The Tomahawks’ season is about to come full circle.
After a 63-31 Wesco North win over Monroe Oct. 22, Marysville-Pilchuck will face a familiar foe in Edmonds Woodway for a better seed in a winner-to-state game the following week.
Just a couple of weeks ago playing as a doubles team was completely out of the realm of possibility for Andrew VanderStoep and Chris Rasmussen.
“We had only played one match together before (the Wesco North division tournament),” said VanderStoep.
On their bus rides to away matches, the Cougars look at a poster with a pair of inspirational thoughts.
The first being that despite an appearance in the second round of the 2A state tournament a year ago, the Cascade Conference coaches picked Lakewood to finish sixth in the conference this year before the season started.
The playoffs are in the cards for the Cougars, but a pivotal game remains.
Lakewood defeated Cedarcrest 31-13 in dominating fashion Oct. 22, but the upcoming match up against South Whidbey will decide if they have to travel the first week in the playoffs.
LAKEWOOD — Marysville-Pilchuck boys and girls cross country teams finished ninth at the Western Conference meet at Lakewood High School Oct. 25.
It’s usually pretty difficult to get teenage boys to wear pink.
For that reason, U17 Cobras’ coach Michelle Rolfe was caught off guard when her Marysville Youth Soccer players approached her with the notion of wearing pink socks during games.
The situation for Marysville-Pilchuck was simple: lose and there’s no chance at making it back to the state playoffs this season.
But the Tomahawks re-inserted themselves into the middle of the playoff picture with an impressive 38-21 win over Lake Stevens Oct. 15.
After two weeks of close losses, the Cougars got the decisive victory they needed.
In a 57-0 beating of Sultan Oct. 15, Lakewood almost couldn’t help but work with a short field, earning a playoff berth in the process.
“We’ve played some tough competition lately and lost some heartbreakers,” said Lakewood coach Dan Teeter. “But we managed to get ahead early and get a conference victory.”
hey don’t have their own uniforms yet, but it’s easy to tell this isn’t Marysville-Pilchuck — in fact, you can hear it from the parking lot.
For now, the newest high school in Marysville will share nearly the same asthenic with its soon-to-be rival. They play on the same fields and wear the same colors, but that will all change in about a year.
Brittany Parmentier takes pride in getting a block.
In a 3-2 (23-25, 25-22, 25-16, 22-25, 15-12), record-setting victory over Cedarcrest Oct. 5, Parmentier’s five blocks came just two away from tying the school’s best mark.
The Cougars learned a valuable lesson they’ll need in the playoffs this season — how to close games.
Lakewood took a 35-27 lead into the fourth quarter against King’s, but a few miscues on defense and special teams led to a 46-43 Knights victory Oct. 9.
The Cougars threw just about everything they could at the Wildcats.
In a battle of the Cascade Conference’s top football teams Oct. 1, Lakewood lost a wild one to Archbishop Murphy 35-28, though it wasn’t for lack of effort — or creativity.
MARYSVILLE — The Tommies couldn’t keep up with the Knights in the second half of a non-conference matchup.
After taking an early 1-0 lead, Marysville-Pilchuck (6-2) suffered a 2-1 loss to Wesco North leading Kamiak (6-0) Sept. 28.
