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Digital Harbor 75 Gwynn Park 45

Posted by Michael Glick on Mar 11 2011 at 04:00PM PST
Friday Semifinal's
Digital Harbor 75  Gwynn Park 45
Friday's headliner was Digital Harbor out of Baltimore City and the Gwynn Park Yellow Jackets out of PG County in the first 2A semi-final.  Gwynn Park was making their third trip to the Comcast Center in the last 4 years and was stacked with high-profile seniors and a boatload of experience.  Gwynn Park is led by their tandem of 1,000 point scorers Tion Barnes and Brandon Ford.  Digital Harbor is led by their dynamic back court of Daquan Cook and Kevin Smith.  Both teams have strong supporting casts.  Outside of a couple 4A schools Digital Harbor may be the hottest team in the state.  Almost their entire starting line-up transferred in from other schools for the 2010-11 campaign.  It took some time for the Rams to gel but they are currently clicking on all cylinders. 

On Friday evening one team's season had to end.  Digital Harbor came out very aggressive and used a box-and-one for almost the entire game on Yellow Jacket Brandon Ford.  Tion Barnes picked up two very early fouls.  From the get go Digital Harbor dominated the game in all phases.  They outrebounded the Yellow Jackets 49-29.  They shot 50% from the field while holding Gwynn Park to just 24.1%.  It was a humiliating loss for the 2A south regional champions.  At the half Gwynn Park trailed by a 11 and seemed lucky to be that close.  The game was certainly in striking distance as the teams came out of the locker rooms.  But the Rams intensity was dominant and no Yellow Jackets could get on track.  The loan bright spot for Gwynn Park was senior Daniel Henry who continued his stellar post season play scoring 15 points in 27 minutes.  Gwynn Park had multiple players in foul trouble throughout and coach Mike Glick tinkered with many different lineups.  Digital Harbor is a heavy favorite to bring home the hardware. A 25 point win versus Edmondson in the regional final and a 30 point trouncing over Gwynn Park in the state semifinal are two exceptional outings.

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