Braves edge Friday Harbor in key basketball road game

Good things are well worth the wait.

Just ask La Conner High School boys’ head basketball coach C.J. Woods.

Woods, eyeing his team’s Jan. 25 NW2B matchup at Friday Harbor since the start of the season, saw his patience rewarded with a tense 54-51 road win over his high school alma mater.

With the hard-fought triumph, the Braves improved to 5-8 overall and 3-3 in conference standings.

For Woods, whose Friday Harbor teammate, Collin Williamson, is a member of the Wolverines’ coaching staff, the outcome could hardly have been sweeter.

“It was a huge game,” Woods told the Weekly News afterward. “I...