Medical Lake prepped for defense of NEA titles

It took until March 2 last season for the Medical Lake girls to suffer their first defeat.

But after just the second week of the 2018-19 season, that is no longer an issue after the Cardinals split a pair of non-conference basketball games against 2B teams. In a pair of road games prior to the start of play this week in the Northeast A League, Medical Lake defeated Davenport 72-58 Dec. 4 before losing to St. George’s 45-30 on Dec. 6.

“They were a good team and outplayed us,” head coach Kyle Lundberg wrote in an email about St. George’s (2-3) from the Northeast 2B league.

Medical Lake (3-1) got...