High school sports roundup for Feb. 18, 2025

Girls Basketball

Meadowdale defeated Mount Vernon 70-25

Meadowdale senior Sam Medina (right) blocks a shot by Mount Vernon’s Jaida Duodu (center) in a District 1 3A playoff game at Meadowdale High School Wednesday, Feb. 19. (Photos by Joe Christian)
Mavs’ senior Payton Fleischman (0) races Mount Vernon’s Alivia Luvera (5) to the hoop for a lay-in.
Meadowdale sophomore Lexi Zardis went on a 3-point attack in the second half.
Lisa Sonko (10) elevates to the basket for the Mavs.
Meadowdale freshman Charlotte Finnell (2) drives the baseline against Mount Vernon.
The Mavs move on in the 3A District 1 tournament, meeting no. 1-seed Snohomish with the winner advancing to the state tournament.

The second-seeded Meadowdale Mavericks kept their season alive and moved within one game of qualifying for the 3A state tournament with a victory over the sixth-seeded Mount Vernon Bulldogs, 70-25. Sophomore Lexi Zardis led the Mavericks with 22 points.

The Mavericks rebounded after an upset loss to the seventh-seeded Monroe Bearcats in the quarterfinal round of the double-elimination District tournament, knocking the Mavericks into the consolation bracket.

Meadowdale’s final game of the tournament will be against the top-seeded Snohomish Panthers at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22 at Marysville Pilchuck High School. The Panthers — whom many considered to be the favorites to win the District tournament —  lost their District semifinal game on Tuesday, 47-23, to the fourth-seeded Shorecrest Scots.

Scoring by quarter:
Mount Vernon 03-12-03-07
Meadowdale 22-18-23-07

Meadowdale individual scorers:
Lexi Zardis 22
Audrey Lucas 13
Payton Fleishman 8
Sam Medina 8
Mia Brockmeyer 5
Lisa Sonko 4
Quinn Gannon 3
Kaya Powell 3
Hannah Keeney 2
Kyairra Roussin 2

Mount Vernon individual scorers:
Anaya Saldivar-Slater 9
Jaida Duodu 4
Chloe Krivanek 4
Kim Williams 3
Norah Pickering 2
Unknown 2
Addison Shand 1

Records: Meadowdale 16-7; Mount Vernon 15-8
Meadowdale next game: winner-to-state/loser-out game vs Snohomish; Saturday, Feb. 22; 10 a.m. at Marysville Pilchuck High School

Shorewood defeated Mountlake Terrace 50-29
Read the story here.

Records: Shorewood 12-13; Mountlake Terrace 10-13
Mountlake Terrace season is over

 

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