Who played well? “Everybody,” said Brett Mackey, coach of a North Beach High girls basketball team that improved to 10-2 on the year, with last night’s 67-63 home win over Naselle. Nicole Mosely again was a scoring machine, with 25 points. Elizabeth Thatcher had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Tahnee McCrory added eight points.

The North Beach wrestlers travel to Ocosta tonight, and the boys basketball team is at Naselle on Thursday night.

Three in a row for the Hyaks. From today’s Daily World:
RAYMOND — North Beach’s Joe Ray’s offense and Derek Moore’s last-minute free throws proved to be too much for the Raymond Seagulls in Pacific League play Tuesday.
Ray was the leading scorer for the Hyaks (1-2, 6-5), with 20 points. Moore, who returned to action after a leg injury, made three free throws in a row at the end to clinch the win.

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A 10-point win for the North Beach High girls over Mossyrock gives the home team two championships, in the Holiday tournament.

North Beach defeats Forks by five to take the holiday tournament championship. After letting a double-digit lead slip away, North Beach High got big plays in the last minute by Jason Fry (three-point play to take the lead), Tres Pope (driving layup for a three-point lead) and Christian Pillsbury, who stole the ball and drove to the basket to put the game away.

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Next up: the Lady Hyaks play Mossyrock in the girls championship.

Big basketball action, at North Beach High:

The North Beach boys basketball team, after defeating Mossyrock 61-54 yesterday, play against Forks in the Holiday With the Hyaks championship game, today at 4 p.m.
The Lady Hyaks hoopers, victorious over Evergreen Lutheran 48-44, play in the girls championship game against Mossyrock, following the boys game.

From Maynard Reed, coach of the high school wrestlers:

Sawyer Reed and Robby Patton each went undefeated and took gold in their “round robin” four man weight groups Tuesday, December 29, at North Mason’s Hawkins Memorial Tournament in Belfair. Teams at the tournament included a mix of varsity and junior varsity wrestlers from Bainbridge, Bremerton, Eatonville, Ingraham, Kingston, Mount Si, Olympic, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Puyallup, Rochester, Curtis, Sequim, and South Kitsap.

Anthony Tignino and Tyler Reed both tied for second in their groups, and Eric Shepard placed third in his group. The short handed team wrestled well and is showing improvement.

The Hyaks wrestle at their own eighth annual Bash at the Beach Saturday at North Beach High School. Expected teams are Ocosta, Hoquiam, Cascade Christian, Tacoma Baptist, Ballard, Aberdeen JV, Montesano JV, Chief Leschi, and Willapa Harbor. The tournament is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. with finals probably starting at 5 p.m. depending upon speed of tournament.

Both North Beach High teams were victorious in games at Taholah, last night. Anna Moody had 14 points and Elizabeth Thatcher for the undefeated girls, who notched their fourth win, 65-41 (despite being just 4 of 15 at the foul line). Tres Pope, Jason Fry, Derek Frigaard Moore, Derek Archer and Cody James all scored in double digits for the boys, who went to 3-2 on the season, winning 80-63.

Both teams play at Forks on Saturday.

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Hoquiam heavyweight Rico Walker attempts to escape, but is locked down by North Beach 285-pounder Sawyer Reed, who shortly after scored a pin. Jennifer Law, Kaleb Towery and Robert Buck also won by pins for the Hyaks in a home match. Joey Franklin had a major decision, while Dominic Deibel and Anthony Tignino lost in overtime thrillers.

First home match tonight, vs Hoquiam.

From Coach Maynard Reed:

Placing five of its six wrestlers entered in the Ocosta Invitational Saturday, the North Beach wrestling team had a promising start to the 2009-10 season. Overall the team placed fourth in the tournament. It had three wrestlers in the finals. Dominic Deibel won the 119 pound weight class by “dominating” the competition.

In a home game, Lady Hyaks down by six at the half to Montesano. Boys game to follow, also against Montesano. Update: North Beach came back to win a thriller of a game, 41-40.

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