Kid’s vision sparks new South Whidbey pump track for bikers

David Gardner, Blake Deilke Jason Heggenes and Tim Peitsch shovel dirt around the rollers at Community Park’s new pump track. The dirt bike circuit is designed to be ridden with minimal pedaling. Instead riders pump their weight up and down on the rollers and around the sloped turns.  - Photos courtesy of South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District
Photos courtesy of South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District
David Gardner, Blake Deilke Jason Heggenes and Tim Peitsch shovel dirt around the rollers at Community Park’s new pump track. The dirt bike circuit is designed to be ridden with minimal pedaling. Instead riders pump their weight up and down on the rollers and around the sloped turns.
RECORD STAFF Bike riders have a new home on South Whidbey, thanks to an eighth-grade boy.

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updated 3:39 PM May 17, 2013

Whidbey Crabs stun Seattle in Pony game

Whidbey’s Pony League team rallied from a five-run deficit to stun a Seattle team Wednesday.

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updated 3:26 PM May 17, 2013

Falcon girls golf claims third team title, sends three to state

South Whidbey, meet the Cascade Conference champion, District 1 champion and most recently, 1A tri-district champion Falcon girls golf team.

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updated 3:25 PM May 17, 2013

Three Falcons qualify for 1A state tournament | GIRLS GOLF

Congratulations are in order for Jenna Kaik, Hannah Cotton and Rosie Portillo. All three Falcons qualified for the 1A state girls golf tournament after scoring some of their best scores of the season Tuesday.  South Whidbey made it as a team to the 1A tri-district tournament in Bremerton at the Gold Mountin Golf Club. The...

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Blogs 7:52 AM May 17, 2013 BENch Notes, a Staff Blog

Tennis takes 1A District 1 team title on Newman win

Driving to Mount Vernon had the possibility of being just a long road trip for Carlie Newman to watch tennis.

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updated 1:47 PM May 14, 2013

Whidbey Crabs finally fall in Pony League

The Whidbey Crabs’ winning streak came to an abrupt halt as the MTYAA Badgers swept a Mother’s Day doubleheader.

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updated 1:42 PM May 14, 2013

Former Falcon sprinter qualifies for NCAA meet

Jon Poolman, a former South Whidbey High School track star, blitzed by his competition at a recent race.

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updated 1:42 PM May 14, 2013

South Whidbey softball sputters at district tourney

Fighting for a spot in the tri-district softball playoffs, a late-inning meltdown broke South Whidbey’s sixth-inning lead against Lynden Christian.

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updated 1:41 PM May 14, 2013

SLIDESHOW | South Whidbey hosts 1A District 1 girls tennis tournament

Photos from the 1A District 1 girls tennis tournament with Friday Harbor, Blaine, Coupeville and South Whidbey at South Whidbey High School.

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updated 10:05 AM May 13, 2013  

SLIDESHOW |Cascade Christian kicks South Whidbey soccer out of playoffs

Cascade Christian won a 2-1 game in a shootout, 6-5, on Tuesday, May 7 at Woolsey Stadium in Shoreline. South Whidbey was eliminated from the 1A playoffs.

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10:03 AM May 13, 2013  

Newmans claim top District 1 singles spots for South Whidbey

Singles tennis is all in the Newman family. Hayley Newman, a senior, beat her sister Carlie, a sophomore, for the 1A District 1 tennis singles title.

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updated 9:44 AM May 13, 2013

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