The Hornets nearly got out of one huge hole, but when Holy Names ended the third quarter on an 11-0 run to grab a 39-27 lead, that was too much to overcome.

Cougars' sophomore Erika Johnson had 18 points, 13 rebounds, five blocked shots, six steals – and was a little erratic with the ball at times, committing 10 turnovers.

In fact, the teams combined for 64 turnovers.

White River was led by Carly McCutchen's 10 points.

Like they did midway through the second half, the Cougars had a burst to break open a close game – after White River clawed back into it.

The Hornets closed the gap to 28-27 on Megan McKune's layin with 3:22 to go in the quarter, and could have taken the lead had post Kendall Williams not blown a wide-open look at a layin on White River's next possession.

After that, Holy Names scored on four of its final five trips, most of it coming inside by Sophie Reichelt (four points), Jody Buck and Claire Conricode.

Erika Johnson is tall and rangy at 6-foot-1. She handles the ball. She blocks shots. And she's the one who has the Cougars only 16 minutes away from a 3A semifinal berth.

Johnson was responsible for giving Holy Names a little breathing room in this turnover-fest, scoring eight points in a 21/2-minute span. Her layin with 3:38 to go in the first half gave the Cougars a 20-9 advantage.

The sophomore finished the half with a game-high 12 points.

White River did get to the free-throw line in the first half (6-of-14), and that has kept the Hornets within earshot. Sabra Sproul ended the half by making an 8-footer to cut it to 26-19.

The last time the Hornets were in the 3A tournament was 2007 when they won their first game, and lost the next two.

It was a bizarre pre-game locker room sessions for coach Chris Gibson and the White River High Hornets, and the first quarter was just plain ugly as the teams combined for 25 turnovers (White River had 14, Holy Names 11).

The Cougars broke out to a 6-0 lead in the first 2:50, but slowly White River has made up grond. Megan McKune tied it at 8-all on her 8-footer along the baseline.

Before the game, standout White River post Kendall Williams informed Gibson she left her basketball shoes in her car in Buckley. The team found a replacement pair from another team.

The Wolverines built a 26-9 lead on two free throws by Cam Warren, then let off the gas pedal a bit, allowing Union and its guard penetration to get good shots in the lane, ending the last 2:37 on an 8-2 run.

Union's Chris Morgan has 10 of his team's 17 points. Bellevue was led by Colton Christian's eight points, all coming in the first quarter. The Wolverines had two four-point possessions in the half as well.

The Titans had a scary moment with less than three minutes to go in the half. Prized football recruit Mitch Saylor, a 6-foot-6 junior, went down on the Bellevue baseline clutching his left knee. Officials stopped the game as he remained on the floor. A couple minutes later, Saylor got up and went to the bench. He did not return, and it's unclear the severity of the injury.

You're going to see this storyline a lot in Friday editions around the state … because this is the rematch of the Class 3A state football championship game.

And this quarterfinal basketball game is going about as well for the dominant Wolverines, whose length enables them to shoot over the smaller Union players, even as they play a zone defense.

Cam Christian has a game-high eight points. The Titans did not score until the 3:09 mark on Chris Morgan's basket. They have five turnovers as well.

Roger O'Neill hit a pair of 3-pointers to help the Mavericks pull ahead. Meadowdale leads 31-28 at the start of the fourth quarter.

Enumclaw guard Taylor Myers' jumper with 1 minute, 25 seconds remaining in the half gave the Hornets an 18-17 lead.

We've got a low-scoring game so far. Meadowdale leads Enumclaw 9-5 at the end of the first quarter.

Winner gets to play Franklin.

Franklin 68, Seattle Prep 47

All it took to wake the Quakers was to see the Panthers take a 30-29 lead.

After slumbering through the first two and a half quarters, No. 1 Franklin erupted for a 27-3 run in the second half, stomping on Prep’s hopes for the upset of the tournament.

“Sometimes you look at the scoreboard,” Panthers coach Mike Kelly said, “and think they made a mistake.”

Panthers forward Jon Humphrie gave Prep the one-point lead when he pulled up in transition and buried a 3-pointer. The basket angered the Quakers. Franklin clamped down on defense and went on a 13-0 spurt to run away with the game.

During the run, Quakers point guard Peyton Siva misfired on a breakaway dunk. The miss left him steaming, his disdain on his visible to everyone in the Tacoma Dome.

“I’ve seen him mad, but not that mad,” Franklin senior Chris Holmes said. “I know there would be some defense and dunks.”

He was right. The Quakers continued to force turnovers and Siva quickly slammed home a pair of dunks, adding to his team-high 17 points. The Louisville-bound McDonald’s All-American also tallied six assists, five steals and five blocks.

Forward Patrick Nyeko led Prep (xx) with 17 points.

Off went Franklin. The Quakers ripped off a 17-3 run in the final 4 minutes, 26 seconds of third quarter. Franklin leads 46-33 heading to the fourth.

Peyton Siva made a couple tremendous plays during that stretch. He leaped high for a block and then slammed a two-handed dunk that put the Quakers up 40-30, forcing Prep to call a timeout.

Jon Humphrie gave Seattle Prep a 30-29 lead when he pulled up in transition and drilled a 3-pointer. It was all Franklin after that.

Seattle Prep's Jon Humphrie hit a 3-pointer from the corner late in the second quarter to keep Franklin from running away.

On a totally unrelated note, the crowds for the 3A tournament have been small. Nothing like the 4A tournament last week. I know these schools are smaller, for the most part, at least, part the drop-off should not be this severe.

What's keeping people away?

Seattle Prep is hanging around. Franklin leads the Panthers, 15-14, at the end of the first quarter.

The top-ranked Quakers have beat Seattle Prep twice this season by a combined 38 points. Maybe the Panthers have figured something out?

All it will take is one Franklin run to put this one away, though.

Refugio Soto-Lopez buried 3-pointers on three straight possession, erasing a deficit and sending the Bulldogs on their way to a 58-48 win over Lynnwood.

The Royals had rallied from their own 10-point deficit in the third quarter. Lynnwood led 39-36 when Soto-Lopez went on his tear.

Foster will play the winner of the Spokane Rogers-Capital contest.

Lynnwood has gone on a 9-0 run over the last two minutes, taking a 35-31 lead over Foster with 3:12 left in the third quarter.

Aaron Matzen converted a 3-point play, Geoff Meinken hit a layin and after a Bulldogs turnover, Matzen gave the Royals the lead, 33-31, with a 3-footer off the glass.

Foster committed four turnovers during the Royals 9-0 run.

Foster is exerting its will against Lynnwood, doing pretty much what it wants to. The Bulldogs lead 21-11 with four minutes left in the second quarter.

Lynnwood has a Tacoma connection. Royals senior Aaron Matzen is the son of former Lincoln start Steve Matzen.

Both teams went deep in their benches to finish up this one – a game O'Dea controlled from the tip.

Devante Williams finished with 24 points for the Irish, and sat out the entire fourth quarter.

You know the action was going O'Dea's way when, in the third quarter, Brandon Huggins deflected a pass for the Vikings on the Irish's end of the court, and the ball ended up going into the basket with 2:20 to go in the quarter.

Devante Williams has picked up where he left off, scoring 11 of his game-high 24 points in the third quarter for O'Dea, which is firmly in control in this consolation-bracket game.

The Irish made six of 10 field goals, and all six free throws in the quarter in continuing its very efficient effort.

The Irish's man-to-man pressure is doing a number on the lumbering Vikings, who face a steep climb if they want to get back into this loser-out contest in the Tacoma Dome.

Devante Williams led all scorers with 13 points for O'Dea, including three 3-pointers. Sean Jones added 11, and Keola Kaneko finished off the Irish's impressive half (11-of-21 shooting) with four of his six points in the final 49 seconds.

North Kitsap is 6-of-20 from the floor, and has committed eight turnovers and had one assist.

The Irish has been dictating tempo on both ends, and has gotten easy looks inside.

Lakes has the contributions of three reserves – guards Danny Martinez and Cedric Dozier, and forward Jamaal Kearse - in getting past the Highlanders, and to the next round of the consolation bracket.

Dozier and Martinez played great defense on Shadle Park standout Anthony Brown in OT, and Kearse's hustle, and two free throws, gave the Lancers a comfortable 66-62 lead with 57.9 seconds remaining.

It was Martinez who grabbed a loose ball after Brown lost it on Shadle Park's end. In frustration, Brown, who finished with a game-high 29, grabbed Martinez, and fouled out with 1:13 to go.

After Brown went out, the Highlanders missed five of their final six field goal attempts, and committed a pair of turnovers against Lakes' fullcourt zone pressure.

Lakes sealed it by making its final eight FTs in the last minute.

The Lancers played most of the fourth quarter and OT without their standout, Andre Winston, Jr., who fouled out with 6:32 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Gamely, Lakes battled back after losing top scorer Andre Winston, Jr., who fouled out with 6:32 to go, and had a chance to win it in regulation.

Coach JoJo Rodriguez called two timeouts on the Lancers' final possession, the last with 9.1 seconds remaining. Lakes fumbled the ball around, and it was recovered by Shadle Park's Robby Douglas with one second to go.

Lakes tied it at 58 on Danny Martinez's two free throws with 1:56 remaining.

Douglas had six points in the quarter. Anthony Brown leads all players with 27 points for the Highlanders.

Lakes held a lead briefly, 33-31, after Danny Martinez opened the second half with back-to-back 3-pointers, but Anthony Brown just won't let the Highlanders lose this game. He has 25 through three quarters.

One thing to watch for: Andre Winston, Jr. and Isaac Winston both have four fouls but continue to play in this loser-out game.

For the first part of the second quarter, it appeared the Lancers were headed for a blowout and ugly defeat in their own county super-building.

Shadle Park took a 25-10 lead with 5:57 to go in the first half on Luke Jordan's 17-foot jumper.

But fullcourt Lakes' pressure rattled the Greater Spokane League program, and Lakes went on a 9-0 run, capped by Isaac Winston's 8-footer in the lane, to cut it to 25-19.

One positive for the Lancers has been the play of Danny Martinez off the bench. He scored eight points in the quarter, six coming on a pair of 3-pointers.

Shadle Park's Anthony Brown leads all scorers with 16, nine coming in the second period. Brown also has 12 rebounds.

Turnovers, giving up second shots have all spelled deficit for Lakes after one quarter.

Shadle Park's Anthony Brown has been the best player on the court in the first eight minutes. He has seven points and a couple of steals.

Lakes' Andre Winston, Jr., fresh off his 32-point effort Wednesday in a first-round loss, scored four points.