(Video added: Last :30 of Sealth game, with the victory celebration)

HIGH SCHOOL: In district tournament play – Chief Sealth International High School just beat visiting Eastside Catholic, 44-42. Seattle Lutheran‘s boys also won, 49-35 over Shoreline Christian. Earlier, West Seattle High School lost at Bellevue, 82-60.

MIDDLE SCHOOL: Madison Middle School‘s girls and Denny International Middle School‘s boys both played Eckstein Middle School in championship games at Sealth this afternoon. Eckstein won both games, boys 73-51 (we’re still verifying the final girls’ score).

(added) HOLY ROSARY BOYS: Derek sent word the 6th graders beat St. Luke’s today and will play for the CYO championship on Sunday at 1:30 pm against St. Joseph, at Bishop Blanchet High School. (added) And the 8th graders are in their championship game at 6 pm Sunday at Blanchet, according to Dan.

ADDED EARLY SUNDAY: More details and more video, ahead:

SEALTH GAME DETAILS: Sealth and Eastside Catholic met for the second time in less than a week, fully aware of each other’s default strategies. In the end, it turned out to be a hard-fought, no-love-lost game that saw Sealth’s Pepe Hernandez pull out the 44-42 win with only two seconds to go (see video clip atop the story). Eastside had built a six-point lead at halftime after Sealth spent a large portion of the game unable to rebound the ball underneath their own basket. The Seahawks chipped away and tied the game in the fourth quarter, only to see the lead change hands on 3-point shots. The win moves Sealth on to play Mercer Island on Tuesday at Bellevue College.

WEST SEATTLE VS. BELLEVUE: West Seattle and Bellevue High played a fast paced, but hectic first quarter as both teams tried to establish a running game but failed to convert all of that motion into points. By the second quarter Bellevue settled down and played a very simple passing game that routinely put the ball to the inside. In that quarter the Wolverines put up 23 points, which gave them a 16-point lead at halftime. West Seattle chipped away at that lead at the start of the second half and pulled within 10 with exchanges like the one seen here.

That’s the Wildcats’ Steven Kirk with both the free throw and the basket. On the night he had nine points. La Trey Newsom led the Wildcats with 19 points.

And from the middle-school games, one video clip each:

MADISON GIRLS VS. ECKSTEIN:

DENNY BOYS VS. ECKSTEIN: