For Arlington wrestlers Conner Gonzalez and Bryce Thomas, achieving their goal has been a process of 10 years in the making.
Both freshmen, the 119-pounders have been wrestling at least that long and accomplished their goal of earning a spot at state at the 4A Region 1 tournament Feb. 12 at Cavelero Mid High School.
The Eagles’ second meeting with the Timberwolves began differently but ended the same as the first.
Arlington took advantage of a lax Jackson defense for an early advantage, but in the end the Timberwolves ran away with an 82-51 win and a state berth during a District 1 semi-final game Feb. 11.
The Cougars showed improvement against the Tigers, but in the playoffs only wins count.
“Even though I thought we had improved over the season since we played them last,
LAKEWOOD — Senior night is typically a memorable enough event.
But for the Lady Cougars these past two years, it has meant much more.
At this time in 2010 coach Chris Walster’s girls earned their first win of the season. A year later and they qualified for the playoffs.
The Eagles saved their best performance of the year for their largest crowd.
In front of a near-packed house at home Jan. 28, Arlington defeated Lake Stevens 63-50 on senior night and took the poll position to the Wesco North title.
The Eagles kept their playoff hopes alive with a big win over Marysville-Pilchuck Jan. 26.
“This was a really big one for us,” said Arlington coach Nathan Davis after the 50-46 win. “We really tried to focus on defense and I thought we were very tough.”
After a near three-week absence from contact, the Eagles grapplers finally got back on the mat this week.
In a microcosm of Arlington’s wrestling season, though, the Eagles were forced to play catch-up against Marysville-Pilchuck in 48-27 Wesco North loss.
It didn’t come easy, but the Lady Cougars got back to .500.
In a Cascade Conference hoops game that came down to the final possession Jan. 25, Lakewood defeated Granite Falls 44-42 to better its postseason hopes.
Lady Eagles coach Nathan Davis knew going into a game with Edmonds-Woodway that there was little room for error.
And the Eagles were able to maintain that pace for more than a quarter before losing 71-53 when the Warriors caught fire Jan. 12 in Northwest Conference girls basketball action.
ARLINGTON — Over the past couple of years, fighting cancer has become a city-wide passion in Arlington.
The community’s latest punch will be to play host to the Coaches vs. Cancer game, Jan. 28 against Lake Stevens.
The Eagles continue to have problems against the cream of the crop in the Western Conference.
In a much anticipated matchup with last year’s Class 4A state runner-up Jackson, the Eagles started and ended slow en route to a 77-66 loss Jan. 12.
The plan was simple for the Eagles: keep the tempo as fast as possible.
“We emphasized pushing the ball tonight to get everybody involved and back on track,” said coach Nathan Davis after his girls defeated Mariner 59-18 in a Western Conference matchup Jan. 6.
With the game in doubt, the Lady Knights went on a run when they needed it the most to steal their first Northwest 1B basketball victory.
Highland Christian rode a 9-0 run in the final four minutes of regulation to secure a 27-21 win over Grace Academy, Jan. 4, at the Marysville Boys & Girls Club.
