Young players get second in tourney

The Orcas Island SWISH girls team finished an impressive season, placing second in the 2013 SWISH Basketball League Seventh and Eighth Grade Silver Division Tournament in Mount Vernon on Dec. 14.

The Orcas Island SWISH girls team finished an impressive season, placing second in the 2013 SWISH Basketball League Seventh and Eighth Grade Silver Division Tournament in Mount Vernon on Dec. 14.

Orcas survived a close first game with a seven-point win against the Friday Harbor eighth grade girls but sailed past the Mount Vernon White team to qualify for the finals.

Facing the top rated Bellingham Mariners that Orcas had faced earlier in the season, the girls lost 26-20 in a close game that was tied at half.