Girls basketball: Prairie 79, W.F. West 55

Cherita Daugherty came three steals short of a triple-double as the Prairie girls basketball team got the early jump of W.F. West of Chehalis en route to a 79-55 non-league won Tuesday.

Daugherty finished with 22 points, 14 rebounds and seven steals.

“Cherita was just a monster on the boards,” Prairie coach Brett Johnson said.

The Falcons ran their press to perfection in the first quarter to build a 26-5 lead. Prairie finished with 21 steals.

“And we shot the ball well,” Johnson said. “We were 40 percent for the field, including 38 percent from 3-point range.”

Grace Prom had 26 points, eight rebounds and four assists, and Natalie Whitesel added six points, eight rebounds and six steals.

PRAIRIE 79, W.F. WEST 55

W.F. WEST — Bennett 4, S. Haakenson 11, Brumfield 4, Hanson 0, Johnson 4, Steen 9, Wahl, Noble, M. Haakenson 0, Strasser 13, Lofgren 10. Totals 16 (6) 17-32 55.

PRAIRIE — Sarina Martinez 0, Dejah Gobert 9, Cassidy Gardner , Kris Rocci , Jozie Tangeman 9, Mallory Williams 0, Grace Prom 26, Sydney Weber 2, Malaika Quigley 0, Macey Hsu 3, Maggie Arnold , Cherita Daugherty 22, Natalie Whitesel 6, Lauren Vreeken 2. Totals 29 (13) 8-8 79.

W.F. West 5 18 13 19–55

Prairie 26 18 16 19–79

JV — Prairie won; Frosh — Prairie won.