When the Sumner Spartans and Washington Swarm met for their final game of the tournament, the first half of the game was dominated by defense. After the first seven minutes of play, the score was 2-2, with all four points scored on free-throws. Continue reading…
D-1 Elite met the Swarm again between the sketchy boundaries of the second court of Ballard High School’s gym. In their previous match, D-1 had edged out the Swarm with a 2-point win, so it promised to be a good, close match. Continue reading…
After Sunday morning’s win against EBC, the Swarm returned to the same Tahoma High School court to battle Way to Win (WTW) for a tournament medal. WTW scored first, and followed it up with a free throw for an early 3-0 lead, but the Swarm quickly matched them and pulled ahead after three minutes of play, 3-5. Continue reading…
The Swarm-EBC game was ultimately decided at the free-throw line. In a low-scoring and foul-riddled first half, the Swarm had pulled ahead 9-5 after nearly 17 minutes on the floor. Continue reading…
In the tropical heat of Auburn High School’s Gym #3, the D-1 Elite girls took to the court against the Washington Swarm in a game that came down to the wire. From the opening minutes, it was obvious that it would be a close game; though both teams scored within the first minute of the game, they remained at a stalemate for over seven minutes. Continue reading…
In the opening minutes of Sunday afternoon’s game at Sumner High, before the score keepers had even figured out how to add points to the scoreboard, the Swarm jumped out to a 4-0 lead against the girls of WEST Academy. However, WEST quickly regrouped and formed a stout, physical defense holding the Swarm scoreless for the next five minutes, while sinking their own two free throws. (4-2) Continue reading…
In their third game of the tournament, Inglemoor took on a talented North Creek team, with several former Northside Swarm players finding themselves on opposing sides of the ball. Again, Inglemoor jumped out to a commanding lead, scoring six points in the first two minutes of the game, and holding North Creek scoreless until nearly nine minutes into the half, when North Creek hit their first shot to make the score 2-13. It momentarily appeared as though the game was heading in the direction of the Viking’s Friday Harbor match-up, but North Creek started creeping back into contention in the closing minutes of the half, scoring another field goal and a free-throw. At halftime, the Vikings led 5-20. Continue reading…
On Monday afternoon, the 6th-grade Northside Swarm girls hit the hardwood against a fiery Seattle Future team that had narrowly defeated them two weeks earlier in Yakima. In a hard-fought first half, both teams brought solid defense, and after 10 minutes of play, the Swarm had edged ahead with a lead of 10-7. At the end of the half, Northside led by only four points. Continue reading…
On Sunday afternoon, the NW Magic girls faced off against the Northside Swarm to decide who would proceed to the championship game. The Magic came out with energy, taking a 4-2 lead before the Swarm sunk a three-pointer to pull ahead. Very quickly, though, the NW Magic hit a free-throw to tie up the game. Scoring remained even throughout the quarter, with the Swarm pulling out to a slim 11-12 lead as the quarter wound down. Continue reading…
The Bonney Lake girls team clashed with the Swarm on Sunday morning at Selah High School, where Northside jumped out to an early 2-6 lead in the first minutes of play. Just one minute later, though, Bonney Lake tied it up, and briefly pulled ahead at 8-6. At the end of the quarter, it was a new game at 8-8.