The Lady Tomahawks lost Wesco North games to Snohomish, Lake Stevens and Monroe the week of Jan. 22-26 to fall to 6-7 in league play and 10-7 overall.
M-P began the week at Snohomish with a 40-31 defeat, 48 hours later fell to the Lady Vikings at home 49-46 and ended the week with a high-scoring 82-71 defeat at Monroe.


Friday, Jan. 26
At Monroe H.S.

M-P 11 16 10 34 71
Monroe 17 15 21 29 82

M-P Lucas 2, Couls 18, West 9, Peterson 19, Masters 14, Harris 5, Degerness 5. Monroe Thomas 19, Morton 14, C. Drivstuen 11, Hopkins 14, E. Drivstuen 11, Matkins 5, Wangner 8. 3-point goals E. Drivstuen 2, Hopkins 2, Morton 2, Thomas 1, Peterson 5, Masters 2. Records M-P 6-7 in league play and 10-7 overall. Monroe 11-0, 12-3.

Wednesday, Jan. 24

At M-PHS

Lake Stevens 11 11 16 11 -49
M-P 7 11 9 19 -46

Lake Stevens Ochiltree 21, B. Tri 9, Housden 9, Gallagher 8, K. Tri 2.
M-P Couls 15, Masters 11, West 6, Peterson 5, Harris 5, Degerness 4.
3-point goals Ochiltree 4, Masters 2, Peterson 1.
Records Lake Stevens 7-4 in league play and 10-5 overall. M-P 6-6, 10-6.


One lesson that the Lady Tomahawks may have taken away from their 41-31 Wesco North loss to Snohomish was the need to work on free throws.
M-P was only able to convert five of 15 from the free-throw line Monday, Jan. 22 and seemingly let a 27-26 lead turn into a 9-point road loss.
The red and white clad visitors looked to be in control early as they took an 11-4 first quarter that was cut to 11-7 with a buzzer-beating Snohomish three-pointer.
Sophomore post player Britt Harris poured in four points and senior guard Nancy Couls added a hoop to stretch the lead to 17-11, but a number of turnovers allowed the Lady Panthers to knot the score at 17-all with 3:45 remaining before halftime.
M-P missed four free-throw opportunities and Snohomish continued their hot hand, taking a 26-17 lead into the locker room.
A fiery halftime speech or pure embarrassment from their second-quarter performance saw the Lady Tomahawks emerge from the locker room to blank Snohomish 10-0 in the third quarter.
Couls led the charge with a perfect 2-for-2 performance from the charity stripe to cut the deficit to 26-19 and junior forward Jessica Masters added a hoop of her for a 26-21 tally.
Sophomore guard Jessica Nielsen and Masters each added three-pointers to quiet the home crowd and give the resurgent Lady Tommies a one-point edge at 27-26.
Snohomish ended their scoring drought with 6:55 remaining in the ball game and tallied one more to make four unanswered points early in the final quarter.
Junior guard Anna West was a perfect 2-for-2 from the charity stripe to make it a 30-29 ballgame, and Couls repeated the feat to pull her team within three at 34-31.
Coach Julie Martin ran onto the court and frantically yelled for a timeout, and M-P began fouling Snohomish with every touch of the ball.
The final 45 seconds of play turned in a free-throw exhibition from the white and red hosts and what once seemed like a road victory turned into a 40-31 defeat.

Monday, Jan. 22


At Snohomish H.S.

M-P 11 6 10 4 -31
Snohomish 7 19 0 14 -40

M-P Couls 10, Nielsen 3, West 2, Masters 6, Harris 6, Degerness 4.
Snohomish Eknes 15, Schmitt 5, Lampman 10, Benson 5, Heard 5.
3-point goals Masters 1, Lampman 1, Schmitt 1, Eknes 3.
Records M-P 6-5 in league play and 10-5 overall. Snohomish 8-2, 9-5.