Lakeside girls win, now tied for second

The Spokesman-Review January 11, 2012

Tayler Flemming hit a pair of free throws late in the game as Lakeside edged Newport (9-4, 1-3) 52-48 in Northeast A League girls basketball Tuesday night in Nine Mile Falls.

The Grizzlies tied the game in the final minute, but Flemming’s free throws gave the Eagles the lead for good. Flemming scored 13 points.

Jenna Widman had 15 points and 14 rebounds and Jocelyn Cook-Cox added 15 points for Lakeside (8-6, 3-1), which won the rebounding battle 37-25.

Lakeside wrestlers top WV 43-30

from Spokesman.com

7 p.m., Dec. 8, 2011 at West Valley

Team scoring: Lakeside (WA) 43, West Valley 30

Individual results

106: Lubin (Lak) md. Davis () 15-7

113: Glenny (Lak) won by forfeit

120: Parsley (WV) d. Judd () 6-4 (OT)

126: Hilderbrand (WV) p. Lauderdale () 1:28

132: Brown (Lak) d. W. Scott () 6-2

138: D. Scott (WV) d. Oakley () 8-2

145: D. Lane (WV) p. Yates () 1:51

152: Spencer (Lak) p. J. Lane () 3:05

160: Fuson (Lak) won by forfeit

170: Judd (Lak) won by forfeit

182: King (Lak) p. Knight () 0:35

195: Hause (Lak) p. Martinez () 1:31

220: White (WV) p. Pettet () 2:48

285: Hachman (WV) p. Bring () 0:31

LAKESIDE BOYS AND GIRLS XC STATE CHAMPIONS!!

Both Lakeside Boys and Girls cross country teams dominated their respective races today in Pasco to each win the 2011 STATE XC CHAMPIONSHIP!
The Girls' first place win was the first ever for the Girls, who took 4th the last three years, while it was the 6th State Championship for the Boys. The Boys came in to the race as the defending 2010 State Champions.
The Eagles girls were led by FR Lindy Jacobson, who was 6th overall and set a new personal record of 18:53.6, scoring 6 team points.  Three other Lakeside girls mounted the podium with Jacobson to receive a top 16 individual medal, including SR Vanessa Ahrendt (12th overall, 19:46, 10 TP), JR Sofie Marikis (15th, 19:49.7, 11 TP) and SO Megan Ahrendt (16th, 19:49.9, 12 TP). JR Mary Daniel rounded out the team scoring with her 27th individual place, running the course in 20:23.2 for 20 team points. SR Michelle Sobisky anted up 23 team points to the moot tie-breaker kitty with her 31st place finish, running the course in 20:34.4. FR Stefanie Marikis ran a 22:12.4 to come in 84th out of 143 runners.
Their team score of 59 points overwhelmed the field, with closest competitor, fellow NEA League member and defending 1A State Champion Riverside, coming in with 86 points and Northwest, home to individual winner Maddie Meyers (17:54.6) and second place finisher Hazel Carr (18:37), coming in with 92 points. King's took home the fourth place trophy with 118 points.
The boys scored 79 team points to also dominate the competition, with second place NEA member Colville earning 108 points, King's 109, and Charles Wright Academy 167.
The Eagles boys were paced by SO Ryan Coffman (10th individual, 16:36, 7 team points) and SR Michael Anderson (12th, 16:44, 10 TP), who were the Lakeside recipients of a top 16 individual medal.  The leaders were closely followed by SR Jake Widman (18th, 16:52, 12 TP), SO JT Lauderdale (37th, 17:21, 25 TP), SO Donovan Dewey (38th, 17:24, 26 TP), JR Cody Constant (48th, 17:33, 32 tie-breaker team points) and SR Jimmy Spencer (79th out of 144, 17:57).

Lakeside's All-Conference Teams members

Football - First Team Offense
Justin Hause - 12

Football - Second Team Offense
Charles Mitchell - 10
Coleton Collins - 10

Football - Second Team Defense
Kinner Blum - 12
Matt Trottier - 11

Football Co-Defense MVP: Justin Hause - 12

Soccer First Team
Lizzy Estes - 11
Jocelyn Cook-Cox - 9
Ashley Cook-Cox - 10
Susie Aguirre - 12
Courtney Kovalesky - 12

Soccer Co-Coach of the Year: Brooke Greer

Volleyball First Team
Savannah Rolston - 12

Volleyball Second Team
Jenna Widman - 11

Boys Cross Country First Team
Michael Anderson - 12
Ryan Coffman - 10
Jake Widman - 12
JT Lauderdale - 10

Boys Cross Country Second Team
Donovan Dewey - 10

Girls Cross Country First Team
Vanessa Ahrendt - 12
Megan Ahrendt - 10
Sofie Marikis - 11
Mary Daniel - 11

Girls Cross Country Second Team
Stefanie Marikis - 9

Girls Cross Country MVP - Lindy Jacobson - 9

Cross Country Coach of the Year - Steve Olson

Soccer earns state berth

The Lakeside Eagles soccer team defeated Cascade-Leavenworth 3-0 Saturday, Nov 5 to move on to the state championship rounds.

Soccer heading to Regionals as #2 seed

Lakeside (8-7, 5-3) battled League champ Newport (16-2, 7-1) for the District 7 championship Wednesday, Nov 2nd at the Gonzaga Prep soccer pitch but came up short in a 2-0 loss to settle for the #2 seed to Regionals.

The Eagles secured the right to host District 6/Caribou Trail League member #2 Cascade-Leavenworth this Saturday, Nov 5th at 2 pm for a state tournament seed.

NEA #1 Newport hosts CTL #3 Okanogan and NEA #3 Freeman, 3-1 winners over Colville in the final District 7 match Nov 2, travels to CTL #1 Cashmere.

Go Eagles!

WIAA to offer live updates of State XC Championships

(From WIAA.com)

WIAA to offer live blog, Twitter and Facebook updates and a highlight package

RENTON, Wash. – For the 24th-consecutive year, Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco, Wash., will be the site for the WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires State Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 5.

The state meet is set to begin at 9:30 a.m. with the wheelchair race.  The event will conclude with the boys 4A race, which is slated to begin at 2:30 p.m. Tickets for the state cross country meet are $9 for adults and $7 for senior citizens and students.  The meet consists of over 1,600 student-athletes representing 247 schools.

The WIAA will be offering a live blog on their website that will give up-to-date news and results of the 2011 state cross country meet.  In addition to the Cover It Live feature, fans can also receive news and results from the state meet via the WIAA Twitter page (www.twitter.com/wiaawa) and on the WIAA Facebook page (www.facebook.com/wiaawa).

Following the event, a highlight package of the WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires State Cross Country Championships will be available on the new WIAA online portal.

XC Boys and Girls both Regional Champions! On to State!

Head XC Coach Steve Olson poses with his 2011 Girls XC Regional Champs

FR Lindy Jacobson led the Lakeside girls to the team championship with her time of 19:38 to beat all 56 runners while SR Michael Anderson nearly won the boys event, coming in just :01 sec behind the Colville winner in 16:50, as both Lakeside teams dominated the Bi-District Regional meet Saturday, Oct 29th at Plantes Ferry Park in the Spokane Valley.

Lakeside girls blasted the 8 team field from District 7 and District 6 with 26 points as they placed 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 20. Jacobson was followed closely by SR Vanessa Ahrendt (4th 20:30), SO Megan Ahrendt (6th 20:55), JR Sofie Marikis (7th 20:58), JR Mary Daniel (8th 21:07), FR Stefanie Marikis (11th 21:17) and SO Mikayla Presta (20th 21:58).  All 7 Eagles runners were called to the podium as the top twenty individuals were recognized as qualifying for state meet participation.

The top four girls teams, Lakeside (26 points), Riverside (65), Cashmere (66) and Chelan (126), move on to the state meet this Saturday, Nov 5th at Pasco. Colville, Chewelah, Freeman and Omak did not qualify.

The Lakeside girls remain ranked #1 in state in the Week #8 Coaches Poll.

Head XC Coach Steve Olson poses with his 2011 Boys XC Regional Champs

The Lakeside boys, 2010 defending State Champions, placed five in the top twenty out of 75 runners and 11 teams, as Anderson was followed by SO Ryan Coffman (3rd 16:59), SR Jake Widman (5th 17:14), SO newcomer JT Lauderdale (9th 17:36), SO Donovan Dewey (17th 18:05), JR Cody Constant (22nd 18:09.4) and SR Jimmy Spencer (33rd 18:44).

The boys also dominated team scoring with a 36, beating the other qualifying teams of Colville (52), Cashmere (91) and Omak (113).  The boys also remain ranked #1 in state in the Coaches Poll.

The excitement is building for a tremendous state meet this Saturday as both Lakeside Cross Country teams travel to the Tri-Cities to see who are the best teams in the state!

Great job, Lakeside Harriers! Go Eagles!

Volleyball grabs #3 seed to Regionals

Facing a loser out match in the District 7 volleyball tournament at regular season champion Colville site last Saturday, Oct 29th, Lakeside (6-4, 10-6) won in three straight sets 25-18, 25-19 and 26-24 over Newport (4-6, 6-11) to claim the 3rd seed to Regionals.

The Eagles join #1 and undefeated Colville (10-0, 16-0) and #2 Freeman (8-2, 13-3) this Saturday, Nov 5th, at the Regional tournament in Chelan, where they will face Caribou Trail League #2 in a loser out first round match at 2:00pm in the Chelan Community Gym.

Go Eagles!

Soccer beats Freeman to face Newport for District 7 title

The Lakeside (5-3 league, 8-7 overall)  girls soccer squad defeated Freeman (4-4, 6-5) 3-1 Thursday, Oct 27th in District 7 first round action to set up another showdown with League Champions Newport (7-1, 15-2) this Wednesday, Nov 2nd, this time for the District 7 Championship Title.  The Grizzlies defeated Colville 2-0 in the other district match.

Game time is 7:30pm at Newport.

Good luck, Eagles!

Girls soccer faces big showdown with Newport Thursday

The Lakeside girls soccer squad has a chance to grab a share of the regular season league title with a win against Newport this Thursday, Oct 20th at home. The Eagles come into the final league match for both schools with a 5-2 league record, 7-5 overall, while Newport stands at 6-1 league, 13-2 overall. Match time 4:00pm.

Newport's only league loss, a 2-1 squeaker, came at the feet of Colville Oct 6th in Colville, while Lakeside fell to Newport 2-0 Oct 04 and Freeman 2-1 Sep 20 in away matches. The Eagles rebounded against Freeman with a 4-2 home win Oct 6th.

Go Lakeside!

XC Boys and Girls both ranked No. 1 in state!

The Washington State Cross Country Coaches Poll #7 for Week of October 17 now has both Lakeside teams -- Boys and Girls -- ranked number 1 in state in Class 1A!

While the Boys have won a state title five times, including last year's 2010 win, the girls have never reached higher than 4th in state, which they have attained the last three years.

Senior Day is this Tuesday, October 18 at Sontag Park versus Newport. Race time 4:00 pm. Come out and cheer on your #1 Lakeside cross country teams and its senior leaders!

Great job, Eagles harriers!  Go Lakeside!

XC Girls storm Sunfair, take 3rd in 2A and Under Division

Eagles Girls Varsity with 2A-U 3rd Place Trophy. Photo (c) 2011 James D. Thomas

Three Lakeside cross country girls were awarded ribbons by placing in the top 15 of their respective flights to lead their team to a ground-breaking 3rd place trophy in the 2A and Under Division at the prestigious Sunfair Invitational in Yakima, WA last Saturday, Oct 1st, a race over a 3 mile course that features a torturous, steep and terraced hill climb at the end of the first mile and includes many of the very best teams and individual runners in the entire Pacific Northwest.

Only 2A state #2 ranked Cheney (60 pts) and 2A #5 Bellingham (110 pts) topped the Eagles, who edged out fellow NEA member and last year's 1A State Champion Riverside -- which took 4th with 141 points -- for the third time this season with 116 team points. Caribou Trail League's Cashmere was a close 5th with 144 points in the 16 team 2A and Under Division.

The Eagles were 13th overall out of 44 teams, beating thirteen of nineteen 4A schools, including Wenatchee, Walla Walla, Post Falls and GSL's Ferris, and besting five of nine 3A schools, including Kamiakin, Southridge and GSL's North Central.

FR Lindy Jacobson ran her 3 mile flight in 19:54.3, good for a team high 9th place and 9 points in Flight 5. The time was the fastest of all seven varsity Eagle runners, who each ran separately in flights in which the seventh runner from each entered team ran against all seventh runners from every other team in Flight 1, the sixth runners all ran in Flight 2, and so on until the final race, in which the first runner from each team ran against all other first runners from every other team in Flight 7.

Points were awarded to each based on the place of finish in their respective flight, minus non-aligned runners (individual HS runners not running with a school team). The lower the individual number the better, and the seven runners' points are combined to arrive at the team score.

JR Mary Daniel, running in Flight 1, finished 11th out of 51, an Eagle team 2nd best, for 10 points with a time of 21:34.5. SO Megan Ahrendt, running as a second runner in Flight 6, finished 12th out of 37 for 12 points and a team third fastest time of 19:56.4. Her sister, SR Vanessa Ahrendt, was a mere .4 seconds faster and just 1.7 seconds off Jacobson's time with a 19:56 (33rd out of 42, 30 points) in the humbling Flight 7, a race of the very best runners, including Glacier Peak's top state high school runner Amy-Eloise Neale, DyeStat's national #4 runner, who broke the 2004 course record of 17:10 with a world-class 3 mile of 17:03.9.

FR Stefanie Marikis missed a ribbon by only one place, coming in 16th out of 50 for 15 points in Flight 2 with a time of 21:32.2. Her sister, JR Sofie Marikis, completed Flight 4 in 20:46.7, coming in 20th for 19 team points. SO Mikayla Presta, running Flight 3, was 22nd for 21 points (21:53.5).

SR Michelle Sobinsky, attending as an alternate, ran the open citizen's race with head XC coach Steve Olson.

By Olson's reckoning, this latest achievement among many this young season should propel the Lakeside girls -- who currently reside at #3 behind Riverside and King's -- to a #1 state 1A ranking by next week's XC Coaches' Poll #6.

Great job Lady Eagles!!

XC Boys rout as Girls top state champ Riverside

Lakeside cross country boys routed Riverside and Chewelah in the Eagles' first league meet of 2011 Tuesday, Sept 27th at Sontag Park, beating the Rams handily 16-47 and blanking Chewelah 15-50. 15 points are the fewest possible in a cross country race, resulting from all five scoring runners finishing before any of their competitor's runners.

Meanwhile the girls topped last year's 1A state champion Riverside 22-37 and blanked Chewelah 15-48.

The Lakeside boys finished 1, 2, 3, 4 overall -- Ryan Coffman 16:49, Michael Anderson 17:01, Jake Widman 17:10 and Cody Constant 17:27. Donovan Dewey finished 6th overall to complete the sweep over Chewelah.

Lakeside girls finished 2, 3, 4, 5 overall behind Riverside's phenom Jess Mildes (19:14) -- Vanessa Ahrendt 19:57, Megan Ahrendt 19:58, Lindy Jacobson 19:59 and Sofie Marikis 20:34.

The Lakeside teams head to Yakima Friday for the highly competitive Sunfair Invite this Saturday, Oct 1st., where they will be tested against the very best runners in all classifications throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Cross Country Girls blaze new trails

Eagles SO Megan Ahrendt (5th) and SR Vanessa Ahrendt (3rd) on the podium at Erik Anderson Invite, Sat., Sept. 24th

The girls' cross country teams and individuals reached new heights of success over the last two weekends, culminating with a varsity unofficial first place team finish over all contenders -- including GSL 4A-3A members Ferris and North Central and ID-5A Lake City -- and one 1st place, two 2nd places and 6 other top ten individual overall finishes at the Erik Anderson/Runners Soul Invitational at Plantes Ferry Park in the Spokane Valley Saturday, September 24th.

Officially, Lakeside was awarded the first place trophy in the 2A-1A division of the 3 division race (4A-3A, 2A-1A, 2B-1B).

The Eagles, paced by sisters SR Vanessa and SO (2010 7th state) Megan Ahrendt, who finished 3rd and 5th overall with personal records of 19:26 and 19:34 respectively, also edged out last year's 1A State Champion Riverside, led by Rams sisters Jess (1st overall 18:17) and Rebecca Mildes (4th overall 19:30), thanks to strong placing by Lakeside's 3-7 runners FR Lindy Jacobson (9th 20:00), state participants SO Mikayla Presta (14th 20:25) and JR Sofie Marikis (23rd 20:50), newcomer SR Michelle Sobinski (24th 21:02) and FR Stefanie Marikis (35th 21:41).

127 runners started the varsity race while only 112 finished the hot, shade-less course where the temperature reached 90 degrees by race time.

The JV girls also dominated their awards, with Lakeside's JR Mary Daniel overtaking ID-5A Lake City's Leanne Asper -- who ran most of the race widening the gap -- at the 400m mark to take the lead. Only with a powerful full sprint down the 100m stretch was the LC runner able to claim the win by just 2.5 seconds. Daniel finished 2nd overall with an over :30 sec PR time of 21:01.

Daniel was joined at the podium for medals presentations by teammates SR Nicole Gomolski (6th 22:16), state participant SR Morganne McCann (8th 22:17) and JR Kaylee Belknap (9th 22:18). Newcomer SO Farrahn O'Hara (67th 27:56) finished the team scoring for the Eagles, who took 3rd overall in the JV single division meet.

Two Lakeside freshmen started the day's Eagle domination with first and second place finishes in the earlier full-length 5,000 meter 9th Grade Single Division race. Chelsey Tremblay took top step with her 21:48 finish, followed by Anika Halterman in 22:12.

The previous weekend saw the JV girls take second overall behind regional powerhouse Coeur d'Alene at the punishing Farragut Invitational, while the varsity came up only one point shy of Riverside, winners of 2nd place in the small school B Division at 55 points behind ID-3A Timberlake with 50 points. Only 2A Cheney and ID-5A Coeur d'Alene performed better than the three "B" schools, taking 1st and 2nd in the "A" Division with 35 and 36 points, respectively.

Michelle Sobinsky and Nicole Gomolski led the Eagles JV with a 3rd and 4th place finish, while Morganne McCann placed in the top 10 with her 9th place finish. Anika Halterman was 11th and Kaylee Belknap finished the team scoring at 17th place.

Vanessa Ahrendt took 3rd in varsity small school with a 21:04 while Megan Ahrendt grabbed the 10th spot with a 21:48.

Lakeside's Kinner Blum wins KREM's GameTime Play of the Week

Mon Sep 19 18:48:49 PDT 2011
Lakeside’s Blum wins HS GameTime Play of the Week
Lakeside’s Kinner Blum nabbed a one-handed interception for a touchdown last Friday against Medical Lake. The highlight was an easy choice for this week’s HS GameTime Play of the Week. view full article

Strong XC showing at Coaster Cross

All four Lakeside cross country teams - JV Boys, JV Girls, Varsity Men and Varsity Ladies -- placed in the top 5 at the Silverwood Coaster Cross Invitational Saturday, Sept 10, to start the 2011 season strong.

Eagles' JV Girls, led by FR Stefanie Marikis (6th 21:56.5) and SR Michelle Sobinsky (7th 22:03.5), placed 3rd out of 18 Pacific Northwest teams with 125 points behind Idaho 5A schools Capital (60 pts) and Rocky Mountain (71 pts) of Boise. SR Nicole Gomolski was 10th (22:09.1), followed by FR Anika Halterman (13th 22:23.7) and SO Kylie Crooks (112th 27:18.8).

Lakeside Varsity Men, in what was to be a re-building year, took 4th out of 27 teams with 192 points behind Idaho 5A schools Timberline (53 pts), Rocky Mountain (59 pts) and Meridian (126 pts), and topped ID-5As Borah (205) and Capital (227). The Eagles were led by SO Ryan Coffman (16th 16:39.4) and SR Michael Anderson (18th 16:40.1), followed by SR Jake Widman (37th 17:18.3), JR Cody Constant (46th 17:30.7), SO Donovan Dewey (76th 18:08), SR Jimmy Spencer (87th 18:18.1) and JR Nick Thomas (140th 19:48.5).

The Varsity Ladies placed 5th (128 points) behind local WA-2A powerhouse Cheney (81 points), ID-3A Timberlake (84 points) of Spirit Lake, ID, and ID-5A schools Rocky Mountain (87 points) and Timberline (92 points). The varsity ladies were paced by sisters SO Megan Ahrendt (15th 20:03) and SR Vanessa Ahrendt (18th 20:09), followed by FR Lindy Jacobson (24th 20:32), JR Sofie Marikis (31st 21:01), SO Mikayla Presta (44th 21:26), JR Mary Daniel (46th 21:33) and SR Morganne McCann (61st 21:58).

The JV Boys also placed 5th (143 points) behind Rocky Mountain (15 pts), Cheney (103), Hazen (110) and Capital (127). The boys were paced by newcomer SO Eli Williams (13th 18:06), SO JT Lauderdale (15th 18:11.7) and JR Mike Schimke (19th 18:19.7), followed by SO Ricky Carroll (48th 19:35.6) and JR Michael Rojeski (63rd 19:57).

Girls' soccer and volleyball starts tonight

The Lakeside Lady Eagles begin their 2011 soccer season tonight at Mt Spokane, game time 4pm.

This begins a series against Greater Spokane League teams that includes a visit to North Central Thursday, Sept 8 (4pm), a hosting of Lewis and Clark on Monday, Sept 12 (4pm), and a match under the lights at Central Valley on Thursday, Sept 15 (7:30pm).

After opening league play at Freeman Sept 20 (4pm), the Eagles return to the GSL to face Shadle Park Sept 22 (4pm), and then finish up the regular season with games at Riverside (Sept 27), versus Colville (Sept 29), at Newport (Oct 4), versus Freeman (Oct 6), versus Riverside (Oct 13), at Colville (Oct 18) and versus Newport (Oct 20). All league games are at 4pm.

See schedule and scores at Spokesman.com here.

Volleyball hosts Medical Lake tonight and Colfax next Tuesday, Sept 13, then visits Northwest Christian Sept 19 before beginning league action with a host of Riverside Sept 20, followed by trips to Chewelah (Sept 22) and Colville (Sept 27), a host of Newport (Sept 29), road trips to Freeman (Oct 4) and Riverside (Oct 5), hosts of Chewelah (Oct 11) and Colville (Oct 13), a trip to Newport (Oct 18) and regular season finale versus Freeman (Oct 20).

All VB games start at 6:30pm.

Schedule and results at Spokesman.com here.

Spokesman picks Lakeside 5th in NEA football preseason preview

From The Spokesman-Review Prep Sports September 1, 2001

The consensus preseason pick to win the Northeast A League? None of the above. “I don’t see a clear-cut favorite,” Chewelah coach Jim Fisk said. Lakeside’s Brian Dunn agreed. “Any team can finish first to sixth in the league,” he wrote. “The league is much improved. Every Friday will be entertaining. Since I don’t see any easy games on our schedule, it must be us.”

Fisk likes the look of his neighbors: Riverside and Colville. “Riverside is going to be tough,” the Chewelah coach said. “Colville lost a lot of players from last year, but they should be good. But look at the rest of the league: Freeman is always tough, Newport is much improved and will be good again and Lakeside is always good.

“I hate to say it, but injuries will probably have as much to say about who wins as anything else.”

1. Colville
2. Riverside
3. Freeman
4. Newport
5. Lakeside
6. Chewelah

Lakeside fastpitch earns 3rd at state, takes season series 4-2 over Colville

Excerpts from The Spokesman-Review May 29, 2011 by Jim Meehan

Lakeside’s and Colville’s head softball coaches crossed paths between fields at Merkel Sports Complex shortly after their teams absorbed agonizing losses in the State 1A tournament semifinals Saturday.

“Tough one, Coach?” said Colville’s Mandy Sumner, commiserating with Lakeside’s Chuck Moffatt.

Lakeside failed to protect a two-run lead and fell 8-7 to Onalaska. Minutes later on an adjacent field, Colville lost to Connell 7-6 in nine innings. The Northeast A rivals rebounded to win their next games to set up their sixth clash this season. Lakeside (25-3) took the final meeting 6-5, earning the third-place trophy and winning the season series 4-2. Colville (24-7) settled for fourth.

“Coming in we were one game ahead of them and it felt good to settle it that we could come out on top,” Eagles junior pitcher Vanessa Ahrendt said. “It was a good way to finish the season.”

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