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Indians' season ended by Blue Lions

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The Highland County Press-
The 2013-14 season came to a close for the Hillsboro Indians on Wednesday evening, falling to South Central Ohio League foe Washington, 50-29 at Southeastern High School in the Division II SE District Sectional Semifinals.

For the Indians, they were held to 12 points in the first two quarters, including a lead of 11-9 after the first quarter where Austin Bagshaw sank a 3-pointer, along with points from Zach Young, D.J. Brown and Jordan Captain.

Then came the second quarter where the Blue Lions held the Indians to a single point (a free throw by Captain), while they added 14 points to their side of the scoreboard.

HHS trailed 23-12 at the half.

The Indians were held to 17 points in the final two quarters, where they were outscored 17-6 in the third quarter. In the fourth, HHS outscored the Blue Lions, 11-10.

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For one portion of the game, WCH was held scoreless for nearly 12 consecutive minutes of game time, while WCH at one point in the game had a 21-3 run.

Bagshaw led the Indians with 10 points (two 3-pointers), followed by Brown with six. Captain, a senior, followed with nine points, and Young totaled four points.

The Indians, a No. 8 seed, were 1-of-4 from the free-throw line.

No. 1 seeded Washington was led in scoring by Conner Eckles with 13 points, while teammates Garrett Phipps scored 11 and Tyler Slone added 10 points.

The Blue Lions finished 3-of-5 from the free-throw line.

Washington will play in the sectional finals on Saturday at 7 p.m. where they will face Circleville, who defeated Miami Trace on Wednesday.

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