What a week Arlington soccer just had. They beat second-place Lake Stevens to stay alive in the postseason hunt and knocked off Monroe to clinch the third and final 4A playoff spot.
The 2011 Cougar football squad will tell you that every game on the schedule matters. It’s what just won them a Cascade Conference co-championship.
Lakewood volleyball’s Senior Night against the Cascade Conference rival Coupeville Wolves on Oct. 25 was the last time that three beloved Cougar seniors would take the court in Lakewood uniforms.
Second-place Monroe trailed Snohomish by only a league win for the Wesco 4-A North lead on Oct. 18 when it hit the road for a game against a last-place Arlington team that was hungry for a win.
Arlington’s top tennis team of Trent Sarver and Tyler Bradford made the Wesco 4-A North Division Tournament ready to build upon their designation as the Eagles’ No. 1 and No. 2 and battled to a fifth-place finish.
Arlington football needed a road win Oct. 21 against Snohomish to lock up the No. 2 seed behind unbeaten Lake Stevens in the District playoffs. Instead the resurgent Snohomish, who once stood 0-5, scored a 34-16 win to create a three-way log jam between Arlington, Monroe and itself at 3-2 in Wesco North league play.
MARYSVILLE — Arlington Eagles girls soccer (3-9 Wesco North, 4-9 overall) visited Marysville-Pilchuck’s Quil Ceda Stadium on Oct. 20 to face the Tomahawks (3-9, 4-9) for what may very well have served as a District Tournament elimination game.
Arlington varsity boys tennis, 2-10 in league play and 2-12 overall, hosted Wesco North rival Snohomish (8-6, 8-7) on Oct. 11 in a match that both teams needed to create momentum as the Division Tournament at Stanwood High School on Oct. 18 drew nearer.
Arlington football fans wanted Eagle Power against rival Stanwood in the Stilly Cup on Oct. 7.
The 2011 Lakewood Hole in the Wall Invitational on Oct. 8 attracted a record 55 schools including ‘Iolani High School from Honolulu, which had to travel nearly 85 miles from Lakewood, Wash., near Tacoma, after their coach reserved a hotel there by mistake.
