AREA SPORTS: Pirate women drop Columbia Basin

Neah Bay’s Amber Swan and Ezrah Ray each score 7

Neah Bay’s Moss earns NOL MVP

PORT ANGELES — Neah Bay’s Caylee Moss earned most valuable player honors in all-North Olympic League voting conducted by league coaches.

Moss was joined on the first-team squad by her sister Cerise and Red Devils teammates’ Angel Halttunen, Brooklyn Johnson and Lillie Yallup plus Crescent’s Naomii Sprague.

Second-team members are Crescent’s Katelyn Dunvant, Payton Fieldsend, Ashley Lium and Hayden Horn and Clallam Bay’s Autumn Tyree and Chloe Jimmicum.

Clallam Bay’s Caydn Lee and Piper Dean also received honorable mention.

Red Devils fall

YAKIMA — The 11th-seeded Neah Bay Red Devils (12-7) dropped a pair of contests at the Class 1B state volleyball tournament late Wednesday and Thursday morning and were eliminated from trophy contention.

Neah Bay was tripped up 3-0 by Fellowship Christian 25-14, 25-23, 25-12 in the quarterfinals Wednesday night and then played tough but lost in a 3-0 sweep to Mary Walker 25-23, 25-18, 25-18.

Women win opener

PASCO — The Peninsula College women’s basketball team hopes to end its season the same way it started it Friday, with a win at Columbia Basin College, host of the NWAC tournament in March.

Sequim’s Jelissa Julmist had 19 points to pace the Pirates as they broke a tie early in the fourth quarter and held off a challenge from the Hawks down the stretch in a 78-67 win in the CB Tipoff Classic.

Peninsula went ahead for good early in the fourth quarter when Alexa Mackey was fouled inside while converting on a short shot in the post.

Mackey drained the added free throw and Peninsula led 57-54 with 9:09 remaining.

Julmist hit 9 of 18 shots from the floor and grabbed 11 rebounds.

Neah Bay’s Ryana Moss made her Peninsula debut, cashing in 3-of-8 from beyond the 3-point line to score nine for the Pirates with four rebounds.

Moss is the fourth Moss sister to play under Pirates head coach Alison Crumb, joining sisters Cherish, Cierra and Ruth.

The Pirates play Walla Walla today at 1 p.m.

Peninsula 78, Columbia Basin 67

Peninsula 16 16 23 24— 78

Col. Basin 21 15 15 15— 67

Peninsula (78) — Julmist 19, Moananu 14, Patrick 12, O’Brien 9, R. Moss 9, Agasiva 8, Mackey 7, Skyy-Ragsdale.

Columbia Basin (67) — Heavens 30, Maldonaldo 11, Tanner 7, Swan 7, Ray 7, Voile 3, Smith 2.

Peninsula Daily News

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