Lynden girls: Lions bring home district title

Continued from B1 Lynden buckled down on defense in the second quarter. ey were ying around the court and did not let Burlington-Edison get anything easy. e Lions only allowed ve points in the second and went into halftime with momentum and a 24-17 lead.

Burlington-Edison did not give up easily. In the third quarter, they clawed their way back into the game using strong defense to hold the Lions to nine points. e Lynden lead decreased to four as they went into the nal quarter of play, but they did not fall under the pressure.

Kalanie Newcomb said they worked a lot on their defense coming into this game and tried to improve on their mistakes from the matchup with BurlingtonEdison earlier in the year.

“ e rst time around our defense struggled a lot with random little things that we needed to get better on. Coming into this game we were practicing all week working on those little things, getting them all polished up so that in this game we would be much more locked in,” Newcomb said.

Four points down was as close as Burlington-Edison got to a tie game. With a minute and a half remaining, the Lions had a 43-39 lead and it was time for Burlington-Edison to start fouling. e Newcomb sisters were on the receiving end of all those fouls and stayed calm in a clutch situation.

Athlete of the Week

Lynden junior Kalanie Newcomb was second on the team with 15 points in the Lions’ district title victory over Burlington-Edison. Newcomb helped seal the win with six high-pressure free throws.

Sponsored by ey hit all of their shots and sealed the deal for Lynden. e Lions will play again on Friday, Feb. 25 in the rst round of regionals against number seven seed White River.

Wol s said the team has things they can point to be successful as the season continues. “ ese girls just got to keep replaying the good things that they did in this game, the successes and your subconscious believes it,” Wol s said.