News and commentary on high-school sports around Puget Sound.
February 28, 2013 at 5:44 PM
Boys state basketball: Franklin 78, Timberline 55
TACOMA – Franklin used a big second half to run by Timberline 78-55 on Thursday in the Class 3A state quarterfinals.
The Quakers led by just five at halftime – and trailed in the second quarter – but blew the game open in the third quarter. The Quakers used a 20-7 run in the third quarter to build an 18-point lead, and that would only grow.
Eugene Aritson, Franklin’s 6-foot-8 center, scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Quakers while Patrick Ball, the team’s leading scorer, added 16 points and nine rebounds.
Franklin has been a hard-to-figure-out team this season, but the Quakers played a crisp second half against Stanwood in regionals on Saturday and did so again against Timberline.
Donaven Dorsey, a 6-foot-6 junior receiving Division-I interest for Timberline, scored 30 points, including 18 in the first half. He made 12 of his 24 shots.
Comments | More in
More from High School Sports Blog
- May 16 - 10:30 AM Triple Play: Softball notes on area 4A, 3A and 2A district tournaments
- May 15 - 2:26 PM Skyview’s Carter Johnson tabbed Gatorade POY in boys soccer
- May 15 - 12:25 PM Come celebrate Doug Helgeson’s birthday, love of life Saturday
- May 14 - 8:33 PM State baseball pairings heading into the weekend
- May 14 - 4:00 AM The “Full 80” prep boys soccer blog — Week 8
Jayson Jenks provides news and commentary on high-school sports. Sandy Ringer is also a frequent contributor. You can subscribe to this blog, follow Seattle Times Preps on Twitter, or join discussion in the forum.
Trending with readers
On Facebook
Recent Activity
Multimedia
Google+
