KELSEYVILLE — Middletown”s offense found its stride in the second half against the Kelseyville Knights on Thursday in a first-round varsity girls” game at the 37th annual Stokes Tournament in Kelseyville.
Trailing 19-10 at halftime, the Mustangs outscored Kelseyville 30-18 in the second half en route to a 40-37 victory.
Kelseyville had a chance to take the lead in the final seconds but missed a layup. Middletown grabbed the rebound and the Knights were forced to foul. The Mustangs made both free throws to wrap it up.
Three players combined to score all 17 of Middletown”s third-quarter points. Kelsey Guzman led the way with eight points, Jenny McGee added five and Emily Beckwith had four as the Mustangs not only won the tournament opener, but their season opener as well.
Guzman finished with a team-high 12 points.
Skyler Olsen”s nine points led Kelseyville, now 0-2 on the season.
“There”s a good foundation to build on,” Kelseyville coach Caitlin Andrus said of her team. “We just didn”t play up to our potential tonight.”
Piedmont 73, Fort Bragg 31
Sarah Tamulsky scored eight of her team-leading 22 points in the first quarter and teammate Andrea Chenier had 10 of her 17 points in the opening period as the Piedmont Highlands routed Fort Bragg.
Katie Bruce led the Tim-berwolves with 13 points.
Boys” bracket
Pinewood 80, Kelseyville 57
Division V powerhouse Pinewood knocked tournament host Kelseyville into the loser”s bracket in first-round boys” action.
“They were quicker than us at the guard spots and they drove the paint at will in the second half,” Kelseyville coach Scott Conrad said.
Kelseyville (0-2) was able to stay in the game with a late run in the second quarter that made it a 12-point contest ? 41-29 at halftime. But Pinewood came out red-hot in the second half and hit a series of shots to put the game away.
“We did a lousy job of finding the shooter and we did a lousy job of stopping the ball,” Conrad said.
But even had the Knights played a better game, Conrad said beating a team the caliber of a Pinewood is a tall order.
“It”s a team were” going to have to be nearly perfect against to beat,” he said.
Mike Davis and Mike Duman led the Knights with 12 points apiece and Nick Schaefer added 11.
Crater (Ore.) 61, Roseland Prep 18
Crater cruised past Roseland Prep in a first-round game. Josh Dalton led the winners with 14 points, Sam Clark added 10 and Travis Robbins had nine.
Josiah Nikkel”s 12 points paced Roseland Prep, which trailed 25-3 at the half.
Justin-Siena 64, Healdsburg 49
Chris Lopez tossed in 18 points and Pat Lazzari added 16 as Justin-Siena of Napa built a 39-27 halftime lead and went on to beat the Healdsburg Greyhounds.
Trey Davis led Healdsburg with 10 points.
