Shorewood girls tournament bid falls short

The Shorewood girls’ basketball team’s run in the Northwest District 4A basketball tournament ended two games short of a State tournament bid.

The Thunderbird girls’ season finished Tuesday, February 23 with a 50-28 loss to Edmonds-Woodway. E-W broke the game open by shutting Shorewood out 19-0 in the second quarter.

Edmonds-Woodway went on to defeat Arlington Friday February 26 for the District’s third spot in the State tournament.

The loss left the T-birds with an 8-16 season record.

Junior Lisa Echert, senior Mallory McDonald and freshman Masha Shtikel led Shorewood against Edmonds-Woodway with 6 points each.

Final game score by quarters:
Shorewood 11 0 4 13 — 28

Edmonds-Woodway 9 19 14 8 — 50

Shorewood Scoring—Fasbender 2, Godfrey 2, Echert 6, Lindgren 0, Hasegawa 0, McDonald 6, Nephew 2, Ellersick 3, Holley-Lair 1, Shtikel 6, Franklin 0.