SEATTLE – Garfield High school was the battleground that witnessed the game slated to be the Spartans final outing of the season Thursday, Feb. 11. The Bainbridge High boys varsity basketball team went up against West Seattle, but were ultimately bested 67-62.

The loss on the road left the Spartans with a 6-8 league record (11-10 overall), and the fifth-place spot in the Metro Mountain Division, just above O’Dea (8-12, overall).

Eastside Catholic claimed the top spot (18-5, overall).

West Seattle led 20-15 in the first quarter, but Bainbridge quickly came back and outscored them 15-12 in the second to put the halftime score at 32-30 with West in front by a bucket.

The Spartans began to slip in the third, and West outshot BHS 11-6.

At the start of the fourth quarter, the Spartans trailed 43-36. It was, despite a final quarter rally, a deficit Bainbridge would be unable to surmount.

Bainbridge’s behemoth, the 6-foot-9 senior wing/post Oskar Dieterich, led the team’s offensive efforts and scored 16 points.

Fellow senior Blake Swanson put up 12 and sophomore Spartan star Lyle Terry managed 11.

Senior guard Trent Schulte contributed 10 points as well.