Coach challenges her team to put in extra summer work

The Medical Lake girl’s basketball team will have a homework assignment to finish between now and next November.

“I plan on leaving them with a challenge to get in the gym on their own and improve their basketball skills,” third-year head coach Carey Schwarzer said. That will be the message she offers next Wednesday, Feb. 26 when she bids goodbye to her team that saw their season come to an end Feb. 11 in a 51-35 home loss to Chewelah.

That loss proved to be the difference between the Cardinals’ making the postseason and sitting on the sidelines. With seven consecutive losses to conclude the s...