YAKIMA – It had been 15 years since the Meridian boys basketball team took home a trophy from the state tournament, and by defeating Chelan 59-48, the Trojans put an exclamation point on their second best finish in school history.
Meridian started on fire, and went on a 19-4 run to begin the game, which was fueled by four deep balls, three of them from senior guard Jaeger Fyfe. He buried three more 3-pointers in the second quarter, but the Goats kept the score close as the two teams went into the locker room with the Trojans holding on to a 33-23 lead.
Fyfe had 22 points at the half, but Chelan was able to remain in the game in the first half by scoring 15 points off of turnovers.
Meridian added to its lead in the third quarter, as Fyfe started attacking the basket. He was joined by senior forward Talon Jenkins who started to heat up in the third.
The Goats hit multiple three-pointers in the final period, but it wouldn’t be enough as the Trojans captured their 20th win of the season for the third time in school history.
Fyfe finished with a team-high 30 points to go with five rebounds, four steals and three assists. Jenkins added 19 points and eight rebounds.
Meridian 59, Chelan 48 CHE 9 14 10 15 - 48 MER 19 14 16 10 - 59
Chelan: N/A.
Meridian: Jenkins 19, Hayes 0, Fyfe 30, James 0, Haugen 0, Blankenburg 0, Larsen 0, Alexander 0, Galbraith 0, Brzozowski 8, Harris 0, Hedahl 2.
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