Herald staff
LANGLEY – It’s been awhile, but the South Whidbey boy’s basketball team is just glad to be back in the playoffs.
The Falcon’s 65-49 victory over Granite Falls Thursday night coupled with Meridian’s loss to Blaine clinched the last remaining playoff spot in the 2A district tournament for South Whidbey. Its there first playoff appearance since 1994.
“It was Senior Night tonight and it was a great atmosphere,” said South Whidbey coach Andy Davis. “And to have the game mean something was great.”
Ahead by only a basket coming out of halftime, South Whidbey outscored Granite Falls 35-21 in the second half behind two great performances by Josh Coleman and Brandon Turner.
Coleman and Turner both scored nine points in the second half to lead the Falcons.
But, fittingly on Senior Night it was a Senior who made the difference for South Whidbey. Tim Gabelein created a constant offensive threat en route to scoring a game-high 29 points and collecting 11 rebounds.
“Tim was consistent all night,” Davis said. “But, really it was an all-around team effort that got us the win.”
Lake Stevens 72, Arlington 61: Lake Stevens went 9-for-14 from 3-point range to help defeat Arlington in the Wesco North game. Trevor Johnson led all scorers with 24 points for the Vikings. 15 14 12 20 – 61 22 11 18 21 – 72
Class 3A State meet: Jonathan Keane of Meadowdale finished 15th in a 200-yard freestyle preliminary heat on Thursday at the King County Aquatic Center. Keane will swim in the consolation final today.
Also: 15, Jonathan Keane, Meadowdale, 1:50.21.
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Visitor-Strimple 14, Willard 3, Drube 3, Mullins 12, Otis 11, Emery 6. South Whidbey-Turner 9, Moote 4, Spivakov 2, Tornga 6, Ellis 2, Gabelein 29, Murphy 4, Coleman 9. 3-point goals-Tornga 1, Gabelein 1. JV score-Granite Falls defeated South Whidbey. Records-South Whidbey 5-11 in league, 7-13 overall. Granite Falls 2-14, 3-17.
Arlington
Lake Stevens
Arlington-Boursaw 14, Luce 3, Jefferson 9, McCormack 11, Libs 3, Boitano 4, Klein 13, Lowber 4. Lake Stevens-Stevens 4, Carbonatto 10, Thomason 6, Andrews 11, Johnson 24, Daniel 3, Miller 2, Haynes 12. 3-point goals-Luce 1, Jefferson 1, McCormack 1, Libs 1, Boitano 1, Carbonatto 2, Thomason 1, Andrews 3, Johnson 3. JV score-Lake Stevens 59, Arlington 48. Records-Lake Stevens .
Swimming
200 freestyle – 1, Brian Davis, Issaquah, 1:41.16; 2, Sean Sussex, Mercer Island, 1:43.00; 3, Will Antisdale, Skyline, 1:43.82; 4, Ben Johnson, Sehome, 1:43.90; 5, Kerry Tannhauser, Ballard, 1:46.88; 6, Erich Matolic, Kennedy, 1:47.72; 7, Michael Salgado, Sammamish, 1:47.76; 8, Taylor Haydu, Klahowya, 1:47.81.
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