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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...

Lopes Up: Senior Samaya Morin signs to play beach volleyball at Grand Canyon University. Im so excited for the next four years, Morin says, Ive dreamed of this since I was five!

Lake Stevens High School seniors take sports to next level

Alexa Psaradelis, New Editor May 26, 2021

Many athletes begin playing their sport at a very young age and continue until they decide to stop playing or until they have to stop playing due to cost or time commitment. For most, that means year-round...

USMNT is Back! This summer the US Mens National Soccer team looks to bring home another trophy in this years gold cup. They have a good player pool! said junior and diehard USMNT fan Ramon Mata.

US men’s soccer looks to bounce back after lost year

Jordan Ross, Staff Reporter May 18, 2021

It's safe to say that the last five years have been a very disappointing stretch for the United States men's soccer team. The failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and the heartbreak in the last Gold...

Super League could become the future of soccer as we know it. I think its a terrible idea and will ruin the integrity of soccer, senior Tanner Jordan said.

Super League may become the future of European soccer

Carson Schoenwald, Staff Reporter May 18, 2021

In Spain, Florentio Perez the president of Real Madrid is attempting to form a European Super League. Perez planned on taking 12 of the largest teams in Europe and forming another league. These clubs include...

It was cool to have a senior season of football. But all in all, I wish I wouldve done it differently. Jay Roughton (12)

A quick season

Elizabeth Fritzler, Photographer April 16, 2021

With fall sports starting on February 22, they quickly came to an end. LSHS fall sports included football, girl’s soccer, volleyball, boys tennis, cross country, and girl’s swim and dive. This sports...

Baseball Returns. With the shortened Covid season behind them, the youthful Mariners look to arrive in the postseason.

Mariners preview

Austin Carter, Staff Reporter April 16, 2021

As we head out of the winter freeze and head into spring, a youthful and energetic team in Seattle looks to shock the world and break the longest current playoff drought in North American sports. Last...

Seattle Sounders hoping to have fans pack Lumen Field for their upcoming 2021 season. Im excited. Ive like gone to Sounders games my whole life, said senior Cullen Vietor.

Seattle Sounders hope to have fans return for new season

Carson Schoenwald, Staff Reporter April 16, 2021

On March 11, 2021, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee announced the move towards Phase 3 of COVID-19 precautions in the state of Washington. With this news, the Seattle Sounders published a statement...

Fans are back! The LSHS stadium is filled to 25% with fans. Although they cannot fill up the stadium to the full capacity, players and fans are grateful and ecstatic to have spectators at their sporting event once again. “It will help us a lot and make us feel more excited,” soccer player junior Robbie Rush said.

Fans to be allowed at LSHS sporting events

Jordan Ross, Staff Reporter April 16, 2021

Fans are back! The LSHS stadium is filled to 25% with fans. Although they cannot fill up the stadium to the full capacity, players and fans are grateful and ecstatic to be watching sporting events again....

Fall Sports Fun! Student swim athletes get ready to dive off their starting platforms as their race is about to start. Practicing for competition was very difficult and tiring, but it is all worth it in the end. The conversations that we have in the middle of sets, where you end up laughing when youre trying to push off the wall and swim. Its just the little things that make it really fun, junior Laura Winston said.

Fall sports stats

Judah Kim, Opinion Editor April 16, 2021

As we near the end of March, usually spring sports would just begin to start up. However due to Covid-19, Fall sports began at the beginning of this month and are now heading towards the end of their seasons. All...

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