For the first time in several years, South Whidbey will miss the state boys tennis tournament in May.
The Falcons sent three singles players and three doubles teams to vie for the top two spots in each, and came away with learned lessons, but not berths. Only freshman Noah Frank and doubles team Guy Sparkman and Charley Stelling advanced to the second round of the district tournament in Bellingham on Saturday.
LANGLEY — If South Whidbey’s volleyball players were old enough to play poker, they would have been kicked out for stacking the deck with so many aces Tuesday night.
The Falcons scored 24 aces and needed every one of them to beat the Lakewood Cougars in a five-set match 3-2.
LANGLEY — School and district leaders on
South Whidbey took the first formal step in addressing the failure to meet state-mandated student test score progress this week.
The Holmes Harbor Golf Course is on the path to reopening.
After being closed for more than a year, Kevin Hanchett purchased the course in July. The Edmonds and Mutiny Bay resident has since hired OB Sports Golf Management, Development and Consulting of Scottsdale, Ariz. to review the property’s opportunities.
MARYSVILLE — Lilli Stelling placed at the North County Invitational in a tune up before the conference and district meets in the coming weeks.
Stelling, a junior, was the Falcons’ best runner for the girls cross country team. She overcame an illness the day before and finished in sixth place in 20 minutes and 25.20 seconds.
School and district leaders on South Whidbey took the first formal step in addressing the failure to meet state-mandated student test score progress.
The difference between a great defensive play and an awful one can be measured in seconds in football.
Sultan learned that lesson the hard way against South Whidbey during the Turks’ homecoming game Friday night. The Falcons won 23-6 and ended a two-game losing streak.
South Whidbey volleyball defeated Lakewood 3-2 on Tuesday night. The Falcons were led by senior setter Emily Houck’s 11 aces and sophomore setter Meagan Longdon’s three aces in the fifth and final set.
For a cross country meet called the Hole in the Wall Invite, it certainly drew some elite talent.
South Whidbey competed against some of the state’s top cross country runners Saturday at Lakewood High School. The Falcon girls team finished 13th overall. The boys team did not qualify for team points because it did not have enough varsity runners due to injury, illness and Falcon head coach Doug Fulton’s decision to put the underclassmen in a separate race for ninth and 10th grade students.
Reshuffling the lineup worked yet again for first-year Falcon boys tennis coach Karyle Kramer.
In the second-to-last week of regular season matches, Kramer used another different lineup to sweep Coupeville 7-0 at South Whidbey High School. All seven of the Falcons’ varsity matches won in straight sets.
CLINTON — Just like a classic coach, John Knaplund wants this moment to be about the team.
His impact on South Whidbey High School and the boys basketball program inspired the South Whidbey Athletic Boosters Club and the Wall of Fame coordinator to honor Knaplund this Friday.
LANGLEY — South Whidbey traded its sweet attitude for a sweep sensation this week.
The Falcons beat the Granite Falls Tigers 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-11) for their first three-game victory in almost a month.
LANGLEY — Students in South Whidbey schools aren’t the only ones who will be scrutinized this year.
