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07-03-2025
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Dartmouth commit Hiatt, Edmonds-Woodway overwhelm Lincoln in 3A quarterfinal
It felt clear minutes into Thursday Class 3A state tournament quarterfinal game against Edmonds-Woodway that it wasn't going to be Lincoln's night. The Abes were flustered, frustrated and out of sorts from the tip. Edmonds-Woodway — cool, confident and composed — was anything but. Edmonds-Woodway led by six after a quarter. The lead ballooned to 32 points by the end of the third quarter. Edmonds-Woodway held Lincoln to just 13 total points in the second and third quarters en route to a 73-36 rout. 'We're coming out confident,' Edmonds-Woodway senior guard Cam Hiatt said. 'We've been playing some really good basketball, we scouted them really well. We had a really good game plan and we executed it really, really well. I'm really proud of our guys, not just me, that's all of us top to bottom. We executed.' Hiatt, a 6-foot-4 Dartmouth-bound senior guard, was as good as advertised. He poured in a game-high 33 points with 14 rebounds and shot a perfect 10-of-10 from the free throw line. Edmonds-Woodway shot 48 percent from the field and held Lincoln to 23 percent shooting from the floor. Lincoln, which likes to get out in transition, never could get on the fast break. 'They come from a brand of basketball that likes to get up and down and that's tough,' Hiatt said. 'But when you get them in the halfcourt, you make them play possession basketball and you make them execute, that changes things and it changed it for us today.' Lincoln sophomore guard Trey Collier led the team with 11 points. No other Abes scored in double digits. 'Credit to them, they played really tough and did not give us anything easy,' Lincoln coach Ryan Rogers said. 'They executed well on the offensive end and it really hurt us not being able to get in transition. So credit to them, they had a good game plan and they stuck to it.' Lincoln unraveled emotionally as the game wore on, drawing several technical fouls, two to Lincoln players and one assessed to Rogers. 'It's always splitting hairs but I think the refs let a couple of things slide, which frustrated our young kids, which we have to be better at,' Rogers said. 'Being more composed. 'There's perks and disadvantages to having a young team and I think one of those things is just to continue to be mentally tough and get through those things and let the refs make the tough calls and make the decisions.' That's the silver lining: the Abes are young. Barring any unforeseen transfer activity, Lincoln will return its entire roster next season. For a team that won the 3A Puget Sound League and the 3A District 3/4 title, that's welcome news. Lincoln should be a 3A state title contender next season. While the youth hasn't bitten Rogers' squad many times this year, it reared its head against a veteran Edmonds-Woodway team on Thursday. 'The kids played hard, it wasn't lack of effort or anything like that,' Rogers said. 'Just things we have to continue to work on and get better at.' Edmonds-Woodway, meanwhile, advances to a semifinal matchup against No. 2 Mount Spokane, which rallied late to beat Bellarmine Prep in overtime on Thursday night. Lincoln will face Bellarmine Prep in a consolation game at 12:15 p.m. on Friday. The winner of the game will play for fourth/sixth place on Saturday.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
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‘Why not us?' Lincoln freshmen shine in 3A state opening-round win over Federal Way
It won't show up on the stat sheet in the points category, but Lincoln freshman forward Justus Holt delivered an MVP-caliber performance in Lincoln's opening-round 53-48 win over Federal Way in the Class 3A state tournament at the Tacoma Dome on Wednesday evening. His line: five points, five rebounds, four blocked shots and a steal. Beyond that, who knows how many altered Federal Way shots in the paint defensively. Perhaps above all else, Holt just had a presence. Nothing easy was going to come at the rim against him or the Abes. 'Huge,' Lincoln coach Ryan Rogers said of his freshman's performance. 'And that's what we try to preach to the kids, because kids get so caught up on getting buckets and scoring. There's so many other ways you can impact the game.' Not a bad Tacoma Dome debut for Lincoln's freshman, and it's scary to think where Holt could be in a few years' time if he continues on his current trajectory. 'I feel great right now,' Holt said. 'The intensity going up every time.' Lincoln trailed against Federal Way a couple weeks ago in the bidistrict tournament semifinals before mounting a late comeback and stealing a win. This time around, Lincoln led most of the game. The lesson learned from the first meeting was to play freely. 'Don't get in our heads,' Holt said. 'Just have confidence when we shoot and play defense.' Freshman guard Davion Shareef-Dulaney scored 11, sophomore guard Trey Collier and junior forward Kasey Williams added 10 apiece and the team's leading scorer came off the bench: sophomore guard Uriah Wilson, who made four of his five 3-point attempts, including a clutch three in the fourth quarter. 'Be ready for your opportunity,' Rogers said. 'O'Shea (Lamar) got two quick fouls so we needed somebody to step up. Uriah came first with his defense and that just gives you that confidence to let it fly when you get those open opportunities.' Federal Way guard Brayden McVey scored a game-high 20 points, but Federal Way struggled offensively as a team, shooting just 32.2 percent from the field and going 0-for-11 from beyond the arc. Still, the Eagles cut the Abes' lead to two points with under a minute to play, but Shareef-Dulaney iced the game late with a pair of free throws. Lincoln features two juniors and no seniors on its roster, one of the state's youngest top teams. But the Abes aren't hoping to build for the future; Lincoln wants to win it all now, this weekend. 'We got that dawg in us,' Holt said. 'We can't be scared of no one.' Edmonds-Woodway awaits in the 3A quarterfinals on Thursday at the Tacoma Dome. 'I think there's a lot of people who are counting us out, a lot of people saying 'In a couple years,' but we want to make sure we make our statement now,' Rogers said. 'Why not us?'
Yahoo
23-02-2025
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District championships: Young Lincoln Abes win 3A district title, North Thurston rolls
Here are recaps of the Class 3A boys and 3A girls District 3/4 high school bsaketball championship games, as well as the 2A boys District 3 championship game, played at Mount Tahoma High School on Saturday. A lot has been made about Lincoln's talented trio of young guards, but the team's frontcourt has been quietly productive, too. In Lincoln's 3A District 3/4 championship game against Auburn Mountainview at Mount Tahoma on Saturday night, junior forward Kasey Williams was in attack mode from the start. He scored 20 points — 10 in the first half and 10 in the second — setting the tone in Lincoln's 70-55 win. 'I just knew everything I did, in the back of my mind was cutting the net,' Williams said, smiling. 'Had to do it.' Also a standout football player for the Abes, Williams is actually the veteran presence in Lincoln's starting five. He's a junior. The other four starters: freshman guard Davion Shareef-Dulaney, sophomore guard O'Shea Lamar, sophomore guard Trey Collier and freshman forward Justus Holt. Whether he considers himself a seasoned veteran or not, Lincoln coach Ryan Rogers agreed Williams' energy was an important factor in the win. It was the first district championship for Rogers as a head coach. 'Just endless energy, giving everything he has, playing defense, rebounding, scoring, getting buckets, creating, he's just doing whatever it takes to help the team win and embracing that junkyard dog kind of role,' Rogers said. Auburn Mountainview led by a point at halftime, but the Abes outscored the Lions 23 to nine in the third period, effectively putting the game out of reach. Auburn Mountainview guard Kolven Posey scored 20 and 6-foot-6 senior guard Sebastian Arius — the 3A NPSL MVP this winter — added 17, but otherwise it was mostly quiet for the Lions. Lincoln was paced by 22 points from freshman guard Davion Shareef-Dulaney, Williams added 20, Justus Holt scored 14 and O'Shea Lamar chipped in 10. It all added up to another Lincoln win in front of a sellout crowd at Mount Tahoma High. The crowds seem to be getting bigger and bigger the more this group wins. Next up: the state tournament regional round, then a trip down the hill to the Tacoma Dome for the 3A state tournament. Lincoln will almost certainly be a lock for a top eight seed when regional brackets are released on Sunday, which will guarantee a spot at the Dome. The Abes are young, but they won't just be happy to be there. The expectation? 'Win it all,' Williams said. 'That's it.' White River cut into the deficit at various points in the second half, but the Hornets kept running into the same problem everyone else has against North Thurston this season: there's just too much firepower from the team in purple and white. North Thurston beat White River 73-65, thanks to a balanced offensive night. 'It's great,' North Thurston senior guard Grace Lee said. 'We've been here three times these past three years and we've always come short but this time we just have something different and I think we've all just played as a team and I think that's really showed in this game.' Shayla Cordis, who was stellar in the district tournament, scored a team-high 24 points, guard Soraya Ogaldez added 18 and Lee added 16 for the Rams. 'We have so many threats on our team, when we get everybody involved, we can't be stopped,' Lee said. 'It's really hard to stop us.' North Thurston has won 26 straight after dropping its season opener to Olympia. Guard Maggee Schmitz led White River in scoring with a game-high 25 points, while post Vivian Kingston added 17. With the addition of Cordis (Timberline transfer) this season, North Thurston has the pieces to make a run at the 3A state tournament at the Tacoma Dome. 'We have a lot more energy this year and I think it's going to be a good year for us,' Lee said. Jalen Davis: as good as advertised. Bremerton's sophomore guard showed why he's regarded as one of the state's top young players on Saturday afternoon, putting on a scoring clinic in Bremerton's breezy 66-34 win over Franklin Pierce in the 2A District 3 championship game. Davis scored from beyond the arc, at the rim and everywhere in between, asking questions from the tip against a Franklin Pierce offense that had no answers on Saturday afternoon. 'It means a lot,' Davis said. 'We finally accomplished one of our goals this season. It feels great.' Perhaps more impressive was Bremerton's effort on the defensive end and with its full-court press, though. The Knights forced the Cardinals into constant turnovers and never let Franklin Pierce settle in offensively. 'We got the defense and we got the momentum from the crowd and we just got it from there,' Davis said. '(The press) helped us a lot and took them out of their rhythm.' Davis scored a game-high 30 points. Javon Barbee led Franklin Pierce in scoring with 18 points. Both teams are safely through to the 2A state tournament.
Yahoo
19-02-2025
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3A district semis: Lincoln comeback ‘for the city,' Auburn Mountainview beats Gig Harbor
It looked like the youth of Lincoln's roster might finally catch up to it. The Abes, who feature just two juniors and no seniors, looked frustrated against the No. 3 seed Federal Way Eagles in a 3A District 3/4 semifinal game on Tuesday night at Mount Tahoma High School. The shots weren't falling and the calls weren't going Lincoln's way. The boiling point came when Lincoln coach Ryan Rogers received a technical foul early in the fourth quarter after bending the official's ear for several minutes on the sideline. Federal Way led by 10 at one point late in the game. Then Lincoln dug deep, putting together stops on the defensive end and converting transition shots at the other end. Junior post Kasey Williams came up with a big 3-point play, guard O'Shea Lamar came up with a clutch steal and a pair of free throws and Lincoln completed the improbable comeback, stunning Federal Way, 57-56 to advance to the 3A District 3/4 championship game on Saturday. 'It's amazing,' said Lincoln sophomore guard Trey Collier, who scored a team-high 16 points. 'I've never heard of anybody like this, our team. Two juniors, the (oldest) we've got. We're doing it for our city so it feels great.' Lincoln, the tournament's No. 2 seed, got production from a lot of its young roster on Tuesday: Collier led the way with 16, freshman Davion Shareef-Dulaney scored 11, Williams had 11, Lamar had eight and forward Justus Holt added eight. 'That's what makes our team so special — it's any guy's night on any given day,' Rogers said. 'We can go 10, 12 deep. … It's just a domino effect.' It feels like Lincoln is ahead of schedule, but there's a familiarity between the players that has them playing beyond their years. 'Just our chemistry,' Collier said. 'We've known each other our whole lives. We don't let the little things get in our heads, conflict us. Just working together throughout the season, learning little things throughout the season has helped us peak at the perfect time.' Guard Brayden McVey led Federal Way with a game-high 19 points in the loss. Top-seeded Auburn Mountainview was on the cusp of getting knocked off by Gig Harbor in the second semifinal game at Mount Tahoma on Tuesday night. Then Sebastian Arius, this winter's 3A NPSL Most Valuable Player, took over. He scored 17 of his game-high 24 points in the second half, including a pair of clutch 3-pointers and the go-ahead basket and free throw, to lead the Lions from behind against Gig Harbor, 67-66. 'I just couldn't let (my team) down,' Arius said. 'I led them this far and they look for me at the end of the game. I had to finish it off.' It wasn't Arius' best shooting night from deep prior to the fourth quarter. The two 3-pointers he hit were his only two of the game. They came at an opportune time. 'It was big,' he said. 'I just gotta keep shooting at the end of the day, like my coach says. Just keep reminding me, just keep shooting and it's gonna fall eventually. It felt nice to see a couple go down.' Junior guard Kolven Posey added 16 for the Lions. Gig Harbor 6-foot-8 forward Michael Masini led the Tides with 18 points, 15 of which he scored in the first half. Cole Browne and Ty Buchanan added 15 apiece. Auburn Mountainview (22-1 overall) has been one of the South Sound's fun stories this year, putting together a nearly flawless season under coach Kendall White after a 14-8 campaign last year. Now, the Lions will play Tacoma's Lincoln High for the 3A District 3/4 title on Saturday. 'It's a blessing, honestly,' Arius said. 'It's really just a blessing.'
