The Vashon High School cross county team ended its season on Nov. 19 with an awards banquet at Bethel Church. Individual athletes were recognized, and the team as a whole won some additional honors.
The Vashon Island Rowing Club wrapped up its fall season at two Seattle regattas Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 5 and 6.
Mikie Hoffmann, a 2010 graduate of Vashon High School, took home several awards from the National Sporting Clay Association’s national championship, held San Antonio, Texas, the last week of October.
The Vashon High School volleyball team, after winning the league championship for the first time in the team’s history and moving on the state playoffs, didn’t get the fairy tale ending they were hoping for. The girls, who entered playoffs with a perfect league record, just missed qualifying for the state competition when they lost their final playoff match by two points.
Vashon’s final football game was an exhilarating, back-and-forth contest that wasn’t decided until the last play, when Vashon lost 40-38 to Friday Harbor.
During the last weekend in October, the Vashon Island Rowing Club headed to Victoria, B.C., for a double-regatta weekend. Over the course of two competitions, the junior crew took three first-place wins, one second place and two third place awards. Vashon’s masters team earned one first-place win, as well as one second-place and two third-place prizes.
Sophomore runner Maddi Groen qualified for the state cross country meet when she placed 26th at the Tri-district tournament, also known as the Westside Classic, on Saturday.
The Vashon football team played their last home game of the season Friday night against the Cedar Park Christian and lost to the Eagles, 40-6.
The Vashon High School volleyball team closed out their regular season with a perfect 10-0 record by beating a scrappy Seattle Christian team in three straight last Wednesday. The Pirates played with a very solid, consistent style and look ready to tackle the post-season.
The Vashon Pirates faced league-leading Charles Wright at an away game on Friday, coming away with a 33-14 loss.
For the first time since Vashon High School’s inaugural volleyball team took to the court in 1979, the Pirates have won the Nisqually League championship.
Looking to avenge an early season home loss, the Pirate girls soccer team traveled to Orting on Thursday to take on the Cardinals.
On Thursday, Oct. 20, the Nisqually League cross country tournament took place at Fort Steilacoom.
