A pair of goals around the 20-minute mark put Bellevue Christian ahead in the second round of the state 1A boys soccer tournament against South Whidbey, and the Falcons were unable to tie the game in Covington at Tahoma High School on May 23.
Lots of children dream of their shining moment, that chance to be a hero.
When the moment came for Anne Madsen, she delivered, and now her South Whidbey softball team is headed to the state tournament for the first time in recent memory.
The Falcon fastpitch squad won three of four 1A bi-district games May 21 and 23 to punch its ticket to the state tournament, the first time South Whidbey has qualified in more than a decade. And they did so in dramatic fashion.
History will be made when South Whidbey baseball plays for the state championship Saturday.
The Falcons defeated the Cashmere Bulldogs 3-0 on Friday morning to advance to the state 1A championship game on Saturday, May 30. It is the first time in South Whidbey High School history and in recent memory that the baseball team reached the title match.
Based on the first goal Wednesday, South Whidbey boys soccer’s first round of the state 1A tournament was going to be a charmed match.
Falcon junior defender Lochlan Roberts had pushed up into the White Salmon goalie box and headed a ball. It was deflected by a White Salmon player into his own net about five minutes in.
For the second time in three years, South Whidbey girls golf is headed to the state tournament.
In the 1A District 1/2 girls golf tournament at Useless Bay Golf & Country Club, four Falcons finished in the top seven places. The top half of the field of 36 golfers qualified for the state championship in Pasco next week.
Potential use of eminent domain as a means of improving marina access is a divisive issue for Langley’s election candidates.
A restoration of the Dog House Tavern and a reopening of the historic bar may soon be on the way in Langley.
South Whidbey was able to qualify only two of its six girls tennis players to the 1A bi-district tournament, despite holding home-court advantage in the 1A District 1 tournament last week. South Whidbey’s top doubles team, senior Isla Dubendorf and sophomore Bayley Gochanour, swept through their opponents and never lost a set to move on. King’s top singles player Susan Su beat Falcon senior Carlie Newman in straight sets to advance.
With a trip to the state 1A boys soccer championship on the line Saturday, South Whidbey senior Jeff Meier scored a penalty kick and an overtime goal to secure the Falcons’ spot.
South Whidbey fastpitch won its final home game 11-3 against its island rival Coupeville on Friday.
South Whidbey baseball collected 11 runs on 10 hits in a pair of elimination games in the 1A bi-district tournament Saturday to punch their ticket to the state championship.
Janae Cameron is spinning off from her and husband Kelly Cameron’s successful woodturning company, Turnco Wood Goods, to open a new business: Make Whidbey. The shop opens May 22 and has everything an emerging shop owner could want, from a water view and high traffic visibility to ample parking.
The discovery of old dynamite in the basement of a Clinton home Monday resulted in a temporary closure of a portion of Cultus Bay Road.
