The Friday Morning Blast

This Day – Scores from around The Blast Zone; plus Kelso vs R.A. Long basketball (1995)

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High School Boys Basketball

R.A. Long’s Landon Irwin (23) soars for a rebound while Woodland’s Michael Belvin (34), James Long (4), Dyrian McPoland (3) and Jackson Gabbard (1) crowd around the basket during a league game, Thursday, Jan. 29, at Woodland High School. The visiting Lumberjacks went on to win 64-57. / Photo by Benjamin Hendrickson for Blast Zone Media

• R.A. Long 64, Woodland 57

• Mark Morris 72, Hockinson 64

• Banks 70, Rainier 46

High School Girls Basketball

• Toutle Lake 58, Rainier (WA) 56

• Toledo 68, Morton-White Pass 18

• Chief Leschi 51, Ilwaco 34

• Seton Catholic 61, Kalama 42

• Three Rivers Christian 34, Firm Foundation 27

• Willapa Valley 41, Wahkiakum 33

• Naselle 50, Warrenton (OR) 44

• Banks 61, Rainier (OR) 26

This Day In History

• Jan. 30, 1995: Denelle Barnhurst scores a team-high 13 points and the R.A. Long girls basketball team holds off a late Kelso run to win 56-51 and move into a tie for the 2A Greater St. Helens League lead. Barnhurst buried a triple midway through the third quarter that put RAL up by 16, but Kelso’s Christell Lee sparked the Hilander comeback with 14 of her game-high 15 points in the second half. Kelso got the gap down to two points in the final 30 seconds, but Sarah Russell buried three free throws to seal the win for the Lumberjills.

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