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Beavers Sports Roundup: Gymnastics advance to districts; girls cheer finish second in State Championships; Wrestler KingCo title
It was a good weekend for Ballard athletics. In addition to two basketball wins, gymnastics, cheer, and wrestling all saw successes.
The Ballard gymnastics team competed in the KingCo 4A championships at Roosevelt High School, and will move on to the districts championships at Sammamish High School on Saturday.
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The Seattle Swagger captures thrilling win against rival Loyal Heights team
By Coach Rob Mathison
In a thrilling game between local competitors that saw two overtimes, clutch free throw shooting and dramatic drives to the hoop, the Seattle Swagger earned their first victory of the season last Saturday against their rival, the 13-year-old Loyal Heights Boys Basketball Team.
After jumping out to an early 5-0 lead on a steal and lay-up by Antonio Diaz-Mitchell and a long three-pointer by Josh Brown, the Swagger surrendered their lead to free throws before the two teams leap-frogged each other for most of the game.
During regulation play, Diaz-Mitchell poured in 16 points and Michael Scherrer had a key blocked shot on a layup, but their heroics were matched by sparkling drives to the basket and well-executed back-door cuts by the rival Loyal Heights team.
The Swagger were up 21-19 until two clutch free throws tied the game with 23 seconds to go, sending the crowd into a frenzy as both teams tried desperately but fruitlessly in the final seconds for a game-winning score.
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Johnny Verduin led the Ballard team to a 67 to 65 victory by scoring with 25 points.
Beavers basketball win one, lose one against Issaquah
The Beavers were on the road last night against Issaquah for their second to last game of the regular season.
The lady Beavers suffered a big loss as Issaquah outscored them 60 to 30.
Starting in the first quarter, Issaquah was strong on the offense but even better on the defense, allowing the Beavers only five points while scoring 13 themselves. This continued to the remainder of the game and at halftime, the Lady Beavers were trailing by 13 points.
Issaquah steadily build on their lead while the Beavers struggled to make a comeback.
Beverly Verduin netted eight points and Nancy MacGeorge did her part in helping the team by scoring seven points.
Currently tied with Garfield for fourth place, Ballard has one shot left to make the playoffs but only if Garfield loses their remaining two games and Ballard wins against Bothell on Saturday.
The boys basketball team played a very tight and exciting game.
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