Comets stop Mossyrock

The Naselle Comets beat the Mossyrock Vikings 64-41 Tuesday to stay alive in the Class 2b boys district basketball tournament.

Naselle takes on Willapa Valley tonight (Thursday) 8 p.m. in Chehalis. The winner advances to state and plays the winner of the Adna-Pe Ell game on Saturday, 11:30 a.m., Chehalis in the battle for third and fourth places.

The Comets got a good start and led Mossyrock 35-24 at halftime. Leonel Mendoza led the scoring with 15 points; Austin Burkhalter had 12, Manny Lopez 9, Drew Macy eight, Alan Erickson seven, Marcos Herrera six, John Hines three, and Devin Thompson two.