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Cruisers girls (11-3) pick up 3rd league win Lillian Bickford scores career-high 16 points in win over Elma
Eatonville fell behind early, and Northwest School would extend the lead in each of the next two quarters. Entering the final quarter, the Cruisers trailed by 14, at 57-43. The Cruisers then mounted a comeback. They went on a 10-2 run to start the quarter and pulled within two points behind Shay
Concerned community members are raising money to benefit a local woman stranded in Costa Rica and in a coma after a dental procedure. According to an announcement, Michelle Mackey and her husband, Jack, traveled to Costa Rica for Michelle to receive dental treatment. She had an adverse reaction to the anesthesia and suffered cardiac arrest followed by complications. According to the release, Mackey is currently being treated in a private medical center in Costa Rica, which has cost over $75,000 as of Jan. 16. The family’s financial resources have been depleted, and they are seeking help from the community. Once Michelle is stable, she will be moved to a state facility which, though still costly, will cost much less. To help raise money, residents are hosting two fundraisers. The first is a lasagna feed and silent auction at 4 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Ashford Lion’s Hall, 27726 State Route 706 East, Ashford. The second event is a spaghetti feed and silent auction at 4 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Eatonville Eagles, 100 Weyerhaueser Road North, Eatonville. Friend Lindsay Fillman has also set up a Go Fund Me under the name “Michelle Mackey’s medical expenses,” and cash donations are being accepted at Michelle’s business, Rise and Grind in Ashford, as well as several other businesses between Ashford and Chehalis.
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By Skip Smith
Contributing writer
After getting off to a slow start, the Lady Cruisers basketball team turned the offense on and ran away from the Elma Eagles in a 1A Evergreen Conference match-up on Jan. 17. Eatonville sophomore Lillian Bickford scored a career-high 16 points as she helped her team pick up its third league win, 53-31. It took Eatonville until midway through the first quarter before recording the first bucket of the night. Once the Cruisers scored that basket, the offense started flowing through Bickford as she scored 11 of the team’s 14 points. The Eagles didn’t have an answer for the sophomore center down low. “Lillian stepped up and found her groove early,” coach Deanna Anderson said. “She is putting in lots of work and gaining confidence. “Her strength and positioning are improving as the season progresses,” GIRLS Page 5Æ
Photo by Cheryl Taylor Eatonville’s Lillian Bickford scores over a defender in a game earlier in the season. Bickford scored a career-high 16 points in the Cruisers’ 53-31 win over Elma on Jan.17.
Cruiser boys improve to 4-0 in league play Taylor has career night, records first double-double By Skip Smith
Contributing writer
The Eatonville Cruiser boys basketball team lost a close nonleague match-up against The Northwest School on Jan. 16 before bouncing back Jan. 18 in a crucial Evergreen Conference game to defeat the Elma Eagles. The week before, Eatonville ran
into a sharpshooter in Hoquiam’s Michael Lorton-Watkins but overcame his 42-point performance to grab the win. Unfortunately, the same couldn’t be said about Miles Nelson of The Northwest School. Nelson scored a game-high 36 points, and the Cruiser comeback fell short as Northwest defeated Eatonville, 68-66, last Monday evening.
Community hosting fundraisers to help local woman in Costa Rican hospital