After a Seward score by Jack Lindquist Metlakatla got a Booth highlight reel with a score on a drive, a rebound by senior Troy Russell who fed Booth for another drive and score, and Booth driving through the key and feeding Marsden inside to cut the deficit to 14-12 after eight minutes.
A Seward basket by Talon Lemme was answered by Metlakatla senior Frank Guthrie from past the arc to trail 16-15.
A Seward basket by Emerson Cross was answered by Metlakatla’s Booth from past the arc to tie the game at 18-18. Booth then rebounded a missed Seward shot, drove the length of the floor and through traffic for the Chiefs first lead at 20-18 with just over four minutes remaining in the second quarter.
“Metlakatla basketball means to me, like, it’s really fun,” Booth said after the game. “You get to learn a lot and it’s very inspiring to other kids because, you know, our community is a huge basketball community and you have pride. Everyone talks about it back home, just, ‘I want to play on the Chiefs.’ As a kid, as kids playing basketball, growing up country wise email marketing list they are incoming Chiefs and it means a lot to our community. They really look forward to it and it really helps to the mental aspect of the game.”
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A rebound by sophomore Rocco Lindsey was thrown to Booth who drove again and fed sophomore Cruz Lindsey for a 22-21 lead. Another Booth steal and dish to Russell for a 24-21 lead forced a Seward timeout.
The Seahawks would score with 25 seconds left in the half to close to 24-23, but Chiefs’ sophomore Gianni Scudero-Hayward hit a shot past the arc at the buzzer for a 27-23 advantage at the break.
“You just try to do your best,” Scudero-Hayward said after the game. “Try to play hard and have fun…I remember watching my dad play at adult
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