Medical Lake's 1987 state tournament team included: (Front L-R): Marta Cruz-Delgado, Tammy Simmons, Shannon Hair, Carrie Bailey and Barb Litzinger. (Back Row): Kim Buchanan, Jennifer Glasgow, Tricia Nilles, Joann Wolensky, Ginger Hamilton, Val Bunce (head coach), Lori Russell (asst.)
Current Medical Lake girls' head basketball coach Kyle Lundberg was in seventh grade in his hometown of Yakima when the Cardinals made their first state tournament appearance in March 1987.
Thirty years ago, a young, and admittedly inexperienced head coach named Val Bunce was feeling her way along leading the Cardinals to a 22-1 record as they landed in the Tacoma Dome for the state 1A tournament. Medical Lake had made a steady climb with Bunce, also a Yakima native, at the helm of the Cards after being hired in 1984 and inheriting a 1-19 team.
Bunce, who later married Rod VonLehe, would have...
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