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W Basketball that.� Robinson led Curtis with 18 points, while Dominique Jordan added 11 points and Brown had 10 points. Garfield, however, presented a much stronger challenge on March 1, as Curtis rallied late in the game for a 70-66 overtime win. “That was a heck of a game,� Kelly said. “I’ve never been more proud of the kids. For most of the game we were getting our butts kicked pretty good. We didn’t stop, we kept fighting.� The Bulldogs went up 15-9 after the first quarter as Torrance Baker scored nine first-quarter points. But the Vikings held tough, battling back to tie it 26-26 on Jordan’s jumper late in the first half and trailed just 30-26 at the break. Tucker Haymond and Trevaunte Williams – who scored a team-high 20 points for Garfield – helped the Bulldogs maintain a 48-42 advantage heading into the fourth quarter, but Robinson helped the Vikings respond. He scored 15 of his gamehigh 25 points after halftime, including the Vikings’ only three-pointer of the game early in overtime. “They were the toughest team I’ve ever played,� Robinson said. Leading 68-66 in the extra period with three seconds left, senior Andre Lewis stole Garfield’s inbounds pass, was fouled and calmly hit both free throws to seal it for the Vikings. “We wanted this game so bad, and we knew we could take this,� Lewis said. “We just came out and played our hearts out.� Tory Causey added 13 points for the Vikings in the win. The Vikings finished by holding on to top Jackson 60-56 on March 2, as Robinson continued his dominant tournament with 11 of his game-high 20 points in
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the first quarter. Jaurence Chisolm’s put-back midway through the second quarter capped an 8-0 run to give the Vikings a 21-11 lead, and they led 31-19 at halftime. Jordan’s behind-the-back pass to Jayson Williams for an easy layup gave Curtis its biggest lead at 38-25 midway through the third quarter, but Jackson stormed back behind Dan Kingma. The junior guard cut the deficit to 42-33 with a threepointer with seven seconds left in the third quarter, and cut it to 54-53 with another trey with just under a minute left in the game. Trailing 59-56 with a chance to tie with seven seconds left, the Timber Wolves’ Jason Todd was stripped while he drove to the hoop, and Chisolm came up with the ball and hit one of two free throws to seal the win. Brown finished with 16 points for Curtis, while Kingma led Jackson with 18 points. The Vikings – led by senior starters Robinson, Brown, Lewis and Jordan – finished the season with a 27-2 overall record.
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The Lincoln Abes got off to a hot start at the Hardwood Classic, looking like a serious threat to win the title. But after suffering a disappointing loss to Lakeside in the semifinals to shatter that dream, the Abes rebounded to claim third place with a win over Franklin. The Abes topped Mountlake Terrace 68-47 in their opener on Feb. 28, as Tre’Shaun Fletcher tore up the Hawks for a game-high 29 points and 13 rebounds. “He did everything,� said Lincoln head coach Aubrey Shelton. “He rebounded, he scored, he took over, played defense, made great passes. He was unselfish. He’s my player of the year. If he plays like that, there’s nobody better.�
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DUAL THREATS. (Left) Tre’Shaun Fletcher, who scored 74 points at the state tournament, finishes a dunk in the Abes’ big win over Mountlake Terrace in the opener. (Right) Ahmaad Rorie, who tallied a teamhigh 78 points in the tournament, goes for a layup in the win over Franklin to claim third place.
Fletcher scored nine points in the first quarter, putting Lincoln up 16-9 with a fade away jumper at the buzzer. He added nine more points in the second quarter, including a three-pointer early and a rebound and putback midway through the period to make it 29-16. “I heard (their coach) tell them to try to force me (to the) right,� Fletcher said. “That was the key for me to just drive and get in the paint.� The Abes led 36-20 at the break, and coasted in the second half. Fletcher finished 10-for-14 from the field, while Ahmaad Rorie hit four three-pointers and added 21 points for the Abes. But Lakeside came out
on fire on March 1, jumping out to a big lead and coasting to an 86-67 win over the Abes. Matthew Poplawski – who finished with a teamhigh 23 points – hit three early three-pointers, and Tramaine Isabell’s steal and layup gave Lakeside a 20-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. The lead kept growing in the second quarter, as Poplawski hit two more threes, while Lincoln was 0-for-8 from beyond the arc in the first half and just 9-for-32 from the field. Trailing 45-26 at the break, the Abes got no closer
than an 18-point deficit the rest of the way. Rorie scored 28 points and added nine rebounds in the losing effort, while Fletcher had 14 points and 10 rebounds and LaTravion Satterwhite added eight points for the Abes. “It was tough,� Shelton said. “I’d imagine that was one of the best games they’ve played, and it was one of our worst. It’s a bad combination.� Despite the devastating loss, the Abes responded in a big way on March 2 by beating Franklin 77-69 to take third place. Fletcher added
his third double-double in three days in his final high school game – scoring a game-high 31 points and 10 rebounds – while Rorie sank four more three-pointers and tallied 29 points. Tied 15-15 after the first quarter, Lincoln used an 11-2 run to help build a 40-35 lead at the break, and they held off the Quakers the rest of the way. The third-place finish is the highest for the Abes during Shelton’s six-year tenure, as they won the Narrows 3A and finished with a 23-4 overall record.
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