Photo: Javon Ervin scored 27 points in the Pirates’ win over Shoreline. The Pirate win puts the Pirates in the NWAC tournament starting Wednesday.
By Oly Archibald
PORT ANGELES — If you are a Peninsula Pirates men’s basketball fan and a fan of the State power Neah Bay Red Devils basketball teams it was a great weekend.
Saturday at Shoreline College, the Pirate men had lost 5 of their last 6 games and had to beat the Dolphins to cash their ticket to the NWAC tournament in Pasco. The Pirates got the job done with a well-played 83-70 win over the Dolphins. The Pirates led at the half 43-35 and then outscored the Dolphins 40-35 in the 2nd half.
Pirate Sophomore guard Javon Ervin had the hot hand with 27 points. Ese Onakpoma was outstanding, hitting for 26 points while pulling down 4 rebounds, dishing out 3 assists and blocking 3 shots. Wyatt Dunning was solid with 8 points and 6 rebounds and DeShawn Rushmeyer had his best game of his Pirate career hitting for 11 points and coming up with 4 steals.
Now the Pirates will travel to Pasco where they will meet the #1 seed from the Southern Conference, the 23-4 Portland Panthers. The Panthers have the #1 offense in the NWAC averaging 96 points per game. However, the Panthers are not a big team they have no one over 6’6″. The Pirates have played well against smaller teams.
Tip off will be Wednesday at 2:00 from Columbia Basin College and you can hear all the action right here on KONP Newsradio.
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The high school basketball season is over after some great basketball games at all three state tournament sites.
At the 2A tournament in Yakima 3 boys team from the District brought home trophies with North Kitsap placing 3rd, Bremerton 5th and Renton 6th. For the girls White River placed 4th.
In Spokane, the Neah Bay boys placed 5th and the Neah Bay girls won their 2nd straight state championship beating Mount Vernon Christian 39-28. Red Devil Seniors Amber Swan, Ryana Moss and Ezrah Ray have played in 3 straight state championship games.
The Neah Bay Red Devils won their 2nd straight state championship beating Mount Vernon Christian 39-28.
The spring sports season opens this Saturday as the Roughrider baseball team will host Sehome at 1:00.