Braves close before loss to 2A Sedro-Woolley

There are victories, defeats and moral victories.

The latter was the case for the La Conner Braves Friday night, Jan. 21, when they lost a hard-fought 59-49 non-conference boys’ hoops decision to 2A Sedro-Woolley at Landy James Gym.

“It was a good game,” first year head coach C.J. Woods told the Weekly News afterward. “We had a chance to win.”

Indeed, the 2B Braves truly had a shot to knock off their larger school foe.

La Conner (4-8 overall; 2-3 in NW2B/1B play) trailed just 39-33 entering the final stanza on the strength of strong post play by Josh Denton and solid perimeter shooting from Ma...