Girls Basketball Huge 2Q propels Lyle/Wishram girls to season-opening win at Stevenson

MaeLynn Luke led a balanced offense for the Cougars in their season-opener, as she netted a game-high 14 points, to go with six assists and seven steals.

Ellie Smith scored 13 points and her 13 rebounds led L/W to a 36-31 advantage on the backboards.

Larissa McConville came off the bench in her first varsity game to tally 12 points, eight rebounds, four steals, and two assists. Her 12 points came on 5-of-7 shooting, including 2-for-3 from the 3-point line.

Lacy Carse contributed 10 points, six rebounds, and four steals. Alex Cloud chipped in six points, six assists, four rebounds, and seven steals.

L/W’s excellent ball control (18 assists and only 10 turnovers versus two steals against) and ball-hawking pressure defense (22 steals) played key roles in the contest’s outcome.

The Cougars held a 12-7 lead after the first quarter, but broke the contest open with their dominant second quarter, in which they out-scored the Bulldogs, 31-8.

Lyle/Wishram shot 33% from the field overall (21/-63), which included a 10-for-29 mark from 3-point range.

Luke pitched in four 3-pointers in a team-leading 14 attempts.

Stevenson won the second half of the game, 21-18, but could not put much of a dent in a 43-15 halftime deficit.

Tori Midland led the Bull-dogs with nine points, and Madison Krog had eight.

At Washougal 61, Columbia 29: The Bruins scored 14 points in the opening quarter last Friday but couldn’t sustain the same level of production in the ensuing three quarters.

Undefeated Washougal, which opened with 21 points in its third game of the season, added 11 in the second quarter to mount a 32-19 halftime lead.

The Bruins got more defensive in the third quarter, holding the Panthers to nine points. But ongoing struggles at the offensive end did not allow them to capitalize. The score after three quarters stood at 41-25.

Washougal delivered its knockout blow in the fourth quarter as it outscored CHS, 20-4. The Panthers’ boxscore showed three players in double figures.

Columbia made 12 shots from the field (two were 3s), but converted only 3 of 15 from the foul line.

Claire Anderson’s nine points were tops for the Bruins, who got six from Morgan Vasquez, five from Kay-la McClain, four from Alexis McKee, three from Michaela Enyart, and two from Keylarae Manly.

At Camas JV 60, Trout Lake 19: The Mustangs had their opening weekend record leveled at 1-1 last Saturday.

Mustangs Coach Doug Dearden said, “We went down 14-0 in the first quarter and could never got on track against a taller and more-experienced squad from Camas.”

Bethany Putnam sank a team-high nine points for Trout Lake, and Liz Fink led the team in rebounding with 10.

At Trout Lake 31, Columbia Christian 17: Bethany Putnam’s 18 points led the Mustangs to a season-opening victory last Friday.

Putnam converted 8-of-14 shots on a night both teams struggled at the offensive end of the floor. Trout Lake’s defensive pressure, though, “created some scoring opportunities throughout the game,” Mustangs Coach Doug Dearden noted.

The Mustangs led 14-11 at halftime, but sealed the win with 13 points in the fourth quarter.

Liz Fink gathered a team-best nine rebounds, while Emily Logan’s tough post defense limited the visiting team’s 6-foot-3 center to five points.

“It was a nice win for our girls to open the season,” said Dearden. “I think both teams worked very hard and the game will help us to improve throughout the season.”