The Renton girls basketball team picked up two more wins this week to make it nine straight, while Hazen split their games and Lindbergh fell to both intra-district rivals.
Renton
The Renton Indians girls team stayed in second place this week, picking up two more wins to run their total to nine consecutive games without a loss.
On Jan. 14, the Indians hosted Evergreen, the league’s third-place team, and blew out the visitors 51-22.
Renton kept the Wolverines to single digits in each quarter of play. In the second quarter, the Indians held Evergreen to a single free throw.
On Friday, the Lindbergh eagles came to Renton and the Indians dispatched them easily 62-37.
Renton is now 11-4 overall and 8-1 in the league. The girls travel to league-leading Kennedy on Wednesday for a showdown with the Lancers and then host Tyee on Friday.
Hazen
The Hazen Highlanders did just enough to stay ahead and then rode a strong fourth-quarter to a 39-26 victory over Lindbergh on Jan. 11, but were unable to top Evergreen on Friday.
Hazen’s Sarah Sherrod had 11 points and Kaya Dumas added 9 in the win over Lindbergh. The two teams battled through the first two periods with Hazen taking a 17-14 lead into the half. In the third, the Highlanders doubled-up the Eagles 8-4 and then rode a strong 14-8 fourth quarter to the win.
Serena Simms had 9 for Lindbergh in the loss.
On Friday, the Highlanders traveled to Evergreen, but the Wolverines proved too much, beating the Highlanders 48-39. Individual stats were not available.
Hazen is now 7-8 overall on the season and 5-4 in the Seamount. They take on Foster on Wednesday and travel to Highline on Friday.
Lindbergh
After dropping both of their games this week to intra-district rivals Renton and Hazen, the Lindebrgh Eagles are now 4-10 overall and 3-6 in the Seamount.
They welcome Evergreen to Lindbergh on Wednesday and travel to league-leading Kennedy on Friday.