High School Girls Basketball: Mark Morris putting the pieces to the puzzle quick in '25-26
Regal Rotation – Multifaceted Monarchs make opponents pick their poison and live to regret it
Prep Girls Basketball / Scouting Report
It’s going to be tricky for fans to pinpoint which member of the Mark Morris girls basketball team is the proverbial straw that stirs the drink this season. And that’s by design.
“That’s just kind of how I’ve always coached,” Mark Morris head coach Sean Atkins said. “I’ve never had the league’s leading scorer but we’re always at the top of the standings for a reason. We share the ball and you get everyone playing confidently – believing they can put the ball in the basket – and you score more points.”
So far this season, that logic has been proven true by the results on the scoreboard more often than not. The Monarchs have won three of their first four contests this season, including blowouts over Mountain View and Hudson’s Bay. The only loss on the docket came on the road at perennial 2B State title contender Adna, and Mark Morris bounced back quickly to post a 21-point win at Kelso to help balance out a boys/girls cross-river rivalry doubleheader.
And the Monarchs have been following their unpredictable blueprint all along the way, with a different leading scorer almost every night. And even when the names are the same, the postgame praise comes out in a non-sequential order.
— The Mark Morris Monarchs run through a long offensive set before Mikaila Warfield drops in a bucket during a 59-38 win at Kelso, Friday, Dec. 5. / Video by Jordan Nailon for Blast Zone Media —
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