Shorewood boys defeat Oak Harbor, 61-44, in Thursday home basketball game

 School retires soccer pro George John’s high school jersey 

The Shorewood boys’ basketball team defeated Oak Harbor, 61-44, in a Thursday home game as the school retired Major League Soccer star George John’s high school jersey.

Shorewood led the entire game, leading 21-6 after the first quarter, 37-19 at halftime and 51-34 after three quarters before coasting to victory in the final period. Junior center Josh Hawkinson led the Thunderbirds with 24 points, followed by junior guard Ben Andrews with 16 and senior forward Semir Kadiric with 11.

John's jersey number 11 became the first uniform number that Shorewood has retired in its three-and-a-half decade history.

Shorewood took a 2-1 Western Conference 3A record (3-1 overall) into a home game with Marysville-Getchell (0-4 Wesco 3A, 0-6 overall) Friday before playing at Everett Tuesday. Everett was 0-3, 0-5 going into a Friday game with Oak Harbor (1-2, 1-3) 

Hawkinson had scored 48 points in two games going into the Friday game with Marysville-Getchell, Andrews had scored 55 points in four games and Gage Carroll had scored 44 in the team's four games. 

The Thunderbirds play Everett at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at Everett High School, with junior varsity teams from the two schools meeting at 5:40 and the “C” teams playing at 3:45.

The Shorewood junior varsity had a 1-1 Wesco 3A record (1-2 overall) going into its Thursday game with Oak Harbor. The Thunderbird “C” team was 1-2, 1-3 after a 54-34 victory over Oak Harbor.

Shorewood 61, Oak Harbor 44

At Shorewood High School, Thursday, Dec. 15

Oak Harbor 6 13 15 10 -- 44 

Shorewood 21 16 14 10 -- 61

Shorewood Scoring	Points
Gage Carroll	6
Josh Hawkinson	24
Taylor Freeman	2
Yonathan Michael	2
Ben Andrews	16
Semir Kadiric	11
Zane Hopen	0