![At the bottom of the third inning, the Lions are still scoreless. Rowe stands at home plate, preparing to bat, while Vandenbrink stands off to the side as the next batter up. Despite having the bases loaded, the team was unable to score any runs. “It’s just the beginning of the season. We’re just going to be playing out best by June, [and] that’s where champions are,” Rowe said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3077-1200x900.jpg)
![All smiles. The group poses for a photo with last year’s book, “This is Our House,” along with their award for third Best in Show. Meikle, who was an Editor-in-Chief for the yearbook last year as well, holds both and stands at the center of the group. “That was an amazing feeling, going and grabbing the third place award,” Meikle said. “All of it paid off. I cried so much over that book, being able to receive [the award] was one of the highlights of my high school career, it was like the coolest thing ever.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/8bookpose_philly-1200x800.jpg)
The West Linn high School boys lacrosse team beat Lincoln 11-10 in a thrilling game that came down to the wire last Friday, March 23. Lincoln lacrosse is the defending state champion for the past two years and didn’t lose a game to an Oregon team at all last year. After a tough overtime loss to Lincoln last year, the Lions felt prepared to win this time.
“The last two years they won state and we should have beaten them (last year), so we owed them,” Kevin Cathcart, senior, said. Lincoln has a powerful team this year and the match was highly anticipated but they couldn’t beat the Lions.
“Their entire offense is playing NCAA lacrosse next year and we shut them down,” Cathcart said. In the final seven seconds of the game Andrew Weinhart, senior, scored the game winning goal to put the Lions on top.
Although early in the season, this game showed that the Lions will be a competing force this season.