I may have missed the emergence of the Lady Spartans at Forks and the gals at Ilwaco, but who could have missed the River Ridge boys with all of their weapons? I will give credit to Centralia, they played tough and while I expected them to be hit by a truck, it was more like VW bug.
The Tacoma News Tribune had Centralia ranked 6th earlier this week but two consecutive losses to the bottom and top teams of the Evergreen League will end their top 10 experience. They are a top 30 team at the 2A level and will cause problems for many teams hoping to upset their way into post season play.
River Ridge is for real. Ranked 4th this week and given credit for a win against another top 10 team, they have a good chance to jump a notch ot two. Younase Dunn scored 25 points and Tyler Nelson added 24 against the Tigers but more importantly, the Hawks employ pressure defense, and up-tempo offense and a bevy of accurate shooters.
The Hawks are 9-3 on the season and the only blemishes on their record were installed by 3A Prairie of the Greater St. Helens during the first game of the season. The other losses may be forgivable. The first is to 4A Central Kitsap who is 9-3 themselves and league rival Hoquiam who is also in the 2A top 10.
River is no stranger to the state tournament. They placed 3rd in 2007 and suffered an overtime loss in the 2nd round last year.
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Hoquiam beat River Ridge this year. And i dont think it was an Upset i beleive that Hoquiam is very underated and should get more recondition. But you are right River Ridge is the most athletic team in the league and has loads of talent but they need to pull together and if they can they can play with anyone in the state. They did give up 34 points to Joey Wayman Hoquiams star so their is a weakness to the Hawks and thats one on one defense, just ask their coach.
ReplyDeleteYep, I see that. Hoquiam beat them 53-42. I am currently researching Hoquiam to do a similar post on them. Wayman put up 44 the other night didn't he?
ReplyDeleteYea he broke the single game record recently held by brian grun he scored 41
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