights

Jan. 8—The No. 1-ranked Cascade Christian boys basketball team ripped a 16-0 run to open the game and never looked back in an 84-40 romp against North Valley in Far West League action Saturday night at the Challengers' gym.

Junior center Austin Maurer scored 17 of his game-high 19 points in the first half and finished with seven rebounds, four assists and two blocks to lead the way for the Challengers (9-2, 3-0 FWL), who recorded their seventh straight win.

Cascade guard Drew Hall had 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists, while backcourt mate Jaren Fronckowiak added 11 points and five assists and Peyton Maurer had 10 points.

Cascade Christian hit 11 3-pointers. The Challengers led 27-4 after the first quarter and 49-18 at the half.

North Valley (4-8, 1-2) got 18 points from senior Temio Jones.

NORTH VALLEY (40): Snodgrass 0, Kissel 5, Laury 5, Cartwright 4, Jones 18, Shallenberger 2, Smith 2, Dubowsky 2, Duran 0. Totals: 16 4-7 40.

CASCADE CHRISTIAN (84): Richardson 5, Fronckowiak 11, Anderson 7, Wallace 3, Hoffman 3, Hall 18, Farmer 5, P. Maurer 10, Westlake 0, Kleker 0, Bryant 3, A. Maurer 19. Totals: 31 9-16 84.

North Valley414913— 40

Cascade Christian2722287— 84

3-point goals — North Valley 2 (Jones 2), Cascade Christian 11 (Richardson 1, Fronckowiak 2, Anderson 1, Hoffman 1, Hall 2, P. Maurer 2, Bryant 1, A. Maurer 1).

SOUTH MEDFORD 66, IDA B. WELLS 53: At Portland, South Medford sophomore Boden Howell posted 27 points to lift the Panthers to victory in the PIL Showcase at Franklin High School.

Howell scored 19 second-half points to help South Medford (7-5) erase a 25-23 halftime deficit.

Jackson Weiland scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half and Tobias Akpan added nine points off the bench for the Panthers.

Jacey Canalin scored 22 points and Diggy Griffin added 18 for Ida B. Wells (4-7).

SOUTH MEDFORD (66): Weiland 12, Edgar 2, Sewell 5, Howell 27, Shuldberg 5, Henry 4, Akpan 9, Espinosa 2. Totals: 23 17-21 66.

IDA B. WELLS (53): Canalin 22, Hammer 5, Devlin 0, Griffin 18, Scherzer 0, Fleming 0, Dahir 6, Kolmer 2, Williams 0. Totals: 23 5-5 53.

South Medford9142221— 66

Ida B. Wells15101414— 53

3-point goals — South Medford 3 (Sewell 1, Howell 1, Shuldberg 1), Ida B. Wells 2 (Canalin 1, Griffin 1).

MARSHFIELD 56, PHOENIX 51: At Klamath Falls, Phoenix senior Julius Bolstad scored 13 points and Isaiah Talbott added 12 to help the Pirates recover from a slow start but Marshfield was able to stave off the comeback in the Sky-Em/Skyline Crossover.

Mekhi Johnson scored 20 points to lead Marshfield (8-6), which jumped to a 27-11 lead in the first quarter and responded to Phoenix (7-7) with an 18-10 edge in the fourth quarter.

PHOENIX (51): Trenbeath 6, Je. Selden 0, Mooring 0, Ja. Selden 2, Ponce 8, Hernandez 2, Harper 8, Talbott 12, Decker 0, Bolstad 13. Totals: 17 6-11 51.

MARSHFIELD (56): Herbert 4, George 8, Davidson 3, Johnson 20, Carpenter 9, Gabriel-Kutsch 2, Jackson 7, Easton 3. Totals: 22 6-17 56.

Phoenix11151510— 51

Marshfield2771418— 56

3-point goals — Phoenix 11 (Trenbeath 2, Ponce 2, Harper 2, Talbott 4, Bolstad 1), Marshfield 6 (Herbert 1, George 1, Davidson 1, Carpenter 3). Technical foul — Phoenix coach McNichols.

ST. MARY'S 74, ROGUE RIVER 35: At Rogue River, St. Mary's won its second Far West League matchup in as many nights to bring the Crusaders' overall record to 3-8 and FWL total to 2-0.

Rogue River dropped its seventh straight game to fall to 2-8 and 0-3 in league play.

Girls

GRANTS PASS 41, NELSON 37: At Grants Pass, Grants Pass outscored Nelson 13-0 in the second and was able to hold off Nelson's late charge to win its final nonleague tuneup.

Brooke Anderson and Brooklyn Wakefield both scored 10 points to lead Grants Pass (8-2).

Ella Shackleton led Nelson (4-3) with nine points, all of which came from behind the 3-point line.

NELSON (37): Gradwahl 8, Nita 0, Sidens 0, Juliano 0, Shackleton 9, Sale 0, Abraham 3, Morser 9, Hardy 8, Christopher 0. Totals: 11 8-16 37.

GRANTS PASS (41): Brandes 0, Kleiner 0, Anderson 10, Thompson 1, Bruner 5, Pastrell 2, Mock 7, Vainuku-Johnson 6, B. Wakefield 10. Totals: 14 11-22 41.

Nelson1101016— 37

Grants Pass613139— 41

3-point goals — Nelson 4 (Shackleton 3, Morser 1), Grants Pass 2 (Anderson 1, Bruner 1). Fouled out — Shackleton.

JUNCTION CITY 34, PHOENIX 33: At Junction City, Ashlynn Long hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with five seconds remaining for Junction City and Phoenix was unable to get a shot off as time expired to close out play at the Sky-Em/Skyline Crossover.

Anabell Delgado led Phoenix (8-6) with 13 points and five steals, while Kynna Nolan added 12 points. Morgan James had four points and five steals.

Long scored 12 points and Faith Marshall added 11 for Junction City (6-8).

PHOENIX (33): James 4, Nolan 12, Woodward 0, Mohamud 4, Delgado 13, Rector 0, McConnell 0. Totals: 11 7-12 33.

JUNCTION CITY (34): Castaneda-Maahs 0, Defoe 2, Dickson 3, Lloyd 0, Johnson 0, Hartle 2, Evans 4, Marshall 11, Long 12. Totals: 13 4-7 34.

Phoenix111255— 33

Junction City78127— 34

3-point goals — Phoenix 4 (Nolan 2, Delgado 2), Junction City 4 (Dickson 1, Long 3).

CASCADE CHRISTIAN 41, NORTH VALLEY 36: Jordynn Jones scored nine of her game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to lead Cascade Christian's late-game comeback effort.

Jones also pulled down 12 rebounds and Grace McCauley had 11 points and eight rebounds for the Challengers (6-6, 2-1 FWL), who outscored the Knights 17-7 in the fourth quarter after trailing 29-24.

Timnah Roberson also had three points, five steals and three assists.

NORTH VALLEY (36): Estes 0, Wheeler 6, Kilborn 0, A. Godfrey 6, Champion 0, Aros 3, S. Godfrey 9, Britos 6. Totals: 14 8-11 36.

CASCADE CHRISTIAN (41): Akins 0, Lane 0, Ferrera 3, Folin 2, Coats 2, Jones 20, Law 0, Roberson 3, McCauley 11, Haley 0. Totals: 12 14-21 41.

North Valley15687— 36

Cascade Christian108617— 41

3-point goals — Cascade Christian 3 (Ferrera 1, Jones 1, McCauley 1). Fouled out — Wheeler.

ST. MARY'S 47, ROGUE RIVER 38: St. Mary's built confidence with a 15-point first quarter and held that momentum to score its first win of the season in the Far West League matchup.

Maddie Ward had 15 points, Katherine Mejia added 12 points and Saniyah Ayala scored 10 to boost the Crusaders (1-6, 1-1 FWL).

Amanda LeDoux led Rogue River (1-10, 0-3) with 11 points.

ST. MARY'S (47): Medley 2, Ward 15, Ayala 10, Hung 2, Bowdoin 2, Jensen 4, Mejia 12. Totals: 20 6-18 47.

ROGUE RIVER (38): Perryman 2, S. Smith 9, LeDoux 11, Gillette 8, L. Smith 6, Wardle 2. Totals: 13 12-22 38.

St. Mary's1510139— 47

Rogue River118910— 38

3-point goals — St. Mary's 1 (Mejia 1).