Garfield Rolls Past Sentinels in Season Debut
By Steve Dion
| Tuesday- November 29th | 2016 | Boys | 3A | Metro/Pierce County | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield High School | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
| Spanaway Lake | 8 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 56 | |
| Garfield | 22 | 22 | 28 | 22 | 94 | |
Garfield Senior Jaylen Nowell
In the season opener for Metro League basketball, the Garfield Bulldogs welcomed in the Sentinels hailing from Spanaway Lake. This was an up-tempo contest from the opening tip in which the home team picked up an early lead and continued to build upon throughout the game.
Senior sharpshooter Jaylen Nowell had no-rust to shake off as the versatile guard was extremely efficient from the field scoring a game high 23 points. Curtis Walker also had a nice night logging 22 tough points, most of which down in the scrum.
Spanaway Lake battled despite trailing by a wide margin as Divante Moffitt and Derek Gordon Jr. notched 14 apiece in the ballgame.
Daejon Davis excited the crowd with a few highlight dunks and J’Raan Brooks even entered the mix with a two-handed slam of his own late.
Overall, a good showing for what’s expected to be another tough Garfield team this year.
The Final Score
Garfield 94, Spanaway Lake 56.
Top Performers:
Garfield
Jaylen Nowell- 23 points
Spanaway Lake
Divante Moffitt-14 points