The Vashon Island Junior Crew (VIJC), one of the smallest teams to compete at the USRowing Northwest Junior District Championships last Thursday in Vancouver, Wash., proved to be a true powerhouse when four of its boats qualified for the national competition — a record number for the team.
The Pirates had only one thing on their minds during the first match of the state soccer tournament in Camas last Tuesday: a win. However, at the end of a second overtime, their opponent Ridgefield’s ball reached the net, resulting in “sudden death,” 2-1, and ending the Pirates’ season with only a small taste of state.
Vashon High School senior Colin Andrus qualified to compete at the state 1A track and field championships, which will take place this weekend.
Vashon High School golfer Cole Devereau qualified to compete at the state golf tournament when he scored an 80 and tied for sixth place at the district tournament, held Tuesday, May 17, at Gold Mountain Golf Course in Bremerton.
The Mid-Sound Boomers, a men’s soccer team led by Islander Lorin Reinelt, recently took first in the Metro Parks Tacoma Men’s Masters soccer league. The Boomers beat out more than 30 other teams and won the championship match against South Kitsap, 7-4, on Sunday, May 1.
Four runners from Vashon Running Club competed in the Watershed Preserve 12-Hour Run on Saturday, May 21, in Redmond.
The Nisqually League track and field championships, which took place last Thursday and Friday, showcased athletic talent from Vashon High School and seven other schools that participated in the shadow of Mount Rainier at Orting Middle School.
After more than a dozen Opening Day attempts at the Montlake Cut dating back to the mid-90s, the Vashon Island Rowing Club’s (VIRC) men’s masters eight captured gold for the first time in the club’s history on Saturday, May 7.
The Vashon Lacrosse Club closed out its season with losses to Tahoma on Tuesday, May 10, and Vancouver’s King’s Way, on Friday, May 13. Both winning teams are playoff bound.
Vashon High School’s varsity baseball team accomplished their primary goal this season when they made it to playoffs.
This spring the Vashon Rock Freestyle and Greco-Roman Wrestling Club, headed by Per Lars and Anders Blomgren, merged with Pin City Wrestling Club of Lake Stevens and Seattle.
On Thursday, May 12, two golfers from Vashon High School competed at the Nisqually League finals at the Gold Mountain Golf Course in Bremerton. There were 40 players from nine schools at the tournament.
The Vashon High school track and field team had its strongest showing of the season on Thursday, May 5, when the Vashon girls won their meet at Cascade Christian and the boys placed second.
