The top four or five teams in Wesco North softball have been battling it out, but with a big win over Snohomish, the Arlington girls are one win away from locking up the league’s No. 2 seed into the district tournament.
In five or six years, the girls softball players facing off on the Haller Middle School field might meet in conference or district competition for Arlington or one of the Marysville high schools.
After the game, very little seemed to distinguish Marysville-Pilchuck soccer’s 4-0 win over Arlington from any of their other games in the season.
In a game quite unlike their first meeting this season, the Marysville-Pilchuck soccer team outplayed Snohomish and, with their win, took a huge leap toward their first-ever conference championship.
By the same margin as their early season win, Arlington was handed a huge setback in their postseason dreams when Stanwood soccer came to Arlington for Senior Night.
You have to hand it to the Tomahawk baseball team — they like to play under pressure.
A second encounter with the undefeated Stanwood softball team served as a reminder to the Arlington girls that one play can make a difference.
By all rights, Lakewood soccer was supposed to enjoy a cakewalk into the postseason this year.
Though a steady drizzle fell on the roughly dozen teams at the Tomahawk Classic, it was undiscriminating, slightly hampering athletes from all teams in attendance.
It was another frustratingly narrow loss for the Tomahawk softball team as they fell to Snohomish 7-6 in extra innings.
Three event victories at the Tomahawk Classic helped the Lakewood boys and girls track teams catapult over some larger competition to finish squarely in the middle of the pack at the April 25 meet.
While Highland Christian produced the medalist, Grace Academy had four players par at least one hole, giving them a slight edge when the two golf teams met for nine holes at Cedarcrest Golf Course April 23.
Playing against a rebuilding Cedar Park Christian team, Lakewood baseball demonstrated the kind of play they’ll need to carry them into the postseason.
