Black Hills’ physical defense knocked Hockinson off its game and sent the Hawks to a 62-47 loss in the first round of the Class 2A district tournament Saturday in Hockinson.
The Wolves from Tumwater limited Hockinson’s Josh Hall to five points in the first half as Black Hills built a 22-14 lead.
“Black Hills did a good job of slowing down Josh … and not letting us do what we normally do,” Hockinson coach Matt Gruhler said. “We only scored 14 points in the first half, and that’s just not going to get it done.”
Anye Turner, a 6-foot-6 senior, led the Wolves with 21 points, while Hall had 18 to pace the Hawks.
Gruhler said he knew Black Hills was better than its 7-11 record.
“We knew this was a wild-card team,” he said. “Turner, their best player, had missed a bunch of games, and so did (Caleb) Montelongo. We knew they were better than a fifth seed. They were fired up and played like a team that was favored to win.”
Hockinson, which had its six-game winning streak snapped, will face R.A. Long in a loser-out game Wednesday. It will be the fourth meeting between the two teams, with Hockinson winning the most recent two matchups.
Onalaska 63, Ridgefield 45 — Sam Landerholm scored 19 points, and Michael Potter had 17, but the Spudders dropped into the consolation bracket with the loss in Chehalis.
Ridgefield will face Trico League rival Ilwaco on Wednesday in a loser-out game.
Wrestling
Class 4A — Evergreen had three regional champions and six wrestlers overall advance to state as the Plainsmen finished second at the Class 4A Region II tournament at Lake Stevens on Saturday.
Evergreen’s Michael Nguyen (103) and Matthew Nguyen (112) opened the championship round by pinning their opponents to claim regional titles. Tim Peraza captured the title at 215 pounds for the Plainsmen’s third title.
Evergreen finished with 135 points, well behind first-place Lake Stevens (203.5) but ahead of league rival Union, which was third at 125.
Union’s Dillon Thomas (171) and Max Proudfit (285) won regional titles as the Titans qualified five wrestlers for state.
Also claiming a regional title was Heritage’s Austin Frazier at 125. Skyview’s Clint Powers dropped a 6-4 decision to Ryan Deweese of Edmonds-Woodway in the final at 130 pounds.
Class 3A — Travis Addy of Prairie (145), Emilio Alcantar of Hudson’s Bay (140) and Terrence Joshua of Columbia River (189) each claimed regional titles at Bonney Lake.
Addy won an all 3A GSHL final at 145 pounds when he pinned Camas’ Miguel Salamanca for the title.
Hudson’s Bay had runner-up finishes by Aaron Blaine (125) and Tyler Rangel (285) to place sixth in the team standings, the best finish by a Clark County squad.
Class 2A — William Davis of Woodland won all three of his matches to capture the regional title at 171 pounds at Tumwater.
Brendan Casey placed second at 160 to lead Washougal to a fifth-place team finish. The Panthers advanced four wrestlers to next week’s state tournament.
Class 1A — La Center’s Chris Mayolo and Ryan Kulla continued their strong seasons by capturing regional titles at Castle Rock.
Mayolo improved to 31-0 on the season at 145 pounds, and Kulla went to 38-1 with his win at 171 pounds. Patrick Mayolo (second at 130) and Jake Johnson (third at 145) also advanced to state.
Castle Rock won the team title with 192.5 points. Ridgefield was second at 140.5 and Stevenson third at 123. La Center placed fifth at 93.
No other individual results were reported.
Girls — Chelsea Reynosa (112), Mikayla Milam (160) and Mixtly Simon (171) all claimed regional titles at Hoquiam as Battle Ground placed third in the team standings.
Skyview’s Anna Stauffer (140) and Evergreen’s Stephanie Simon (145) also claimed regional titles.
Swimming
Class 4A — Jonathan Brodeur swam to district titles in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly to help Union score an upset win over Skyview at the 4A district meet at Propstra Aquatic Center.
Union scored 444 points to outdistance Skyview’s 395.
Robbie Natemeier (100 freestyle) and Joel Pinnock (50 freestyle) also swam to district titles for Union, earning automatic berths to next week’s state meet in Federal Way.
Skyview’s Eric Bugna also was a two-event district champion, winning in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke.
Connor Shannon of Skyview (500 freestyle) and Jim Nguyen of Evergreen (100 breaststroke) won the other district titles.
