Boys: Northwest Chr. (Lacey) 54, Napavine 46

Highlights: Northwest Christian needed a fourth quarter scoring binge to edge Napavine and escape with a win. Ryan Fox led all scorers with 19 points, and was instrumental in the closing streak.

The Navigators (16-6) trailed the Tigers (16-13) by four points after three quarters, and experienced scoring woes for the first few minutes of the fourth quarter.

But Northwest Christian caught fire with 4:55 remaining in the final frame and went on a 16 to 3 run — including six points from Fox — to finish the game and Napavine’s season. Northwest Christian outscored Napavine 19 to 7 in the fourth.

Napavine struggled to score all game. The Tigers only shot about 30 percent and they went scoreless for the last 3:50 of the game. Casey Carns grabbed many of the misses on both ends of the floor and notched 16 boards.
Final 1 2 3 4 F
Napavine 8 16 15 7 46
Northwest Christian (Lacey) 10 14 11 19 54

Napavine (46) Hamre 0, Keller 0, Carroll 7, J.Brown 5, Carns 6, Lantua 0, M.Brown 0, Anthony 9, Ramirez 10, Vigre 9.

Northwest Christian (Lacey) (54) Fox 19, Chase 3, Hamilton 7, Armstrong 0, Mailhot 5, Cook 0, Owens 3, Dunn 4, Morgan 3, Groeschell 9, Sowers 1.

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