Renton girls make it nine in a row; Hazen splits, Lindbergh drops two

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.

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.