South Whidbey pressured Coupeville from the opening possession and never let as the Falcon boys basketball team defeated the Wolves 54-32 on Jan. 18.
The Falcon girls basketball team dropped its Whidbey Island rival Coupeville 49-25 on Jan. 18.
LANGLEY — Giving up an open three-point field goal to Coupeville on the first play was not in South Whidbey’s script.
Sophomore Josh McElhinny and juniors Calvin Shimada, Kyrell Broyles and Beck Davis won matches that secured South Whidbey’s wrestling victory over Cedarcrest on Jan. 17.
South Whidbey gave up 12 three-point field goals against Cedarcrest in the boys basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 15 at South Whidbey High School. The Red Wolves won, 66-46, behind the game-high 20 points of senior Zach Taylor.
Suffering one of its worst defeats of the season, the South Whidbey girls basketball team lost 76-27 to Cedarcrest.
LANGLEY — Defending was South Whidbey’s self-professed best asset Tuesday night.
Judging from the 66-46 loss to Cedarcrest, perhaps the Falcon boys’ defense left plenty to be desired.
LANGLEY — For a match that meant nothing, South Whidbey wrestled like it was a championship.
Playing behind 5-0 in the first quarter, South Whidbey rallied to 16-6 in the second quarter before losing 66-54 to the King’s Lady Knights on Friday.
Facing stiff competition from 30 teams, South Whidbey wrestling was consoled by a 12th-place finish.
LANGLEY — If only the game had ended after the first 10 minutes.
LANGLEY — Grabbing rebounds looked like a simple task for Annalies Schuster.
Scoring a game-high 17 points wasn’t enough for South Whidbey senior Hayley Newman, who missed the last-second, game-winning shot against Penrith on Monday night.