FHHS season comes to end, drops playoff with Kings Thursday night….

FHHS' Liz Taylor nearly blocks a shot at Kings last night...

Friday Harbor ran into a buzzsaw last night, but can still hold their heads high after a great season. The Update’s Collin Williamson has more:

In the last game of the season, our own Wolverines took on the #1 seed Kings Knights in a 1A District 1 match up. The Knights (13-1) have had much success this year, but the Wolverines (12-2) took no notice and played with tremendous effort.

The Knights came out of the gates strong, gathering an 8-0 run in the first minutes of the game. The Knights took advantage of weak side help, driving down the lane and outletting it to their shooters. The Wolverines did a great job of swinging the ball in their half-court offense, the only problem was that it was extremely difficult to get past the Knights three-quarter court press. The Knights led the entire game, as they kept the Wolverines out of  their usual offensive flow.

With a final score of 47-23 the Lady Wolverines saw their season come to a close, and senior captain Mandy Turnbull was able to look at the bright side of the game: ”All we wanted to do was go out there and play as a team, and give it all we had. Everyone did that yesterday and it allowed us to end our season by playing together while having fun.”

When asked about the success of the season she said: “It was one of the best sports seasons. We had our highs and lows, but we all had each other’s backs. We proved that in order to be a team and have success that it starts with encouraging each other.”

Even though the season is over, they can look back to a successful season. There will be a new standard for future Wolverine teams.

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