With the intent to wear down the St. Bernard’s boys and their short rotation and thin bench due to injury, McKinleyville’s basketball team was a force to be reckoned with on Friday night at a packed Lumberjack Arena at Cal Poly Humboldt. Defending their Dick Niclai Tournament championship win from last year, the Panthers got 18 points from three different scorers, avenging two regular-season losses to the Crusaders and dealing them just their third setback of the season, 71-53. Big Five champ Mack goes to 19-8 after their first outright Big Five title-winning season, while Little Four victor SB drops to 23-3. “We wanted to push the ball, that was our biggest offensive key...
