Boys’ basketball roundup: Beard leads Pioneers past Trojans
Connor Beard had 24 points to lead the Nooksack Valley boys’ basketball team to a 66-48 Northwest Conference victory Tuesday, Jan. 26, at Meridian.
“Connor Beard’s effort tonight was exceptional,” Meridian coach Shane Stacy said in a phone interview. “... He’s got a never-say-die mentality.”
Noah Rawls had 13 points for the Pioneers and Aaron Bosscher added 11.
Brady Moore had 17 points for Meridian and Derek Campfield added 11.
Other results
Squalicum 76, Sehome 63: Damek Mitchell had 25 points and Josiah Westbrook had 17 points, seven assists and eight rebounds as the Storm earned a Northwest Conference victory over the Mariners. Leighton Kingma had 26 points for Sehome and Logan Deboo added 15 points.
Ferndale 60, Blaine 43: Austin Honeycut had 20 points, Dane Larsen added 14 points, John Weg added 11 as the Golden Eagles earned a Northwest Conference victory at home over the Borderites. Kier Munzanreder had 16 points to lead Blaine.
Lynden 79, Burlington-Edison 51: Christian Zamora scored a season-high 21 points, and Jordan Wittenberg chipped in 17 to guide Lynden to a league win over Burlington-Edison. Sterling Somers finished with 12 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists. The Lions, who pushed their win streak to six games, outscored the Tigers 23-5 during the first quarter.
Lummi 66, Lopez 26: Trazil Lane scored a game-high 22 points to lead Lummi to a league win over Lopez on senior night Tuesday, Jan. 26, at Lummi Nation High School. Mike Washington scored 12 points, and Free Borsey added 10. Lummi led Lopez 10-8 after the first quarter, the Blackhawks outscored their opponent 41-10 during the second and third quarters.
Scoreboard
NWC STANDINGS
All | NWC | |
School (Class) | W-L | W-L |
Lynden Christian (1A) | 15-1 | 7-1 |
Lynden (2A) | 15-1 | 7-1 |
Squalicum (2A) | 14-2 | 7-1 |
Anacortes (2A) | 11-6 | 7-2 |
Ferndale (3A) | 11-6 | 6-3 |
Mount Baker (1A) | 11-5 | 5-3 |
Sehome (2A) | 5-10 | 3-4 |
Burlington-Edison (2A) | 5-10 | 3-5 |
Blaine (2A) | 8-8 | 3-5 |
Sedro-Woolley (2A) | 4-12 | 2-6 |
Nooksack Valley (1A) | 8-9 | 2-6 |
Bellingham (2A) | 4-13 | 1-7 |
Meridian (1A) | 5-12 | 1-8 |
Lummi 66, Lopez 26
Lopez | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | — | 26 |
Lummi | 10 | 19 | 22 | 15 | — | 66 |
Lopez: Dye 2, Kramer 7, Hobi 4, Zeord 4, Kevin 9.
Lummi: Free Bosey 10, Caleb Revey 6, Raven Borsey 1, John Ballew 6, Gene Cultee 3, Jonathan Casimir 2, Jeff Cultee 4, Trazil Lane 22, Mike Washington 12.
Lynden 79, Burlington-Edison 51
Lynden | 23 | 14 | 24 | 18 | — | 79 |
Burlington-Ed. | 5 | 15 | 9 | 22 | — | 51 |
Lynden: Noah King 0, Blake Silves 4, Clayton Whitman 0, Sterling Somers 12, Connor Shine 2, Andrew Kivlighn 7, Jordan Wittenberg 17, Christian Zamora 21, Davis Bode 9, James Marsh 7.
Burlington-Edison: Zerick Shores 5, Tyce Konkle 1, Brock Brewer 9, Trey Lopez 9, Caleb Sheldon 10, Mitchell Wesen 1, Julian Houston 2, Jake Zamora 7, Drew Wesen 4, Jacob Hanson 3.
Nooksack Valley 66, Meridian 48
Nooksack Valley | 16 | 16 | 15 | 19 | — | 65 |
Meridian | 9 | 10 | 11 | 18 | — | 48 |
Nooksack Valley: David Flores 9, Connor Beard 24, Noah Rawls 13, Casey Bauman 9, Aaron Bosscher 11, Koert Weidkamp 0, Jordan Veening 0, Kyle Veldman 0, Jeremy Toner 0, Kirk Veldman 0, Jimmy Hagen 0. Totals: 65.
Meridian: Marcus McGuinn 4, Gursewak Singh 0, Brenden Buys 0, Daniel Young 5, Brady Moore 17, Josh Plagerman 0, Derek Campfield 11, Tyler Linderman 3, Camden Burgess 6, Andrew Logan 0. Totals: 48.
Ferndale 60, Blaine 43
Blaine | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | — | 43 |
Ferndale | 12 | 15 | 21 | 12 | — | 60 |
Blaine: Jonny Starcer 2, Anthony Ball 8, Jalen Kortlever 4, Michael Baldwin 2, Kier Munzanreder 16, Marcus Potts 2, Shaq Woods 2, Ben Adams 7. Totals: 43.
Ferndale: Sky Freeman 5, Garett Holmes 3, John Weg 11, Austin Honeycutt 20, Dane Larsen 14, Carson Genger 7. Totals: 60.
Squalicum 76, Sehome 63
Sehome | 19 | 15 | 19 | 10 | — | 63 |
Squalicum | 18 | 24 | 22 | 12 | — | 76 |
Sehome: Logan Lyall 4, Eddie Hoschsprung 9, Logan Deboo 15, Jaren Tilley 2, Marcus Montag 5, Austin Roberts 2, Leighton Kingma 26. Totals: 63.
Squalicum: Josiah Westbrook 17, Noah Westerhoff 0, Simran Parmar 7, Josh Vail 6, Ben Wolters 3, Darious Powell 7, Damek Mitchell 25, Creighton Kaui 4, Giovanni Melley 7.Totals: 76.
This story was originally published January 26, 2016 at 9:45 PM with the headline "Boys’ basketball roundup: Beard leads Pioneers past Trojans."