Boys basketball: King’s Way Christian 71, Stevenson 68

Kienan Walter scored 37 points and the host Knights held off a Bulldogs rally to win the Class 1A Trico League contest.

King’s Way (11-5, 7-1 Trico) led by 15 points at halftime, but Steventon (7-8, 3-4) used a 26-point third quarter to close the gap to eight points.

Austin Brennan scored 29 points for the Bulldogs. But the visitors could not quite erase the whole deficit. A 3-pointer in the final seconds got them within the final three-point margin.

Walter scored 14 of his points in the third quarter to keep the Knights in front despite the Bulldogs outburst. Walter also scored 10 points in the first quarter as King’s Way took a 21-9 lead.

KING’S WAY 71, STEVENSON 68

STEVENSON — Zach Marr 0, Ty O’Neal 2, Trevor Towell 0, Chris Rathgeber 9, Austin Brannan 29, Braden Lacomb 0, Alex De La Rosa 4, Kalani Russell 15, Logan Jackson 0, L. Wanto 9. Totals 23 (10) 12-18 68.

KING’S WAY CHRISTIAN — Cole Jensen 5, Mikey Johnson 0, Arda Ayden 8, Kyle Gonzales 6, Kienan Walter 37, Clayton Rajewich 0, Anthony Huser 0, Joe Mills 6, Karter Graves 6, Nick Pulicella 3, Isaiah Pratt 0, Darion Lycksell 0. Totals 26 (5) 14-19 71.

Stevenson 9 16 26 17—68

King’s Way 21 19 19 12—71

JV — King’s Way won.