Playing in the 41st annual Bellevue College Holiday High School tournament, the Juanita boys finished sixth overall.
The three day event ended with the Rebels playing in the fourth/sixth place game against South Kitsap, which the Rebels lost 47-38.
Juanita led the game early on, holding a one point lead at the end of the first, followed by an extension of the lead to a 19-16 score going into halftime. But after the break South Kitsap surged, scoring 12 points to Juanita’s nine in the third and 19 to 10 in the fourth.
Ryan Reid had the high with 11 points, while Ty Eng posted nine, Trevor Andrews had seven. Devan Jackson added six, Avery Britton had two and Sean Brennan had one.
In their first game, the Rebels lost Wednesday afternoon to a 9-1 Nathan Hale team. The final score was 65-54.
In the opening quarter, the Rebels were down 21-14 thanks in part to a large number of foul shots by Nathan Hale from the floor. In the second quarter, the Rebels found their rhythm, holding the Raiders to 16 points while scoring 14. Juanita scored nine in the third and 17 in the fourth to close the gap, but it wasn’t enough.
Ryan Reid had 16 points for the Rebels during the game, while Brett Hamre added 10. Devan Jackson scored eight points, followed by Avery Britton’s six. Landyn Milburn posted five for the team, as did Trevor Andrews, while Sean Brennan had four. Nathan Hale’s Gadisa Margarsa had 26 points during the game.
In their second game of the tournament, Juanita beat Oak Harbor 52-32.
The Rebels outscored their opponents 17-6 in the first quarter, but were outscored 11-10 in the second. It was in the second half however, that the Rebels really kicked into gear on offense. Oak Harbor had just 15 points just the entire second half, while Juanita scored 13 in the third and 12 in the fourth for the win.
Ty Eng posted the team’s high with 16 points, while Reid had nine, Jackson had seven and Hamre and Milburn each posted six points for the team. Kendrick Murphy scored three points, while Brennan and Riley O’Rourke each had two and Alex Stokes added one point.
Traveling during the holiday break, the Lake Washington boys team headed to California for the Torrey Pines Holiday Classic.
In their first game of the event, the Kangs lost 64-60 to Taft, a team from Woodland Hills, Calif. on Tuesday, Dec. 27.
The next day the team played Dominguez, based out of Compton, Calif. The Kangs won 69-40.
In their third game of the tournament, the Kangs beat O’Dea 46-44.
The teams were tied at the end of the first quarter with 12 points, but Lake Washington held the lead by half time up by one point. The team extended the lead by one more point in the third quarter. O’dea held the Kangs to seven points in the fourth, but couldn’t score any more itself to end the game with a 46-44 final.
Darien Nelson-Henry had 21 points during the game, while Cody Bernstein posted eight for the team. Matt Staudacher added seven, Guy Lynott had six and Kelly Guy had four overall.
In their last game of the tournament, the Kangs lost to Sheldon, a team out of Sacramento. The final score was 47-42.
