ROCHESTER — The Warriors led at the break, but lost steam and the ballgame, 68-51, to Eatonville here in Evergreen 2A/1A League boys basketball action on Friday in Rochester's season finale.
The Warriors, behind a team-high 14 points from Josh Kennedy, ran up the score in the first half, scoring 22 points in the first quarter before adding 12 in the second to hold a 34-32 lead at halftime.
"We just had a really clean and crisp first half," Rochester coach Mark Goldrick said. "We just kind of ran out of gas in the second half and they got hot. Our seniors played really well."
While Rochester cooled down, the Cruisers heated up, outscoring the Warriors 36-17 in the second half. Eatonville was led by a game-high 25 points from Ray Springer.
Rochester ended the season with a 3-17 overall record (3-11 league). The Warriors will say goodbye to six seniors: Cayson Yakovich, Andrew Fillmore, Brock Hawes, Brandon Rogers, Ron Valley and Tiki Hickle.
"It was just a neat group of kids to have," Goldrick said. "Everybody played all the way through, they played hard and had a good time. The seniors contributed a lot, but I'm excited for the kids of next year."
