News and commentary on high-school sports around Puget Sound.
March 1, 2013 at 9:42 PM
Boys state basketball: No. 2 Rainier Beach 73, No. 8 Franklin 59
TACOMA – Rainier Beach used a 21-4 run in the third quarter to put away rival Franklin for the fourth time this season. Beach won 73-59 in the Class 4A state semifinal game.
Beach will play the winner of No. 1 Lakeside vs. No. 3 Lincoln at 5 p.m. on Saturday in the Class 3A state championship game. The Vikings are looking to repeat as state champions.
Beach and Franklin were tied at 33 in the third quarter before Beach exploding for a decisive run. Will Dorsey led Beach with 21 points. Arell Hennings had 24 for Franklin.
Franklin will play loser of Lincoln vs. Lakeside in the third-place game on Saturday.
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+
