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Eagles beat Bulldogs to claim tourney title
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The Eastside Bulldogs, with nothing to lose and everything to gain, crossed paths for the third and final time this season with the Morrison Eagles in the 7-8 county tournament finals. Morrison outlasted the Eastside Bulldogs by a score of 41-32 to claim the county championship Tuesday night -- but not without a scare.Irving Espinoza for Morrison led all scoring with 15 points, and Andrew Fults for Eastside finished with 13 points.The scare for Morrison came when Eastside ended the first half with a 17-12 lead, something the Eagles are not used to.The Eagles responded in the second half by shutting down the Eastside offense and turning up the full-court pressure. Morrison put a hand in every face of the Bulldogs to start the second half.