The Doug Lange Network 

December 14, 2018 

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Sequoyah Julius and the Ferndale boys basketball squad put on a show at home Thursday night. The senior led the Golden Eagles to a resounding 80-to-45 Northwest Conference victory over Squalicum. 

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Julius scored 26 points as Ferndale rolled to their 6th straight victory. The swingman, who hit five 3-balls on the night, was quick to share the credit for this "team victory". 

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"This is the best chemistry I've ever felt here," said Julius. "It's awesome!" 

 

Ferndale gave up the first points of the game, on a Squalicum 3-ball, and then roared to life. Using their amoeba zone and press defense, the Golden Eagles hounded the Storm into numerous miscues and blew things open with a 22-to-9 first quarter performance. 

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The Storm, found their best success with 18 points in the second quarter, but still trailed big at 43-27 at halftime. The trapping Ferndale defense held Squalicum to just 18 points in the second half. 

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Ferndale center Stewart Freeman tallied 18 points and forward Larson Fairbairn added 13 to help pace the Golden Eagles who improve to 6-and-1 overall and 2-and-0 in northwest Conference play.  

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Squalicum (2-4/1-1 NWC) was led by the 12 points of Davante Powell. 

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Next up for Ferndale is a trip south to Lakewood to battle the Cougars Monday December 17th.

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"That will be only our second road game of the entire year," said Golden Eagles coach Jason Owens. "I'm excited for this team, that's another maturing step . They gotta go play a great team down at Lakewood and they gotta play just like they did tonight for 4 quarters."

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The Storm will look to bounce back into the win column with a Monday game at Sedro-Woolley. 

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- Doug Lange 

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