YAKIMA - The Mariners’ golden season ended short of the 2A state quarterfinals.įifth-seeded Sehome was eliminated by No. Sehome's Braddock Duckworth tries to break free from multiple North Kitsap players March 1 during the Mariners' 58-55 loss to the Vikings in the first round of the 2A state tournament. Othello moved to 18-9 overall, advancing to the 2A state quarterfinals against top-seeded Ellensburg. The Lions will lose three seniors to graduation before next season in Adia Newcomb, Chloe Wittenberg and Gabriella Selcho. Lynden capped off its season with a 20-6 overall record. Junior guards Mallary Villars and Kalanie Newcomb each finished with seven points for Lynden. Mills led Lynden with 10 points (5-for-12 shooting) and seven rebounds, while junior forward Haylee Koetje tallied six points and 13 rebounds. We just couldn’t get it ourselves, and that was the difference.” “We just couldn’t bury those kinds of shots. That’s nine points - that’s a whole lot more than they won by,” Wolffis said. Huskies senior guard Annalee Coronado then converted two free throws, and Lynden threw up a prayer at the buzzer that missed.Ĭoronado stuffed the stat sheet for Othello, finishing with 15 points (5-for-27 shooting, 3 for 14 from deep), five rebounds, six assists, four steals and two blocks. Lynden freshman post Payton Mills, who scored the Lions’ last 10 points of the game after being held scoreless in the first half, sank a floater to cut it back to one with 7.8 seconds left. Othello hit one free throw, keeping Lynden alive. The Lions missed a layup, giving the Huskies the ball back with 29.6 seconds remaining, and they were forced to intentionally foul. Forcing Othello misses, Lynden took a timeout while possessing the ball with 48.7 seconds left on the clock. Lynden trailed 31-29 with 2:06 remaining in the game, as the Lions searched for a spark. Growing cold once again, Lynden generated just one point in the first five minutes of the second half, and Othello narrowly won the third quarter 7-5. Lynden was hampered by a mountainous pile of first-half turnovers, totaling 12 in the first 16 minutes. The Huskies built up a 15-9 lead midway through the second quarter, but the Lions rallied to trail 22-20 at halftime. Lynden led 7-1 early in the first quarter, but the Lions went ice cold from the field for nearly seven minutes - spanning the end of the opening period and into the second - and opened the door for Othello to take control. “We just, on the other side, could not put enough of them in the hole.” “We played well enough defensively to win that game,” Wolffis said. The Lions were sound defensively - as expected in a game where a combined 64 points were scored - but the offensive struggles sang louder. Lynden won the battle on the glass, outrebounding Othello 41-29, but committed 18 turnovers to the Huskies’ six. “We know how hard they worked and how much they wanted it, and it’s kind of like, we didn’t put the ball in the hole well enough to win.” “We were so proud of the work that they’ve put in to get to this point, prep for this game,” Lynden coach Vic Wolffis said. The Lions shot 5 for 23 in the second half. Lynden was slightly more efficient, finishing 13-for-41 shooting and 3 for 13 from 3-point range. Othello finished the game 12 for 51 from the floor (23.5%) and 4 for 20 from beyond the 3-point line. Lynden had its chances, but the basket had a lid on it all night. 10 Othello Wednesday night at the Yakima Valley SunDome, and Lynden has now failed to place at state in consecutive years for the first time since the team’s decade-long tournament appearance drought of 1996–2006. The Lions lost their opening-round contest 33-31 to No. 2-seeded Lynden being eliminated in the round of 12 for the second-straight year. YAKIMA - Anything can happen at the state tournament, including No. Othello's Annalee Coronado hits a 3-pointer as Lynden's Kalanie Newcomb tries for a block in the third quarter. Lynden stunned by Othello to open state (8:40 p.m.) 16 Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls (14-10), 9 p.m. They were also the only two Whatcom County teams to face single elimination Wednesday of the seven total squads that made the trip to Yakima.Īll county teams except the Blaine boys now have their quarterfinal matchups set for Thursday, March 2. 2 Lynden each lost to teams eight ranks lower than them in the bracket. The Sehome boys and Lynden girls were eliminated Wednesday in the opening round of the 2A state tournaments at the Yakima Valley SunDome.īoth top-six seeds in their respective tournaments, No.
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