Kahlil Singleton lost 38 points on a broken ankle. He hopes to return to Fort Vancouver this season. – High School Sports News, Scores, Videos, Rankings
Kahlil Singleton spent months across the country during the pandemic trying to find teams to play with while college sports in Washington were postponed.
Now he’s hoping to get back on the field after an injury at the end of the season.
After playing against senior national high school talent in the Arizona Grind Session and then spending a brief stint at the Minnesota Prep Academy, the 6-foot-2 junior returned for his high school season, which is a shortened playoff Vancouver back -less fashion in May and June.
Singleton played an outstanding game in a Fort Vancouver uniform. In a season opener on May 8 at home against RA Long, he scored 38 points and scored seven 3s and 9 of 10 free throws in a 72-69 win in extra time. But he felt a bang cut into the lane as he fell to the ground after stepping on the foot of a defender.
He lay on the floor for a moment in pain and then reappeared to try to play it through. Singleton dropped 38 points – seven 3’s – including a contested 3 to force overtime and another in OT.
“I got out of the game and got picked up. Two minutes later I went back as soon as the tape finished,” said Singleton, who set a school record of 55 points in his sophomore year.
The Trappers may have won and Singleton may have scored, but he was delighted despite an entire defensive schedule determined to stop him. But he’d done it on a broken ankle, he learned later, which has paused him since then.
Almost three weeks later, he has run out of boots but still cannot return to contact or run at full speed. As difficult as it is for him to watch from the sidelines, he is encouraged to watch teammates fill in his absence.
“It’s nice to see the other boys’ confidence grow when I’m out, but it’s definitely difficult because we’re definitely a better team when I play,” said Singleton.
Singleton, who has received an offer from Eastern Washington as an underclassman, will play with the Under Armor Association (UAA) Washington Supreme, one of the best basketball circuits in the country, this summer.
There’s no immediate return schedule for the Trappers (4-3, 1-2 2A Greater St. Helens League) but he said, perhaps optimistically, he hoped to play Ridgefield on Tuesday.
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