Seniors were out in force on both sides of the net when Marysville-Pilchuck volleyball visited Arlington on the Eagles’ Senior Night.
The 2011 Cougar football squad will tell you that every game on the schedule matters. It’s what just won them a Cascade Conference co-championship.
Lakewood volleyball’s Senior Night against the Cascade Conference rival Coupeville Wolves on Oct. 25 was the last time that three beloved Cougar seniors would take the court in Lakewood uniforms.
Marysville Pilchuck High School’s Corey Coombs and Jared Randall entered the Wesco 4-A North Divisional Tennis Tournament on Oct. 18 as the lone Tomahawks in the event, but made the most of their opportunities as Randall went deep into the consolation bracket and Coombs was valiant, falling only to Stanwood power Gergo Muller in the final.
Marysville-Pilchuck hosted rival Arlington on Oct. 20 in a game that both teams needed to win if either’s District Tournament dreams were to remain intact.
MARYSVILLE — Marysville-Pilchuck’s swim team has only two seniors, while Marysville Getchell’s oldest swimmers are just sophomores. Both teams had a single objective when they hosted Wesco 3-A opponent Shorecrest as a combo team in Marysville on Oct. 18 — get faster.
The 2011 Lakewood Hole in the Wall Invitational on Oct. 8, attracted a record 55 schools including ‘Iolani High School from Honolulu, which had to travel nearly 85 miles from Lakewood, Wash., near Tacoma, after their coach reserved a hotel there by mistake.
“Go O,” cheered Marysville Getchell’s fans and cheer team during their Oct. 14 home game against the also winless 3-A Conference rival Lynnwood Royals. Players hooted and hollered on the sideline to urge their side to victory at Quil Ceda Stadium.
Marysville Getchell volleyball traveled to Mountlake Terrace’s Terraceum on Oct. 12 for a match against the Hawks, pitching strong comebacks in the second and third games but losing the match 3-0 to the fifth-place Wesco 3-A Hawks.
Fourth-place Marysville-Pilchuck (3-7 Wesco North, 4-7 overall) hit the road on Oct. 13 for a grudge match against the third-place (4-6, 4-7) Monroe Bearcats who had beaten the Tomahawks 4-2 in the season opener on Sept. 8.
Marysville-Pilchuck volleyball entered Oct. 10’s game against Arlington (0-4, 1-7) seeking to win with efficient ball management and scrappy defense.
Marysville-Pilchuck and Marysville Getchell, who usually compete as a tandem unit in girls’ swimming until this year, faced each other as well as host Oak Harbor Wildcats at Oak Harbor’s Vanderzicht Memorial Pool on Oct. 3. The Wildcats won 10 of 12 events in the meet, beating Pilchuck 140-39 and edging Getchell 137-44. Getchell grabbed the other two events but Pilchuck won its overall matchup against Getchell because of its higher average finish, 94-81.
An 11-year-old Marysville boy and his mother brought home the gold on Sept. 24 and 25 from 2011’s final Pacific Northwest Watercross race. Nathan Clements took first place in the Junior Ski class for both the weekend Lake Chelan Jet Fest event and the 2011 season tour.
