Senior Damilka Ortega runs past flag-waving students flanking the entryway to Cascade High School for Culture Night. (Dan Bates / The Herald

Snohomish’s Adam Kowalchyk (left) and Marysville Pilchuck’s Randy Galvan jump to a header at Quil Ceda Stadium in Marysville on March 23. The match ended in a tie, 1-1. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

A bus makes its inaugural start of the Swift Green Line route during the kick-off celebration at McCollum Pioneer Park Everett on March 24. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Everett’s Max Patterson controls the puck against the Tri-City Americans during the first game of the playoffs at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett on March 22. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Jeanne Callahan (left) and Robert Torres-Miller (right) play with their grandson Kevin, 5, at the trains exhibit at the Imagine Children’s Museum on March 16 in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Everett’s Ethan Pewitt chases down an Arlington runner in a pickle at Everett Memorial Stadium on March 19. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Julie Martin and Bashar Elali, president and vice-president of the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival Association, are shown March 22in Mukilteo. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Stanwood seniors Corey Mourges (left) and Ben Dahlberg (right) hug before the game against Mountlake Terrace on March 26 in Stanwood. It was the seniors’ last game on their home field before construction begins. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Mike Robinson, 61, won $190,000 on a Hit 5 ticket purchased at the Silver Lake Safeway. He started buying tickets after surviving stage 4 cancer in 2015. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

The Silvertips hit the ice during Game 2 of the playoffs at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett on March 23. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Going by Naval Station Everett, the bulk carrier Jamaica Bay is pushed into the Port of Everett by a pair of tugs on Jan. 15 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

As his teammates celebrate their win, Jake Spores kisses a trophy after Stanwood High won the Hi-Q academic quiz competition championship held at Stanwood High School March 22. Stanwood beat out Monroe and Archbishop Murphy for the win. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Suzanne Williamson picks up flamingos left in her yard by friends in celebration of her 70th birthday. “I did it for their birthday so this was payback for all the neighbors to see,” Williamson said. “I would have picked them up yesterday but I was too hungover.” (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Team members celebrate a run at Monroe High School on March 27. The Bearcats won 9-1. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Ron Thompson (right) embraces his wife, Gail Thompson (left), as she reaches out to touch a replica of their mailbox during the Oso Slide Remembrance Ceremony on March 22 in Oso. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

A man looks at the sculpture titled “Aurora” at the new terminal at Paine Field on March 18 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

After doing her duty, female husky Sakari looks up at her owner, Joanne Arland, who walks toward her with a bag. Elaign Fawcett’s white male Siberian husky, Oden, stands by. (Dan Bates / The Herald)