Crusaders fall
to Evergreen Lutheran
The Evergreen Lutheran girls did it again.
The Eagles, who handed Shoreline Christian its first loss of the season last month, knocked off the Crusaders 59-49 in a winner-to-state semifinal game in the tri-district tournament Feb. 19 at Chief Leschi High School.
Evergreen Lutheran, ranked third in 2B by WashingtonPreps.com, overcame an 11-point halftime deficit, outscoring the fourth-ranked Crusaders 36-15 in the second half.
The Eagles scored the first seven points of the second half and never looked back.
“For whatever reason (we) just seemed to slip down 10 percent and you just don’t do that to a team like Evergreen Lutheran,” Shoreline Christian Stan De Yager said.
Evergreen Lutheran adjusted to the Crusaders’ press and shot 52 percent in the second half.
Erika Laete scored 17 points to lead the Eagles. Julia DeKoekkoek led Shoreline Christian with 15 and Colleen Woods added 14.
Shoreline Christian is scheduled to play Darrington in a winner-to-state game at 3 p.m. today, Friday, Feb. 23 at Chief Leschi in Puyallup.
No. 2 L.C. beats No. 1 King’s girls at districts
Lynden Christian, the second-ranked team in Class 1A by WashingtonPreps.com, upended top-ranked King’s 49-37 in the 1A District 1 championship game Feb. 17 at Mount Vernon High School.
The teams went into the half tied at 19, but the Lyncs, behind a game-high 16 points by guard Kenzie DeBoer, broke the game open in the second half.
King’s (20-2) played Chimacum in a bi-district loser-out game Feb. 21 after Enterprise deadlines. If the Knights win they play Vashon Island at 8 p.m. tonight (Friday, Feb. 23) at Mountlake Terrace High School.
King’s beat Nooksack Valley 43-18 Feb. 15 to get to the district title game against Lynden Christian. King’s beat Lynden Christian in the 2A state title game last season.
Shorecrest girls fall to Ferndale at districts
Ferndale knocked off the Shorecrest girls basketball team 55-49 Feb. 20 in the first round of the 3A District 1 tournament in a game played at Ferndale High School.
Shorecrest faces Squalicum at 8 p.m. tonight (Friday, Feb. 23) in a loser-out game at Arlington High School.
Arlington defeated the Shorecrest girls for the second time this season 45-37 Feb. 16 at Arlington High School to drop them to the No. 4 seed in the district tournament.
Pasic goes two-and-out at state
Shorecrest senior Ryan Pasic lost his first round match to Garrett Erickson of Columbia River 7-2 and then dropped a 7-4 decision to Stephen Pedersen of Franklin Pierce in the 3A tournament at Mat Classic XIX.
Pasic, who finished the season 28-8, said he was taken down early in his matches and it was tough to come back from that.
While the result at state was disappointing, Pasic said he was glad to have made it to state.
“I still feel good about the season and my wrestling career,” he said. “I feel I gave it everything I had. I went up against some tough guys, my matches were close and competitive all the way through.”
Shorecrest gymnasts compete at state
Shorecrest’s Megan Farris and CC Finnoy competed at the state 3A gymnastics meet Feb. 16 at the Tacoma Dome.
Farris, a junior, finished 40th in the floor exercise with a score of 8.975 points, 41st in the uneven bars with a score of 7.225 points and 75th in the balance beam with 8.1 points.
Finnoy, a senior exchange student from Norway, finished 63rd in the vault with a score of 8.35 and 78th in the floor with a score of 8.2.
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