Lakewood girls golf coach Chris Walster couldn’t have put it any better.
“Anytime you lose half your varsity team, regardless of the reason, you’re not going to be playing to your full potential,” said first-year coach Erik Carlson.
At large invitationals, Lakewood rarely enters athletes in all of the events that they would normally compete in. Nearly every school at the meet has a larger enrollment than the Cougars do, giving other schools an advantage.
The Birger Solberg Invitational in Bellingham brings 20 schools from across the state to compete in high school track and field events.
After watching South Whidbey crush Lakewood 6-0 in the first inning of this softball match up, many expected the game to be an easy win for the visiting Falcons.
Lakewood athletes outnumbered the visiting Coupeville team about 5-to-1, rendering the track team’s first home meet a lopsided win for the Cougars.
