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The student news site of Lake Stevens High School

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The student news site of Lake Stevens High School

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Sports

Hard Competition: Sophomore Naveer Kaile lifts a heavy tire and competes against other schools in the off-season. Naveer practiced for the upcoming season to be at peak performance. Being in the weight room, eating right, training right and training skills in the offseason and just not being lazy is what really defines your season, Kaile said.

Student athletes practice in the off-season

Dylan Slezak, Photographer February 7, 2022

The off-season is important for student athletes who want to improve in their high school sports career moving forward. In order to move to the next level for their sport, the offseason is influential...

Lake to State! The Lake Stevens Football team takes a knee at post-game prayer after beating Eastlake 45-28 at Pop Keeney Stadium on November 27, 2021.

Lake To State

Lucien Sevilla, Sports Section Editor December 17, 2021

This postseason for Lake Stevens football has been met with a lot of ups and downs. The program was met with adversity from the beginning of the season with the covid situation and that continued on during...

Cleared to play: Freshman QB Kolton Matson warms up to play varsity. Matson took over for Grayson Murren after his injury during the Kamiak game.  The injury really impacted my sight of football. Sometimes you may never come back from an injury or your chance of a season might get taken away from you. Thankfully, I was blessed and was able to get healed up just in time to take my team to a 2-0 playoff victory, Matson said.

Injuries happen

Dylan Slezak, Photographer December 16, 2021

Student athletes who participate in sports are prone to injuries. Typically from breaking a bone, to a torn muscle, to a concussion. All sports can cause an injury that could end up being very serious...

Lake Stevens girls played a dominating game against Kings High School. Senior Chloe Pattison, goes up for the shot, after rebounding the ball. The team made a total of 24 points in the 4th quarter. So were very hyped for even if its something small, junior Ella Edens said.

When the Shot Clock Ends

Madeline Duffy, Staff Reporter December 16, 2021

A 75-36 win over King’s High School is how the Lady Vikings started off this season. Dominating the court already, the ladies have been working on and off season for the past year now in preparation...

Top 10 Christmas Songs

Aidyn Marshall, Staff Reporter December 15, 2021

With Christmas right around the corner, there's nothing better than listening to Christmas songs to get you into that holiday spirit. This list is mostly compiled from classic songs, so sorry Justin Beiber,...

State action: The six swimmers on the girls swim team that made it to state this season stand smiling at the camera. Pictured left to right, Sarah Fleischmann, Autumn Marlatt, Mackenzie Smith, Charlotte Lamb, Savannah Foley, and Madelynn Butler. They also reminded us about like the situation and stuff and like every, every day that went by going to practice without a COVID case was something to like look forward to next day, you know, sophomore Charlotte Lamb said.

Fall Sports Wrap-up

Dakota Latham, Photographer December 15, 2021

Girls Swim and Dive The girls swim and dive team had a really fun and successful year. Overall, they ended up losing only one meet this season. “The one week that we lost was Glacier Peak, and they're,...

Time to shine: Seniors Baylor Thomas, Cordelia Wilcox, Tyler Fouts, and Camille Jentzsch sign their letters of intent to play college athletics. Fellow students, teachers, coaches, and family members sat in the stands as they supported the athletes. “Im glad I finally found a place that I could go to,” senior Jaden Cardona.

Hard work and dedication rewarded

Melanie Delestrez, Staff Reporter December 13, 2021

November 10, 2021 was a special day for many student athletes. Senior athletes who plan to compete for NCAA (National College Athletics Association), NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics),...

Homecoming Game: Lake Stevens Vikings football team heads out to play against Kamiak Knights! In this home game, the Vikings added another win to their season. It feels like we earned it, were earning that because we have all types of doubters and our team is proving lots of people wrong right now, senior Trayce Hanks said.

Viking football update

Nylah Harrington, Photographer November 15, 2021

After taking various safety precautions to ensure the team stayed safe, two players tested positive for the coronavirus, preventing them from playing their two games against Eastlike and Mount Si, respectively....

Vikings tennis and cross country end their 2021 season after exceptional performances all year round. They both picked up right where they left off from the shortened COVID year last spring. “It was a good season we had and we hope just to keep on getting even better next season,” sophomore Carter Kaub said.

Fall sports in the spotlight

Aidyn Marshall, Staff Reporter November 10, 2021

As the 2021 fall season of sports comes to an end, all fall sports teams Varsity and JV have performed above par as they close out their respective seasons. But the Vikings cross country and men's tennis...

Before the big race, the cross country girls were huddled together preparing for the Twilight invitational with having a good chance of going to state. Theres a lot of fast underclassmen and the guys are also doing really good and they might have a chance to go to state, but I think the girls have a bigger chance, senior Mckenzie McLeod.

The LSHS cross country team through covid times

Madelynn Butler, Sports Section Editor November 10, 2021

These last few months have been hard with all the COVID restrictions and uncertainty of sports for student athletes. The LSHS cross country team has had to endure these challenges all year long by not...

Are You Ready?! Lake Stevens football team waits to kick the ball off against the Glacier Peak Grizzlies at Veterans Memorial Field in Snohomish. Lake Stevens won the matchup in a 34-28 game. At the end of the season, this is the game that will decide our conference, senior Colby Easterling said.

Lake Stevens Football team is dominating

Lucien Sevilla, Sports Section Editor November 8, 2021

Football has a prominent place at Lake Stevens High School, but it had to take a two-week break when there was a positive COVID case on the team, causing the Vikings to cancel their first two games of...

Spring Sports: LSHS spring sports season came to end over the past weeks. Although it was an altered year LSHS still performed well. It was a lot of fun, we had a decent record, senior Kohl Lippmann said.

Recap on a short spring season

Jordan Ross, Staff Reporter June 2, 2021

Due to COVID-19, LSHS sport seasons were required to be shortened to fit all the sports into a condensed schedule. Over the five-week span, all the teams looked to take advantage of the opportunity to...