Crater heats up late to top GP

December 17, 2008
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GRANTS PASS — When Josh Lokeno heats up, so, too, does the Crater boys basketball team.

At least that was the case Tuesday night when the Comets traveled to Grants Pass and churned out a 43-33 nonconference victory.

Lokeno had five steals and scored 10 of his game-high 15 points in the fourth quarter to help Crater (7-0) pull away by outscoring the Cavemen 21-13 in the final frame.

"I think we finally got a little bit of a spurt there in the fourth quarter," said Crater coach Troy McNichols. "We had kind of a cold shooting night again but our defense created some opportunities and we were able to create somewhat of a cushion."

Travis Robbins added nine points and five steals and Mike Hicks had 10 rebounds and six points for the Comets, who converted 8 of 16 free throws in the fourth quarter and played solid defense to keep GP at bay.

"Our defense is generating just enough for us to get victories right now," said McNichols.

David Connelly had 11 points and Matt Nottingham added seven to lead the Cavemen (3-2).

CRATER (43) — Lee 3, Robbins 9, Corcoran 0, Clarke 2, Lokeno 15, Dalton 8, Ferris 0, Hicks 6. Totals: 15 11-22 43.

GRANTS PASS (33) — Nottingham 7, Connelly 11, Tardieu 3, Griggs 0, Romick 2, VanBuskirk 0, Johnson 0, Fields 6, Davidson 4. Totals: 12 8-12 33.

Crater 7 6 9 21 — 43

Grants Pass 3 8 9 13 — 33

3-point goals — Crater 2 (Lokeno 1, Lee 1), Grants Pass 1 (Connelly 1). Fouled out — Nottingham, Davidson.

JV result — Grants Pass won.

PHOENIX JV 66, ROGUE VALLEY ADVENTIST 38 — At Phoenix, the Phoenix JV (5-0) used a full-court press to build a 20-0 first-quarter lead.

Senior guard Tye Peterson tallied a game-high 12 points, and Isaac DeLaVega had 11 in the losing cause.

Rogue Valley (0-1) committed 19 turnovers.

ROGUE VALLEY (38) — Peterson 12, DeLaVega 11, J. Wood 4, Fjarli 4, Wold 4, Gilley 2, Denton 1, Z. Wood 0. Totals: 15 7-12 38

PHOENIX JV (66) — Dungannon 11, Young 10, Treadway 10, Deimer 9, Mouiison 8, Bohn 8, Hobson 6, Richardson 4, Galbreath 0, Toney 0. Totals: 30 5-6 66.

Rogue Valley Adventist 0 10 14 14 — 38

Phoenix JV 20 14 15 14 — 66

3-point goals — Rogue Valley 1 (DeLaVega 1), Phoenix 1 (Deimer 1).

ST. MARY'S 69, GLENDALE 29 — Junior wing Chris Bates scored 13 of his game-high 15 points in the first half as host St. Mary's jumped out to a 47-17 lead at intermission.

Class 2A 10th-ranked St. Mary's (4-2) pressed early and forced Glendale into 23 turnovers.

Lou Gambee added 11 points for the Crusaders, and junior wing Logan Harper came off the bench to score 10.

St. Mary's senior post Bay Gross pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds.

GLENDALE (29) — Henry 2, Kitchens 3, Hissong 1, Boucher 5, Smith 5, Ring 1, Poore 0, Jo. Mozingo 8, Howard 0, Willams 4, Ji. Mozingo 0. Totals: 10 8-14 29.

ST. MARY'S (69) — O'Boyle 9, Reeder 0, Gervais 6, Boggess 6, Grant 2, Harper 10, Gambee 11, Watson 6, Bates 15, Gross 4, Tomlinson 0, Mosely 0. Totals: 29 5-9 69.

Glendale 8 9 4 8 — 29

St. Mary's 23 24 16 6 — 69

3-point goals — Glendale 1 (Williams 1), St. Mary's 6 (O'Boyle 1, Watson 2, Bates 3).

JV score — St. Mary's 44, Glendale 22.

Girls

ST. MARY'S 55, GLENDALE 20 — St. Mary's built a 31-11 halftime lead and rolled to the nonconference win.

Kylee Adderson and Katie Bates each had 12 points, and Bates added five steals and four assists. Veronica Valdez notched 10 points and six rebounds, and MacKenzie Krieser, making her first start, tallied seven points and five steals.

St. Mary's is 2-4.

GLENDALE (20) — Henry 2, Lovelady 14, Flores 0, Streeter 0, Wright 0, Minnick 0, Brown 0, Lovemark 3, Foster 1, Tsubaki 0. Totals: 5 9-15 20.

ST. MARY'S (55) — Seus 0, D. Valdez 0, Thorndike 3, Steinsiek 4, Krieser 7, Street 5, Adderson 12, Bates 12, Gross 2, V. Valdez 10, Alvarez 0. Totals: 22 11-17 55.

Glendale 4 7 2 7 — 20

St. Mary's 16 15 17 7 — 55

3-point goals — Glendale 1 (Lovemark 1).

ROGUE VALLEY ADVENTIST 43, PHOENIX JV 40 — At Phoenix, Jordan Parmenter and Jessica Wold combined to make seven free throws in the fourth quarter as Rogue Valley Adventist prevailed in the nonconference game.

The Red Tail Hawks (3-2) got 13 points from Parmenter and eight points and 10 rebounds from Wold. Rachel Allen added eight points and nine boards.

Adriana Engle scored 23 for Phoenix JV.

ROGUE VALLEY ADVENTIST (43) — Wold 8, Cool 6, Allen 8, Parmenter 13, Mailand 0, Cole 6, Leffingwell 2. Totals: 16 10-15 43.

PHOENIX JV (40) — Carrillo 0, Horton 7, Welburn 4, Klumsap 0, Engle 23, Gordon 0, Rondon 4, Strong 2. Totals: 14 10-16 40.

Rogue Valley Adventist 9 10 11 13 — 43

Phoenix JV 11 10 9 10 — 40

3-point goals — Rogue Valley Adventist 1 (Parmenter 1), Phoenix JV (Engle 2).