Cardinals find building blocks in soccer season

The start and the finish were encouraging.

And believe it or not, even the middle, 14 consecutive losses, offered something of a positive.

That’s pretty much how Medical Lake girls’ soccer head coach Zane Higgins summed up a year where his team struggled, but grew at the same time.

The Cardinals opened the season with a 3-2 loss at home to 2B school, St. Georges, and closed with a 2-1 win over the Dragons on the road.

The good part out of the loss was it took just one game for the Cardinals to accomplish what it couldn’t in 14 contests in 2013 — score.

“That’s what we’re looking for, a general...