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Trailing 52-49 Metlakatla set up a last-second shot, and Booth shot a tough contested shot past the arc that went in and out.

“We’re just the gritty, hard-work team that sells out on defense and plays great physical basketball,” Metlakatla coach Tony Scott said. “This is a good team and Seward’s a good team. There were four of us here that could have won the title and, you know, you just take away the last four minutes of the last two games and we probably would have been standing there at the end.”

at the end, we couldn’t make free throws for the last two games and it just killed us. I think we were 0-10 from the foul line today. And that game is out of reach if we just keep the pressure on them with those country wise email marketing list free throws, but if you miss eight in a row in the fourth quarter it just gives that other team that life, that hope.”

“And then they hit shots. They have some good shooters. And a couple times we gambled where we shouldn’t have. We should have played better straight-up defense and it cost us because they knocked down those shots. But I love this group of kids, great group of kids. They sold out for me all year and they had what it took. We just didn’t have the shots drop when we needed them to.”

Marsden led Metlakatla with 18 points, Booth added 16, Guthrie six, Scudero-Hayward three, Russell, C. Lindsey and R. Lindsey two each. Booth had 11 rebounds, Marsden and Guthrie five apiece, Russell and R. Lindsey three apiece and Scudero-Hayward one. Booth had eight assists, Russell and Guthrie three apiece. Booth and junior Sebastian Martinez had two steals apiece.

Metlakatla went 0-10 at the free throw line, Seward 5-13. The Chiefs had 29 total rebounds, 13 fouls and 10 turnovers. The Seahawks had 34 rebounds, 13 fouls and 11 turnovers.