Medical Lake girls end five-game skid with Omak win

Getting back to basics paid off for the Medical Lake girl’s basketball team last week as the Cardinals ended a five-game losing streak with a 49-42 nonleague victory at Omak last Saturday, Jan. 24.

The downside of the good finish was part of that skid included a pair of Northeast A League home court losses, 42-41 to Freeman last Tuesday and to Chewelah 48-28 last Friday.

The Cardinals (3-6 Northeast A, 4-11 overall) continue to struggle on both offense and defense, but perhaps, the Omak win will pay dividends with four games remaining in league play.

“We talked in pregame about getting back to...