After struggling defensively much of last season, Lakewood football turned in a shutout second half against a bigger school, defeating Lakeside of Seattle 41-21 in the team’s first game of the season Sept. 4.
Although numbers are down overall for boys tennis at Arlington High School, an experienced group of seniors will lead the team through the fall season.
Last year, the Lakewood girls soccer team had three seniors. This year, it has just one who will play a lot of varsity time.
Highland Christian volleyball took a few blows in the offseason.
No less ambitious than his goals for the program, Arlington wrestling coach Shaun Williams took 15 club wrestlers to Germany to work on their skills against elite European competition less than a year after taking the helm of the wrestling team.
Last year, it took a lot of small steps for the Arlington volleyball team to build up its confidence and earn a fifth-place finish in conference and an appearance in the 4A district tournament.
Listening to an afternoon of practice, it sounds like Lakewood volleyball is trying to take their game to another level.
With just four seniors lost to graduation, Arlington girls soccer coach Nathan Davis probably returns one of the most experienced teams in the league from last year’s district tournament run.
It’s tradition. Every year, the Lakewood cross country team begins its fall practice schedule with a 12-hour mega practice.
With four children racing, the Jones family plans all of its vacations around BMX bike racing.
One upside to low turnout? Lots of playing time.
There are no unimportant games on Arlington football’s schedule this fall.
The meteoric growth of the Lakewood youth football program and high school coach Dan Teeter’s investment of time and players into the youth program has paid off in numbers as the high school program boasts a large freshman and sophomore class.