by Ed Shepherd
SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

Battling with a leadership player, the team's point guard, having court problems, the Chief Sealth International Seahawks lost its 20-16 lead at halftime, with being ouscored, 15-6, in the third quarter, and, 12-7, in the fourth, for a 43-33 loss to the visiting Ballard Beavers Friday.

"Our point guard is having some troubles with the team, team issues, she didn't play in the second half," said coach Katie Jo Maris. "There is a chance, we will finish the season without her. Hopefully, there will come a day she will take time to figure out if she wants to play basketball or not. She has high expectations of herself. She has trouble believing in her team. It's too bad she has these problems, she's the sweetest girl off the floor. And, it's rough on us,because she's such a good player."

So, the Seahawks used their normally positioned shooting guard, Labrea Denson, a sophomore, after the regular point guard getting pulled.

Costly turnovers happened all throughout the game on the Seahawks, too, not just on Denson's watch at point guard, but the lead left the Seahawks in the third quarter, at 22-21, and, Seahawks never got closer than two points down, after a Denson three-pointer midway through the third quarter.

Denson led her team with 18 points, and, Elliott Snodgrass helped with seven.