GIRLS BASKETBALL: Beamer gets back on track, dominates Olympia in district opener

The third-ranked Todd Beamer girls bounced back from their only loss of the season with a 49-26 win over the Olympia Bears Thursday in the opening round of the West Central/Southwest District Tournament.

The third-ranked Todd Beamer girls bounced back from their only loss of the season with a 49-26 win over the Olympia Bears Thursday in the opening round of the West Central/Southwest District Tournament.

The Titans (20-1) beat up the fourth seed from the Narrows League at Beamer and will take on the Kentridge Chargers in the district quarterfinals at 1 p.m. at Rogers High School on Saturday. The winner will earn an automatic berth into the Class 4A Regional Tournament. Kentridge (16-6) finished third in the South Puget Sound League North Division.

Beamer was beaten on Tuesday in the SPSL Championship game by the Mount Rainier Rams.

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The Beamer defense held Olympia to single-digit points in all four quarters Thursday, including just 10 in the first half. The Titans took a 12-6 lead after the first quarter and led 29-10 at halftime.

Beamer got 17 points from senior Megan Huff and 11 from Bria Rice.