LAKE STEVENS — It’s late Thursday night at Lake Stevens High School and wrestling practice is stretching past a second hour. Forty girls watch USA women’s assistant wrestling coach Erin ...

Knutson, an assistant for the powerful Lake Stevens wrestling team, borrowed the two-a-day approach from his wrestling background. The method has helped Vikings grapplers consistently be among the ...

Lake Stevens is young, with two freshmen in the lineup. The Vikings lost a defending champion in Steven Walkley, who is not wrestling this season.

It wasn’t until his sophomore year at Lake Stevens High School — nearly 7,000 miles away from where he was born — that the opportunity for sports presented itself to Banishamsa.

Over the past decade, the Lake Stevens High School wrestling team has put together a most impressive run of state titles.

Lake Stevens cruised to another 4A state title, Enumclaw repeated as 3A champs and Sedro-Wooley held a comfortable lead in girls' action late Saturday at the Tacoma Dome. Maybe it was the spandex.