Dan Teeter sat his team down before the season began to let them know that Archbishop Murphy was this year’s homecoming game. “I wanted this one in front of the biggest crowd so we could get as many people to see what Cougar football looked like,” he said.
Totem Middle School’s eighth-grade varsity football Thunderbirds are off to a 2-0 start in 2011 after suffering an 0-6 record in 2010. The team scored a 12-8 win over traditional powerhouse Stanwood on Sept. 28 to secure its first home win of the season by forcing timely turnovers and controlling the ball on offense.
Finishing a game might be the most difficult aspect of winning — just ask the Chargers. Marysville Getchell took a lead into the final minute of regulation against Lynnwood Sept. 29 before eventually settling for a 2-2 tie.
Skaters from the Marysville Skating Club, located at the Marysville Skate Inn, placed well at the U.S. Roller Figure Skating Nationals which was held in Fort Wayne, Ind., July 21 through Aug. 7.
The scoreboard facing them wasn’t on but every Marysville Getchell volleyball player knew who was winning. “I just kept looking back (at the scoreboard behind them),” said senior Getchell captain Katherine LaRosa. “Hoping it could come quicker.”
In a matchup that will go far in determining the Wesco North champion this season, Arlington simply had more big plays and came away with a 45-28 win over Marysville-Pilchuck Sept. 23.
While the defense was there for a half, the Cougars’ offense never showed up. The Lakewood girls soccer team left a 3-0 Cascade Conference loss to King’s Sept. 15 with more questions than it had opening the match.
At times, Andre Pina was looking for contact. During the Tommies’ 48-0 blowout of the Bruins Sept. 16, M-P’s senior halfback wasn’t just shedding tackles — in some cases he was torpedoing right threw them.
MARYSVILLE — The American Basketball Association announced that it has added a second team in the Pacific Northwest with the addition of the Washington Rampage in Snohomish County.
Not many programs can say that they’ve never lost. Marysville Getchell’s girls soccer club could after opening its inaugural campaign with a 1-1 draw against Mountlake Terrace at Edmonds Stadium Sept. 6.
ARLINGTON — With a fundraising total of more than $7,000 for the day, organizers of the Gleneagle Golf Course’s first 9/11 memorial tournament on Sept. 11 of this year hope to see the event become an annual affair.
Gleneagle Golf Course General Manager Mike Simpson took pride in raising the funds for 9/11 memorial at Arlington Firehouse 46 through a combination of hole sponsorships, string and mulligan sales, and other donations.
The American Basketball Association announced that it has added a second team in the Pacific Northwest with the addition of the Washington Rampage in Snohomish County. The Washington Rampage is going to play their season in Marysville.
Lindbergh welcomed Marysville Getchell to the world of varsity football by beating the Chargers 40-0 Thursday night at Renton Memorial Stadium. “I think we made a lot of mistakes but I think we also learned from those mistakes,” said Marysville Getchell coach Davis Lura. “The score didn’t turn out the way we wanted to, but we stayed positive.”
