The Prairie boys basketball team erased a 16-point, second-half deficit to beat Columbia River 58-57 in a Class 3A Greater St. Helens League game Thursday.
Grant Sitton led four Prairie players in double figures. He scored 16 points, and had two of Prairie’s four 3-pointers in the key stretch of the game.
The Falcons outscored the Chieftains 25-9 in the third period to close in, then took the lead for good midway through the final quarter.
Keaton Jackson added 14 points, Cody Potter had 12, and Macauley Brown scored 10 for Prairie.
Columbia River struggled at the free throw line in the final quarter, making 5 of 10.
Gunnar Wahl, who made a 3-pointer with four seconds left to draw River to within a point, led the Chieftains with 18 points. Gaston Corl added 12 points.
“We’re very disappointed,” River coach David Long said. “We were in control of the basketball game, but we had a tough third quarter. Then the team that made the clutch shots won. That’s usually how it goes.”
Boys basketball
Mountain View 57, Kelso 46 — Zach Torson scored 16 points, Ryan Johnson 14 and Rico Bolivar 13 as the Thunder defeated visiting Kelso. Ryan Toombs added 10 points for the Thunder (8-7, 4-3 3A GSHL).
Camas 82, Fort Vancouver 64 — The Papermakers were hot from the outside early, then dominated inside late in the 18-point win at Fort Vancouver.
Six Papermakers reached double figures.
Camas made its seven 3-pointers in the first half, then went into the paint and got a lot of second-chance points in the second half.
Kevin Basilio led Camas with 17 points. Jacob Kaler added 15, Mark Eppinger had 13, Bryan Butler had 11, and Addison Owen and Michael Neff each pitched in with 10 points.
Washougal 67, Woodland 39 — Aaron Diester scored 19 points, an TC White 15 as the Panthers kept Woodland winless on the season.
Kalama 62, at La Center 42 — All nine players scored for the visiting Chinooks, who built a double-digit lead in the first half. Kyle Kozak had 13 points and four assists for La Center (8-7, 3-6). Colbe Neuberger had 10 rebounds and Austin Myers had nine rebounds.
Columbia Adventist 63, King’s Way Christian 56 — King’s Way (11-3, 3-2) rallied hard in the fourth quarter, scoring 27 points but it wasn’t enough to overcome a 20-point deficit after three quarters.
Matt Johnson led King’s Way scorers with 14 points, eight coming in the fourth quarter. Christian Bukant added 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Seton Catholic 62, at Washington School for the Deaf 20 — Cole Farrell and Conor McDaid-O’Neill scored 10 points apiece for the Cougars, who improved to 4-2 in the Columbia Valley League.
Girls basketball
Prairie 66, Columbia River 15 — Another game, another lopsided victory for the Falcons.
Lauren Goecke scored 13 points, Jackie Lanz had 12, and Andrea Smith added 11. The Falcons (16-0) led 24-0 after the first quarter. Columbia River, led by Lauren Heller’s 10 points, was held to three field goals in the contest.
Mountain View 47, at Kelso 45 — Raina Shadle hit a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute and the Thunder improved to 6-1 in the Class 3A GSHL. After Kelso missed a couple of shots, Carly Holboke made one foul shot to put Mountain View up two, and a desperation shot by Kelso missed as time expired.
Haley Holboke led the Thunder (6-1 GSHL) with 17 points and eight rebounds.
Kelso led 19-10 early in the second quarter. Taylor Pritchett scored nine of her 11 points for Kelso in the first quarter before foul trouble forced her to the bench. Mackenzie Martin led the Hilanders with 19 points.
Camas 49, Fort Vancouver 29 — The Papermakers got it going in the second half to pull away from the Trappers.
Lauren Neff led Camas with 11 points. She also pulled down 11 rebounds.
Sydney Allend had six points, three assists, five steals, and a block for the Papermakers. Sydney Schwartz grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.
Camas standout Melissa Williams missed the game with a knee injury, but she said Thursday she found out she has a slight tear in her meniscus and she hopes to back within a week.
La Center 58, Kalama 40 — Marissa Moore and Kiley Monson filled up the stat sheet again for the Wildcats.
Moore had 17 points, six assists, and five steals, and Monson had another double-double, with 17 points and 12 rebounds.
Castle Rock 45, Ridgefield 32 — Visiting Castle Rock jumped out to a 12-2 lead and didn’t look back against the Spudders.
Penny Hughes led Ridgefield in scoring with 12 points and also had five assists.
Boys swimming
Mountain View claimed their first 3A league title and 11th consecutive league title as Kai Fyock and Arash Davani each won four events at the six-team dual meet.
This is Mountain View’s first year as a 3A team after dominating the 4A Greater St. Helens League over the last decade.
Mountain View’s 200 medley relay team of Kyle Law, Cody Mouw, Alex Suk and Davin Gong dropped six seconds off their previous best to win with a time of 1 minute, 56.69 seconds and qualify for state.
