February 15, 2023
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EHS teacher receives statewide honor Courtesy Allison Burslem Eatonville School District
Photo by Cheryl Taylor Eatonville’s Shay Brannon elevates past Castle Rock’s Trevor Rogen for the score. Brannon led the Cruisers with 24 points to help defeat the Rockets, 64-53, last week.
Eatonville High School teacher Tira Hancock has been inducted into the Washington Activity Coordinators Association Hall of Fame. The Washington Activity Coordinators Association established the Hall of Fame in 2002 to honor individuals who have made a significant, lasting impact on student activities in the state of Washington. Dr. Hancock, like all recipients of this award, has demonstrated leadership and dedication to providing high quality student leadership programs at the school, district and state level. She has been the ASB advisor at EHS for more than 20 years and was a member of the WACA board for several years, serving in a variety of elected roles. In HANCOCK Page 5Æ
Cruisers ground Rockets, advance to district semifinals By Skip Smith
Contributing writer
Despite struggling with turnovers and foul troubles most of the night, Eatonville still outpaced Castle Rock as they downed the Rockets, 64-53, in the first round of the Southwestern Washington District 4 boys basketball playoffs Friday night at Rainier Connect Arena in Eatonville. This was a rematch of last year's district championship game that saw the Rockets edge the Cruisers, 44-42, in a close battle. The Cruisers got their revenge in this game and sent Castle Rock to the consolation rounds. After a close game in the first quarter, Eatonville's Shay Brannon scored 12 points to help the Cruisers take a two-point advantage, 16-14. The Cruisers used a 6-0 run early in the second quarter to build that margin and take an 11-point lead into the locker room at 37-26.
Griffin Clevenger's nine points were key to that lead. The Rockets wouldn't roll over though, and they battled back in the third quarter to cut the Cruiser lead to six. With the Cruisers leading 46-40, Clevenger hit a three-quarters-court shot as time expired to extend their lead to nine entering the final period. Foul trouble crept up on the Cruisers in the final period with Brannon and Kyle Cox fouling out, but not before they combined for eight of the Cruisers' points in the quarter. The rest of the team took over and limited the Rockets to only five points in the final four minutes to help lead Eatonville to the win. Brannon led Eatonville with 24 points. With that win, Eatonville advanced to the semifinals and hosted the Elma Eagles Tuesday at Rainier Connect Arena at Eatonville High School. Results were not available before press time. BOYS Page 5Æ
Photo by Allison Burslem EHS teacher Tira Hancock, left, receives a certificate and flowers after being inducted into the Washington Activity Coordinators Association Hall of Fame. She was presented the award last week by WACA representative Kacie Solar, right.