What a game!  Neither team ever led by more than three points.  Now the Tarriers are headed to the tri-district tournament and Orting goes home after a very strong season.  Despite this game falling during Winterim week, CWA fans were out in strength.  The Tarriers face Cascade Christian on Saturday at 3pm at Orting High School.  See you there!

Game wrap up: Knowles scores 6. Dale had 8. White had 4. Doumit had 2. Hand had 12.

8:17pm: White takes ball out of bounds under Orting basket.  Passes to Knowles. The clock runs out and TARRIERS WIN!

8:15pm: 1.3 sec on the clock. Tarriers take their last time-out.  They lead by two.

8:14pm: Hand makes his first shot.  Orting gets the rebound.  Tarriers lead by two.

8:14pm: After four back-to-back holding fouls, the Tarriers are going to the line.  Jordan Hand will shoot one-and-one.

8:12pm: Tarrier ball. 18 seconds.  Lead by one.

8:11pm: Back-to-back holds are called on Orting.  Tarriers take another time-out.

8:09pm: Orting misses a three point shot.  Orting fouls.  Tarriers take a time-out.  They lead by one point.

8:08pm: White nails two. Tarriers lead. Crowd goes wild. 38 sec left.

8:08pm: Orting travels.

8:07pm: 1:43 on the clock.

8:06pm: Orting calls a full time-out. CWA has three full time-outs left.  Orting has two.

8:06pm: Orting misses both shots, Hand rebounds and the Tarriers head to their end of the court again.

8:05pm: With 2:11 on the clock, up by one, Orting goes to the line to shoot two.

8:04pm: Orting gets two and takes the lead again, 30-29 with 2:30 on the clock.

8:02pm: White shoots 3, misses, Hand rebounds for 2.  Tarriers lead 29-28. Under 4 minutes left.

8:01pm: Hand answers with 2. Tarriers behind by one and they have the ball. 4:47 on the clock.

8:01pm: Orting gets another two.  Cardinals lead 28-25.

7:50pm: Coach Tyler Francis takes his third time-out. Orting leads 26-25. Cardinals take the ball under their own net.

7:57pm: Orting adds two for a three point lead. Jordan Hand answers with 2. 26-25 Cardinals.

7:56pm: CWA takes the ball out of bounds to start the 4th quarter.

7:54pm: Tension is high in the Dome tonight.  At the end of the third quarter, Orting leads 24-23.

7:52pm: Orting takes their second time-out.  They led by one, 24-23.

7:51pm: Orting gets another 3 and CJ Dale answers with 2. 24-23 Cardinals.

7:50pm: CJ Dale hits two. Tied at 21.

7:50pm: CWA ball under their own net.

7:49pm: The Cardinals answer with three.  21-19 Orting.

7:48pm: With 3:32 on the clock, Jordan Hand is fouled and goes to the line.  He hits his first shot to tie the game at 18 and his second to take the lead for the Tarriers.

7:47pm: With 4:44 on the clock, Brandon White hits two. 18-17 Cardinals.

7:45pm: Orting hits two. 18-15 Cardinals. With 5:05 left in the third quarter the Cardinals call time-out.

7:43pm: 6:17 on the clock and still no points scored in the third.

7:40pm: Orting ball to start the third quarter.

Halftime: So the Tarriers are down by one at the end of the first half.  Eric Knowles has 6 of the Tarriers’ 15 points.  CJ Dale has four and is two for two from the line.  Harry Doumit has two.  Jordan Hand has three points.  CWA scored 10 points in the first quarter and five in the second.  The Cardinals are really depending on Dylan Utley who has 12 of Orting’s 16 points.  Utley averaged 10.3 points a game this season.

7:30pm: Brandon White shoots one-and-one but misses his first shot.  A fall is called on CWA and Orting takes the ball to the baseline.  The quarter ends 16-15 Orting.

7:28pm: Orting misses the free throws.

7:27pm: 20.7 seconds on the clock.  Orting at the line. Still 16-15.

7:25pm: 2:18 on the clock. Hand hit two.  It’s 16-15 Orting.

7:23pm: 3:12 on the clock. 14-13 Orting.  Hand hit a free throw.

7:22pm: Still 14-12 Orting.  Jordan Hand to the line.

7:21pm: Time-out Tarriers.  Score is Orting 13, CWA 12.  The Cardinals have 4 fouls and CWA has 1.

7:20pm: With 4:45 left in the second, the Cardinals lead 14-12.

7:19pm: With 5:09 left in the second, Sean Fuller is at the line to shoot two.

7:18pm: 5:52 left in the second quarter, all tied at 12.

7:15pm: Harry Doumit with a great block.

7:14pm: Score – CWA 10, Orting 8. End of the first quarter.  Eric Knowles has 6 points.  CJ Dale has 4.

7:10pm: Score – CWA 8, Orting 6. 2:27 left on the clock in the first quarter.

7:03pm: Post season competition has a way of bringing out unexpected talent at Charles Wright and even before tip off fans got a bit of a surprise when Middle School Spanish teacher Senora Williams sang the National Anthem.  So what can we expect this quarter?  The Tarriers have played well in the first quarter throughout the season.  They’ve outscored their opponents 214 to 177.  The Cardinals, by comparison, have been outscored 217-175.  At the end of the first quarters of the two previous CWA vs Orting games, CWA trailed 8-7 and led 13-10.  Cardinals grabbed the jump and here we go..

6:49pm: The Tarriers are in the Dome!  Charles Wright’s boys basketball team is warming up for their first post-season game of the season.  In just over 10 minutes they’ll tip off against Orting.  The Tarriers ended their season with a 7-5 conference schedule.  The Cardinals wound up 4-8.  Both teams were beaten by Vashon and Cascade Christian on two occasions and each dropped a game to Life Christian.  The differences in the two teams’ records are the two games in which CWA faced Orting.  On Monday, December 15, CWA beat Orting 44-33 on their home court.  On Friday, January 23, CWA traveled to Orting.  Senior CJ Dale hit a two-point buzzer beater to win the game for the Tarriers, 56-54.  Can CWA go three for three against the Cardinals?  Stay tuned..

1:44pm: We’re going to try something new today.  For the first time, we’ll cover a CWA event live on the internet.  The varsity boys basketball team will play their first post-season game of the year tonight at 7pm in the Tarrier Dome against Orting.  With the help of the school’s tech team, we’re going to report live on the blog from the game.  If you’re in town, please come.  We’re expecting a smaller crowd than usual with many students and faculty out of town for Winterim.  If you can’t make it to the game, bookmark this page and check back for updates beginning at 7pm.