As girls work on drilling their serves in the Lakewood gym, the slender purple bands around their wrists are hard to see. But then, as they break to listen to coach Monica Rooney dissect their technique, the wristbands become more noticeable.
LAKEWOOD Utilizing 24 players with 20 boys out for either injury or eligibility issues, the Lakewood Cougars put up an excellent fight against Lynden Christian, falling 25-14. The Aug. 31 game took place under the lights of Cougar Stadium as the home team showed theyre going to be tough all season.
First year coach Cari Britt has faced a huge task this season in rebuilding the Arlington volleyball program. The team has not enjoyed much success in recent years and Britt was brought in to lead them into a new era. The early results have been predictable and Arlington lost another tough match to Monroe on Oct. 19.
LAKEWOOD The Lakewood boys cross country team has run well this season, regardless of the caliber of competition.
The Lakewood Cougars volleyball team had plenty of chances to win their Oct. 16 match with the Granite Falls Tigers. They held leads in all five games but could not finish off their opponents when Granite was vulnerable. After staging a remarkable comeback to level the set score 2-2, the Cougars fell in five sets 24-26, 24-26, 25-19, 25-18, 8-15.
The Lummi Blackhawks girls basketball team came into Haller Gym and shut down the Highland Christian Prep offense. They used a tough 2-3 zone to limit the Knights on offense, and hit their own outside shots to win 62-38.
Adding to the already impressive success of Arlington High School over their archrival Stanwood this year, the Eagles boys basketball team took down the Spartans 70-68 in an overtime thriller Jan. 25. Arlington played some of its finest basketball of the season, coming through in the clutch to sneak out of Stanwood with the win.
ARLINGTON In a crucial game with district playoff implications for both teams, the Arlington Eagles took down the Everett Seagulls 67-64 on Jan. 22. The Eagles continued their strong play in the latter half of the season by defeating 3A rival Everett.
STANWOOD Four heavyweight wrestlers, four straight wins for Arlington to start their match against the Stanwood Spartans.
While snow is not uncommon to Washington in early spring, it can throw a wrench in ones outdoor plans.
Arlington soccer
ARLINGTON After enduring losses to Lake Stevens and Monroe, Arlington soccer looked like it was going to rebound by making a contest out of their game against M-P March 31.
by Safa Pinkens
