NEAH BAY — Neah Bay’s Kenrick Doherty Jr. had a senior night to remember as the Red Devils downed Crescent 67-29 in a North Olympic League boys basketball contest.
Doherty posted a double-double, connecting on 8 of 16 shots to score 19 points while grabbing 12 rebounds. Doherty also added three assists and four steals in Wednesday’s win.
Neah Bay ran out to a 27-6 lead on the Loggers after one quarter and were up 41-15 at halftime.
Keith Johnson Jr. added nine points for the Red Devils, while Zack Dulik and Phillip Greene III each had eight.
Anthony Bitegeko scored six points and swiped six steals for Neah Bay (8-0, 16-3), which has won its last 15 games, and is now ranked fourth in Class 1B in the Associated Press poll and third in the WIAA RPI.
KC Spencer scored nine for Crescent, while McCabe Story notched eight.
The Loggers (2-6, 6-11) will wrap their season with a home game against Clallam Bay today.
Neah Bay visits Chief Kitsap Academy in its regular-season finale today.
Neah Bay 67, Crescent 29
Crescent 6 9 5 9— 29
Neah Bay 27 14 12 14— 67
Crescent (29) — Spencer 9, Story 8, Emery 4, Mattix 2, Owens 2, N. Peppard 2, Scheid 2, Johnson, G. Peppard, Ward.
Neah Bay (67) — Doherty 19, Johnson 9, Dulik 8, Greene 8, Tyler 7, A. Bitegeko 6, Svec 6, Moore 2, Munyagi 2, Martinez, S. Bitegeko, Halttunen.
Kingston 71, Port Townsend 55
KINGSTON — The Redhawks saw their eight-game winning streak snapped in a loss to the Class 2A Buccaneers.
“It’s been awhile since we lost [Dec. 30], but I think we can take a lot out of it seeing how we played,” Port Townsend coach Tom Webster said.
“I think they are a really good team and they caused us some problems. They are long, they have some taller guys and we struggled a bit offensively against their man-to-man defense.”
Berkley Hill led the Redhawks with 15 points. Detrius Kelsall and Kaiden Parcher each had 13.
“Kaiden was scoring well against their big guys,” Webster said.
Port Townsend (7-0, 13-4) faced Klahowya late Thursday and will host Coupeville on Saturday.
The Redhawks will honor Hill, the team’s lone senior.
“Yeah, it’s senior night or Berkley Hill Night as we are calling it,” Webster said.
“He’s had a great senior year and it will be good to show him some support.”
Kingston 71, Port Townsend 55
Port Townsend 14 17 12 12— 71
Kingston 16 21 17 17— 55
Port Townsend (55) — Spencer 3, Boucher 2, Kelsall 13, Hill 15, Montoya 7, Foster 2, Parcher 13.
Kingston (71) — Miller 9, Staffrey 2, Chill 2, Anderson 4, Gregory 15, Spencer 19, Young 19.
Girls Basketball Neah Bay 83, Crescent 17
NEAH BAY — Led by 26 points from Vonte Aguirre and 20 by senior Tristin Johnson, the Red Devils cut down the Loggers to earn a senior night victory.
Aguirre hit on 12 of 17 shots and earned a double-double with 11 rebounds. She also added four assists and two steals.
Johnson also notched a double-double with 11 rebounds, four assists and three steals.
Fellow senior Starlena Halttunen also hit double digits in scoring with 13 points for Neah Bay (8-0, 16-3).
McKenzie Brannan led Crescent with seven points and Alyssa Hutto scored five.
The Loggers (3-5, 6-11) finish their season with a home game against Crescent tonight.
The Red Devils end the regular season with a game at Chief Kitsap Academy.
Neah Bay 83, Crescent 17
Crescent 2 8 4 3— 17
Neah Bay 31 18 26 8— 83
Crescent (17) — Brannan 7, Hutto 5, Westfall 4, O’Neel, Kazlauskas, Belford.
Neah Bay (83) — Aguirre 26, Johnson 20, Halttunen 13, McCarty 6, Gagnon 4, McCaulley 4, Balderson 4, Jimmicum 4, Svec 2, Winck, Lovik, Della.
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