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relentless defense, setting the tempo for the rest of the game. In the third quarter, Bremerton went on a 10-point run because of Pirate turnovers. In this game the Pirates were unable to spread the scoring around, with Norton and Yates scoring a majority of the points. On another Bremerton run late in the game, Brenno, Norton and Daren May were able to score and slow Bremerton down. Then Jennings had a prefect block of a Bremerton shot to stuff them again. With 1:22 left, the Pirates led 59-54 and escaped with the win, 60 - 58. At home following the tourament, the Pirates improved their record to 8-0 on the season with a 52-36 victory over Life Christian Academy. On Friday, The Eagles made the journey across the sound to face the Pirates on their home court. The game started with a bang for the Pirates, with Norton hitting a deep 3 on the first possession, but Life Christian answered with an immediate score of its own. This is how the first quarter was, back and forth scoring, neither team able to pull away from the other. After one quarter, the score was knotted up at 15 all. In the second quarter, the Pirates started to gain an edge on the Eagles. However, Life Christian was still able to put up 11 points in the second quarter. At half time Vashon was up 32-26. The third quarter was a completely dif-
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ferent game. The Pirates defense came alive allowing only 4 points in the period. The Eagles were still moving the ball around well and running their offense, but they could not score whatsoever. While the defense was shutting down any chance of scoring, the offense provided a boost on the other end of the court, pulling away with a commanding lead. The junior duo of Stewart and Norton made their presence felt on both ends of the court, aggressively attacking the basket on offense and flying around on defense. Period four revealed a different Life Christian team, but that didn’t change much. The Eagles’ level of intensity increased greatly in the fourth quarter, especially on the perimeter, not allowing open 3s. This made things a little harder for the Pirates, but they still found ways to score and did not allow Life Christian to score with efficiency. The game ended with another Pirate victory, 52-36, and yet another Nisqually team taken down on the rock. The team has a motto of “championship effort” this year, and each player is playing with the goal of returning to Yakima for the state championship playoffs. They are playing well as a team and thrive on crowd energy. The Pirates play at home each Friday this month as well as Thursday, Jan. 30.
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Vashon played the Life Christian Eagles and Seattle Academy Cardinals on back-to-back nights last week. The Pirates were slow out of the block against the Eagles on Jan. 3, managing 10 points in the first half, which ended with Vashon trailing, 27-10. The second half was completely different, as the Pirates rallied to within 10 points early in the third quarter. Despite outscoring the Eagles in the second half, the Pirates lost the game, 55-42.
The Pirates had doubledigit scoring efforts from Anya Quig and Annika Hille. Quig led the Pirate scoring with 16 points, while Hille added 11. Siena Jannetty contributed 7 points; Kate Atwell added 5, and Tianna Koenig had 3 points for the Pirates. “We did not start the game with the right energy,” coach Henry Porter said after the game. “The improved energy in the second half was perfect, but it is hard to come back from that far down.” On Saturday night, Vashon traveled to Seattle for a non-league game
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