MONARCHS SOAR OVER BALLARD MARK MORRIS EXTENDS WINNING STREAK TO 17 GAMES SEHOME NEXT.(Sports) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: February 28, 2002| Author: Rousso, Nick | COPYRIGHT 2002 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: NICK ROUSSO Special to the P-I

TACOMA -- The Ballard Beavers play an exciting brand of racehorse basketball, but it was the Mark Morris Monarchs who looked like thoroughbreds last night in the Tacoma Dome.

Executing its game plan to near-perfection, the team from Longview accelerated past Ballard, 63-58, and into today's quarterfinals of the boys state 3A basketball tournament.

The Monarchs, who extended their winning streak to 17 games, ...