Boys Hoops: District 4 2A Opening Round; Rapids roll in opener, other 3 games set for Saturday

2/13/2026

The 1st game of the opening round of the District 4 2A boys basketball tournament was played on Friday. Columbia River had to travel to Black Hills for both the girls and boys games so the AD’s got together and decided to play a doubleheader instead of stretching it out over two days.

The other three games were played on Saturday, none were loser out contests with the winners moving on to the semifinals. The losers will drop into the consolation bracket. The semifinals and loser out consolation games will be played on Tuesday at Woodland and Ridgefield high schools.

Below are the results from the opening round, our coverage and links to additional coverage.

Saturday Games

Washougal at Tumwater

WF West at Woodland

Ridgefield at RA Long

Friday Game

Columbia River 60, Black Hills 44

(Tumwater, WA) The Wolves jumped out to an early lead and were up 9-7 in the 1st quarter and that would be the last time the Wolves had the lead. The Rapids led by Alex Pont’s 15 1st half points went sprinting on by to build a big 32-16 lead by halftime as the Rapids limited the Wolves to just 9 1st quarter points ands 7 in the 2nd quarter.

The Rapids kept the pressure on after halftime building a 21 point lead before maintaining that 16 point lead after three quarters 45-29. The Wolves played even with C-R in the 2nd half matching the Rapids’ 13 points in the 3rd and 15 in the 4th but could never come close to digging out of that rough 1st half.

For Black Hills James Morgan led the Wolves with 19 and Quinton Morrill was the other in double figures with 12. Black Hills drops their season record to 15-6 and drops into the district consolation bracket. Black Hills will play the loser of Saturday’s Ridgefield at RA Long game next Tuesday at Ridgefield in a loser out game tipping off at 6pm.

Alex Pont went on to lead the Rapids and all scorers with a huge night dropping 27. Luca Phillips also hit double figures with 14 as did Kellen Clary with 10. Columbia River is now 15-6 on the year and moves to the district semifinals. The Rapids will play the winner of the Ridgefield/RA Long match-up next Tuesday at Woodland beginning at 7:45pm.

Thorbeckes MVP of the Game

Alex Pont stood out by far for the Rapids with 15 1st half and then a dozen 2nd half points to lead Columbia River. Luca Phillips would have been the other contender for the Rapids. Had the Wolves found a way to win clearly James Morgan was the standout.

Scoring Stats
Columbia River: Alex Pont 27, Luca Phillips 14, Kellen Clary 10, Noah Tully 4, Josh Paxton 3, Luke Potter 2
Black Hills: James Morgan 19, Quinton Morrill 13, Talon Morrill 7, Peyton Faught 4, Cash Buhre 1

Link to watch full game replay on the NFHS Network (subscription required)

ESN Postgame Show