Three Vashon Rock Riders joined 123 other 4-H members from across Washington to compete at the Western Washington State Fair in Puyallup on Sept. 15.
The Vashon High School volleyball team is off to a strong start this season, as the Pirates have won every game they’ve played so far. They have a current record of 4-0 in league play and 5-0 overall.
The 2010 state football champions the, Cascade Christian Cougars, brought their 60-player squad to Vashon last Friday and overwhelmed the younger, smaller Vashon team in a 55-12 win.
Following a 11-0 win over Chimacum last week, the Vashon girls soccer team suffered a loss to Woodrow Wilson High School of Tacoma at the Stadium Bowl, on Thursday, Sept. 22.
Last Thursday the Vashon cross country team parked its bus and walked onto the ferry, headed to a meet at Lincoln Park, right by the Fauntleroy ferry dock.
An unusually high number of players were injured during Friday night’s home football game. One injury halted play for 45 minutes.
Last Saturday a young Vashon Pirate football team traveled to Port Townsend for its first league game of the season and showed the beginnings of future successes in a 62-30 rout over the Port Townsend Redskins.
Vashon’s girls varsity soccer team, which has a history of success, won its first two games of the season last week. The girls beat Charles Wright, 4-1, at a home game on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Two days later they took down Cascade Christian in a shutout away game, 1-0.
Last Thursday the Vashon Pirates cross country team hosted the Life Christian Eagles and the Orting Cardinals at a meet on Vashon’s 5K course, which finishes at the high school stadium.
On Saturday, Sept. 10, 19 Vashon riders and their horses gathered at Paradise Ridge Park for the Vashon Maury Island Cooperative Trail Ride, the first competitive trail ride on Vashon in 25 years. The event sponsored by the Vashon Maury Island Horse Association.
The Vashon Pirate cross country team is off and running. Normally this fall sport involves running through leaves on damp, cool days. However, this was not the case on Thursday, Sept. 8, at Fort Steilacoom, where summer was in full force at 86 degrees at race time.
Vashon High School’s young football team took another tough loss in its second game of the season, falling to the Lakeside Lions, 48-7, at an away game last Friday.
The Vashon Pirates opened the football season Friday with a 40-6 loss to the Chelan Goats, a top-ranked 1A team.
