The Vashon Lacrosse Club boys high school team had its first home game postponed due to wet fields. However the boys went on to notch their first victory at Highline on Friday.
The Vashon High School girls fastpitch softball team has kicked off the spring season, though they have yet to see much spring weather to practice in.
The Vashon Pirate baseball team visited the defending state champions, the Chimacum Cowboys, on Friday and came away with a 13-1 loss.
Three Pirate girls claimed first-place victories at last Thursday’s track and field meet at Charles Wright, helping the girls team take second overall among five teams at the meet.
Nearly 150 rowers descended on Jensen Point in Burton on Sunday morning for Vashon Island Junior Crew’s first hosting of the Tri-Island Regatta, an unofficial competition with Bainbridge and Orcas Island’s junior crews.
Vashon High School boys soccer is underway, with 38 athletes turning out to and play this season, and play is off to a wet but decent start, with two wins and one loss.
After having its opener rained out the previous day, the Pirate baseball team kicked off the 2012 season on Tuesday, March 13, with a road game against Chief Sealth in West Seattle.
The Vashon High School track and field team competed in its first meet of the season on Thursday at Orting High School. At times it seemed as if flippers and snorkel gear should have been issued to each athlete, as heavy rainfall and gusty winds played a part in many of the running, jumping and throwing events at the meet.
Maia Cunningham, a 12-year-old Vashon swimmer, will represent the Vashon Seals Swim Team at the upcoming Northwest Region Age Group Championships. She is the first Seal to ever quality for the regional championships.
The Vashon Lacrosse Club’s high school girls team, the Vashon Valkyries, took to the field last Wednesday against Roosevelt High School. It was the first time in 15 years that a girls’ high school lacrosse team has represented Vashon.
On Tuesday, March 13, Vashon Lacrosse Club’s boys high school team opened the season against Seattle’s Blanchet High School. This game was a close match from the opening face-off until the final whistle.
Folks who are looking for some sociable exercise, or those who want to know if the words “fun” and “run” could possibly belong together, should check out a new monthly event on the Island.
On Saturday, March 3, 10 members of the McMurray Middle School wrestling team competed at the Washington State Middle School Wrestling Championships in Puyallup.
