High School Basketball

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL: Sehome hands Meridian an NWC loss

Samantha Hruby had 11 points to lead the Sehome girls’ basketball team to a 54-44 Northwest Conference victory Wednesday, Jan. 6, at home.

Madison MacPhee and Natalie Zender added 10 points each, Maddy Hooker added eight and Sarah Eissess had seven points and nine rebounds.

Sehome coach Kim Kirk said her team has worked hard to improve over the break.

“It’s definitely paying off,” Kirk said in a phone interview. “Tonight was almost a four-quarter game for us. All in all, it was a good team effort for us.”

Kyrin Baklund had 16 points to lead Meridian.

Sam Hruby and Madison MacPhee were really good leaders out there on the floor for us tonight.

Sehome coach Kim Kirk on the Mariners win over Meridian

Up next

Nooksack Valley travels to Ferndale for a 6 p.m. Northwest Conference game Thursday, Jan. 7.

Scoreboard

NWC STANDINGS

All

NWC

School (Class)

W-L

W-L

Lynden Christian (1A)

10-1

3-0

Mount Baker (1A)

10-1

3-0

Burlington-Edison (2A)

10-0

2-0

Lynden (2A)

9-1

2-0

Ferndale (3A)

4-7

2-1

Nooksack Valley (1A)

7-4

1-1

Meridian (1A)

6-5

1-2

Anacortes (2A)

6-4

1-2

Blaine (2A)

2-8

1-2

Sedro-Woolley (2A)

2-9

1-2

Sehome (2A)

4-7

1-2

Bellingham (2A)

2-10

0-3

Squalicum (2A)

3-8

0-3

Sehome 54, Meridian 44

Meridian

6

4

12

22

44

Sehome

13

9

18

14

54

Meridian: Ryley Zapien 6, Kyrin Baklund 16, Taran Tutterrow 0, Ellesse FitzGerald 7, Natalie Swanson 7, Tanis Harrison 0, Emily Stuth 2, Kiana Gray 4, MacKenzie Cox 2. Totals: 17-55 2-4 44.

Sehome: Maddy Hooker 8, Madison MacPhee 10, Alex Payne 0, Taryn Clark 0, Natalie Zender 10, Samantha Hruby 11, Madison Ulrich 6, Sarah Eissess 7, Emma Clark 2. Totals: 21-49 11-16 54.

3-point field goals — Meridian: 4 (Kyrin Baklund 2); Sehome: 1 (Samantha Hruby 1). Rebounds — Meridian: 27 (n/a); Sehome: 34 (Sarah Eissess 9). Assists — Not available; Sehome: 5 (n/a). Fouls — Meridian: 14; Sehome: 16. Turnovers — Meridian: 14; Sehome: 14.

This story was originally published January 6, 2016 at 9:28 PM with the headline "GIRLS’ BASKETBALL: Sehome hands Meridian an NWC loss."

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