Photos by Ray Hamill/HumboldtSports.com – Madelyn Shanahan scored a team-high 24 points for St. Bernard’s on Thursday night.

One night after suffering their first loss of the season, the St. Bernard’s girls responded with a hard-fought 49-47 win over Yreka at the Panthers Classic on Thursday.

Also in action at the McKinleyville tournament, the Eureka Loggers defeated Weed 48-29 to go to 2-0 at the tournament.

Elsewhere on a busy Thursday night, the Arcata Tigers opened the Red Bluff tournament with a comfortable 67-31 over the host school, while Del Norte defeated Lassen 63-52 at the Central Valley tournament.

The Crusaders led by 10 at the interval, but the Miners battled back to make a game of it in the second half.

Madelyn Shanahan paced the St. Bernard’s offense with 24 points, while teammate Aliyah Vigil finished with 10 points.

SB head coach Matt Tomlin described it as a “great bounce back win against a good Yreka team.”

Mataya Sherman added seven points in the win, as the Crusaders improved to 7-1, while teammate Aimayah Her chipped in four points.

The St. Bernard’s girls will continue tournament play on Saturday.

Yreka, which dropped to 6-3, will play McKinleyville on Friday night at 7:30 p.m.

Mataya Sherman

Aliyah Vigil

Arcata 67, Red Bluff 31

The Tigers welcomed back junior guard Nora Talty to their lineup at the Red Bluff tournament on Thursday night, and she had an immediate impact.

Talty has been sidelined since the start of the season and her return gives head coach Doug Oliveira plenty of depth at the guard position, along with Alia Prentiss, Addison Wingate and Leitala Vainuku.

Talty scored a team-high 17 points in her first game of the season, while Wingate added 15 points and Vainuku and Melanie Luh each finished with 10 points.

“We’ve been the walking wounded with sickness and without Nora,” Oliveira said. “So it was nice to have some people back.”

The Tigers. Who are still missing three players, have impressed despite being shorthanded early in the season and are now 6-2.

They continue tournament play against Enterprise on Friday, and if they win they could end up playing for a tournament championship against University Prep on Saturday.

Alyssa Boham

Aimayah Her

Eureka 48, Weed 29

The Loggers won their third straight game and second at the McKinleyville tournament, comfortably getting the better of Weed.

Moriah Bowles scored a team-high 14 points in the win, while Isis Poteet impressed for the second straight night and added 13 points.

Kaitlin Giacone also had a good game and chipped in seven points.

The Loggers are now 8-2 on the season.

They will continue tournament play on Saturday.

Aliyah Vigil

Del Norte 63, Lassen 52

The Warriors opened the Central Valley tournament with an 11-point win over Lassen on Thursday.

The impressive Lili Nunez scored a team-high 19 points in the win, as the Del Norte girls improved to 7-2 on the season.

The Warriors had several standout performers, including Brooklyn Carter, who scored 17 points, with 12 of them coming in the second half.

Anyessa Bettega also had a big night and finished with 15 points, while Jacalyn Gorbet added six points.

The Warriors took control early, opening up a four-point lead into opening quarter and stretching the advantage to 11 by halftime, and after that they held Lassen at bay.