Renton and Lindbergh each picked up wins in the opening round of the 2A district basketball tournament on Thursday night, but over in the 3A tourney, the Hazen Highlanders stumbled in a triple overtime thriller.

RENTON

The Renton Indians opened their postseason at home Thursday with a 60-53 win over the Liberty Patriots.

The Indians took the opening quarter 11-9 and stayed hot through the second to take a 29-21 lead into half time. But the Patriots battled back, closing the gap to 37-31 at the end of three. The two teams then battled through a high-scoring fourth quarter, with Renton able to hold on for the win.

Ben Comer led the Inidans with 14 points, followed by Vu Ngyuen and Krishan Coles with 12 points each.

Liberty’s Noble Cooper led all scorers with 31.

Renton advances to play Washington, who beat Bremerton 61-55 in their opening game. The two teams play at 1 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, at Foss High School in Tacoma.

LINDBERGH

Lindbergh’s Devon Jackson and Anthony Hill each scored 20 points to lead the Eagles to a 58-49 win over the Sequim Huskies Thursday at Lindbergh High School as the Eagles advanced to the next round to he 2A playoffs.

The Eagles opened the game by doubling up Sequim 14-7 in the first quarter and then extended their lead to 31-18 at the half. Sequim tried to rally with a 17-10 third quarter, but Lindbergh took back over in the fourth to secure the win.

Lindbergh will now play River Ridge, who crushed North Mason 93-47 on Thursday, at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, at Foss High School.

HAZEN

It took three overtimes, but in the end, the Hazen Highlanders fell to Lincoln on Thursday night, 72-60 in the opening round of the 3A district tournament.

No statistics were available for the game.

The loss means Hazen will now face Mt. Tahoma at 1 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, at the Clover Park High School gym in a loser-out game.