Girls basketball: Washougal 69, Hudson’s Bay 30

The Panthers’ press set the tone early as Washougal maintained a share of first place in the Class 2A Greater St. Helens League.

RaeAnn Allen scored 18 points, Beyonce Bea 16 and Alyssa Blankenship 13 for the visiting Panthers (12-3, 6-1). Blankenship passed the 1,000-point mark for her career in the game, and also had seven rebounds, three steals and three assists.

Bea added 10 rebounds for a double-double. Allen had six rebounds and four steals.

Washougal coach Brian Oberg said his entire team had a strong defensive effort.

Sierra Jones scored 11 for the winless Eagles.

Despite the loss and trouble with turnovers, Hudson’s Bay coach Nancy Boone said this was “probably the best game we’ve played all season.”

WASHOUGAL 69, HUDSON’S BAY 30

WASHOUGAL (12-3, 6-1) — Maggie Hungerford 5, Beyonce Bea 16, Sarah Shilling 0, Lindsey Thomas 8, RaeAnn Allen 18, Kaitlyn Reijonen 0, Alissa Lenczowski 5, Sierra Carroll 2, Alyssa Blankenship 13, Kayla Donahue 2. Totals 28 (3) 10-22 69.

HUDSON’S BAY — Emily Henderson 0, Sierra Jones 11, Gabriella Garcia 3, Sol Valenzuela 4, Lizeth Ramirez 0, Kim Nguyen 3, Sharon Hanson 3, Nia Vaenuku 1, Brittany Doolittle 5, Kezie Grady 0. Totals 11 (2) 6-15 30.

Washougal 18 14 20 17–69

H. Bay 7 5 11 7–30

JV — Washougal won. C — Hudson’s Bay won.