Medical Lake boys fall in foul-fest opener

Most of the time, Medical Lake boy’s head basketball coach Arnold Brown is able to make fixes and adjustments to tighten up his team’s defense.

But there was nothing he could do in the Cardinals’ Dec. 5 opening night 60-52 nonleague loss at home to the 2B Liberty Lancers.

While his team limited the Lancers to just 13 field goals — a notable effort Brown said — the visitors from Spangle attempted 49 free throws. Medical Lake shot 31, still a significant number from the stripe

“Half their points were from the free throw line,” Brown said. “It’s hard to defend the free throw line.” His team needs...