Just out of reach: Back-to-back runner-up finishes for West Fork boys basketball squad
West Fork senior Tanner Tuttle accepts the Class 2A state runner-up trophy after the championship final on Friday night. (Kristi Nixon/Hampton Chronicle) By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES – So close they could taste it, the third-ranked Warhawk boys basketball team were held off by No. 1 Western Christian in the Class 2A title game […]
West Fork senior Tanner Tuttle accepts the Class 2A state runner-up trophy after the championship final on Friday night. (Kristi Nixon/Hampton Chronicle)
DES MOINES – So close they could taste it, the third-ranked Warhawk boys basketball team were held off by No. 1 Western Christian in the Class 2A title game on Friday night, 48-38.
It was the second year in a row West Fork finished runner-up.
An inconsolable Sam Amsbaugh expressed that it was a bitter pill to swallow.
“A huge disappointment…every year,” Amsbaugh said. “That (No.) 40 (Taylor Feenstra) did a good job of contesting shots. They did a box-and-one on me and I just didn’t step up…”
More on this story, plus photos, will be found in the March 20 print editions of both the Sheffield Press and Pioneer Enterprise.
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