Entering their first Northwest Conference 1B game of the season, both Tulalip Heritage and Highland Christian were looking for consistency.
On Dec. 14, the Hawks played at a higher level longer than the Knights in a 76-32 win at the Arlington Boys & Girls Club.
“The scoreboard may not show it, but the kids felt good about how they competed tonight,” said Knights coach Jim Underwood. “We’re a young team and we’re improving.”
The Eagles tried to let their posts do all of the talking, but the Vikings kept too hectic a pace to let that happen.
In a 52-38 Wesco North loss to Lake Stevens Dec. 15, Arlington’s youth showed as they had yet to learn how to control the tempo.
Nobody can seem to remember the last time the Arlington boys won on the Marysville-Pilchuck hardwood.
After five lead changes in the fourth quarter and two overtime periods, the Eagles’ 61-58 win in Wesco North play isn’t likely to be forgotten anytime soon.
Playing the second of back-to-back, games, the Cougars walked a fine line between too little and too much energy.
In a 51-49 nonconference win over Blaine, the Lakewood boys hoops team overcame fatigue, foul trouble and a 14-point deficit Dec. 11.
It’s likely that Arlington hoops coach Nathan Davis will be able to count the number of times his girls are outrebounded on one hand this season.
One of those fingers, however, will represent Stanwood’s 67-53 victory over the Eagles, Dec. 8, in a Wesco North game.
The last time the Lakewood girls hoops team faced off with South Whidbey, it was the last game of the 2010 season and the Cougars were looking for their first win.
The Eagles showed they have to figure out how to play when the tempo slows down.
In a 69-61 loss to Lynnwood, Dec.2, Arlington boy’s hoops came out fast and furious, but couldn’t maintain the pace.
The Eagles are entering a new era of wrestling.
The first class of younger wrestlers that have been around the program since elementary school are surfacing in coach Shaun Williams’ program.
There is cautious optimism emanating from the Eagles’ boys basketball team.
On the one hand, the Eagles, who finished last season just two wins away from a Class 4A state tournament berth, retain 80 percent of their starting lineup, and most of their roster.
The Eagles have been accustomed to pressuring opponents into mistakes all season.
But the tide turned on Arlington in a 38-19 loss to Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma) in the first round of the Class 4A football state tournament, Nov. 13, at Lake Stevens High School.
It was all smiles at Haller Middle School field.
Highland Christian had finished another football season, which is, in itself, an accomplishment.
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Despite winning the Western Conference 4A title, Arlington coach Greg Dailer has still got the itch.
The Eagles dominated Jackson 42-21, Oct. 29, but did so by throwing the ball just three times.
