Mixed bag for Falcons in first games of season
The South Whidbey girls cross country team was fourth of 13 at the Edmonds Invite on Saturday, falling behind Kamiak, Mercer Island and Lake Stevens.
The boys team placed eighth behind Mercer Island, Selah, Walla Walla, Lake Stevens, Kamiak, Mountlake Terrace and Everett.
At Friday Harbor on Saturday, the girls soccer team won 7-0 and is 1-1 for the season.
The girls play their first game at home starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18 at Waterman Field.
On Monday, the boys tennis team beat Lynden 5-2. Riley Newman defeated Will Vanderveen 6-1, 6-3; Van Morgen beat Aaron Livolt 6-0, 6-3; Jon Adams defeated Kurtis Reardon 6-3, 6-0 and Jake Ewing defeated Sebastian Kent 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.
In doubles action, Lynden’s Andrew Blair and Briley Benner defeated Grant Newbauer and Zach Comfort 6-2,
6-0; Lions Jacob West and Travis McKee defeated Ben Snow and Trevor Hein 6-2, 6-4; Falcons Eric Vanderbilt and Jonah Jolley beat Shaun Tompke and Brian Sumpter 6-2, 7-5. South Whidbey is
4-0 in league play and overall.
Volleyball team preps for season at invite
The South Whidbey girls volleyball team traveled to Meridian High School for a series of pre-season invitational games Saturday.
“We found ourselves matched with big 4A schools,” Falcons head coach Mandy Jones said. “We definitely have some kinks to work out, and that is why practice will be three hours this week instead of two.”
Jones noted that passing was phenomenal and Melanie Murphy dominated as a libero, a fancy word for a defensive specialist who only plays in the back row and goes in for the middle hits.
“I was very proud of her for playing her position as well as she did for the first time in her volleyball career,”
Jones said.
Jones said that overall the tournament was a huge learning experience for all of them — coaches and girls alike.
“We played Squalicum, Edmonds-Woodway, Meridian and Lynnwood; big schools with serious volleyball programs,” she added. “The girls played hard and it gave Meggan [assistant coach Lubach] and myself a good idea of what needs to be improved.”
At 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, the girls welcome the Cedarcrest Red Wolves to Erikson Gym for the first Cascade Conference home game.
