Two Renton teams clashed Friday in an intra-district early-season boys basketball with the Hazen Highlanders coming away with a hard-fought 57-56 victory over the Lindbergh Eagles.
Hazen’s Domic Green led all scorers with 32 points in the win. Connor O’Hearn and Jalen Green each added 8 points for the Highlanders.
Lindbergh’s Anthony Hill led the Eagles with 21 points in the loss, followed by Darrien Sawyer-Lamb with 14 and Devon Jackson with 8 points of his own.
Hazen jumped out to a quick 11-0 lead in the first quarter, but Linbdergh battled back and closed the gap to 17-15 after the first period. The roles switched in the second and the eagles rode a 19-7 quarter to a 34-24 halftime lead.
In the third period, Lindbergh ran their lead out to 12, but the Highlanders began to claw their way back and at the end of the three Lindbergh was up 51-44.
But the final frame belonged to the Highlanders, who scored 13 points and held Lindbergh to just 5 to overtake the Eagles, and then hung on as Lindbergh had three last-second shots just miss.
Hazen moves to 3-0 on the young season. They head to Evergreen on Wednesday.
Lindbergh is now 1-1 to open the year. The Eagles travel to Renton High School on Wednesday for a matchup with the 1-2 Indians.
