The Falcon girls basketball team gave their coach and fans quite a scare Friday night.
They still beat Lakewood 55-44, but their apparent third quarter meltdown guaranteed nobody left before the final buzzer.
As a private high school, Archbishop Murphy has the luxury of casting a wide net for student-athletes to join their sports programs.
They often win, driving their 2A opponents, coaches and fans crazy. But sometimes they get beaten and when that occurs, it is very sweet indeed.
When the score hit 12-2 just two minutes into the first quarter Friday night, Falcon fans who braved the cold to attend the girls game against Granite Falls started getting a little worried.
The South Whidbey wrestling team is willing to do just about anything to improve their skills, even if it means boarding the school bus at 4:30 a.m. Saturday to make the weigh-in time at the West Seattle Invitational.
Beach fishing seems to be a mystery on Whidbey Island, except for the few spots that are well known and crowded.
I am constantly asked, “Where can I fish from the beach?” In this week’s column I’ll try to remove a little of the mystery and help you get out on your own and try a new spot.
No doubt about it, when it comes to high drama, the South Whidbey wrestling team definitely has its act together.
Thursday night, as a hard-driving rock beat thumped from the sound system, the team ran into a darkened Erikson Gym so fast they set up an artificial wind that ruffled the hair of the Granite Falls Tigers.
In every season, in every sport, there’s a special moment where it all comes together — the crowd, the band, the players on the field.
For the South Whidbey boys basketball team, Friday night was it.
The South Whidbey girls basketball team thought the girls at Cedarcrest would be an easy target.
The Red Wolves were happy to disabuse them of that notion, winning in the last seconds of a back-and-forth battle, 52-49.
To the surprise of many, the South Whidbey girls basketball team is in second place in the Cascade Conference standings, undefeated at 2-0 with an overall record of 5-3.
There isn’t much happening on a frozen Thursday morning between Christmas and the New Year — school’s out and only a few county sand trucks are on the road.
Oh, yeah, and parents driving their athletes to the high school to catch the bus taking them to the “Crush in the Slush” tournament in Port Townsend.
Until I moved to Whidbey Island, I had never fished from the beach with a fly rod. I moved here from Alaska 12 years ago. We lived near the beach and I fished for salmon, like most folks, with a spinning rod and a jig or a spinner of some type.
Tall, trained and in shape, girls are setting their sights on the state meet
Cyclists, runners will share South Whidbey roads
