Fourteen down, two to go.
The unbeaten Lake Stevens girls basketball team has two more tests in its quest for an unbeaten run through the Western Conference North Division and a perfect regular season.
The Vikings are 14-0 in division games (18-0 overall) entering tonight’s huge battle against second-place Snohomish (12-2, 14-4) in Lake Stevens. If it can get past a talented Snohomish team that gave it a major challenge a month ago, Lake Stevens will try to complete a flawless regular season Wednesday at Everett (4-10, 5-12).
It wouldn’t be the first time Lake Stevens achieved regular-season perfection. According to former Vikings coach Steve Berg, the program twice went 20-0 in the 1980s (1984-85 and 1986-87). The team was ranked No. 1 in the state both seasons, Berg said.
But postseason injuries to key players derailed those powerful squads, he said. Both teams went 0-2 in regional tournaments and were eliminated without placing, according to Washington Interscholastic Activities Association records.
On the boys side, the race to secure a Class 4A district tournament berth is very entertaining. Entering the final week of play, only one Wesco North team has clinched a postseason berth: Snohomish (13-1, 15-3). That leaves Lake Stevens, Marysville-Pilchuck, Monroe and Stanwood in a four-team fight for the final three berths.
If everything isn’t sorted out by Thursday night, when boys team play their final regular-season games, there could be a tiebreaker game Saturday.
Why wait until March? We’ve already got February Madness.
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