Girls basketball: Ridgefield 42, R.A. Long 37

Kylie Greenwald hit a key 3-pointer down the stretch and Karli Oliver hit a pair a free throws in the final minute to help the Ridgefield girls basketball team seal a 42-37 win over R.A. Long in 2A Greater St. Helens League tiebreaker game on Tuesday.

Ridgefield advances to play Tumwater at 7 p.m. Wednesay in a district tournament play-in game.

“Ridgefield hasn’t been to the playoffs in about five years, so there are some excited people up here,” Ridgefield coach Tom Klutz said.

Sarah Jenkins scored 14 points and made 5 of 6 free throws. Anna Murphy added five steals.

“In the second half, we started to make some shots and our press started to wear them down a bit,” Klutz said. “We still haven’t play a four-quarter game yet this year, but we played 3 1/2 good quarters tonight.”

Karli Oliver went 4 for 4 from the line and had eight rebounds. Greenwald added 13 points.

RIDGEFIELD 42, R.A. LONG 37

R.A. LONG — Peyton Seals 6, Arianna Maryott 3, Eastyn Reeves 13, Khole Snair 8, Mya Kirzy 5, Abagail Smith 2, Sadie Allen 0. Totals 14 (1) 8-16 37.

RIDGEFIELD — Sarah Jenkins 14, Anna Murphy 2, Sydney Hooghkirk 0, Aliesha Ball 5, Kylie Greenwald 13, Kaia Oliver 4, Emma Jenkins 0, Karli Oliver 4, Amy Bishop-Smith 0. Totals 11 (3) 17-21 42.

RA Long 10 5 12 10–37

Ridgefield 9 4 16 13–42