Medical Lake boys split with Liberty, Okanogan

Alex Stith has monster double-double effort against Bulldogs

Speed got the better of size, and nothing seemed to make up for “bus legs” for the Medical Lake boys who earned a split in their opening weekend of nonleague basketball play.

The Cardinals opened play at home Friday, Nov. 30, earning a 73-65 win over the perennial 2B powers, Liberty Lancers. Saturday was a 150-mile one-way bumpy bus ride to face Okanogan, losing to the 1A Bulldogs from the Caribou Trail league, 76-68.

“That Liberty team is just big, 6-8, 6-6, it was hard for our little guys to compete,” head coach Noel Hachtel said of his team that hopes to improve from an 11-13 finish last se...

 

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