Let’s get this straight — Trapper Rawls likes hitting home runs.
LANGLEY — The South Whidbey girls golf team is still in the running for a berth at state, situated in the middle of the pack in the Cascade Conference.
LANGLEY — McKenzie Walker and Cayla Calderwood led the charge Saturday as the South Whidbey track team fought cold weather and tough competition at the 25th annual Westling Invite.
CLINTON — Jeff Hadlock loves boats, the fast ones with the big rooster tails.
Hadlock loves hydroplanes so much that when he named his new family dining restaurant in Clinton, he called it Speedboat Family Dining.
Island County Commissioner Phil Bakke is now facing a four-way race to retain his seat in Coupeville.
The South Whidbey girls tennis team continued their winning ways Monday, thrashing Lakewood 7-0.
“It went OK,” Falcon coach Tom Kramer said.
LANGLEY — After winning their first game against Nathan Hale, the South Whidbey baseball team stumbled during its next two outings.
On March 13 they lost 5-3 to Interlake, then 6-4 this week to the Sultan Turks. The Falcons are now 0-1 in the Cascade Conference and 1-2 overall.
LANGLEY — There were smiles all around Tuesday as the South Whidbey fastpitch softball team overcame Friday Harbor 3-1 in their opening bid.
“After the Wolverines’ lead-off batter fired a double, [Falcon pitcher] Rebecca Stratton dug in her heels to strike out two of three batters to get us out of the first inning with no damage,” Falcon coach Chuck Burton said.
Setting a goal is one thing; meeting it is quite another.
So when the Falcon boys soccer team celebrated the season’s start by beating Friday Harbor 3-0 Saturday, they met Goal 1 — win their first game.
Falcon tennis coach Tom Kramer never lets an interview interfere with teaching.
“Shorten the swing! Finish higher!” he shouts to his charges.
LANGLEY — Several years ago, a South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District youth soccer team suddenly found itself without a goalie.
That’s when fate stepped in.
Dylan Fate, that is. Now a high school senior, he stepped in and has played the position ever since.
LANGLEY — On Friday, what could have been a debacle of epic proportions for South Whidbey turned into a night to remember.
Granted, the boys basketball team lost their district playoff opener 50-42 to the Anacortes Seahawks, but they almost made a comeback for the ages.
TACOMA — It was a long road from the small, dark, smelly mat room at South Whidbey High School to the 20th Mat Classic state wrestling finals in the Tacoma Dome on Friday.
