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2A Evergreen Conference boys standings
1. North Thurston, 8-2
2. River Ridge , 7-3
3. WF West, 5-4
3. Tumwater, 5-4
5. Black Hills, 3-6
5. Centralia, 3-6
7. Aberdeen, 2-8
2A Evergreen Conference girls standings
1. WF West, 8-1
2. North Thurston, 8-2
2. River Ridge, 8-2
4. Black Hills, 4-5
5. Tumwater, 4-6
6. Aberdeen, 2-8
7. Centralia, 0-10
Other Tuesday highlights
Boys basketball
A 15-0 run by River Ridge against Tumwater was the difference in the Hawks’ 80-68 home win over the Thunderbirds in their 2A Evergreen Conference boys basketball game Tuesday night.
The Hawks improve to 7-3 in EvCo play, and remain one game back of North Thurston for first place. River Ridge and North Thurston meet Thursday. The loss by Tumwater dropped the T-Birds to 5-4.
Tumwater had a 47-44 late in the third quarter before the Hawks went on a 15-0 run that stretched into the start of the fourth quarter when two free throws by Harper stretched River Ridge’s lead to 59-47. River Ridge junior Brad Wallace – who tallied a season-high 37 points – hit a 3-pointer to give the Hawks another 12-point lead at 72-60 with 1:52 left in the game. Harper also had a career game with 24 points, including 18 in the second half. Daniel Hinkle and Josh Hanson paced the T-Birds with 13 and 11 points, respectively.
Zach Carras’ 18 points wasn’t enough for Northwest Christian in its 68-59 loss to Raymond.
Girls basketball
River Ridge led from start to finish in its 59-46 win over Tumwater in the teams’ 2A Evergreen Confernece girls basketball contest. Senior Kyahri Adams had a game-high 20 points to pace the Hawks, who remain tied for second place in the EvCo standings with North Thurston at 8-2. Tumwater, which fell to 4-6 in league play, was led by senior Carly McIsaac with 19 points.
Tenino is now in a second-place tie in the Southwest Washington 1A Evergreen standings with Onalaska after its 39-36 come-from-behind win over the Loggers. The game was tied at 36-all with 20 seconds left before free throws by Kelli Neer sealed the win.
Allison Sowers’ 12 points and five rebounds led Northwest Christian to a 49-48 victory over South Bend in Pacific 2B play.
