They were friends, brothers and sons.
They were students, athletes and South Whidbey High School graduates.
They had hopes and aspirations that will never be actualized — cut short by tragedy.
Marcel “Mick” Poynter, Charles “Mack” Porter and Robert Bruce Knight are missed by those who knew them.
Island County Fire District 3, facing an impending budget crisis in the coming years, took another step toward seeking a levy lid lift.
The 2011 Falcon cross country seniors share their memories and experiences.
LANGLEY — There are a lot of students playing winter sports for South Whidbey this season.
The boys basketball program has 36 players, the girls basketball team has 21 and wrestling has 26.
LANGLEY — From lifelong friends to casual acquaintances, weeping relatives to stunned mourners, they sat in darkness, illuminated only by the light of flickering candles.
Hundreds gathered at the grandstands next to the football field at South Whidbey High School on Saturday night to mourn the three young men killed in a car crash overnight. All three, 22-year-old Rob Knight, 20-year-old Mick Poynter and 19-year-old Mack Porter, were SWHS graduates.
LANGLEY — There were coaches with better records.
There were coaches with more playoff wins.
Didn’t matter.
After a meeting of Cascade Conference volleyball coaches, South Whidbey head coach Mandy Jones was voted the Coach of the Year.
A car crash that killed three young men on Wilkinson Road near Clinton late Friday night has left South Whidbey devastated.
The 2011 Falcon volleyball team had its best season in three years.
South Whidbey’s bump-set-spike girls finished second in the Cascade Conference 2A division behind Archbishop Murphy (third overall behind King’s and AMHS), qualified for the Northwest District 1 tournament and were a few points away from qualifying for the 2A State Volleyball Tournament in Olympia.
Here, the six seniors reflect on the season that was and could have been.
LANGLEY — With papers laid out before her, Linden Firethorne realized she was in a moment that two years ago didn’t seem possible.
The South Whidbey senior was prepared to sign paperwork to attend Central Washington University on an athletic scholarship. Firethorne, a middle hitter, will be a member of the Division II Wildcat volleyball team next fall.
Any damage or disruptions to power or travel because of the expected gale force winds on Whidbey Island have yet to happen.
Joel Gerlach will take a seat on the South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District board of commissioners.
Washington is set to lose its grip on the liquor industry. The highly publicized battle to privatize liquor control ended with Initiative 1183 winning with almost 60 percent of the votes counted Tuesday night.
FREELAND — The Kiwanis have long worked to improve children’s lives.
The international club’s motto, after all, is “Serving the Children of the World.”
