Spartans Heading To Finals For the 5th Time in 6 Years

BIRMINGHAM, AL - It is time to start mentioning the Mountain Brook Spartans boys basketball team as a modern dynasty. The Spartans trounced Central-Phenix City Thursday in the state semifinals 70-42 to reach the championship game for the fifth time in the last six seasons. The win brought Mountain Brook to 32-4 on the season.

Mountain Brook's All-American forward Trendon Watford posted a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Lior Berman added 13 points and Sean Elmore dropped in 11. The Spartans will face McGill-Toolen on Saturday at 5:45 p.m.

The Spartans got off to a slow start, clinging to a 28-22 lead as Watford only had 8 points in the first half, but Mountain Brook steamrolled Central in the second half. Watford scored 15 points in the third quarter and it was all Mountain Brook from there.

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If the Spartans win Saturday, they will repeat as state champs for the second time in the school's history, and claim their fourth championship overall.

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