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Black Tornado wins high-scoring affair

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Fans were treated to an offensive explosion Friday night when North Medford played host to McKay in nonconference boys basketball.

With neither team letting up for a second, the Black Tornado outlasted the Royal Scots in a 97-87 thriller.

"I knew it was going to be high scoring because McKay likes to get up the court and play like we do," said North Medford coach Scott Plankenhorn. "I just didn't expect it to be 97-87."

Jordan Ellis totaled 33 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, and fellow Black Tornado senior Josh Pecktol added 23 points, seven rebounds and five assists to help North improve to 2-0. Junior forward Matt Maurer added 16 points, 10 rebounds and four assists.

"That's an unreal stat line for a high school kid," Plankenhorn said of Ellis' effort. "It was an unreal night for a lot of those guys."

The same could be said for 6-foot-1 McKay guard Jordan Carter, who poured in 39 points.

"We had no answer for him," Plankenhorn said. "We tried almost everybody on the floor except for maybe Maurer, and he wanted to give it a try."

North was 40-for-77 from the field with only 12 turnovers, while McKay was 28-for-64 in the up-tempo affair.

MCKAY (87) — Carter 39, I. Silbernagel 13, McGarrah 4, Avdeirasul 11, Butler 3, Crockett 1, Z. Silbernagel 0, Harris 15. Totals: 28-64 24-31 87.

NORTH MEDFORD (97) — Ellis 33, Pecktol 23, Maurer 16, Formolo 10, Borg 9, Clark 0, Faust 2, Shipley 0, Waits 0, Ross 4. Totals: 40-77 9-13 97.

McKay 19 19 19 30 — 87

North Medford 24 21 19 33 — 97

3-point goals — McKay 7-17 (I. Silbernagel 3, Carter 3, Avdeirasul 1, Butler 1), North 8-25 (Ellis 4, Borg 3, Maurer 1).

JV score — North Medford 56, McKay 54.

FRANKLIN 44, GRANTS PASS 39 — At Portland, Grants Pass got within a point of Franklin late in the fourth quarter, but couldn't pull off the comeback thanks to the Quakers' free-throw prowess.

The Quakers were 12-for-14 at the line in the fourth.

Ronnie Fields scored 13 points and snared four rebounds, and John Tardieu had eight points and four boards for the Cavemen (1-1).

GRANTS PASS (39) — Nottingham 5, Connelly 4, Tardieu 8, Romick 1, Schrader 2, Fields 13, Davidson 6, Miller 0, Vanbuskirk 0. Totals: 16 5-9 39.

FRANKLIN (44) — Kunis 14, Snodderly 6, Bradley 4, Schoenecker 4, Bahjuak 16, Epley 0, Harte 0. Totals: 14 14-19 44.

Grants Pass 8 4 6 21 — 39

Franklin 9 13 8 14 — 44

3-point goals — Grants Pass 2 (Fields 2), Franklin 2 (Kunis 1, Bahjuak 1). Fouled out — Connelly.

JV result — Grants Pass 57, Franklin 52.

CRATER 64, PINEWOOD 53 — At Kelseyville, Calif., Josh Lokeno scored 23 points and Crater played outstanding defense against the Los Altos, Calif., club to move into the championship game of the Kelseyville Tournament.

The Comets (3-0) face Piedmont, Calif., a 40-38 winner over Justin Sienna of Napa, Calif., in tonight's title game.

Lokeno, a senior guard, came up big each time Pinewood tried to make a run. He was supported by Josh Dalton's 12 points. Jeff Lee sparked the energetic defense.

CRATER (64) — Lokeno 23, Dalton 12, Lee 5, Robbins 9, Clark 7, Hicks 8, Reed 0. Totals: 25 11-16 64.

PINEWOOD (53) — McClellund 19, Kafusi 11, Whitlock 6, Wolfgramm 2, Lippe 17, Ricks 0, Jindal 0, Daires 0. Totals: 20 9-13 53.

Crater 15 15 20 14 — 64

Pinewood 12 11 19 11 — 53

3-point goals — Crater 3 (Lokeno 2, Clark 1), Pinewood 4 (McClellund 2, Lippe 2). Technical foul — Pinewood coach.

DEL NORTE 68, EAGLE POINT 38 — At Yreka, Calif., Austin Rowley had 18 points and Tyrone Holmes added 11 points and six rebounds to lead Eagle Point in the first round of the Yreka Invitational.

The Eagles (1-1) next face Mt. Shasta at 11:30 this morning.

EAGLE POINT (38) — Rowley 18, Holmes 11, Morris 4, Winter 3, Juan Gonzalez 2, VanDyke 0, Marlia 0, Tuttle 0, Reed 0, Rogers 0. Totals: 13 9-16 38.

DEL NORTE (68) — Cody Hoffman 14, Ben Vess 3, Taylor Duncan 3, O'Reilly 5, Lesley 6, Scott Skeen 10, Higgerson 8, McBride 11, Davidson 4, Scott 4. Totals: 25 12-15 68.

Eagle Point 8 9 9 12 — 38

Del Norte 12 15 23 18 — 68

3-point goals — Eagle Point 3 (Rowley 2, Winter 1), Del Norte 6 (Vess 1, O'Reilly 1, Skeen 2, McBride 2).

PLEASANT VALLEY 61, ASHLAND 38 — At Redding, Calif., banged-up Ashland ran out of steam in the second half against the Chico, Calif., team in the second round of the Harlan Carter Tournament at Shasta High.

The Grizzlies (1-2) were without post Talon Haggard, who is to have an MRI on his injured left shoulder Monday, and point guard Adam Pavlich, who played briefly before exiting because of a hip injury suffered the night before.

Ashland trailed only 30-24 at halftime but was outscored 19-2 in the third.

Garrett Tygerson and Mason Costantino each scored nine points for the Grizzlies (1-2), who face Enterprise of Redding at 5 p.m. today.

PLEASANT VALLEY (61) — Coppage 13, Rodriguez 1, Canalin 2, Schwartz 7, Swaim 4, Moore 12, Jenkins 2, Berhner 8, Velasco 9, Rix 3. Totals: 24 7-19 61.

ASHLAND (38) — Tygerson 9, Sebrell 2, Costantino 9, Kendall 0, Pavlich 1, Chasmar 1, Amrhein 8, Resch 6, Foley 2. Totals: 13 8-17 38.

Pleasant Valley 16 14 19 12 — 61

Ashland 9 15 2 12 — 38

3-point goals — Pleasant Valley 4 (Schwartz 1, Coppage 1, Berhner 2), Ashland 4 (Costantino 2, Tygerson 1, Amrhein 1).

BANDON 53, PHOENIX 43 — At Gold Beach, Bandon outscored Phoenix 19-11 in the fourth quarter to pull away in a tightly contested game at the Pacific Rim Tournament.

Skyler Reagan and Juan Sauceda scored 11 each for Phoenix (0-2).

BANDON (53) — DeVillers 17, Jackson 11, Gant 7, Lemerande 6, Gant 4, Santos 4, Burman 2, Mack 2, Suhonen 0.

PHOENIX (43) — Reagan 11, Sauceda 11, Treadway 5, Young 4, Ralls 4, Crichton 3, Lapat 2, Hendricks 2, Campay 1, Damon 0.

Bandon 11 14 9 19 — 53

Phoenix 10 10 12 11 — 43

ILLINOIS VALLEY 58, GOLD BEACH 54 — At Gold Beach, Illinois Valley held on to win in a back-and-forth game that came down to the wire against the tournament hosts of the Pacific Rim Tournament.

The Cougars (2-0) led by 11 points entering the fourth quarter but saw that cushion disappear as Gold Beach (0-1) cut the lead to two in the final minute of the game.

Roger Hults finished off Gold Beach with two free throws in the waning seconds. Kevin Snook led Illinois Valley with 23 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks.

ILLINOIS VALLEY (58) — Snook 23, Augustadt 3, Escalante 10, R. Hults 9, F. Hults 3, Heath 10. Totals: 19 14-27 58.

GOLD BEACH (54) — Knox 24, Martin 14, Werber 2, Mertines 4, Wallace 2, Wegner 7, Young 1. Totals: 18 6-10 54.

Illinois Valley 13 16 18 11 — 58

Gold Beach 15 9 12 18 — 54

3-point goals — Illinois Valley 2 (Augustadt 1, F. Hults 1), Gold Beach 4 (Knox 2, Martin 1, Wegner 1). Technical fouls — Young.

ROGUE RIVER 54, NORTH VALLEY 46 — At Rogue River, Craig Lee netted a game-high 18 points and hit a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer to give Rogue River the lead for good as it improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2002.

With Kelly White snagging 14 rebounds for Rogue River, the Chieftains were able to control the boards and outrebound the Knights, 40-31. White also had four steals to go with five points.

Jackson Mitchell just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds, and Brendan Schoner pitched in with eight points and five assists.

Angel Granados paced North Valley with 10 points and seven boards.

NORTH VALLEY (46) — Schwietert 4, Hart 1, Nelson 5, Granados 10, Tappan 4, Eepley 4, Woodruff 5, Mobley 7, Wert 6. Totals: 20 3-8 46.

ROGUE RIVER (54) — Schoner 8, Mitchell 10, Krouse 0, Watson 4, White 5, Lee 18, Johnson 4, Taylor 1, Garcia 2. Totals: 17 15-26 54.

North Valley 12 7 10 17 — 46

Rogue River 12 8 16 18 — 54

3-point goals — North Valley 3 (Nelson 1, Woodruff 1, Mobley 1), Rogue River 5 (Schoner 2, Lee 2, Mitchell 1). Fouled out — Woodruff.

JV result — North Valley won.

CANYONVILLE CHRISTIAN 67, BUTTE FALLS 64, OT — At Canyonville, Butte Falls rebounded from an 18-point deficit to force overtime, but Canyonville Christian emerged with the victory in its own tournament.

Butte Falls trailed most of the first half but outscored Canyonville Christian 30-15 in the second half by feeding post Josh Sutfin inside. Sutfin finished with 22 points.

Stanley Hsu had 20 points for Canyonville Christian, which took a three-point lead on a pair of free throws with 10.8 seconds left, and Butte Falls was unable to tie.

Harley Casillas added 16 points and nine steals for the Loggers, and Moe Gower 14 points. Sutfin and Josh McGonagle each had seven rebounds.

The Loggers face Gilchrist at 3 p.m. today.

BUTTE FALLS (64) — Sutfin 22, Gower 14, Casillas 16, McGonagle 7, Dyck 3, Mallory 0, Weaver 0, C. Dunham 0. Totals: 24 15-25 64.

CANYONVILLE CHRISTIAN (67) — Hsu 20, Kim 11, Petty 5, Liu 10, Hong 13, Madied 2, Hilton 3, Conovaloe 0. Totals: 22 10-21 67.

Butte Falls 13 13 13 17 8 — 64

Canyonville Christian 22 19 6 9 11 — 67

3-point goals — Butte Falls 1 (Gower 1), Canyonville Christian 5 (Hong 4, Hsu 1). Fouled out — Madied, McGonagle.