Bothell’s stingy defense limited Richard Woodworth to 12 points, helping the Cougars stay relevant in the KingCo 4A Crown Division with a league win at Newport.

Bothell (7-7, 6-4 league) had three scorers in double figures as Devis Willis scored 15 and Mike Hartvigson and Kurt Stottlemyer each added 11.

The loss all but eliminates Newport (5-10, 3-8) from contention for the Crest Division with Garfield (9-0), Issaquah (7-3) and Redmond (6-3) all sitting above the Knights. Newport, a Sea-King district qualifier last season in 3A, has now lost three-straight games.

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Mount Si 69, Sammamish 41

Mount Si stayed in the hunt for the conference title as Tanner Riley lit up the Totems for a game-high 22 points in a KingCo 3A/2A win over Sammamish.

The Wildcats (8-5, 5-2 KingCo 3A/2A) trail Bellevue and Mercer Island in the race for the conference title but has games remaining against each in the final week of the regular season.

Sami Jarjour and Toby Wellman each had 10 points for Sammamish (5-10, 2-6).

Bellevue 71, Liberty 31

Alex Schrempf had his fifth 20-plus point game of the season, netting 21 in Bellevue’s 71-31 win over Liberty.

The 40-point margin was the most for Bellevue (15-1, 8-0) over an opponent this season. Aaron Bright added 12 points for the Wolverines, who had nine different players score points.

Liberty was led Connor Sjolander, who scored nine points for the Patriots (4-11, 1-7).

With four conference games remaining, Bellevue has a strong hold on the conference titles, with wins over Mercer Island (6-1 league) and Mount Si (5-2) already in the books. The Wolverines will matchup with each team once more this season; Bellevue plays at Mercer Island on Feb. 3 and hosts Mount Si on Feb. 10.

Bellevue’s sole loss this season was a non-conference matchup with Grant of Portland, Ore., in December.