Pete Rasmussen scored 23 points and had good support from Marion Conceptcion and Will Dozier as the Central Kitsap Cougars pounded Bremerton 71-61 in Olympic League boys basketball last night at Silverdale.

In the other Olympic League game, Port Angeles shocked Olympic 66-63 on a three-point shot at the buzzer. In the Narrows League, Wilson tripped South Kitsap 43-35 on the Rams’ home floor.

Central Kitsap 71, Bremerton 61 – Rasmussen added 14 rebounds, three steals and four blocked shots as Central Kitsap rebounded from a 19-point loss in its last game. Bremerton fell to 1-7 for the season.

“Our team basketball was the best we’ve played this year,” said CK John Sitton. “We have really worked hard in practice on our team play and how we feel about ourselves.”

Rasmussen was the force inside but Concepcion and Dozier, each with 16, controlled the backcourt. Another guard, Ken Hall, added five rebounds.

The Cougars broke the game open with a 21-9 run in the third quarter and coasted down the stretch.

For Bremerton, Casey Lindberg buried 5-of-6 shots from three-point range and finished with 19 points. Sophomore DeForrest Phelps drew his first starting call and finished with an impressive 16-point outing.

The victory, coupled with Olympic’s loss, enabled the Cougars to keep pace in the AAA portion of the league race with Olympic and Port Angeles. CK, 3-5 overall and 2-1 in the league, visits Olympic Friday night.

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Bremerton and Port Angeles are looking more like the teams to beat in the Olympic League girls’ basketball chase.  Both scored homecourt wins last night and are 3-0 in league play.

The AA Bremerton Knights dropped Central Kitsap 50-33 and AAA Port Angeles turned back Olympic 55-33. And Sequim upset North Kitsap 49-46 at Sequim.

Port Angeles, 7-1, and Bremerton, 6-2, also are the Oly League’s big winners overall.

The girls will be back on the court tomorrow night: Bremerton at North Kitsap, 0-3 and 3-5; Sequim, 3-1 and 5-3, at Port Angeles; Olympic, 1-3 and 4-4, at Central Kitsap, 0-3 and 1-7. All varsity games are 7:30 following junior varsity games.

Bremerton 50, Central Kitsap 33 – Monica Blye buried eight of her 12 points in the first quarter as Bremerton raced to an 18-7 lead in the early going and led 28-13 by halftime.

Blye and Stephanie Watson each had 12 points for the Knights. Missy Beard, the team’s leading scorer for the year, had nine points and 13 rebounds.

“They were concentrating stopping Missy at the start of the game and that left Monica wide open,” said coach Doug Wagner. Bremerton shot 33 percent from the field (18-for-54) and hit 14 of 23 foul shots.

Melanie Baldwin paced Central Kitsap with 11 points. Annalisa Gorman added eight, including three field goals from outside in the second half.

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