Dillon Markau remembers what it was like to be the bystander. The helpless feeling of watching from the bench as his Casa Roble team was routed in the first round of last year's playoffs.

Dream college: Cal.

Rio Americano High School coach Mike Smith was equal parts cynic and optimist Saturday watching his team build a big lead and almost give it all back.

With his team trailing in the fourth quarter, Inderkum High School tight end LaDon Hudson came up big and helped rally the ninth-ranked Tigers to a 20-10 victory over No. 19 Rio Americano on Friday night.

Even though both teams could argue it was unfair to play one another in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II boys basketball playoffs, Rio Americano and Will C. Wood went out and competed as if a championship were on the line Wednesday in Vacaville.

When the Sacramento High School boys basketball team finds itself in a tight spot, it reverts to what it does best: playing suffocating defense.

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