High School Sports Feature: Federal Way...All the Way?

12 in a row! That's the current winning streak of the 4A West Central District Tournaments #1 seeded Federal Way High School boys basketball team after beating 8th seeded Curtis High School on Wednesday night. The Eagles are currently 23-2 overall on the season and look to notch win 24, as well as extend their winning streak to a lucky 13 on Saturday when they take on 5th seeded Foss High School. One of these teams will look to win the tournament as well as continue their winning streak as Foss has also won 12 straight games.

The Eagles came out victorious on Wednesday night by a score of 59-54 over Curtis and where led in scoring by Michael Hale III, who poured in 17 points and Cole Dickerson who added 15. Also contributing to the victory was Isiah Umipig who scored 7 points but more importantly sank 3 of 4 shots from the charity stripe in the last 14.9 seconds of the game.

On Saturday at Puyallup High School, Federal Way will try to win their first district title since 1994. A victory would surely give them a shot at a #1 seed in the state tournament which will be decided on Sunday when the seeding is announced.