Wayland 66, Bedford 55

The No. 20 Wayland Warriors boys� basketball team used an 11-3 run over the final two minutes of Tuesday�s game to beat visiting Bedford, 66-55, and clinch a share of the Dual Country small title for the third year in a row. �We finished strong tonight which was good,� said Wayland coach Dennis Doherty. �We weren�t able to do it last week, but did it tonight.�On Feb. 12, the Warriors were up by 6 before dropping the 55-47 decision to Concord-Carlisle. Doherty feared the same happening as Bedford erased the 10-point halftime difference. Senior guard Mark Bonner, playing in his third game since returning from an ankle injury, put Wayland (14-3) up by 4 with two minutes left to trigger the final run. Senior Dan Karp came off the bench and hit two free throws with 1:40 on the clock.�It was a game of run. We kept getting a lead and they�d chip away at it,� Doherty said. �They made a bunch of runs, but we didn�t break.�The Warriors were led by senior guard Jaleel Bell�s 20 points and Bonner�s 19.

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