Avalanche Black rolls to win in holiday hoops tourney
Published 5:11 pm Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Nothing could keep the Avalanche Black team from a title — not even some of their own classmates.
The team of top area girls basketball players took top honors in the seventh-eighth grade bracket of the 17th-annual Holiday Hoops Tournament in Port Angeles, hosted by the Port Angeles Parks & Recreation department and Port Angeles Boys & Girls AAU clubs and presented by The Warehouse.
Avalanche Black rolled past four opponents by a cumulative 231-83 score en route to their 11th championship.
See a youtube video of the team here.
“My girls played lights out this weekend,” coach Joe Marvelle said.
In game one, Avalanche Black dominated the Chimacum Cowgirls 59-2. Emilia Long led the team with 16 points while Hannah Reetz added 14 points and six steals. Sequim’s Kalli Wiker added five rebounds and two steals.
In game two, Avalanche Black topped the Peninsula Seahawks, a team from the Gig Harbor/Purdy area, 50-26. Long scored 15 points to pace the offense, with Reetz adding 11 points and Madison Cooke scoring 10. Wiker, Ruth Moss, Myra Walker and Jaida Wood scored four points each.
In the semifinal against Avalanche White — their fellow program teammates — Avalanche Black ran away with a 69-20 decision. Moss scored 16 points to lead the team while Wiker added 11 points, four rebounds and three steals.
In the final against PA Storm, an older eighth-grade team from Port Angeles, Avalanche Black toughed out a 52-35 victory. Long led the team with 14 points, Cooke had 11 and Wiker added nine.
“Kalli hit a couple of big threes in the first half of the championship that really got us going,” Marvelle said. “She had a great tournament for us.”
Holiday Hoops tournament results
Results of Port Angeles Parks & Recreation’s 17th-annual Holiday Hoops Tournament, held Dec. 12-13 in Port Angeles:
Girls sixth-grade division — 1. Port Angeles Threat, 2. Drive Blue (Poulsbo), 3. Drive White, 3. Lady Gators (Port Orchard), 5. Port Angeles Hazard, 6. N.K. Elite. Championship: Port Angeles Threat 33, Drive Blue 15
Girls eighth-grade division — 1. Olympic Avalanche Black, 2. Port Angeles Storm, 3. Olympic Avalanche White, 4. Drive Basketball (Poulsbo), 5. Peninsula Seahawks, 6. Chimacum Cowgirls. Championship: Olympic Avalanche Black 50, Port Angeles Storm 35
Boys fourth-grade division — 1. Drive Basketball (Poulsbo), 2. Federal Way Warriors, 3. Blaine Borderites, 4. Port Angeles White, 5. Port Angeles Green. Championship: Drive Basketball 38, Federal Way Warriors 16
Boys sixth-grade division — 1. Federal Way Warriors, 2. Drive Basketball (Poulsbo), 3. Blaine Borderites, 4. Port Angeles White, 5. Port Angeles Green, 6. Drive White, 7. P.A. Fivers. Championship: Bainbridge Roots 40, Olympia Bears 39 (3 OTs)
Boys seventh-grade division — 1. Sequim Wolves, 2. NSE Titans (Lake Stevens), 3. Blaine Borderites, 4. Drive Basketball (Poulsbo), 5. Port Angeles White, 6. Port Angeles Green. Championship: Sequim Wolves 43, NSE Titans 31
Boys eighth-grade division — 1. Drive Basketball (Poulsbo), 2. Port Angeles, 3. Tsunami, 4. White River Sting, 5. NSE Titans. Championship: Drive Basketball 47, Port Angeles 46.
