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  CHESAPEAKESurge protectors might be in order the next time the Western Branch and King's Fork girls basketball teams get together.On Friday, in a key Southeastern District match-up, the two traded knockout punches until the Bruins landed the final blow in a 69-51 victory.The win leaves Western Branch (15-2, 12-1) in sole possession of first place.No. 3 Western Branch already holds a pair of victories over Grassfield - including a big win Thursday night - and split with King's Fork. The Bruins now have a one-game lead over the Grizzlies and Bulldogs in a race the Western Branch players think they should have won last year. This was an important win for us because we lost to (King's Fork) by two last time. So this was big, said Western Branch's Shanese Harris, who had a game-high 20 points. This has us louis vuitton sacs where we were supposed to be last year. This is our year and now we're the team to beat. Western Branch jumped sac vuitton out to a 17-2 lead early and held sacs louis vuitton a 22-11 lead after one quarter.But fifth-ranked and defending district champion King's Fork (14-3, 11-2) held the Bruins to just four second-quarter points doudoune moncler while surging offensively to go up 29-26 at halftime. We knew it was going to be back and forth, Harris said. We knew they'd come back. But at halftime, we talked about getting out on their shooters and containing down low. The Bruins also started hitting from outside, finishing with nine 3-pointers that included five from Alexis McKay (19 points).Western Branch took the lead for good at 37-35 on a short jumper by Da'Lishia Griffin (11 points) and built the margin to 15 heading into the final quarter. We knew our first lead wasn't going to be it... (King's Fork) is too scrappy and they play too hard, Western Branch coach Troy Terry said. ugg boots But everything is clicking right now. We've played five games in eight days and everyone is doing their thing. King's Fork got 18 points from Khadedra Croker and 10 from Chantel Roberts.Lee Tolliver, 757-222-5844,