T-Birds race past Hawks, 11-1
The Hawks faced Shorewood and ace left-handed pitcher Blake Snell in a key game as the Hawks are third in the 3A WesCo standings with Shorewood in first, but the Hawks fell short 11-1, Tuesday afternoon at home. The two teams square off again this afternoon at Shorewood. Even though the score does not show [...]
Hawks edge past Mavs, 7-6
The Mountlake Terrace softball team knocked off the previously undefeated Meadowdale Mavericks 7-6 on Apr. 19. The Hawks got on the scoreboard in the second inning with back to back home runs by senior Chelsea Crews and sophomore Rene Bos, pushing the Hawks ahead 3-1. The Mavs then scored two runs in the third inning [...]
Twilight Track
Shorewood ran past the other high schools at the Terrace Twilight track and field meet on Apr. 16. It was a fundraising event for MTHS track and field held at Edmonds Stadium. Shorewood’s boys and girls scored an astonishing 251 points for the men’s team, and 180 points for the women’s team. In addition to [...]
Sood coaches at NW Shootout
Mountlake Terrace men’s head basketball coach Nalin Sood coached the Washington all-star team at the Northwest Shootout at the University of Portland’s Chiles Center on Apr. 2. The game was highlighted by a plethora of top high school basketball players in Washington and Oregon. Notable players included DaVonte Lacy, Gary Bell and Andrew Andrews. The [...]
WIAA revamps state hoops tournaments
The state basketball tournament format is changing once again. The WIAA executive board voted to make the state tournaments single elimination with first round games being held at local sites on Monday. 16 teams will fill the tournament field and the eight regional winners will move on to the final site. The new format will [...]
Collegiate coaches turning a blind eye
Break the rules. Get a slap on the wrist. That seems to be the case in college athletics today. With March Madness underway, the country gets to watch hundreds of college student-athletes compete in a month-long basketball extravaganza. Both the Washington Huskies and the Washington State Cougars participated in postseason tournaments. Both teams have dealt [...]
New state tournament format receiving mixed feedback
A few weeks ago, the WIAA debuted a new regional format for the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. Too bad it drew a fair amount of criticism. The new regional format added another round to the state tournament, which meant only eight teams would make it to the Tacoma Dome, in the case of the [...]
Hawks open season with dramatic win over 4A powerhouse Lake Stevens
It wasn’t supposed to be like this for the Lake Stevens Vikings, and the Hawks’ Austin Johnson put a dramatic exclamation point on that fact with a 2-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 8th inning to give the Hawks a 4-2 opening day victory. The Vikings do have a complaint of [...]
Hazen ends Hawks’ post-season run
The men’s basketball season came to an end Friday night with a tragic loss to Hazen, 67-60 in overtime. The Hawks at one point in the game led by as much as 12 and seemed to have the game in hand until the middle of the fourth quarter when Hazen tightened up the lead with [...]
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