PREP HOOPS: North Medford falls to No. 4 Tualatin
Dec. 7—TUALATIN — The North Medford boys basketball team was able to make the reigning Class 6A champions sweat a little bit Tuesday night, but couldn't totally get over the hump.
Tualatin began the game on a 12-0 run and then closed the game strong despite North Medford's rally in the middle two quarters, as the Black Tornado fell 67-50 to the No. 4-ranked Timberwolves.
"You never know when you're trying to hang around with somebody at their place — if you keep hanging around, you've got a chance," said North head coach Scott Plankenhorn. "Obviously we lost and we don't like to lose, but I thought we took a step in the right direction against one of the better teams in the state. Hopefully we can keep pushing the right buttons and keep getting better every day, so that's our goal for right now."
North Medford (0-2), coming off a 59-51 season-opening loss to Clackamas last Friday, was able to shake its early struggles and cut the deficit to single digits in the second quarter.
The Black Tornado outscored the Timberwolves 17-9 in the second quarter to trail by just four points, 29-25, heading into the half.
It became an even tighter game midway through the third quarter, when Andrew Plankenhorn and Keenan Stewart hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to get within a point at 32-31.
"We mixed some things up defensively and Tualatin started shooting some 3s and giving us a chance to rebound the ball," said coach Plankenhorn. "I thought offensively we finally settled in and were actually completing passes to our own team. We got towards the rim a little bit and got a little more agresssive instead of being backed off."
But behind senior guard Josiah Lake, the Timberwolves (1-1) were able to use an 11-0 run early in the fourth quarter to push the lead back to double digits.
In total, Tualatin outscored North 21-8 in the fourth to pull away after leading by four points, 46-42, after three quarters.
Lake, the lone returner from Tualatin's title-winning team, led the Timberwolves with 29 points.
Houston Klug paced North with 12 points, while Ty Carpenter also finished in double figures with 11.
NORTH MEDFORD (50): Carpenter 11, Klug 12, Carr 3, Torres 2, Plankenhorn 8, Stewart 9, Curtis 2, C. Young 3, A. Young 0, Scott 0, Ortega 0. Totals: 14 17-23 50.
TUALATIN (67): Steppe 11, Schleicher 6, Veek-Petersen 1, Lake 29, Wagner 0, Anderson 2, Noland 6, Fortier 7, Javernick 3, Munley 0, McCormack 2. Totals: 24 16-24 67.
North Medford 8 17 17 8— 50
Tualatin 20 9 17 21— 67
3-point goals — North Medford 4 (Carr 1, Plankenhorn 2, Stewart 1), Tualatin 3 (Steppe 1, Lake 1, Javernick 1). Technical foul — Veek-Petersen.
JV score — North Medford 53, Tualatin 40.
CRATER 75, HIDDEN VALLEY 57: At Murphy, Crater junior guard Ty Dahlin erupted for 34 points and hit five of his team's seven 3-pointers in the Comets' nonleague win over Class 4A Hidden Valley.
Dahlin knocked down a trio of 3-pointers in the opening half to lead the Comets (3-1) to a 37-22 halftime lead.
Ashton Acrey also finished in double figures for Crater with 15 points.
Nathan Greenberg led the way for Hidden Valley (2-1) with 21 points.
CRATER (75): Idiart 0, Alderman 0, Acrey 15, Higginson 5, Huynh-Pham 1, Bittle 6, Dutkiewicz 6, Dahlin 34, Hopkins 2, Schwenk 6. Totals: 28 12-19 75.
HIDDEN VALLEY (57): Noga 0, Norris 0, Klingler 0, Brierty 1, Greenberg 21, J. Iwamuzu 11, Daily 0, Stone 0, Fiske 2, Drake 0, D. Iwamizu 8, Griess 10, Kanott 3. Totals: 20 15-32 57.
Crater 18 19 16 18— 76
Hidden Valley 14 8 23 12— 57
3-point goals — Crater 7 (Acrey 1, Higginson 1, Dahlin 5), Hidden Valley 2 (Griess 2). Fouled out — Bittle, Klingler.
MAZAMA 49, EAGLE POINT 48, OT: At Klamath Falls, Eagle Point overcame a rocky start to rally back in the fourth quarter but Mazama capitalized at the free-throw line in overtime to edge the Eagles.
The Vikings (1-0) held a 34-24 lead entering the fourth until the Eagles (1-3) turned to a full-court press for a defensive spark and climbed back with timely turnovers and putback baskets.
Eagle Point began overtime with a 3-pointer but the Vikings made the most of their opportunities at the charity stripe to secure their home opener.
Junior Hayden Weaver scored six of his 11 points in the fourth for the Eagles, who received nine points apiece from Peyton Pierce and Bryton Livingston.
EAGLE POINT (48): Rodriguez 3, Jackson 0, Pierce 9, Livingston 9, Gabriel 0, Brionnes 0, Raber 5, Angel 2, Weaver 11, Perezchica 6, Neyt 0, Moreno 3. Totals: 16 10-25 48.
MAZAMA (49): Hubble 0, Pelletier 9, Anderson 2, Moya 4, Hunt 0, Ulloa-Ford 2, Baker 0, Villa 0, Aguiar 7, Worrell 14, McDonald 11, Nanni 0, Melgoza 0. Totals: 17 11-21 49.
Eagle Point 11 9 4 20 4— 48
Mazama 16 7 11 10 5— 49
3-point goals — Eagle Point 6 (Pierce 2, Livingston 3, Rodriguez 1), Mazama 4 (Pelletier 1, Aguiar 1, Worrell 2).
JV score — Mazama 45, Eagle Point 42.
PHOENIX 54, YREKA 41: At Phoenix, Phoenix outscored Yreka 20-8 in the fourth quarter after leading by one point heading into the period to pull away and claim the nonleague win.
Phoenix (3-0) was led offensively by Robin Trenbeath's 14 points and Julius Bolstad chipping in 11 points.
The Pirates, who managed just four points in first quarter trailed 26-21 at the half and limited the Miners to just 15 second-half points to claim the comeback win.
YREKA (41): Crawley 0, Dunbar 0, McEwen 0, I. Tannaci 13, Crawford 7, Mova 0, Day 1, Hosler 4, Kephart 10, Faultner 0, W. Tannaci 0, McLane 6, Burcell 0. Totals: 15 3-8 41.
PHOENIX (54): Trenbeath 14, Je. Selden 4, Mooring 8, Ja. Selden 4, Ponce 3, Hernandez 0, Harper 6, Ayala-Talbot 2, Decker 2, Bolstad 11. Totals: 18 14-19 54.
Yreka 11 15 7 8— 41
Phoenix 4 17 11 20— 54
3-point goals — Yreka 2 (I. Tannaci 1, Kephart 1), Phoenix 4 (Trenbeath 1, Mooring 2, Ponce 1). Fouled out — Kephart.
Girls
CRATER 77, HIDDEN VALLEY 22: At Murphy, Crater junior Madisyn Munroe led three players in double figures with 15 points and the Comets' defense came up with 28 steals in the win.
Munroe also knocked down three 3-pointers to go with four rebounds and three steals for the Comets (2-2), while Abigail Winslow posted 12 points and Alexa Gugliotta finished with 10 points, three boards and a pair of assists.
Sage Winslow also pitched in eight points while Samantha Gish and Annie Idiart collected eight rebounds apiece for Crater, which outrebounded the Mustangs 33-11.
CRATER (77): Gugliotta 10, S. Winslow 8, Gish 3, Vranes 2, Weaver 4, Dippel 4, Munroe 15, Simmons 2, McCauley 6, A. Winslow 12, Traore 6 Idart 5, Valencia 5. Totals: 31 11-13 77.
HIDDEN VALLEY (22): Hill 0, Tiffin 6, Kelly 1, Yunker 0, Dice 0, Bents 12, Rice 1, Pierce 0, Ai 2. Totals: 7 7-16 22.
Crater 24 18 26 8— 77
Hidden Valley 4 3 11 4— 22
3-point goals — Crater 4 (Munroe 3, A. Winslow 1). Hidden Valley 1 (Bents 1).
JV score — Crater 46, Hidden Valley 12.
EAGLE POINT 53, MAZAMA 47: At Eagle Point, sophomore Thianna Deng-Gomez nearly recorded a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds to lead Eagle Point over Class 4A Mazama.
The Eagles (2-1) trailed 27-23 at the half before outscoring the Vikings 18-6 in the third quarter to take the lead for good.
Morgan Dole also finished in double figures for EP with 12 points, while Jill Garlitz had nine points, four assists and seven steals.
Ella Baley scored 15 points to pace Mazama (0-1).
MAZAMA (47): Utley 3, McGirr 10, Baley 15, Holbrook 6, Lindow 6, Estes 1, Gilmore 6, Lee 0, Heaton 0. Totals: 18 2-4 47.
EAGLE POINT (53): Dole 12, R. Baldwin 3, Hanen 7, Garlitz 9, Lindstrom 8, Deng-Gomez 14, Schauffler 0, Ledbetter 0, Cabrera 0. Totals: 14 10-12 53.
Mazama 20 7 6 14— 47
Eagle Point 14 9 18 12— 53
3-point goals — Mazama 3 (McGirr 2, Baley 1), Eagle Point 4 (Dole 2, R. Baldwin 1, Garlitz 1).
JV result — Eagle Point won.
YREKA 50, PHOENIX 39: At Yreka, Calif., Phoenix got off to a fast start but too many turnovers proved to be costly as the Pirates suffered their first defeat of the season.
The Pirates (2-1) had a 13-6 lead after the first quarter and had a 24-23 edge at halftime, but committed 38 turnovers in the contest, allowing Yreka to take control in the second half.
Junior Anabell Delgado registered 12 points and six steals while senior Morgan James had seven points, nine rebounds and seven steals for the Pirates, who came up with 21 steals as a team and forced 25 turnovers overall.
Sophomore Ahlam Mohamud added nine points and four rebounds for the Pirates.
PHOENIX (39): James 7, Nolan 4, Woodward 4, Moh 9, Delgado 12, Rector 3, McConnell 0. Totals: 17 3-6 39.
YREKA (50): Alford 0, Green 0, Bennett 10, Avery 6, Collier 9, Frietas 5, Fogle 3, Shaw 2, Carter 0, Branson 8, Bridwell 7. Totals: 19 9-19 50.
Phoenix 13 11 4 11— 39
Yreka 6 17 16 11— 50
3-point goals — Phoenix 2 (Delgado 2), Yreka 3 (Bennett 2, Bridwell 1); Fouled out — James.
JV result — Yreka won.
