FIRTH - Wade Wahlen drove the length of the court in the final seven seconds and made a fadeaway layup to help Aberdeen edge Firth 52-50 on Saturday at Firth, in a matchup between the state's top two-ranked 2A schools. It was also Aberdeen's third game in three nights.
"It doesn't get any more dramatic than that," Aberdeen coach Quinn Aldous. "To get a win at Firth, you have to play your butt off."
Trevor Spence led the Tigers with 10 points, and he also held Colter Reeves, Firth's reigning 2A Player of the Year, to just one point. Still, the two teams traded scores all through the game, and Firth fittingly tied the game with seven seconds remaining by hitting a 3-pointer.
Wahlen then collected the inbounds pass and raced downcourt for the winning score.
"It was neck and neck the whole game," Aldous said. "They didn't get away from us, and we didn't get away from them."
Aberdeen (8-2) next hosts North Fremont on Tuesday.
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