Photo Gallery - Naselle girls can’t hold lead, knocked out by Gulls

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Photo Gallery - NHS girls bounce back with big win

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Photo Gallery - NHS girls @ South Bend

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Photo Gallery - NHS girls take down South Bend

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Photo Gallery - Bear River Battle hoops doubleheader

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Lady Navigators eliminate Naselle 45-26

CENTRALIA - Northwest Christian, arguably the most athletic team in the Pacific 2B League this season, pulled away from Naselle for a 44-26 win in the consolation bracket Saturday in Centralia, eliminating the Comets from the district tournament.

The Comets finish with a 6-16 mark for the year and they won the sportsmanship award for the Pacific 2B League.

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Photo Gallery - NHS girls eliminated with loss to NWC

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Naselle girls eliminated from district tourney

The Naselle Comets girls basketball team was knocked out of the district tournament Saturday afternoon with a loss to Northwest Christian in a consolation round game at Centralia.
A full story and photos will be posted later today.

Game times for Saturday Naselle games

Naselle will play back to back district IV consolation round playoff games Saturday at Centralia High School. The first game will feature the Naselle girls team, starting at 2 pm. The second game will feature the Naselle boys team, around 3:30 pm. Both are single elimination games.

Five Comets are all-Pacific 2B League selections. Comets girls win sportsmanship award

NASELLE – Emily Green and Nicole Laney were chosen for the girls’ Pacific 2B all-league basketball team and Austin Burkhalter, Nate Sultemeier and Conor Smith were tabbed as all-league on the boys’ side. The Comets girls were chosen for the sportsmanship award for the 2008-09 season.
Shelby Leeland, Nicole Tarabochia and Taylor Wasmundt were honorable mention for the girls and Nick Hines earned honorable mention status for the boys’. Burkhalter was also runner-up in MVP voting.
The teams are voted on by the league’s coaches and are made up of 10 players and the MVP for both the boys and girls.

Icy second half helps Ducks cook Comets 39-29

CENTRALIA - "We just did not attack the basket in the second half," Coach Bobby Torppa lamented after his Comets dropped a 39-29 decision to Toutle Lake in the opening round of the class 2B girls' District IV tournament in Centralia Monday. An icy second half in which Naselle scored only six points the final 15 minutes, 14 seconds to the Ducks' 25 was the difference.

The Comets will now play the loser of the White Pass-Northwest Christian game Saturday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. in Centralia. A loss will end Naselle's season and three straight victories will earn them a state tournament berth.

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District IV basketball tournament - opening round match-ups

ILWACO/NASELLE — The opening round schedule for District IV 1A and 2B boys and girls basketball is set and all four local teams are involved. The Naselle girls kick things off Monday, Feb. 16 in Centralia at 6:30 p.m. against Toutle Lake.
Wednesday is boys’ night out as the Comets will play the winner of the Valley-Napavine game at 6:30 p.m. in Montesano and the Fishermen will play Onalaska at 6:30 p.m. in Chehalis at W.F. West High School. Thursday the Lady Fishermen hit the hardwoods as they take on Montesano at 6:30 p.m. in Longview at Mark Morris High School.
The basic format for the 1A tournament is win twice before losing twice and your team will be going to state in Yakima’s Sun Dome. In the 2B tournament a team could have to win three times before losing twice to make it to state in the Spokane Coliseum.
To follow the 2B tournaments click HERE
To keep up on the 1A tournaments click HERE

You will also find all the latest results and photos here on the Observer sports blog

Lady Navigators find their way past Naselle 58-32

OLYMPIA - Coach Bobby Torppa explained, "It could have been a case of back-to-back long road trips, but tonight we did not respond well to Northwest Christian's athleticism and defensive pressure after the first quarter." The result was a 58-32 win for the Lady Navigators to end the Pacific 2B season Thursday for both squads.

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Naselle girls shot down by North Beach 45-36, still have a chance at fourth place

Comets shot down by North Beach 45-36

OYEHUT - Naselle girls basketball team's weakness all season has been poor shooting and it again cost them a Pacific 2B game at North Beach Wednesday night 45-36. The Comets connected on only 11 of 68 tries from the field for 16 percent and only made 11 of 30 free throws (37 percent) in the loss to the Lady Hyaks.

The setback means Naselle still has a chance to finish in a tie with South Bend for fourth place in the Pacific. Should the Comets defeat Northwest Christian tonight (Feb. 12) they would be seeded in fourth place as they won the coin flip with South Bend.

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Lady Seagulls work overtime to top Naselle 56-49

NASELLE - Raymond remained undefeated in the Pacific 2B League at 10-0, but an improving Naselle girls' team took them to overtime before the Lady Seagulls came away with a 56-49 win here Saturday. The Comets fell behind by three at the end of one period and were down by four points at the half and at the end of three periods before tying the game at 43-43 after four quarters.

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Naselle knocks off South Bend 48-41 behind Tarabochia's 20

NASELLE - "This was a really exciting win for us because it puts us up again in the standings," Nicole Laney said after the senior point guard's Comets pulled away from South Bend for a 48-41 Pacific 2B League victory Thursday in Naselle. "This was a big win that will help put us into district."

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Photo Gallery - Naselle girls come just short of dramatic comeback

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Ilwaco takes double header from Naselle

Lady Fishermen sink Comets with clutch foul shooting 45-34
NASELLE - The Lady Fishermen sank eight of nine foul shots in the final 3:15 to notch a 45-34 win over Naselle in non-league play at Lyle Patterson Gymnasium Monday. The Comets Coach Bobby Torppa said, "We played probably our best game since the first of the season, we rebounded well, took care of the basketball, and defended well, but we just didn't put the ball in the basket."

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Fishermen near perfect from line in 67-64 comeback win at Naselle
NASELLE - Ilwaco made their first 16 free throws in a row and 18 of 19 from the charity stripe on their way to a 67-64 come-from-behind victory over the Comets at Naselle Monday in fast and furious non-league basketball action. The Comets led 54-53 entering the final period and Nate Sultemeier hit a pair of three's and a driving layup, but the Fishermen answered with a three-point play by Cody Bliss and baskets by Justin Short, Jack Whealdon and Ross Kary to knot the contest at 62-62 with 5:34 remaining.

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Lady Hyaks outlast Naselle 44-41 after swift start

NASELLE - In Chinook Jargon the word "hyak" means to hurry or move swiftly and that's precisely what the North Beach Lady Hyaks did Tuesday evening in Naselle. They hyaked (hurried swiftly) to a 12-4 advantage at the end of the first quarter and made that lead stand up as they defeated Naselle in a Pacific 2B League game 44-41 at Lyle Patterson Gym.

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Photo Gallery - NHS girls @ South Bend

Photos by Damian Mulinix/Chinook Observer