Columbia River played well for the entirety of their semifinal match-up of the Lake City Winter Tournament but lost a six-point lead with 3:30 left in the game.
The Cheiftains had an opportunity to put the game out of reach against an undefeated 4A team but missed the front-end of a one-and-one twice and both times Kentridge answered with three-pointers.
The Chieftains will play the loser of Lake City and South Kitsap tomorrow in the tournament’s third place game.
KENTRIDGE 40, COLUMBIA RIVER 36
At Lake City Winter Tournament
COLUMBIA RIVER — Nathan Hawthorne 11 , Joey Bean 0 , Andrew Vickers 2, Sam Walker 2, Torey Jones 12, Spencer Long 0, Chad Pedigo 9, . Totals 14 (3) 5-10 36.
