BREMERTON — As a whole, North Kitsap’s basketball season ended in a rut. But throughout the season, both the Vikes and Lady Vikes banked on consistent senior leadership.

Four of those NK seniors — Jasmine Hill, Rachel Kramer, Kevin Masnayon and Chris Zeringer — were lauded for their efforts by being selected to be a part of the fourth annual West Sound High School Senior All-Star Game, presented by Sports Beyond.

Schools were broken into the Puget Sound Team and the Cascade Team.

The March 21 game gave the Kitsap Peninsula’s top seniors one more chance to take to the court as a high school hoopster along with a opportunity to carve friendships from rivalries.

“I’m excited to play with them seeing that everybody is going to be good,” Masnayon said before the game.

“And it will kind of give us a preview of that next level,” Zeringer added.

The boys game featured an abundance of the drive-and-dish mentality as players from both teams looked to create points from the chaos of limited communication.

Both Viking boys made their presence felt from the get-go. Though Masnayon and Zeringer finished with only eight and two points, respectively, they made much more of an impact through hustle, defense and rebounding.

But a lack of team offense created a Puget Sound Team deficit early on.

Central Kitsap played well for the Cascade squad as Oly Trojan Chris Maclaren knocked down a three to increase the lead to 10, then CK’s Mike Simpkins and J.R. Gordon further boosted the score to 31-18 with two minutes left in the half.

Puget Sound rallied around South Kitsap role player Tysaiah Curry — who led all scorers with 22 points on the night. Just before the halftime buzzer, Curry was fouled on a three-pointer and sunk all three free-throws to pull his team back up to a 36-24 deficit at the break.

In the second half, he exploded as he started with an acrobatic up-and-under layup to pull within 10. Ten minutes into the half, Curry had helped put The Puget Sound team back within two. The team completed the comeback and climbed ahead where it would finish the game by a count of 63-61.

“This is one of the best games of my life, it was fun playing with these people,” Masnayon said following the game.

Prior to the girls’ action, NK’s Kramer didn’t show the confidence that she routinely displayed during the regular season, but she was still ready to go.

“I was nervous because I haven’t touched a ball since the season ended,” Kramer said, noting her focus has switched to a smaller ball in fastpitch. “But yeah I just wanted to have fun.”

The girls game was more hesitant than the guys, but nonetheless exciting to see as the amalgamation of high school talent — including Kramer and Hill for the Puget Sound team — hit the hard wood.

The contest played out as a low-scoring, back-and-forth battle. At the end of the first half, the Cascade team clutched a one point advantage, 17-16.

In the second half, Hill started with a flurry, racking up three rebounds before tying the game from the free-throw line. She also sniped a steal, but Puget Sound couldn’t convert.

Lack of finishing on offense told the story for the Puget Sound team as Cascade pulled ahead for the 30-26 final score. Bremerton’s Jenn Jacobs led the Puget Sound team with 11 points. Hill scored four.

“I knew all the girls on our team just from growing up and playing in the area,” Kramer said. “So it was really cool to play with the girls from other schools because they are really cool and it’s different.”