ESN Friday Night Re-Cap: Kalama Boys with a huge win over Toledo, Bearcat Ladies flex their muscles over Tenino, Lakeside turns away upset minded Crusaders

5/28/2021

Three games on the air Friday night a boys contest which saw Kalama put it a good Toledo squad, and in girls hoops 2 games, the Tenino Beavers off a stinging loss to Montesano on Thursday night had to turn around and play one of the best teams in the state in all classifications the WF West Bearcats and the Cats were in no mood to show any weakness. In the Metro League, Lakeside needed a win to keep in the hunt for the League Title and Eastside Catholic had upset on their mind.

Boys Central 2B
Kalama 67, Toledo 42

(Kalama, WA) Kalama came into this game just a half game up on Toledo for 2nd place and a game behind Toutle Lake. This was an important showdown with league championship implications. Kalama got off to a fast start with an up tempo pace and smothering defense the Chinooks pulled out to a 20-7 lead after the 1st quarter and in the end that would be a deficit the Indians could not overcome.

Kalama would push that lead to 20 with a 36-16 lead at the break and maintain that 20 point advantage heading into the final 8 minutes leading 49-29 after 3. The Chinooks improved to 7-1 and Toledo falls to 6-2 in league play. Toledo will host a big game on Monday against Napavine while Kalama will have their shot at a share of the league title when they travel to Toutle Lake next Thursday.

ESN’s Matthew King had the call on the game in Kalama and has a full scoring re-cap and names his players of the game in the Post Game Show linked below.

Post Game Show with Matthew King

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Toledo trying to run with Kalama early and hits a bucket to stay close
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Kalama keeps up the pressure and scores as time expires in the 1st

Girls Non-League Basketball
WF West 62, Tenino 14

(Tenino, WA) The Bearcats came out firing and hitting soaring to a 25-0 lead in the 1st quarter and extending it to 42-6 at the half. WF West would kick-in the running clock with a little more than 5 minutes to play in the 3rd when they went up 48-8 and cruised to the big win.

WF West is now 10-0 on the season while Tenino drops to 8-4. Our Pacific Sports Spa visiting player of the game went to Madi Mencke and our Thorbeckes home team player of the game was Alivia Hunter for the Beavers.

ESN’s Luke Kilgore had the call of the game and he has a full re-cap in his post-game show linked below.

Post Game Show with Luke Kilgore

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WF West's Kyla McCallum drains an early 3 to set the tone
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Bearcats with a different kind if 3 point play

Metro Girls Basketball
Lakeside 49, Eastside Catholic 35

(Sammamish, WA) The Lakeside Lions took a 17-10 lead after the 1st quarter but Eastside Catholic battled back and took the lead in the 2nd quarter and led at the half 22-19 holding the Lions to just 2 points.

The two teams would continue to battle back and forth and the Lions edged out to a 33-30 lead after the 3rd quarter. As the final 8 minutes began Lakeside scored a quick 5 to push their lead to 38-30 and they would keep the Crusaders at arms length to secure the win.

Lakeside improved to 5-1 on the year and Eastside Catholic fell to 3-4.

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Eastside Catholic comes from 7 down to take a 3 point lead
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Lakeside re-takes the lead in the 3rd
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The Lions hit a big 3 to begin the 4th as they start to edge away from E-C