From WSB co-publisher Patrick Sand: Chief Sealth International High School‘s boys-varsity basketball team closed out its season Saturday night at Nathan Hale, losing 55-49. It was a quick game that saw lots of error-free ball from both sides, with only a scant few fouls called until the last minute of the game. The Seahawks came from an 11-point deficit in the third quarter to pull the game within four by the start of the fourth quarter. And things got even closer:

Then, with a little over six minutes left in the game, Sealth senior Pepe Hernandez tied the game up on a free throw. Three times during the game, he and teammate Bronte Corbray turned the game into a track meet that had both teams doing wind sprints up and down the court. During those exchanges, Sealth came out on the long end of the deal as they controlled the rebounding. That gap eventually closed to one point in the last minute of the game, but Sealth’s repeated fouling of Hale sophomore Gadisa Margarsa put the game away. He was six-for-six at the free-throw line during the last 30 seconds. Julijs Pruzinskis was Hale’s leading scorer with 14 points, Margarsa was next with 13. Sealth was led by Hernandez with 21 points and Corbray with 11.