In a make-up game from Friday’s wash-out with the Lakewood Cougars, the South Whidbey Falcon baseball team lost the series finale by a score of 10-1.
The South Whidbey girls tennis team continued their winning ways Monday, thrashing Lakewood 7-0.
“It went OK,” Falcon coach Tom Kramer said.
LANGLEY — After winning their first game against Nathan Hale, the South Whidbey baseball team stumbled during its next two outings.
On March 13 they lost 5-3 to Interlake, then 6-4 this week to the Sultan Turks. The Falcons are now 0-1 in the Cascade Conference and 1-2 overall.
LANGLEY — There were smiles all around Tuesday as the South Whidbey fastpitch softball team overcame Friday Harbor 3-1 in their opening bid.
“After the Wolverines’ lead-off batter fired a double, [Falcon pitcher] Rebecca Stratton dug in her heels to strike out two of three batters to get us out of the first inning with no damage,” Falcon coach Chuck Burton said.
Setting a goal is one thing; meeting it is quite another.
So when the Falcon boys soccer team celebrated the season’s start by beating Friday Harbor 3-0 Saturday, they met Goal 1 — win their first game.
Falcon tennis coach Tom Kramer never lets an interview interfere with teaching.
“Shorten the swing! Finish higher!” he shouts to his charges.
Faced with the youngest group of players in his nine years as Falcon baseball coach, Dave Guetlin took the only option open to him. He went back to basics.
“This is a year for reloading; it happens to the best teams,” Guetlin said. “We need to be sure they know the fundamentals before expanding into the finer details.”
LANGLEY — Several years ago, a South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District youth soccer team suddenly found itself without a goalie.
That’s when fate stepped in.
Dylan Fate, that is. Now a high school senior, he stepped in and has played the position ever since.
Since it was built in 1955 the funky Bulldog gym at Mount Vernon High School has witnessed its share of triumphs and tragedies. Over theyears, thousands of young high school athletes have struggled to do their best in basketball, gymnastics and wrestling.
LANGLEY — On Friday, what could have been a debacle of epic proportions for South Whidbey turned into a night to remember.
Granted, the boys basketball team lost their district playoff opener 50-42 to the Anacortes Seahawks, but they almost made a comeback for the ages.
TACOMA — It was a long road from the small, dark, smelly mat room at South Whidbey High School to the 20th Mat Classic state wrestling finals in the Tacoma Dome on Friday.
The 2007-08 South Whidbey boys basketball team secured their place in school history Tuesday by beating Archbishop Murphy 58-40, securing a 2A division playoff spot and celebrating the team’s first winning season since 1992.
