What do Meadowdale, Jackson, Bellingham, Edmonds-Woodway, Kamiak, Shorecrest, Snohomish, Lynnwood, Glacier Peak, Shorewood, Cedarcrest and Burlington-Edison all have in common? THEY ALL MADE STATE with their dance/drill/flag/hip-hop teams. It is the first time in eight years that all the competing teams qualified for state from the district competition by scoring 210 or above. State Dance will be held March 26th and 27th at the Sun Dome. So out of all these teams, 4 1st place trophies were awarded for different dance categories. Kamiak for Kick/Show, Shorecrest for Hip-Hop, Meadowdale for Dance and Edmonds-Woodway for Military/Pom. Taking 1st place in the 4A Drill Down was Cricket Dekerlegand from Edmonds-woodway followed by Ashley Peterson with 2nd from Kamiak and Linsay Smullin with third from Snohomish. In the 2A/3A Drill down, from Cedercrest ,1st and 2nd place went to Emilie Humberstone and Lauren Ellsworth and from Shorecrest with 3rd place Ally Pickrel. Click on Image for photo gallery. (sam freeman/nwsnews)
It look at the end of the 1st quarter that Glacier Peak was going to run away with the game with the score 14-4, but then GP started running into foul trouble. Lynnwood won the game 48 to 40 with 24 of those points coming from Free Throws as compared to Glacier peak’s 10 points from Free Throws. High shooters for Lynnwood were Mokun Fajemisin 18 and Laycee Hill 15 with over half of thiose points coming from free throws. High shooter for Glacier Peak went to Katie Hawkins with 12 points. Click on image for photo gallery. (sam freeman/nwsnews)
Miranda Granger of Glacier Peak fights for territory as she drives to the basket past royal Linda Wilson.
Laycee Hill of Lynnwood fights for the rebound with Glacier Peak’s Becca Smith.
Meadowdale took the lead from the start and just kept building on it to defeat the Scots 45 to 33. The Scots did rally in the 4th to close the gap to within a few points, but with about 3 minutes left, the mavericks took off again to widen the spread. High points went to Conor Hamlett of Meadowdale with 17 points and for the Scots it was Jordan Brown with 9. Click on image for photo gallery. (sam freeman/nwsnews)
Shorecrest Travis Hake goes airborne to layup for 2 past maverick Sam Werner
Michael Bateman burst through the Shorecrest defense to score 2 points.
It was a great run for the Jackson Timberwolves as they made their play for the state championship. We want to congratulate them on their outstanding efforts and determination as they took the 2nd place in state. Click on image for slide show. (Matt Larson for nwsnews)
Jackson Boys stand guard against Josh Smith of Kentwood who they were unable to contain losing 58 to 67.
Four games in four days leave Edmonds Warriors tired but in 5th place as they defeat Moses Lake 44 to 38. Out scoring the chiefs in the 1st 3 quarters the warriors ran out of gas in the 4th but managed to hang onto their lead. click on image for slide show. (Matt Larson for nwsnews)
Sydney Donaldson of Edmonds-Woodway lines up on the net during the battle for 5th/8th place against Moses Lake.
Jackson with a 20-3 record will face off against Kentwood 14-9 tonight at 7pm at the Tacoma Dome in the Championship Game for 4A Basketball. Go Timberwolves!!!!
Jackson’s Austin O’Keefe lays up for 2. Click on image for slide show. (Matt Larson for nwsnews)
It was a close game throughout the first half with both teams trading scores. The first quarter ended with both team tied with 10 points. Six of Lynnwood’s 10 first quarter points were scored on two 3-point shots. In the second quarter, it was Shorecrest who scored 6 of their 10 second quarter points on two three point shots. At the half, Shorecrest took a slim 20-18 lead into the locker room. In the third quarter, Shorecrest’s offense was able to take control of the game and outscored Lynnwood 18-12 in the quarter giving them a 38-30 lead. This proved to be too large of a lead for Lynnwood to overcome as Shorecrest was able to hit on 8 of their 16 free throws in the quarter as well as scoring 4 FG’s in the quarter giving them the 54-44 win.
Shorecrest will next play in the state 3A tournament in the Tacoma Dome being held between March 10th and the 13th. Lynnwood will play Glacier Peak on Saturday March 6 at 8:00pm at Glacier Peak High School to earn a place in the state tournament. Glacier Peak defeated Ferndale in overtime 57-55. Image gallery to follow soon. (Ed Viscalla for nwsnews)
Glacier Peak Defeats Ferndale 57-55 in Overtime … 03.04-2010
It took some extra time but Glacier Peak was able to beat Ferndale to stay in the District 1 tournament. Katie Hawkins led the Grizzlies with 18 points. At half time, Glacier Peak took a 26-18 lead into the locker room but it was Ferndale who came out to dominate the third quarter by outscoring Glacier Peak 19-6 to take a 37-32 lead. Mackenzie Nicolaas and Madison Hart each scored 6 points for Ferndale in the third with Hart scoring all six of hers at the free throw line. In the fourth quarter, Glacier Peak was able close the gap but were down 43-45 with 12 seconds left in the game. Glacier Peak’s Becca Smith then went to the free throw line for two shots with a chance to tie the game if she made them both. Smith sank the two free throws and Glacier Peak forced the game into overtime. In the overtime period, Glacier Peak was able to outscore Ferndale 10-12 to win the game.
Glacier Peak moves on in the tournament to play Lynnwood for the second place spot in the district and a place in the state 3A tournament on Saturday March 6 at 8:00pm. Lynnwood lost to Shorecrest in the district title game 54-44 on Thursday night.
