Lynden overcomes early loss to Sehome

Nathan Schumock

Sports Editor ey defeated Archbishop Murphy by a wide 65-25 victory on Feb. 16 and went on to play Lakewood in the third and fourth place game. e fourth quarter was a defensive showdown between the two sides. Sehome only scored eight points which barely edged out Lynden’s six points. e two-point separation ended up deciding the game.

MOUNT VERNON — e Lynden boy's path to state got a bit longer after they fell to Sehome 46-44 in the district semi nal game on Tuesday, Feb. 14.

Sehome versus Lynden has become quite the rivalry this year. It is the second time that Sehome has beaten Lynden and they have a chance to meet at state again for a third time. With the win, the Mariners advanced to the district nal game held on Saturday, Feb. 18 and fell to Anacortes. Despite the loss Sehome will be the ve-seed in state regionals. Anacortes will be the two-seed.

Lynden made the most of the opportunity later in the week with two more games to play.

It was a neck-and-neck game throughout, with the nale coming down to the last shot of the game. e Lions had three opportunities to tie or take the lead in the nal 30 seconds of the game. It came down to an inbounds pass from Lynden with one second remaining on the clock. Senior Coston Parcher received the inbounds pass and let a shot o from beyond the arc but it came up just short.

Lynden head coach Brian Roper said that Parcher is the guy that he trusts to shoot that nal shot.

“It just didn’t go down and sometimes that is high school basketball,” Roper said.

Lynden junior Anthony Canales started the game on a heater. He had seven of the 13 Lynden points scored in the rst quarter and looked impossible to stop. Lynden went into the second quarter with a 13-10. Canales nished with 21 points overall. e Sehome plethora of lengthy forwards seemed to give Lynden trouble in this one.

In the second quarter, it was a combo of Grey Garrison and Braddock Duckworth who caused the Lions problems. ey combined for seven points and helped give Sehome a 24-23 lead heading into halftime.

Following the halftime break, Garrison made his mark on the game. He was a menace in the low post and scored 12 of the 14 Sehome points in the quarter. Canales matched him and dropped 10 of the 15 Lynden points in the quarter. e two players were carrying the o enses of their teams. Sehome and Lynden went into the nal quarter of play knotted at 38 points each.

“We are playing for our season right now and these guys don’t want their season to end,” Roper said. “No time to pout or feel sorry for yourself just gotta go get ready to play,”Roper said.

Following the loss, the Lions won two straight to advance to the state regional tournament.

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