Help is on the Way
Kam Babbs is back, JJ Crawford will be, too, for top-seeded Beach
When the ball arrived in Kam Babbs’ hands, the Rainier Beach Vikings had exactly three 3-pointers in their past four games and change. Just over six minutes remained in a drum-tight championship entanglement with arch nemesis O’Dea.
An unlikely candidate to end such a drought, Babbs, just beyond the arc, calmly – and confidently, he’d later say – took aim, and let loose.
“Just like it was drawn up,” Beach coach Mike Bethea quipped.
The unexpected boost is what has the Vikings, now the No. 1 seed in the WIAA State 3A Tournament, less vulnerable than they might appear. And so their Round 2 matchup with No. 8 Bellevue on Friday, Feb. 27, at Bellevue College, 8 p.m., is far less problematic than their shell-shocked following may have feared.