Here’s a look at how Basin teams fared on Day 2 of the Yreka Invitational.
Red Bluff 52, Henley 30 (Boys)
Henley (0-2) trailed 30-28 after the third quarter, but Red Bluff (2-1) outscored the Hornets 22-2 in the final period to send them to the seventh place game.
The Spartans, who Henley beat 51-31 in last year’s Yreka Invitational, led 10-7 after the first quarter and trailed 20-16 at halftime. They held the Hornets without a made field goal in the fourth quarter; the only Henley points in the frame came on a pair of free throws from junior Ries Schmerbach with 1:47 to go. The foul shots ended a 26-0 Red Bluff run that began with a lay-in by senior Ryan Ross with 2:26 left in the third quarter.
Senior Nolan Mick led the Hornets with 7 points and 4 rebounds; sophomore Corbin Hamilton had 5 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks; sophomore Micah Ibarra had 5 points and 5 rebounds; Schmerbach had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists; junior Jeremiah Brunick had 4 points and 2 rebounds; sophomore Max Frank had 2 points and 2 rebounds; and senior Finn Charlton had 2 points.
For the Spartans, senior Kayden Leaf had 14 points (10 in the second half), junior Bryce Owens had 12 (9 in the fourth quarter), senior Eli Hohenberger had 5, Ross and junior Jonathan Sears each had 4, junior Nick Demchuk and senior Diego Ortiz each had 3, juniors Jace Ledbetter and Cooper Sides and sophomore Jaret Bridwell each had 2, and senior Giuseppe Garnica had 1.
Both teams play at 10:30 a.m. Saturday; Henley faces Brookings-Harbor (0-2) in the seventh place game, while Red Bluff faces Klamath Union (1-1) in the consolation championship game.
Klamath Union 65, Brookings-Harbor 36 (Boys)
Klamath Union (1-1) bounced back from Thursday’s loss with its best defensive showing in two seasons.
The Pelicans scored the first six points of the game in the opening 2:16, but Brookings-Harbor (0-2) responded with an 8-0 run to take the lead with 3:41 left in the first quarter. Klamath Union hit back with a 15-0 run to end the period leading 21-8 and kept the momentum going through the second frame, taking a 41-19 lead into halftime. The Pelicans led 52-26 after the third quarter.
The Bruins’ 36 points mark the fewest Klamath Union has allowed since the 2022-23 season. The Pelicans shot 26-of-61 (43%) from the field, including 8-of-28 (29%) from 3-point range.
Senior Grafton Watah led Klamath Union with 21 points and 3 steals; junior Landon Bogatay had 12 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals; junior Tildon Coffman had 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists; senior Roland Vannarath had 6 points and 5 rebounds; senior Bryce Petersen had 6 points and 3 assists; senior Malcolm Lassett-Hankins had 4 points, 6 steals, 5 rebounds and 4 assists; junior Jason Xu had 4 points and 2 rebounds; senior Diego Hutchinson had 2 points; and senior Ryan Glidden had 1 point and 3 rebounds.
Both teams play at 10:30 a.m. Saturday; Klamath Union faces Red Bluff (2-1) in the consolation championship game, while Brookings-Harbor faces Henley (0-2) in the seventh place game.
Klamath Union 44, Yreka 42 (Girls)
A day after losing a game it led by six points at the start of the fourth quarter, Klamath Union (1-1) rallied to win a game it trailed by the same margin entering the final period.
Tournament host Yreka (1-2) held a 30-19 lead with 2:11 remaining in the third quarter that shrank to 32-26 heading into the fourth. The Pelicans outscored the Miners 10-0 over the first 3:57 of the frame–taking their first lead of the game in the process–but Yreka battled back to tie the game 40-40 with 53.5 seconds to go.
Free throws ultimately gave Klamath Union the deciding advantage. Senior Leah Segura converted both attempts to put the Pelicans up 43-41 when she was fouled on a shot with 26 seconds left. The teams then traded 1-for-2 trips to the line.
The Miners turned the ball over with 8.3 seconds on the clock when a pass from midcourt sailed out of bounds and were unable to get a shot off after inbounding from their own baseline with 4.1 seconds remaining.
Klamath Union had to play the final 53.5 seconds with no substitutes available, as three of its eight players fouled out. Two other Pelicans players finished the game with four fouls.
Sophomore Lisette Watah led Klamath Union with 15 points and 5 rebounds; Segura had 9 points (all from free throws, including the last 6 for the Pelicans), 9 rebounds and 4 steals; junior Ariah Miller had 9 points and 3 rebounds; senior Jazmin Wilson had 7 points, 4 steals and 2 rebounds; junior Anyssa Jimenez had 4 points and 3 rebounds; senior Andi Harmon had 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks; and senior Farrah Zumwalt had 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
The Pelicans committed 34 turnovers and shot 13-of-60 (22%) from the field, including 6-of-20 (30%) from 3-point range. Yreka committed 27 turnovers and shot 12-of-49 (24%) from the field, including 3-of-18 (17%) from 3-point range.
Both teams play at 9 a.m. Saturday; Klamath Union faces Orland (1-1) in the consolation championship, while Yreka faces Glide (0-2) in the seventh place game.
Henley 57, McKinleyville 17 (Girls)
Henley (2-0) logged its second straight running clock win, leading 16-7 after the first quarter, 30-9 at halftime and 47-13 after the third quarter.
McKinleyville (3-1) made one field goal in the first half. The Panthers averaged just under 54 points in their first three games.
Freshman Makayla Schroeder led the Hornets with 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 steals; senior Anna Harper had 14 points and 5 rebounds; junior Senia Campos had 11 points; junior Lily Fussell had 8 points, 6 rebounds, 6 steals and 2 assists; junior Kennedi Modin had 6 points (on two triples), 5 assists, 2 rebounds and 1 block; senior Bayli Ladner had 2 points and 4 rebounds; sophomore Prestyn Schade had 2 points, 2 assists and 2 steals.
Senior Gabby Watson led McKinleyville with 9 points. Four other players had 2: seniors MaryAnn Som and Tatum Fisher, junior Ahty Allen and freshman Lily Battilocchi.
Henley faces Del Norte (3-1) in the Yreka Invitational championship game at 3 p.m. Saturday. McKinleyville faces Brookings-Harbor (1-1) in the third place game at 12 p.m. Saturday.
