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Photo by Kira Erickson/South Whidbey Record Riley Newman, 2011 South Whidbey High School alum and pickleball star, throws out the first pitch at Saturday night’s Mariners baseball game.

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Pitch perfect

Riley Newman threw out the first pitch at Saturday night’s Mariners baseball game.

Photo by John Fisken The South Whidbey Falcons are off to a flying start this football season with an undefeated 2-0 record so far. During Friday night’s game against Coupeville, Josh Sterba, middle, hands off the ball to running back Cody Redford, right, while Cash Hajny, left, gets set to make a block. South Whidbey won a hard-fought contest of 44-28 against the Wolves. This Friday, Sept. 16, the Falcons go on the road again, taking on the East Jefferson Rivals — a combination of Port Townsend and Chimacum high schools — in Port Townsend at 6:30 p.m.

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Kicking off the season

South Whidbey won a hard-fought contest of 44-28 against the Coupeville Wolves.

Slew's Tiz Whiz, ridden by Jose Zunino, pulls ahead of the other horses at the Longacres Mile. (Photo provided by Emerald Downs)

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Whidbey horse wins prestigious race

Race horse carries on family legacy

David Smith, age 14, plays for an Oak Harbor Baseball Association team. (Photo provided by the Oak Harbor Baseball Association)

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Youth baseball alive and well in Oak Harbor

The Oak Harbor Baseball Association runs traveling baseball teams for kids ages 8 to 18.

Jacquelyn Diaz plays bocce at the Special Olympics USA Games in June. (Photo by Joe Faraoni/ESPN)

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Whidbey athlete wins silver in bocce

Jacquelyn Diaz earned second place in singles and doubles bocce and fourth place in team bocce.

Team Roster: Manager: Arica Goulet. Coaches: Jud Thurman and Wes Persons. Players: 16-Aubrey Gibbons (pitcher), 18-Breyella Oxford (catcher), 13-Clara Ford (power hitter), 5-Berkeley Persons (right field), 7-Morgan Thurman (center field), 19-Naomi Huerta (3base), 23-Amy Boysen (1base), 15-Kailee Welden (2b), 10-Aurora Munsell (short stop), 38-Iz Locklear (left field), 6-Suzanna Goulet (center field), 8-Charlotte Baldwin (utility, relief catcher).

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North Whidbey softball team heads to state championships

The group of 8-, 9- and 10-year-old girls won the District 11 championships last weekend.

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Registration open for 24th annual race

The Chum Run will be held June 26 at South Whidbey Community Park’s trails off Maxwelton Road.

By David Welton

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Pickleball popularity persists on island

South Whidbey has a great deal of interest in a sport know for being popular with older folks.

Photo provided From left to right, Annika Hastings, Jolene Coleman, Gretta Jones, Sophia Jennings, Lena Heggeness, Kaia Prael, Sophie Zeigler, Georgia Johnson, Ella Shutt, Reagon Harrod, Charley Lasick and Kennedy Strevel are all part of the team.

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Little league team brings home big wins

A South Whidbey little league softball team has an undefeated record heading into its final game.

Photo by Karina Andrew/Whidbey News-Times

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Going for the gold

An Oak Harbor athlete will be representing Whidbey Island at the Special Olympics USA Games.

Photo by John Fisken

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Track and field

The Oak Harbor High School boys and girls track and field teams officially became the 3A league champions…

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Coupeville track and field

Coupeville High School’s track and field team made an excellent showing at the 1B and 2B league championship…

Parker Anderson catches during the game. (Photo by John Fisken)

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Play ball

The Oak Harbor Wildcats played Meridian April 25.