The girls’ basketball team finally notched a win last week against the Klahowya Eagles during a home game on Wednesday, Dec. 9.
It was a much-needed victory after making the long trip to Port Angeles the night before and enduring a fourth loss to start the season. The girls seemed a little fatigued to begin the game against the Eagles, no doubt from the long day before, but were able to tie the score at seven points apiece toward the end the first quarter. However, the Pirates were finally able to get things flowing during the second quarter, combining several steals and solid rebounds to put together numerous nice scoring runs. The girls out-scored the Eagles 18-3 to take a 25-10 lead into the locker room at halftime.
The Pirates continued to outplay their opponents during the third quarter, combining many fast break points with some timely 3-pointers from Siena Jannetty, and took a 45-14 lead into the final period. During the fourth quarter, coach Rob Kearns was able to get some playing time for the younger girls, and the two teams basically traded baskets for a final score of 55-25.
“It felt so nice to finally get a win”, said senior Annika Hille after the game.
Jannetty led the scoring for Vashon with 21 points; Hille had 15; Eva Anderson scored eight, and Chloe Kuyper added six. Hille led the rebounding effort with 10; Kate Atwell, Maren Fremstad and Kluyper each grabbed four, with Anderson and Olivia Larson each pulling down three.
On Saturday, Dec. 12, the team traveled north to Bellingham to play the Meridian Trojans of the Northwest 1A/2A league. Despite being a 1A school, the Trojans were perhaps the best team the girls have played thus far in the early season, and they prevailed over the Pirates by a score of 55-22.
The Pirates play a home contest tomorrow night against Northwest Yeshiva at 5:15 p.m.
They travel north to Darrington on Saturday for a 6 p.m. game, and then have another home game against Coupeville at 4:15 pm on Tuesday, Dec 22.
— Joel Hille is the father of a Pirate basketball player.
