SNOHOMISH — When Snohomish girls soccer took the field against Stanwood at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Monday, the focus was getting back to its “bread-and-butter” of keeping the ball on the ground with passing and moving, as coach Brielle Dodge put it.

A 0-0 tie against Archbishop Murphy on Oct. 21 snapped their 10-game winning streak, and a 2-1 overtime loss to Monroe on Oct. 23 knocked them off their unbeaten stretch entirely. A win or tie against the Bearcats would have clinched the Wesco North 3A/2A title, but instead the race would come down to their final game on Monday. A missed opportunity, sure, but if you ask Snohomish, it wasn’t the worst thing that could have happened.

“Honestly it is good to get a smack in the mouth and get a loss every once in a while,” junior Lizzie Ally

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