White River scores third at Classic

The traditionally-tough White River High girls basketball program has continued its winning ways this summer.

The Hornets placed third among 24 teams in their own Lady Hornet Classic, staged June 18-20 on the White River campus. The host Hornets lost in the semifinals to Issaquah, a team that later defeated Auburn Mountainview for the tourney title.

Playing June 11-13, the Hornets went 7-0 to capture the championship in the Bonney Lake-Sumner Summer Slam.

Earlier, White River went 5-2 and placed third in a field of 20 teams at the South Sound Summer Classic, contested at Tumwater and Black Hills high schools.

Keeping a busy schedule, coach Chris Gibson and his troops are participating in a summer league at Bethel High, playing twice a week. Gibson has one varsity team and three junior varsity clubs in the league.

Varsity performers are Cassidy France, Brooke Paulson, Sabra Sproul, Kennedy Hobert, Charleen Pleasance, Sierra Gulla, Kelly O’Brien, Sutton Mills, Erin Worley, Amy Brons and Emily Peloli. Sproul suffered a knee injury during a game and, following surgery, is expected to be ready for the winter season. Pleasance will be new to Hornet followers; the 6-foot post player has transferred from Emerald Ridge for her senior season.