KELSEYVILLE — The Kelseyville Knights came to play on Friday night ? but only for three quarters. The Arcata Huskies managed to play the entire four and beat Kelseyville 43-32 in a varsity girls” semifinal game at the 38th annual Stokes Memorial Tournament in Kelseyville.
Arcata advances to tonight”s championship game against Piedmont at 6 p.m. Kelseyville and St. Helena play for third place at 3 p.m.
“We just need to learn to bring intensity all the time,” Kelseyville coach Caitlin Andrus said of the Knights” undoing in the third quarter when Arcata outscored them 13-2 to open up a 35-22 lead. “Everybody was waiting for someone to step up.”
Rebekah Matteri scored 11 of her team-leading 17 points at the free-throw line for the Huskies, who didn”t make a basket in the fourth quarter but did sink eight free throws — seven by Matteri.
“She crashes the boards hard,” Andrus said of Matteri. “She wants it, she wants it bad. You can tell by just watching her play.”
Kelseyville lost point guard Monique Santana to foul trouble in the second quarter and she spent a good deal of the game on the bench.
“Ashley Johnson did a great job backing her up,” Andrus said.
Santana still finished with seven assists, four rebounds and three steals, according to Andrus.
Skyler Olsen (18 points) was the only Kelseyville player to reach double figures in scoring. She also had three steals.
“Nothing was falling,” Andrus said of her team”s struggles on offense. “And Arcata plays pretty good defense. They didn”t give us many open shots.
Piedmont 51, St. Helena 47
Piedmont rallied from a 42-32 deficit after three quarters to beat the St. Helena Saints in a winner”s semifinal game and earn a shot at the title tonight against Arcata at 6 p.m.
Saidah Allen scored seven of her team-leading 30 points in the fourth quarter for the Highlanders, who won a share of last year”s Stokes title (they tied Middletown at 3-0 in a six-team bracket).
Maddy Densberger”s 17 points paced the Saints, but she was shut out in the fourth quarter as were most of her teammates. Holle DePina scored 14 points, including the Saints” only five points in the final period.
St. Helena led 10-4 after one quarter and 25-19 at halftime.
Missy Particelli had 12 points for the Saints, who play Kelseyville in the third-place game today at 3 p.m.
Middletown 61, Round Valley 26
Bouncing back from an opening-round loss to Arcata, the Middletown Mustangs found their scoring touch on Friday while beating Round Valley in a consolation semifinal game.
Four Middletown players and nearly a fifth scored in double figures as the Mustangs advanced to today”s consolation championship game against Ferndale at noon. Jenny McGee led the way with 13 points, Jodie Mitchell added 12, Rachel Sutton had 11 and Alexis Rockwell finished with 10, her second straight Stokes game in double figures. Angie Gattoni helped out with nine points.
One day after scoring just 21 points against Arcata, the Mustangs scored 28 in the first half against Round Valley to open up a 28-14 lead.
Gattoni gave the Mustangs a big lift on offense in the third quarter with seven points and Mitchell added eight more in the fourth quarter.
Ferndale 63, Fort Bragg 43
Ambei Earley scored 11 of her 12 points down the stretch to break open a close game through three quarters and lift the Ferndale Wildcats past the Fort Bragg Timberwolves in a consolation semifinal game.
Ferndale entered the fourth quarter with just a 42-37 lead.
Kaitlin Regli scored 20 of her team-leading 22 points in the first three quarters for the Wildcats, who play Middletown in today”s consolation championship game. Tara Boynton added 13 points.
Moriah Moncivais scored all 14 points of her points in the first three quarters for the Timberwolves, who went without a field goal in the final period while being outscored 21-6. Allie Cimolino added 13 points and Cherie Ryden had seven.
Fort Bragg plays Round Valley in the seventh-place game at 9 a.m.
