Lake Washington High School Girl's Basketball Team Home Page

Welcome!

Welcome to the Lake Washington High School Girls Basketball Team's web site. Located in Kirkland, Washington, Lake Washington High School provides secondary education for students in grades 9-12 and competes in 4A in the KingCo (King County) Crown Athletic conference. All athletics in Washington state are managed under the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA). Our mascot is a Kangaroo.

Another Championship Season Concludes!

The Varsity's 23-6 season came to a close with a loss to Chiawana in the Consolation game in the State Semifinals. The team's accomplishments included winning both the KingCo (sixth straight!) and District 1/2 tournaments, winning our regional, a run to the state semi-finals, and the team setting 7 top-10 season records including:

484 2-point field goals made (most all-time)
219 3-point field goals made (most all-time)
1,828 points (most all-time)
870 rebounds
479 assists (most all-time)
346 steals
131 blocks

The players' individually set 16 top-10 records this season, including the most/best all-time records for:

Ashley Uusitalo's 119 season 2-point FGM
Reese Roberts' 58% career 2-point field goals
Ashley's 192 career 3-point FGM
Ashley's perfect (5-5) 3 point field goal % vs Woodinville

See Records and History for a complete list of Kang's records.

Kangs Season Ends with Loss to Chiawana in State Semifinal Consolation Game

Kangs 42, Chiawana 45
The Kangs championship season came to a close Friday with a loss to Chiawana in the consolation game at the Tacoma Dome. The Kangs were led by senior Paige Citron with 14 points and a perfect 7-7 from the free throw line. Ashley Uusitalo had 12 points / 4 rebounds and Julia Benthin chipped in 10 points.

Kangs 59, Davis 71
The #2-seeded Kangs lost in a heartbreaker to #1-seeded Davis on Thursday in the WIAA Quarterfinals. Davis would go on to win the 4A state championship. The team got contributions from the entire starting five. The Kangs Senior Paige Citron had 19 points and several steals, Ashley Uusitalo scored 18 points, Julie Benthin had 11 points, and Ileana Olteanu contributed 7 points.

Kangs 65, Camas 49
The #2-seeded LWHS Girls Basketball team extended their winning streak to 8 by beating #7 seeded Camas on Friday in the opening round of the WIAA State Tournament (aka Regional).

The Kangs were led by Senior Reese Roberts with 17 points (7-7 from 2) and 4 rebounds, Paige Citron's 17 pts and 3 steals, Ashley Uusitalo's 12 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asts and Julia Benthin's 12 pts, 7 rebs, and 5 asts. The team's core principle all year has been defense and this game was no exception. They prevented a very good long-range shooting team to a handful of 3s.

The boys team lost a heartbreaker 57-70 to Emerald Ridge to bring an end to their outstanding season.

Kangs are District 1/2 4A Champions!

Kangs 62, Issaquah 44
The Kangs won the WIAA District 1/2 (1 of 4) 4A Championship on Saturday night by defeating #6-seeded, conference rival Issaquah 62-44! This championship is our first in this century.

The Kangs were led by Senior Paige Citron who had a perfect shooting night (3-3 2 pointers made, 3-3 3PM, and 1-1 for free throws) scoring 16 points. Senior Reese Roberts added 15 and her own perfect night from the FT line (7-7), while Junior Ashley Uusitalo added 14 points and was named the tournament MVP. Sophomore Julia Benthin pulled down 8 rebounds and added 7 points.

Kangs 55, Woodinville 49
The Kangs defeated conference rival and #4-seeded Woodinville Thursday (February 20th) in a highly competitive battle in the District 1/2 Semifinal. The Falcons beat the Kangs twice during the regular season, so this win feels especially good.

Ashley Uusitalo, who had some key 3 pointers down the stretch, ended the night with 19 points and 4 rebounds. Julia Benthin had 9 pts, 6 rebs, and 4 steals, Reese Roberts had 9 pts and 7 rebs, Ileana Olteanu had 7 pts and 3 steals, and Paige Citron had 5 pts and 7 rebs.

Kangs 66, North Creek 46
The #1-seeded Kangs defeated #9-seeded North Creek in second round of WIAA District 1/2 4A Tournament. The Kangs were led by Ashley Uusitalo's 16 points/6 rebounds, Illena Olteanu 10pts/6 rebs, Paige Citron's 10 pts/6 rebs/4 assists, and Alessandra Chavez's 6 pts/6 rebs. The girls continued playing excellent team defense making North Creek's attempts at penetrating the lane very challenging.

Photographs from all play-off games are here.

Kangs Win 6th Consecutive KingCo Tournament Championship!

Kangs 67, Bothell 51
The #2 seeded Kangs beat #4 seeded Bothell to win their 6th consecutive KingCo Tournament Championship (five 3As and our first 4A) in the KingCo 4A playoffs on Friday, February 14. The team played excellent defense. Paige Citron scored 17 points, Julia Benthin had 14, Ashley Uusitalo had 12 and Reese Roberts added 12. The team shot a remarkable 73% on 2 point field goals. Ashley was named tournament MVP for her play across the three games including 36 points (52% 2 point FGM and 32% 3 point FGM), 20 rebounds, and 14 assists.

Kangs 58, Issaquah 39
The Lady Kangs beat #3 seeded Issaquah in the Semifinal of the KingCo 4A playoffs on Tuesday to advance to the championship game on Friday, February 14. Sophomore Ileana Olteanu had a career high 20 points while Junior Ashley Uusitalo had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Seniors Paige Citron and Reese Roberts chipped in 6 each.

Kangs 62, Redmond 52
The #2 seeded Kangs prevailed in a tough match-up versus #7 seeded Redmond in the second round of the KingCo 4A playoffs. Led by Junior Ashley Uusitalo's 15 points and 10 rebounds, Senior Paige Citron's 15 points and 6 rebounds, Sophomore Julie Benthin's 14 points and 9 rebounds and excellent team defense, the team beat the very scrappy Redmond girls Saturday night.

Three Kangs Named KingCo 4A All-League

The KingCo 4A All-League teams were announced on Tuesday. Senior Paige Citron and Junior Ashley Uusitalo were named first team, Sophomore Julia Benthin was named second team and Senior Reese Roberts was named Honorable Mention. Congratulations on being recognized for your outstanding hard work!

Junior Ashley Uusitalo Scores over 1000 Career Points

No doubt about it. Ashley Uusitalo is a scorer. During our February 11th game against Issaquah Ashley scored 26 points to move her to third all-time in LWHS Girls Basketball scoring history with 1,015 points. As a freshman, Ashley scored 263 points, 389 as a sophomore , and so far as a junior, 337. She is well on her way her way to setting our all-time record during her senior year.

She currently trails only Lisa Sacco (1,154) and Rosa Smith (1,145). If Ashely stays healthy during her senior year, she'll set the all-time point records in LWHS GBB's history. She might even be the first Kang to score 1,500 points.

Thank you Seniors!

On Saturday, January 25 we celebrated seniors Paige Citron, Reese Roberts and Serena Sim for their outstanding contributions to LWHS Girls Basketball. All three made indelible marks on the program and an set a very high bar for future Kangs. As of this post, their 4-year record is an amazing 42-2 in KingCo, 83-16 overall, with a three-peat as both 3A KingCo regular season and tournament champions, and two state runners up.

Currently, Paige has eight of the top-10 all-time LWHS GBB records in points (794) , 2 point FGM (158), 3 point FGM (114), free throws made (136) and attempted (194), 395 rebounds, 271 assists, and 207 steals! Reese has 366 rebounds and 98 blocks. See Records and History

Thank you Paige, Reese and Serena!

Serena Sim and family

Reese Roberts and family

Paige Citron and family

Junior Varsity Wins Inaugural New Years Tournament

The JV team went 3-0 in the first year of their New Years tournament. They defeated Skyline, Eastlake and Bellevue in the 3-day tournament.

To see photos from the tournament, see the Junior Varsity section on the Current Season photographs page.

Varsity Shines in San Diego Tournament

The Varsity team traveled to San Diego for the Surf 'N Slam tournament December 27-30th. The Kangs came in second place with a record of 2-1. Ashley and Paige were named to the all-tournament team.

Kangs 72, Camas (WA) 52
Made a school record 15 3-pointers coupled with suffering defense, excellent effort and extra passes