Langley’s Matt Simms completed the Western States Endurance Run foot race Sunday morning with a time of 21 hours, 48.45 minutes, good for 38th place and the coveted silver belt buckle. All told, 270 runners finished the race.
“It’s been a dream of Matt’s for a long time,” Katy Gordon said.
LANGLEY — It’s been more than a year since Colton Wilson stepped onto Falcon Field for a game of baseball.
But what a return Friday night for the Falcon catcher.
LANGLEY — Let’s hear it for the Soccer Shockers, a group of Langley Middle School girl soccer fanatics who had the temerity to think they could beat the vaunted North Whidbey Academy team. They did.
It was an ambitious task to stage Kander and Ebb’s “Cabaret” at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts.
Not only did the production have to live up to audience expectations of the glittery spectacle of the 1972 movie and past theater productions of “Cabaret,” but the production team also had to recruit singers, actors, dancers and an orchestra from the South Whidbey community who could capture the authentic, raunchy atmosphere of a Berlin cabaret in 1929.
LANGLEY — For a quiet young man who prefers to shy away from the spotlight, Colton Wilson has become something of a media star.
LANGLEY — Soccer kids must be made of sterner stuff than the average kid on the block.
On Saturday, they showed up in droves to play their favorite game undeterred by the weather.
It isn’t every day that avid South Whidbey tennis fans get to spend quality time on the court with a state champion.
From 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, this year’s 2A high school singles tennis champion Lindsey Newman and Jason Craig, an all-conference first-teamer, get together for a “Beat the Champs” event at the South Whidbey High School courts.
For budding Beckhams, and the whole community, SoccerFest 2007 is coming to town this weekend.
The South Whidbey Youth Soccer Club is staging its first ever All-Island SoccerFest from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District fields on Langley Road. Organizers hope it evolves into an annual affair.
LANGLEY — Adam Booth from Seattle upset last year’s two-time champ Leon Shordon of Langley during Sunday’s 5-kilometer Chum Run at South Whidbey Community Park.
TACOMA — Most high school athletes never make it to state finals in their sports. Those who do will remember it forever.
On Saturday at Tacoma’s Mount Tahoma High School, the Falcon 800-meter girls relay team cruised to a first place Kodak moment. Hope Richards, McKenzie Walker, Gwen Bakke and Lauren Sandri turned in a blistering performance for first place among all 40 schools in the 2A classification, running the distance in 1 minute, 45.63 seconds.
South Whidbey sophomore Lindsey Newman triumphed over her Lynden High School nemesis Saturday to take the state title in tennis singles.
Newman beat Erica Bosman 6-0, 7-5 to earn the 2A crown.
Tiger Martial Arts recently hosted its second annual tournament. A total of 39 contenders in 11 different divisions competed in kata (forms), kumite (pre-arranged sparring drills and free sparring.
The South Whidbey boys golf team placed fifth at the state championship Tuesday at Bellingham Golf Club.
All three Falcons made the cut (the top 40 out of 80) on Monday and moved into the final round — only 13 schools had more than one player move forward.
