Peloquin will race in national competition

Prep roundup: Tides girls hoops drops first league game to Wilson

Marques Hunter

of the Gateway

Gig Harbor senior distance runner Conner Peloquin qualified for the 31st annual Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships by placing sixth in the West Regional qualifier last Saturday with a time of 15 minutes, 38 seconds at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif.

Peloquin was exactly one second behind friendly competitor and Central Kitsap High School cross country and track 4A state champion Shane Moskowitz who placed fifth (15:39).

Peloquin said the depth of field was awesome.

“It was the highest amount of competition I’ve ever run,” Peloquin said.

By placing sixth, Peloquin will be considered one of the top 40 distance runners in the nation. There were four separate regions and each one is sending its top 10 finishers.

Peloquin said he feels like he’s been under the radar. This will be his time to shine.

“I really want to go to this meet to prove that I belong up there,” Peloquin said. “It shows I belong in that top (national) group.”

The 5k national cross country race will take place this Saturday at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif.

Boys basketball

White River 93, Peninsula 46

The Peninsula boys basketball team dropped a tough Class 3A South Puget Sound League matchup to the Hornets at White River High School in Buckley.

Thomas Horkan led the Seahawks with nine points, but White River had five players in double figures.

White River pulled away after the third quarter, limiting Peninsula to just five points and outscoring them by 23.

Peninsula (0-2 overall, 0-1 league) was scheduled to play Bonney Lake after press time on Tuesday.

Girls basketball

Wilson 75, Gig Harbor 67

Three players scored in double figures for the Tides, but Wilson handed Gig Harbor its first Narrows League loss on Friday.

The Tides’ Quincey Langworthy scored a team-high 18 points, Hannah Dewalt contributed 15 and Rachael Smith added 14 points and 14 rebounds.

Wilson’s Carsen Stanley and Bethany Montgomery combined for 44 points, with Montgomery finishing with a game-high 26.

Earlier in the week, Gig Harbor beat Curtis 54-45 in a non-league matchup in University Place.

The Tides (2-1, 0-1) travel to Tacoma to play Lincoln tonight at 7.

Swimming

Peninsula 92, N. Thurston 89

The Seahawks won all three relays and each individual event except for the 1-meter diving to edge the Rams.

Event winners included Peninsula senior Cody Kilbourn (200 free, 2 minutes, 02.35 seconds); sophomore Christian Radcliffe (200 individual medley, 1:16.98, 500 free, 5:38.02); senior Justin Henry (50 free, 24.20, 100 fly, 57.28); and senior Michael Lee (100 back, 57.32, 100 breast 1:08.88).