The sun shone in patches on the tall firs, oversized ferns and dirt trails of Island Center Forest as Kevin Kim-Murphy guided a group of runners along a winding path — part of the course that will soon be featured in an Island race.
Last Saturday was a good day for soccer. The sun shone for the annual Vashon High School boys alumni game,…
The 2010 high school senior all-star feeder games were played June 1 at Henry Foss High School. Forty-three high school seniors from three leagues were invited to participate in the doubleheader, which featured the Narrows League 3A schools against the Nisqually League 1A/2A schools. Joe Gilmour and Wes Paulsen represented the Vashon Pirates.
The “long season.”
Parents of the Vashon Seals, the Island swim team, might prefer a more upbeat name for the summer swim season.
Adults tend to take a more historical view: the Long March (Gandhi), the Long Death (Trail of Tears), et cetera — you get the idea. But the Seals’ long course season actually signifies the switch from races measured in yards (the short season) to meters.
By REMONY HENRY For The Beachcomber This year, for the first time in Vashon Youth Baseball & Softball history, girls’…
The Pirate track team sent three athletes to compete in the state championship track and field meet, held at Woodward Field at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. Each put in a strong showing, with two earning medals.
The McMurray track and field team closed its season on May 25 at North Kitsap High School in the West Sound League Meet.
The Vashon High School golf team sent three players to the sub-district tournament held at the Fort Lewis golf course…
On May 13 and 14, the Pirate track and field team traveled to Orting for the first time in many seasons for the Nisqually League Championships. Orting had just completed construction of a new track facility.
Senior Kate Straube placed first and took the Nisqually League title in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 50.5 seconds. Straube, who was an exchange student in Germany last year, also qualified for the district meet in the 100 hurdles with a time of 17.4 seconds.
Like true Pirates, the Vashon boys soccer team went down scrapping as their season came to an end on Wednesday, May 12.
The Pirates’ baseball season closed with a loss to Seattle Christian on May 7.
This season has been a breakthrough one for the Vashon junior rowers. Never before have they done so well at regattas, and never before have they received such national recognition for their rowing talent. Five Vashon Island Junior Crew members have been invited to USRowing National Camps this year.
The Vashon High School boys’ lacrosse club finished its 2010 season with a win, a loss and plenty of hope for the 2011 season.
