Cardinal boys fall twice in two-point NEA contests

Medical Lake loses 54-52 at Newport, 67-65 in overtime to Freeman

PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter | Last updated Feb 03, 2017 12:17pm0

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Medical Lake's Trenten Garza goes to the basket against Freeman.

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There is no need for panic Medical Lake boys' head basketball coach Noel Hachtel insists following a week when his team lost twice and fell out of contention for the Northeast A League regular season championship.

The losses each came by a mere two points, 54-52 at Newport, Jan. 24 and 67-65 at home versus No. 1 Freeman - in overtime.

"They competed, we should have won both of them, but those happen," Hachtel said. "There's probably a lot of talk, 'Oh we're falling off,'" he added. "I actually think we're getting better."

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