Lynden Christian swept South Whidbey in the 1A District 1 volleyball tournament, 25-20, 25-17, 25-9.
BURLINGTON-EDISON — Lynden Christian cast a long shadow before South Whidbey even stepped on the court.
And for good reason.
South Whidbey’s top boy and all of its girl runners will race one more time this year. The next 5,000-meter course they conquer will be at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco for the state 1A cross country meet.
After sweeping the District 1 boys tennis tournament allocations, South Whidbey celebrated its season with a team banquet Monday night.
South Whidbey football smashed Cedarcrest 41-16 on Friday night. The Falcons whipped the Red Wolves in the Cascade Conference finales for both squads.
Toughness and endurance — South Whidbey volleyball has those.
South Whidbey volleyball scored 11 aces, six from sophomore Anne Madsen to down Granite Falls in both teams’ Cascade Conference finales.
Despite facing a 1-6 Cascade Conference record, South Whidbey football will play a 10th game this season.
One goal here, one goal there, and South Whidbey could still be playing. The Falcon girls soccer team had its shot of winning a playoff game for the first time in a few years vanish with one goal by the Blaine Borderites on Wednesday.
South Whidbey sent six players to the quad-district boys tennis tournament. All six came home empty-handed the same day Wednesday after being denied a state 1A tournament berth.
GRANITE FALLS — The way South Whidbey served aces would have gotten the Falcons kicked out of Vegas.
Sultan ran away with a 38-14 victory against South Whidbey to spoil the Falcons’ Senior Night.
South Whidbey’s girls team finished third at the Cascade Conference championship meet Saturday, Oct. 20. The Falcons hosted the 5,000-meter race and were lead by senior runner Lillianna Stelling.