By Anastasia Stepankowsky

Chief Sealth and Franklin were aiming to turn losing seasons around Wednesday night. With a 75-23 home win, the Seahawks served notice to the rest of the Metro Conference that they shouldn’t be taken lightly.

“I feel like a lot of people are sleeping on us. They think that we’re just going to lose every game, but in reality we’re going to come back stronger,” said Chief Sealth senior guard Oshae Walker . “We’re putting in a lot of work, and I think that it’s showing in the close games that we have lost and the games that we’re going to win during the rest of the season.”

Walker and sophomore guard Labrea Denson combined for 29 of the Seahawks’ points, contributing 18 and 11 points, respectfully.

The Seahawks jumped to an early 11-point early lead, holding the Quakers to only one point for most of the first quarter, and dominated throughout the game. During the second half, the Quakers were seemingly stuck at 19 points while Chief Sealth continued to run up the score courtesy of the tough Seahawks defense.

Chief Sealth played with more confidence than you would expect from a 3-7 team, and head coach Katie Jo Maris said that expressed itself in assertive rebounding, which has posed a problem for the team all season.

“We still don’t rebound very well. We did this game but I think it’s because we didn’t have too many girls fighting us back. Rebounding is probably one of the things that has killed us on the close games that we’ve lost this season.” Maris said.

All Seahawks but one scored at least one point. The exception, freshman guard Aundra Tuchscherer , who played aggressively on the floor.

The Seahawks were coming off of a 5-point loss to Seattle Prep (7-5) , and Maris said that game was a turning point that led to Wednesday’s lopsided win.

“I believe we put together four solid quarters finally. I think Prep on Friday was our first turnaround for the confidence in our team,” Maris said.

Chief Sealth is at Nathan Hale on Friday. Nathan Hale is the only team in the Metro Conference without a win.