The snow was falling and so were Riley Newman’s shots.
South Whidbey’s senior guard scored 30 points against King’s High School on Tuesday as his team notched its 10th straight win, 61-50.
South Whidbey lost its first Cascade Conference game to Archbishop Murphy, 65-43.
he tape and gauze that wrapped Evan Thompson’s nose and face made him look like a mummy. He didn’t need it, though, to put a big scare into his opponents as he marched to the final match in the 145-pound division of the Everett Classic.
South Whidbey has only two home matches this season, and the Falcon wrestlers made the first one memorable with a 42-30 win over Lakewood.
The team’s season goal was simple: win more than three games, which was last year’s win total.
After defeating Coupeville 33-31 on the road and getting its first win of the season, the South Whidbey girls basketball team is on its way.
Fiona Weeks stepped onto the diving board.
It was her final dive, her eleventh of the night, but a place she had been many times.
BAYVIEW — Austin Bennett loves fishing and loves playing football.
The two sports, though very different, share a common thrill for the 18-year-old senior at South Whidbey High School: downtime punctuated by moments of excitement.
South Whidbey’s boys basketball team won the eight-team Seaside Holiday Classic Championship by defeating the host school, Seaside High School, 45-32.
Victoria Rosenthal knows the needs of foster kids in Island County.
Her cousin was in foster care for a time, and that connection drove her to design her senior culminating project around working with foster youth on Whidbey Island.
LANGLEY — The former Falcon’s big dreams are now grand goals.
Kimery Hern discovered her talent and affinity for throwing the hammer in high school and dreamed of the Olympics. Every choice she made since has been in the pursuit of that vision.
One-third of the season is over, and the South Whidbey girls basketball team continues to play for its first win. Again, turnovers stunted South Whidbey’s offense. In their first home game in 10 days, the Falcons fell to the Sultan Turks 54-32.
South Whidbey expected to do better against Granite Falls than its 51-21 loss Thursday.
South Whidbey (3-2) defeated the Tigers of Granite Falls, 62-51, in its third straight home-game win.