After struggling defensively much of last season, Lakewood football turned in a shutout second half against a bigger school, defeating Lakeside of Seattle 41-21 in the team’s first game of the season Sept. 4.
Last year, the Lakewood girls soccer team had three seniors. This year, it has just one who will play a lot of varsity time.
Still a young team after graduating a large senior class two years ago, the Marysville-Pilchuck girls soccer team returns 11 players from last year’s varsity squad.
While Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt stole the show with his world-record performance in the 100- and 200-meter dashes Aug. 17 and 20 at the IAAF World Championships, at least one American athlete in Berlin had ties to Marysville.
Listening to an afternoon of practice, it sounds like Lakewood volleyball is trying to take their game to another level.
With six state tournament appearances since 2000, the Tomahawk volleyball program has always had a history of success.
Rows of swimming records look down over the starting blocks at the Marysville-Pilchuck pool, many more than a decade old.
It’s tradition. Every year, the Lakewood cross country team begins its fall practice schedule with a 12-hour mega practice.
With four children racing, the Jones family plans all of its vacations around BMX bike racing.
Marysville-Pilchuck football coach Brandon Carson is all caution as he talks about the upcoming football season.
Almost 70 area students took Marysville-Pilchuck up on their bargain sports physical, raising about $2,400 for the school’s scholarship fund.
Renovations to Quil Ceda Stadium at Marysville-Pilchuck High School were approved at the Aug. 17 school board meeting.
The meteoric growth of the Lakewood youth football program and high school coach Dan Teeter’s investment of time and players into the youth program has paid off in numbers as the high school program boasts a large freshman and sophomore class.
