The Hagerstown Tigers hosted Eastern Hancock on Friday, Feb. 28, in their final regular-season game. The Tigers, who entered the game with a four-game win streak, battled the favored Royals before losing 57-49.
Both teams put together runs during the game to build leads but couldn’t hold them. The Royals led 21-12 at the end of the first quarter. The Tigers fought back to take a 32-30 halftime lead on a buzzer-beater rebound basket from Landon Lawson.
There were three more lead changes and a tie in the third period with the Royals taking a 42-41 lead into the fourth quarter. Graham Vinson scored early in the final period to restore the lead to Hagerstown before the Royals responded with a 7-0 run to take the lead for good.
Kaden Ruble and Luke Schilling each scored 13 points to lead the Royals. Kaagen Kendall scored a game high of 16 points for the Tigers and Lawson scored 10 points.
Eastern Hancock (14-8) 21 9 12 15 57
Caden Powers 8, Landyn Loring 9, Eli Manship 6, Zach Stephens 3, Schilling 13, Luke Manship 5, Ruble 13 — Total 57
Hagerstown (9-12) 12 20 9 8 49
Jaykob Troutwine 4, Isaac Schmitz 5, Anthony Kelley 8, Vinson 6, Mason Rhoades 0, Kendall 16, Lawson 10, Griffin Doerstler 0 — Total 49
JV results: Eastern Hancock 49, Hagerstown 44 (Braylin Tinkle 18)
A version of this article will appear in the March 5 2025 print edition of the Western Wayne News.