The South Whidbey wrestling team traveled to Port Townsend for the Port Townsend Hat Trick Tournament on Dec. 11.
The competition included top-ranked 1A schools like Omak (No. 2), Port Townsend (10) and Vashon Island (12). Montesano and Tenino high schools rounded out the six-team tournament.
David Kay was speechless after hearing his name called to receive a $1,000 scholarship.
South Whidbey High School did not travel to compete in the Forks Tournament last weekend.
South Whidbey beat Cascade Conference rival Lakewood High School 64-50 at Erikson Gym earlier this week.
South Whidbey Youth Soccer Club Islanders boys U-14 soccer team won the division title with a record of seven wins, three ties and no losses.
Four days before Saturday’s game, the Falcons struggled offensively against Mount Baker and made 20.6 percent of their field goals.
Against Friday Harbor, the shots fell. The Falcons’ boys team won 67-43 behind aggressive defense and senior guard Riley Newman.
Friday Harbor quickly adjusted its defense to trap and frustrate South Whidbey High School en route to a 67-28 Wolverine win.
The Falcons’ boys team won 67-43 behind aggressive defense and senior guard Riley Newman. Newman led all scorers with 17 points on 8-of-12 field goals, including one three-point goal.
Jim Thompson knows the limitations of his South Whidbey High School wrestling team.
Not his wrestlers, but his team.
The goal is clear, and the team knows it.
State.
“The team has high expectations to go far,” said senior co-captain Tyler “Chuck” Norris.
Andy Davis takes the reins after Henry Pope was hired to helm the boys program. Davis’ arrival brought in some new players, too.
“He wants us to work as hard as we can,” said junior co-captain Makenzie Peterson of Davis.
TJ Russell played on all three sides of the football.
Linden Firethorne’s opponents on the volleyball court have found she lives up to her name.
Her fiery spikes at the net are intimidating, to say the least. And her opponents may well call her a figurative thorn in their side, and she knows it.
