Cashmere 74, Monte 30

CASHMERE — Nationally recruited Hailey Van Lith scored 37 points as state-ranked Cashmere trounced Montesano in a non-league game Saturday.

Montesano head coach Julie Graves said her team had trouble guarding the nation’s fifth-ranked high school female player.

“We played hard but didn’t have an answer to Van Lith,” she said. “Van Lith is a sophomore who scored her 1000th career point on Friday night at Omak, when she amassed a school-record 44 points.”

Zoe Hutchings scored 18 points and Samantha Stanfield grabbed 10 rebounds for Montesano’s Bulldogs (11-5)..

The JV team also feel to Cashmere, 64-28. Riley Thoemmes 16 points for Montesano in that loss.

Montesano 7 10 4 9 — 30

Cashmere 24 21 14 15 — 74

Montesano (30) — Hutchings 18, Grubb 2, Stanfield 4, Lisherness 6, Granstrom, Lovell, Ekerson, Perkinson, Miller, Mittleider. FG — 12-36 (.333). FT — 6-11.

Cashmere (74) — Alberts 2, Van Lith 37, Hammonds 12, Brunner 3, Knishka 11, High 2, Erdman 7, Darnell, Lewis-Terrell. FG — 30-70 (.429). FT — 4-8.

JV — Cashmere 64, Montesano 28. Riley Thoemmes 16 points for Monte.