The Lakewood Cougars will head out on the road to  face off against  the Oak Harbor Wildcats at 7:15  p.m.  on Thursday. Hopefully Lakewood focused on turnovers this week  since the team gave up 14 on Monday.
 Lakewood put the finishing touches on their fourth blowout victory of the season. They blew past Bellingham 63-39. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest  win Lakewood has posted  since November 27, 2023.
  KRYSTLE RAYMOND and  Karly Stewart were among the main playmakers for Lakewood as the former  scored 16 points along with five  steals and the latter  scored 20 points along with seven  steals. That's the first time this season that  Stewart  scored 15 or more  points. The team also got some help courtesy of  Leiana Riveira, who  scored seven points along with four  steals.
 Meanwhile,  after a string of three wins, Oak Harbor's good fortune finally ran out  on Monday. They took a  44-36 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lynden Christian. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest  points Oak Harbor has scored all season.
 The  victory  got Lakewood back to even at 6-6. As for Oak Harbor, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
 Lakewood ended up a good deal behind  Oak Harbor when the teams last played  back in January of 2023, losing  53-39. Can Lakewood avenge their  defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.