NORTH BEACH — Two 6-1 boys basketball teams in Forks and Raymond faced off in the opening round of the two-day North Beach Christmas Classic l Tournament on Thursday.
Raymond happened to come out on top 50-38 in this battle of strong teams.
The Gulls improved to 7-1 while the Spartans dropped to 6-2.
“There’s no way around it, we absolutely stunk,” Forks coach Scott Justus said.
The Spartans put up 50 shots to the Gulls’ 31 but shot only 28 percent from the field while Raymond shot 51 percent.
“We couldn’t throw the ball into the ocean, literally,” Justus said.
“We had two good practices but I gave them five days off [during Christmas break]. It was the first time I had done that, and it will be the last time.”
(See PDN Sunday editions for complete story).
