South Whidbey overcame punishing penalties and terrible turnovers Friday to beat the Lakewood Cougars 42-21 in the first Cascade Conference game of the year.
The 26th South Whidbey Invite on Saturday brought together approximately 1,400 cross country runners from 34 schools —
13 of which were rated 4A — to Whidbey, including powerhouses Jesuit and Westview from Oregon. It was the biggest athletic event ever held at South Whidbey, said Falcon coach Doug Fulton.
The South Whidbey School District will begin interviewing six candidates for the school board position left vacant by Bob Riggs today.
South Whidbey tennis player Riley Newman is the man to beat in the Northwest Conference this year.
Just like last year.
Once again, the South Whidbey cross country runners are in a tough spot.
Each year, in order to qualify for a berth at state, a team has to place in the top four and for the Falcons, the competition is fierce.
Falcon soccer coach Paul Arand wants his team to go back to the future.
In 2003, the Falcons won 21 games, overcame all opposition in its conference with a win over Nooksack Valley, then bested Vashon Island, Ridgefield, and Eatonville at state finals before succumbing to Connell 1-0 after a 4-2 shootout.
“We came very close that year,” Arand said.
There’s a new skipper at the helm of this year’s volleyball team and she’s making a difference.
Mandy Jones was hired over the summer to replace longtime coach Tim Durbin, who resigned to spend more quality time with his family.
The South Whidbey High School football team overcame a plague of turnovers and penalties to beat Lakewood 42-21 in the first Cascade Conference game of the season Friday night.
The park district’s new pool and recreation center will cost more to build, more to staff and will have a larger operating deficit than earlier expected, according to a revised study released this week.
The South Whidbey girls soccer team is holding its own early in the season with a 2-2 record‚ 1-1 in the Cascade Conference‚ after a win at Lakewood and a loss to Cedarcrest at home.
South Whidbey Parks & Recreation director Terri Arnold will issue a letter of apology to the community and reimburse the parks district for the time she spent campaigning for the proposed pool and community recreation center from the park office during business hours, the board of commissioners has announced.
The state Department of Natural Resources has offered to pull out the old wharf next to the Langley marina at no cost to the Port of South Whidbey.
Port commissioners, however, said last week the proposal needs a closer look.
South Whidbey parks director Terri Arnold said it was a careless error when she improperly used a parks district computer to campaign on behalf of the parks’ $15.2 million bond measure for a new pool and rec center.
