The Falcon boys basketball team really wanted to win before the home crowd Saturday.
And in an overtime thriller, they did just that, beating undefeated Friday Harbor 46-41 and raising their record to an overall 2-1 in the Cascade Conference.
The game was in doubt for only about two minutes Saturday.
After Friday Harbor guard Kiersten Radden drilled a three-pointer and the Wolverines led 3-0, it appeared the Falcon girls had a real fight on their hands.
The Falcon boys did it again.
Down in the first quarter, down at the half and tied at the third break, the South Whidbey boys basketball team roared back to win their first league game over Coupeville 50-42 Thursday.
The South Whidbey girls basketball team rose to the occasion against a hostile home crowd at Steilacoom to win their second game 46-40.
The Falcons are 2-0 overall on the season.
The Coupeville Wolves were on the prowl Friday night, searching for their next victim.
And South Whidbey obliged, losing 44-36 in a hard-fought game before a huge home crowd.
In their first four games, the South Whidbey boys basketball team was gaining a reputation for being slow starters and big finishers.
But against Sultan in Erickson Gym on Tuesday, the Falcons started slow and stayed that way as the Turks won 50-38 behind leading scorer Jordan Nicholes.
LANGLEY — The Falcons played Granite Falls at home this week hoping to cool down the Tigers bats, but fell instead 9-1.
Katy Piehler started on the mound going five innings, giving up four base hits that drove in three Tiger earned runs while striking out two batters.
LANGLEY — Hisashi Sanda and Cayla Calderwood posted personal bests in the 200-meter dash and long jump Thursday.
Remarkable, considering the 2-inch layer of hail-induced slush they had to overcome.
LANGLEY — Last year, the undefeated South Whidbey boys golf team won the Cascade Conference title and are on the road to do it again.
And beyond.
On Monday under severe wet conditions, they beat Cedarcrest by 43 strokes, 195 to 238, at Useless Bay Golf Club.
Let’s face it — there is no love lost between the two premiere girl tennis players in the Northwest Conference.
LANGLEY — Pitching took center stage in the second-of-three series with Coupeville Wednesday.
LANGLEY — Finally, a win.
Spring break is a tough time for any team as kids take off for vacations or spend quality time with family.
