Monroe High players Isaiah Lewis (with ball), counter clockwise, Elijah Tofilau, Peyton McMahon, Nathan Mead, Josh Jerome, Carter Habich and Austin Stelz. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Bellevue’s Isiah Ifanse (left) breaks a tackle by Archbishop Murphy’s Walter Hines during a game at Archbishop Murphy High School in Everett on Sept. 22. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

A golden-yellow bryozoa is seen as Miriam Lancaster holds it up to the sunlight on Sept. 13 at her home on Lake Ketchum in Stanwood. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Lake Stevens’ Payton Ludwig makes a dig off a serve at Lake Stevens High School on Sept. 20. Lake Stevens defeated Glacier Peak, 3-0. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Army nurse Barbara Jean Nichols, who later rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and another officer distribute gifts at an orphanage in Saigon in the 1960s during the Vietnam War. (Nichols collection photos)

Kamiak’s Kailin Wiley (left) and Jackson’s Peyton Manalo vie for possession of the ball at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo on Sept. 19. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Everett Silvertips’ Kevin Davis prepares for the tip-off against the Seattle Thunderbirds at Xfinity Arena on Sept. 2. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Jenny Anderson and her service dog Nevi board a DART bus with driver Kevin Oh after a visit to Swedish Hospital on Sept. 11 in Edmonds. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

After a color change by the manufacturer, St. Mary Magdalen School in Everett was able to donate uniform vests to a school in Zambia. (Contributed photo)