Medical Lake volleyball makes, exits playoffs

It was a season where the Medical Lake volleyball program seemed to move from crawling baby to toddler, all in a matter of days.

The Cardinals did the equivalent of going from pulling themselves up to the living room coffee table to bouncing across the room with abandon. That came by qualifying for their first Northeast A postseason in several years — doing it in style with a straight-sets win over Deer Park on Oct. 18.

Then once in the district playoffs, they won an opening round match before tumbling back to the floor, suffering a pair of losses that ended their season last week.

“The team p...