Now Seabury Academy’s boys basketball players know postseason play isn’t any frolic through the daisies.

Wetmore exploded for a 10-0 lead on the way to a 56-36 triumph over the Seahawks in a Class 1A regional first-rounder Tuesday night at South Junior High.

“I don’t think we expected that,” Seabury senior Aaron Landis said of the Cardinals’ fast start. “We came out kind of wide-eyed, and they showed us how to do it.”

Thus Wetmore ended Seabury’s first season as a full-fledged member of the KSHSAA.

“It’s tough to tell kids who haven’t been in this situation before to put it in perspective,” Seabury coach Marcus Heckman said. “If I had to sum up this season, it was absolutely a learning experience.”

Seabury was the No. 3 seed and Wetmore the No. 6 seed in the regional, but it was clear the Cardinals had hoed a tougher row during the regular season.

“Their 6-14 record isn’t indicative,” Heckman said. “They lost six games by three points or less, including a one-pointer to Centralia, last year’s 1A champion.”

Wetmore had two players the Seahawks couldn’t contain. Mark Pinter and Sean Lackey, a pair of juniors, scored 25 and 19 points, respectively. Their teammates counted just a dozen points combined.

“They have two of the better players I’ve seen this year,” Heckman said. “Pinter is probably the best player I’ve seen.”

Landis, a 6-foot-3 senior, scored a 17 points to pace the Seahawks in his last high school game.

Seabury Academy's Steven King, left, loses his grip -- and his glasses -- on a rebound with Wetmore's Scott Lackey. The Seahawks were eliminated by the Cardinals, 56-36, in a Class 1A first-round game Tuesday at South Junior High.

Kris Finger, another of the three seniors on the Seahawks’ sophomore- and freshman-laden roster, had five points in his high school finale.

“We didn’t get as far as we had hoped,” Finger said, “but we played our hardest. Me, Aaron and Sean (Hill) have played together for six years and we set a goal to go to state when we were seniors.”

Despite falling behind 10-0 in the first three minutes, the Seahawks rallied to pull within two points late in the first quarter (10-8) and again midway through the second (14-12). But the Cards went on an 8-2 run on the way to a 24-16 halftime lead.

“We fought back. I was proud of that,” Heckman said.

Heckman hopes his younger players now understand how they’ll have to elevate their games in order to be competitive in Class 1A.

“It is a different level of play,” said Heckman, whose team played mostly small parochial schools this season. “We have goals. We want to win 1A state one day, and this is a step in the process.”

Seabury finished with a 6-11 record. Wetmore will take a 7-14 record into the 1A sub-state semifinal Friday in Elwood.