After walking the tightrope between being a participant in the postseason or not, the White River High boys ended up walking the plank instead.
The Enumclaw Hornet basketball squad remained undefeated after notching two more impressive South Puget Sound League 3A victories, despite playing without starting post Tarren VanTrojen, who injured an ankle during practice last week.
Once again flames from the South Puget Sound League 3A’s better teams leapt up to singe the fragile wings of the inexperienced Enumclaw High girls basketball squad.
Despite dropping games to the second- and third-place teams in the South Puget Sound League 3A – falling to Lakes 78-34 Jan. 26 and to Franklin Pierce 65-41 Friday – the White River High boys basketball squad clings to the hope it can tiptoe into the postseason by virtue of a fifth-place finish.
Midway through basketball practice Wednesday, Enumclaw High center Tarren “The Train” VanTrojen stumbled over a teammate and twisted his ankle.
Enumclaw High’s boys basketball squad maintained a stranglehold on first place in the South Puget Sound League 3A, boosting its mark to 10-0 with a 71-60 home-court victory Jan. 19 against Bonney Lake and a 70-49 conquest Friday at Sumner.
Now that Enumclaw High’s girls basketball team has caught up to the learning curve, the Hornets – despite a 2-8 mark in South Puget Sound League 3A play – are making things difficult for the league’s pacesetting squads.
Coleman Clyde’s 21 points and 5-for-7 effort from 3-point territory helped EHS thwart Bellevue High 53-47 in the final contest the 2010 King Holiday Hoopfest, staged on the University of Washington campus.
When the boys basketball contest between visiting White River and Enumclaw began at 5:15 p.m. Friday in the friendly confines of Chuck Smith Gymnasium, things seemed a little off kilter.
A young Enumclaw High girls basketball team, which seems to be improving with each passing week, enhanced its South Puget Sound League 3A mark to 2-5 with a 54-42 victory over Franklin Pierce Jan. 12.
The Enumclaw High boys basketball team does not have a single player appearing in the Top 10 of the South Puget Sound League 3A scoring statistics.
Enumclaw High is one of the rebuilding teams in the South Puget Sound League 3A, looking to get a little better every game, be patient and learn from the school of hard knocks.
After falling 64-60 Jan. 5 at Timberline and losing 58-56 at Bonney Lake Friday, the White River boys basketball squad slipped to 2-8 overall and 2-4 in South Puget Sound League 3A play.
