HARRISBURG – The Sutherlin girls basketball team is playing in the semifinals at the Les Schwab Eagle Booster Classic after beating Sweet Home 67-31 on Thursday.

A pair of freshman helped lead the Bulldogs to victory. Sierra Nielsen scored 18 points and Kaley Kuxhausen hit four 3-pointers and chipped in 14.

The Bulldogs move on to face Baker in the semifinals. Baker defeated Harrisburg 58-15 in the first round Thursday. The two teams, both nicknamed Bulldogs, will square off at 6:30 p.m. from Harrisburg High School.

The girls will play right after the Sutherlin boys, who lost in the first round to Sweet Home on Thursday and fell into the consolation bracket. The Huskies downed the Bulldogs 45-44 in overtime.

Sweet Home made a three-pointer at the end of regulation to force overtime and edged out the Bulldogs. Mason Gill led Sutherlin with 16 points before fouling out.

Sutherlin will play against Harrisburg in the consolation round. The host Eagles lost 60-39 to Baker in the first round.

The Sutherlin boys tipoff at 5 p.m. Tune in to hear both Bulldogs basketball games on i101 FM, starting with pregame at 4:45 p.m.

THURSDAY SCORES –

BOYS BASKETBALL
Les Schwab Eagle Booster Classic:
Sweet Home 45, SUTHERLIN 44 (OT)

Cougar Classic:
MOHAWK 49, Camas Valley 45

Non-League:
Rogue Valley Adventist Acad. 42, MILO ADVENTIST ACAD. 36

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Les Schwab Eagle Booster Classic:
SUTHERLIN 67, Sweet Home 31

Cougar Classic:
MOHAWK 30, Camas Valley 26

Non-League:
Rogue Valley Adventist Acad. 54, MILO ADVENTIST ACAD. 21

FRIDAY SCHEDULE:
BOYS BASKETBALL
Non-League:
Roseburg at CORVALLIS 7:00pm [WATCH LIVE] South Umpqua at HIDDEN VALLEY 7:00pm
Bandon at DOUGLAS 8:00pm
Oakland at GLIDE 7:30pm

Les Schwab Eagle Booster Classic:
Sutherlin at HARRISBURG 5:00pm

Cow Creek Classic:
Yoncalla at EAST LINN CHRISTIAN ACAD. 4:30pm
Canyonville Acad. at RIDDLE 7:30pm

Cougar Classic:
Crosshill Christian at DAYS CREEK 4:30pm
Elkton at COUNTRY CHRISTIAN 7:30pm
Camas Valley at CROW 7:30pm

Lowell Tournamnet:
North Douglas at TRIAD 6:00pm

North Lake Tournament:
Paisley at UMPQUA VALLEY CHRISTIAN 3:30pm

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Non-League:
Corvallis at ROSEBURG 6:45pm
Ashland at DOUGLAS 6:30pm
Bandon at SOUTH UMPQUA 6:30pm
Oakland at GLIDE 6:00pm

Les Schwab Eagle Booster Classic:
Sutherlin at BAKER 6:30pm

Cow Creek Classic:
East Linn Christian Acad. at YONCALLA 3:00pm
Canyonville Acad. at RIDDLE 6:00pm

Cougar Classic:
Days Creek at ALSEA 3:00pm
Camas Valley at CROW 6:00pm
Elkton at COUNTRY CHRISTIAN 6:00pm

Lowell Tournament:
Triangle Lake at NORTH DOUGLAS 3:00pm

North Lake Holiday Tournament:
Paisley at UMPQUA VALLEY CHRISTIAN / MELROSE CHRISTIAN 2:00pm

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