LANGLEY — Statistics can go a long way.
Look at some of the nation’s top prospects in football, basketball, tennis, soccer, golf and all of the other high school sports.
Will Hallberg’s gaze is fixed on the jump pit near the track. He paces around and takes in the sight of the sand and understands what must be done.
LANGLEY — For South Whidbey seniors Shayna Grant, Katy Piehler, Taylor Pope and Chantal White, it was a bittersweet ending to their Falcon careers last Thursday night.
SNOHOMISH — The girls golf team of South Whidbey finished in fifth place at the Cascade Conference championship.
The Falcons lost to conference-leading Granite Falls Tigers 2-1 on Wednesday.
LANGLEY — “Hat Trick Patrick” Myatt knew what was at stake.
As he lined up to kick, the outcome of the game and a 2A District 1 playoff berth lay at his feet. Players from both teams linked arms in anticipation.
Winning would have been icing on the birthday cake.
The South Whidbey Falcons boys golfers lost a Cascade Conference match by four strokes to the league-leading Archbishop Murphy Wildcats. The loss put South Whidbey’s conference record at 4-2.
When it comes to business acumen, Amber Gilkerson can ring up another winning sale. The South Whidbey High School senior won first place at this year’s DECA competition, along with a place in history next to other South Whidbey DECA champions and high placing students.
