It's Tyran Time
The Beach star stands up during the team's toughest part of its schedule
Tyran Stokes was setting up for an inbound pass midway through the third quarter of a contest at O’Dea High School on Saturday that was as stress-inducing as Santa’s workshop during the holidays.
“You got to start being more selfish, No. 4,” a baseline spectator suggested to the country’s top college-basketball prospect, now playing for Rainier Beach High School.
Bracing against the entire body weight of his defender, Stokes sneaked a glance at the well-meaning fan and replied, “It’s not time yet.”
“Tyran Time” would come soon enough, as it has at each stop of Rainier Beach’s 2025–26 journey so far. At O’Dea, Stokes would lead a 20-3 Viking rampage, leading to a 78-67 Rainier Beach victory. For an encore, on Tuesday night at the Vikings’ house, Stokes came out of halftime burning like a three-alarm fire and sparked a 100-72 razing of Seattle Prep.
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