November 23, 2013
The Arlington Times • The Marysville Globe
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Lakewood High School senior Cassidy Dvorak charges down the paint during the girls basketball team’s practice on Nov. 19. Walster said that one position yet to be determined is the starting point guard, but added that a freshman transfer from Tenino, Natalie Neer, may be able to fill that role. “She could very well be our starting point guard this season,” said Walster. “That was one of the areas last year, with so many young players, we really didn’t have a strong presence. We didn’t have that strong point guard to lead the team and run the
offense. We’re hoping that someone will step up, and she can definitely be a candidate to take that job this year.” Lakewood starts the season Dec. 3 with a home game against La Conner, a non-league opponent. The Cougars start league play on Dec. 10 when they face Archbishop Murphy.
players a ton of experience that is going to help us a lot this year. I started a freshman, Jayla Russ, and a sophomore, Jessica Ludwig, in the State championship game last year. They actually started throughout the playoffs, so they got a lot of great experience that is going to help us. They are going to be two of our main players this year.” In addition to the six players with varsity experience, Marsh said he expects a number of sophomores to also make the varsity team this year, including Olivia Larson, Sevi Biesler, Sarah Shortt and Emmi Modahl. Tryouts and practices started on Nov. 18, and Marsh said on Nov. 19 that the varsity roster was still being determined. “We’ll spend the first three days evaluating the kids, and then we’ll make decisions about teams and who goes where,” said Marsh. “From there, we just start practicing and getting ready for games.” The Eagles’ season begins with three non-conference
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season goes on we’ll build on those things.” While the coach said he has some strong individual players, he believes that teamwork is critical to be successful. “I think, that as a coach, teamwork is what I look for,” said Marsh. “We have some good players, no doubt about it, but I think we must come together as a team. We call it ‘family basketball.’ For us to be successful, it’s going to have to be the group of us. We’re not going to ride on the shoulders of one or two players. We are going to have to have a bunch of players step up and do it together if we are going to be successful.” Marsh said, “I have a great group of kids. I am really excited for this group. They really buy into the idea of family basketball, so I think it is going to be fun for us.”
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games, the first of which is a Dec. 4 home game against 3A Marysville-Pilchuck High School. “Those non-conference games, especially for us as we’re so young, will be a good chance for those girls who haven’t had any varsity experience to get some varsity experience before we go into league play, which are the games that really count. Our first league game is at Monroe on Dec. 13,” said Marsh. While his team has not yet set any long-term goals, Marsh said he has some short-term goals for his team. “Our first goal is to start coming together as a team,” said Marsh. “I really want to start with us being competitive in Wesco, and giving ourselves a chance to make it to the playoffs again. We’ll start with that, and as the
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points on the board. I told the girls we had to work really hard for our points last year, and I would like to get some easy points this year, if possible.” Walster said that with six returning varsity players, they will immediately be able to start focusing on preparing for the season. “Because we have six returners to the varsity team, we are going to jump in pretty quickly, and I definitely think we will be stronger, with that maturity and the knowledge of the system from their time last year,” said Walster. “I think we can get out to a good start, and be off and running fairly quickly.” The coach said he already knows what roles some of the players will take on. “Hailey Senyitko, at only 5’4”, was a starter last year and our leading three-point shooter. We’re hoping that she’ll improve on that and continue to be our leader,” said Walster. “Hayley Malakowski is our defensive stopper. She gets her hands on a lot of basketballs and spends a lot of time interrupting the other team’s offense. She’s a junior and we expect big things out of her.”
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