Girls Basketball at Lake Stevens, 1-30-2009

It was an up and down evening in Lake Stevens for the girls basketball teams, with only 1 of the 3 teams leaving with a win.

The freshman game took place at Cavelero Mid-High, which is an 8-9th grade school that feeds into Lake Stevens HS. It’s a new school, having opened just a year or two ago. It wasn’t a good day for the freshmen, as Lake Stevens jumped to an early 10-0 1st period lead, extending that lead to 24-4 at the half. The Wildcats regrouped a little in the 2nd half, but eventually lost to the Colts 49-17. Lia Pantoleon led the Wildcat freshmen with 7 points – the only player to score more than two. Erika Flores, Kaileen Burleson, Emily Hunt, DJ, and Kristen Winston each scored 2 points.

Over in the main Lake Stevens gym, it was an exciting, close game for the JV girls. Oak Harbor won the 1st period, 14-10, and both teams exploded in the 2nd, scoring 41 points between them. When the dust settled for halftime, it was still OH in the lead, 34-31. Both defenses stiffened in the 3rd, with Oak Harbor allowing 11 points and Lake Stevens keeping all but one Wildcat from scoring. Molly DeLeon hit all 5 of the Wildcat 3rd period points, and it put the girls in a 42-39 hole to start the final period. In that final period, the Vikings were able to maintain their lead, ending the game with a 51-47 win. Molly scored big for the 2nd game in a row with 17 points. Yoshi scored 14 and Shantae hit for 11. Tatiana Cumming filled in the rest of the Oak Harbor scoring with 5.

Coach McLeod missed most of the 2nd half of a wild varsity game, being banished to the locker room by the officials with about 2 minutes left in the 3rd period. It all happened with the scored tied, when the Wildcats got a shot off with just 4 seconds on the shot clock, and even though the ball clearly bounced off the rim, the shot clock didn’t get reset. Oak Harbor got the rebound and just as they were setting up to run a play, the shot clock buzzer sounded, and the refs were giving the ball to Lake Stevens on a shot clock violation. Coach McLeod protested, saying the shot hit the rim. The officials huddled (without consulting the table), and stood with their original call. Coach McLeod continued to protest, and was given a technical. All this time the table was trying to get the lead official’s attention, saying that yes, they did (by mistake) not reset the shot clock. Even after being given this info, the lead official didn’t want to change his call. While that discussion was taking place, Coach McLeod was on the floor discussing the situation with another official. The lead official then came over to Coach McLeod, issued him a second “T”, and ejected him from the gym. After the ejection, the Wildcats got fired up, going on a 19-8 4th period scoring spree to win the game 44-34. Waiting in the locker room for the girls to come in, McLeod literally jumped in the air when told the girls had won. Jessica Denmon led the ‘Cats with 13 and Nikki Mowbray scored 10. Jen Jansen had 8, Cheyenne Tubo 7, and Cori Henricksen, Clarissa Abadesco and Kathryn Fisken all scored 2 points each.

The girls play next at Arlington on Feb 4th, and are at home Friday the 6th vs Stanwood for senior night. They finish out the regular season the following week on the road with games at Monroe and Marysville.