Basketball Recap: Four Straight Home Wins for Willapa Valley

By Team Reports Feb 21, 2025, 7:02am

Basketball Recap: Willapa Valley Vikings vs. Naselle Comets

If Naselle wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Willapa Valley, they should've done a better job of containing Tylar Keeton. The Willapa Valley Vikings managed a 44-39 victory over the Naselle Comets on Thursday thanks to Keeton, who dropped a double-double with 17 points and 16 rebounds. She has become a key player for Willapa Valley: the team is 10-4 when she posts at least eight boards, but 3-6 otherwise.

Kylee Fluke

Assists (Career)

02/20/25 vs Naselle6
01/27/25 @ Naselle5
01/14/25 @ Ocosta5
01/23/24 vs Three Rivers Christian5
02/14/25 vs Oakville4

The team also got some help courtesy of Kylee Fluke, who posted six points along with six assists and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in assists.

Willapa Valley pushed their record up to 13-10 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 24.3 points over those games. As for Naselle, their loss dropped their record down to 12-9.

Coming up, Willapa Valley will host Mary M. Knight at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Naselle does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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