Basketball

Loggers and Wildcats win their tourney openers

The Eureka and Ferndale girls basketball teams each won their respective tournament openers on Thursday night.

The Loggers made it three straight wins with a 53-20 victory over Pittsburg in a late-night game at the Maria Carrillo tournament in Santa Rosa.

With the win, Eureka improved to 6-1 on the season.

The high-flying Loggers will try to make it four straight wins when they continue tournament play against San Marin at 8:30 p.m. on Friday night.

The Mustangs come into the game with a record of 4-2 after beating Analy 50-24 in their tournament opener on Thursday.

The Ferndale girls, meanwhile, also won at the Trinity Holiday Classic.

The Wildcats defeated Redding Christian 50-31 and improved to 2-1 on the season.

This is Ferndale’s first tournament of the season.

Earlier in the week, the Cats got their first win of the season, 61-16 over Potter Valley.

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