Garfield/Palouse boys cut down Wednesday again

Wednesday morning at state started out trouble for Whitman County as the Garfield/Palouse boys tipped off at 9 a.m. against Muckleshoot Tribal School – a taller, heavier team from off-reservation trust land near Auburn.

Trailing late in the game, Vikings junior guard Austin Jones – playing his last game with his brother, senior star forward Blake, pushed the ball but he nor the rest of the team could make enough shots.

Gar/Pal led into the second half, 28-22, on an outside shot by Jaxson Orr, then Muckleshoot's Brendon Brown scored and the Kings' big number 42, 6'5” Lamont Nichols, scored off...