Federal Way HS Boys Basketball: Welcome
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| 4A State 2nd Place 2008 (photo courtesy Kent Valley Sports) |
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The Federal Ways Boys Basketball Teams invite you to share our season with us.
The Eagles finished up the 2007-2008 season by taking the 4A State 2nd place trophy home. More recently, both JV and Varsity won championships at the Auburn Summer League.
It looks to be another great year for Eagles players and fans!
Federal Way High School
30611 16th Avenue South
Federal Way, WA 98003
Phone:
253-945-5400
Fax:
253-945-5535
Colors: Blue & White
South Puget Sound League AAAA
Head Basketball Coach:
Jerome Collins 253-945-5511
Thursday, January 1
Federal Way finish unbeaten at Arizona Basketball Challenge
By CASEY OLSON
Federal Way Mirror Sports editor
Dec 31 2008, 10:24 AM · UPDATED
The Federal Way Eagles proved why organizers of the prestigious Arizona Basketball Challenge flew the team down to Phoenix on Christmas Day.
The third-ranked Eagles (6-1) cruised to a perfect 3-0 record at the 16-team tournament in the desert with victories over three of the best teams the state of Arizona has to offer.
Federal Way ended the ABC with an ultra-impressive win over Goodyear Estrella Foothills High School Tuesday night, 84-50. Estrella Foothills (12-2) is the No. 1-ranked Class 3A team in Arizona and won their first three games at the Arizona Basketball Challenge in convincing fashion.
Games on the final day of the Arizona Basketball Challenge were determined by the tournament committee to ensure the best available match-ups. There was no championship game, but only two teams — Federal Way and Highland (Arizona) — finished unbeaten.
Estrella Hills featured 6-foot-3 guard Corey Hawkins, who has already committed to play at Arizona State and is the son of former Seattle SuperSonic Hersey Hawkins. Corey Hawkins had scored 35 and 43 points in his last two tournament games, but had only 21 against the Eagles.
But the best guard on the floor Tuesday night was Federal Way's Michael Hale. The senior point guard scored a season-best 30 points on 12 of 19 shooting.
Hale was named to the All-Tournament team after averaging 17 points during the three games and is the Eagles' leading scorer on the season at 17.7 a game. Junior wing Cole Dickerson joined Hale on the All-Tournament team after scoring 17, 17 and 18 points during the the three games in Arizona. Dickerson is averaging 16.7 points a game during the season.
Federal Way, who came into the season as the top-ranked team in Washington before being upset by Kentridge before Christmas, jumped all over Estrella Hills from the opening tip and led 36-23 at halftime.
Things weren't as easy for the Eagles Monday night in their second game of the tournament. Federal Way downed Mesa's Dobson High School, 60-58, thanks to more heroics from Hale. Federal Way's point guard drove through the lane and banked in a twisting layup with six seconds left in the game to break a 58-58 tie and give the Eagles their second-straight victory in the prestigious tournament. Federal Way beat Phoenix's North High School in their tournament opener Saturday, 64-50.
"We played OK," Federal Way head coach Jerome Collins said. "It is a different surrounding and different atmosphere down here. There are a lot of great teams."
Against Dobson (10-4), Federal Way overcame getting outscored at the free-throw line, 18-2. Dickerson led the Eagles with 17 points and six rebounds and was 8-for-15 from the field. Jeffrey Forbes added 16 points and four 3-pointers and Robert Christopher chipped in 10 points and six rebounds for Federal Way.
The Eagles had a little easier time with North High School on Saturday. Federal Way jumped out to a 27-21 lead at halftime against the Phoenix school, who was playing without their all-everything guard Daniel Bajarano. The University of Texas-commit suffered an injured tailbone during a game earlier last week.
"I thought we were a little rusty the whole game," Collins said. "We really had no practices last week because of the snow and canceling school. Our timing was kind of off, but we at least picked it up in the second half."
Federal Way outscored North, 37-29, during the second half and were led by the 17 points apiece from Cole Dickerson and Robert Christopher. Senior guard Michael Hale tallied 12 points and Eastern Washington-commit Jeffrey Forbes chipped in 11 points for the Eagles. Shabaz Lewis led North with 14 points.
The Arizona Basketball Challenge featured 12 schools from Arizona and four schools from out-of-state, including Federal Way, Harvard-Westlake (N. Hollywood, Calif.), Lone Peak (Highland, Utah) and The Sagemont School (Weston, Fla.).
"It's a really nice tournament," Collins said. "They do a classy job with everything."
Wednesday, December 31
FW Sweeps Arizona Basketball Challenge