La Conner Lady Braves are dominate in two-game sweep

There was plenty of highlight reel material when the La Conner High School girls' basketball team swept conference foes Coupeville and Darrington at home last week.

The Lady Braves routed Coupeville 72-16 Wednesday and romped past Darrington 69-9 Friday, extending their winning streak to four games and improving to 11-3 going into Tuesday's action at Orcas Island.

"Those two games gave us the opportunity to get playing time for everyone," said head coach Joe Harper. "It was also a chance for us to work on making the extra pass in our half-court offense. Ellie (Marble) had some nice interior pa...