The Lakewood High School girls golf team captured their first Cascade Conference Championship, May 9, when they won the league tournament by besting last year’s champions King’s by one stroke and scoring enough points to jump from third place in the league standings to first place.
The Marysville-Pilchuck girls golf team continued its undefeated and league-leading record with a victory in the final league match, May 5, and are looking forward to the conference, districts and state championships.
By Scott Frank
sfrank@marysvilleglobe.com
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville-Pilchuck boys soccer team failed to find the back of the net April 28 as they were shut out by the Arlington Eagles 2-0.
Arlington got their first goal the 26th minute.
“We didn’t play very well,” said manager Geoff Kittle. “After Arlington scored their first goal, we kind of panicked and struggled to control the ball.”
Kittle said the Tommies played well in the first 20 minutes and had lots of opportunities but were unable to capitalize.
Play for the Tommies didn’t improve in the second half according to Kittle.
“In the second half, we really didn’t get many opportunities where we could finish,” he said. “We kind of got away from possessing the ball and we didn’t have too much pressure on the goal.”
Arlington scored again in the 75th minute when M-P pushed almost all of its players into the box on a corner kick.
“We were trying to find a way to get a goal and get back in the game,” said Kittle. “We had just one defender back, but it was worth taking the risk as we needed the goal.”
Despite the loss to Arlington, M-P still has its sights set on becoming north league champions.
“The Snohomish game (May 2) is a pretty big game for us because if we win that game we’ll be the north league champs” said Kittle. “So that’s going to be an important game for us.”
A win over Snohomish would also mean the Tommies would host a semifinal match at Quil Ceda Stadium.
“We were hoping that we didn’t have to rely on wining that march against Snohomish but since we’ve lost the last two matches, we’re going to have to dig down deep and find a way to pull that game out which we are capable of doing,” said Kittle. “I’m looking for our guys to find their confidence again. We’ve been shut out for three straight halves. We usually average 2-3 goals per game.
“If our guys come out and play confident and we control the ball like we know we can, things should go our way.”
Marysville’s next game will be at home, May 4, against Stanwood.
Thousands of people filled Jennings Memorial Park’s Rotary Ranch, April 23, as kids of all ages turned out to enjoy a rare day of sunshine and the city’s annual Easter egg hunt.
“Although it’s still early, it looks like we could have 3,000 people here today,” said Jim Ballew, Parks and Recreation Director. “This is a wonderful turnout by members of this community.”
The Marysville-Pilchuck track team traveled to Arlington on April 21 to face off against the Eagles and Oak Harbor in a three-way meet.
The Lake Stevens Vikings pounded out eight runs in the first inning and never looked back as they went on to claim a 12-4 victory over the Marysville-Pilchuck Tomahawks on April 22.
Sometimes it seems that the economic downturn will never end.
Nary a day goes by that we don’t hear or see some message of just how bad things are — cuts to local school districts; cuts in city services, programs and staffing; another local business closing; more unemployed and more demand at local food banks are just some of the effects felt in our communities.
Promises to protect and enhance government accountability, accessibility and transparency were a common and popular refrain among candidates during the local 2010 primary and general elections. However, now that the elections are over, the votes have been tallied and the 2011 state legislative session is underway, it seems that those promises have been forgotten or are simply being ignored.
The 2011 Washington Legislative Session began this week in Olympia and it’s clear that the No. 1 issue they’ll have to deal with is Washington’s projected $5 billion spending gap in the 2011-13 budget and the decisions made will affect every one of us.
Early returns from the Feb. 9 special election have Marysville voters split on the the two ballot measures on which they were voting.
The city of Marysville learned Feb. 9 that the State Office of Financial Management had certified the population of the Central Marysville Annexation to be 20,048. That number is important as it means that the city will receive a two-tenths of 1 percent sales tax rebate for the next 10 years.
While acknowledging that 2009 was a difficult year for the local economy, Marysville Mayor Dennis Kendall said the city had accomplished many positive things and is on the track to economic recovery.
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