Friday Harbor High School track team hurdler Willie Blackmon took a hard fall on the next to last hurdle in the preliminary race at 1A Tri-District Championship Meet last week. Before the crowd was even able to gasp, he was on his feet again at top speed and finished third place qualifying for the finals.
Video by Christine Minney.
Friday Harbor High School Seniors vs Staff basketball game Friday night claims prize to the most thrilling fundraiser, it even made KING 5 News.
A familiar face will be back on the sidelines at Wolverine football games this fall. Coach Ledford, the coach who led the team during their best seasons, is back at the helm.
Friday Harbor High School baseball team beat Lynden Christian 8 - 3 to advance to the second round in the 2012 1A Tri-District Baseball Tournament Saturday, May 12 at Sehome High School and Joe Martin Field. Orting ended the Wolverines season by beating them 1-0.
Opportunities to kick around the soccer ball abound this summer. Visit www.islandsoccer.org to register, fees increase after Friday, June 15 and closed on August 1.
Four Wolverine track team athletes compete Thursday, May 17, and Saturday, May 19 at Kings High School at the Tri-District meet with the goal of advancing to the State track meet next week.
Friday Harbor High School freshman Willy Blackmon competes in three events and junior Aaron Prager in two. Lucas Jagel and , Alaina Scheffer each compete in one event. More information on league website.
Friday Harbor High School golfer Kendra Meeker, placed sixth carding an 86 for her round in tri-districts and earned a place at the state tournament for the second year in a row. She'll compete next week at the home course in Dupont. League website (scroll down to 1A Tri-D Boys/Girls Golf).
Meridian beat Friday Harbor High School softball team 13-7 Saturday afternoon (May 12, 2012) at the 2012 1A District Softball Tournament at Janicki Fields.
Lynden Christian won 14-8 over Friday Harbor in the first game putting the Wolverines into a loser out situation for their second game where they faced the winner of the Nooksack Valley/Meridian game.
Nooksack Valley took the championship with a 16-6 win over Lynden Christian.
Friday Harbor High School baseball team beat Lynden Christian 8 - 3 to advance to the second round in the 2012 1A Tri-District Baseball Tournament Saturday, May 12 at Sehome High School and Joe Martin Field. Orting ended the Wolverines season by beating them 1-0.
Chimacum won the tournament with a 1-0 win over Charles Wright Academy. Meridian took third place with their 7-1 win over Cedar Park Christian.
Friday Harbor ends the season 7-1 in the conference and 14-7 overall.
Friday Harbor High School spring teams are quickly approaching the District 1 playoff portion of their seasons. The District 1 Tournament is used to determine the seeding of the 1A teams located in District 1.
$1.6 million dollars of donated dollars have gone into the infrastructure for the San Juan Island Community Fields. Now it's time to raise the funds to get the park open and the first phase of the community sports fields finished - the multi-use athletic field. The goal is to have it open to the public by September 1, 2012.
The Fields of Dreams Fundraiser takes place from 4 p.m. to ... April 21 at the San Juan County Fairgrounds. A BBQ dinner, beer garden, dancing and live music - the Good Husbands, Shotgun Messengers, Laura Lee Chorba, and the One More Time Band - will make this a fun-filled family oriented event.
South Whidbey beat visiting Friday Harbor 12-2 in the teams' season-opener Saturday, March 10.
Four Friday Harbor High School boys basketball team players were named on the 2011-12 NW 1A/2B Boys Basketball All League Teams. Wolverine junior Collin Williamson was named to the first team; junior Donald Galt to the second team. The Honorable Mention List includes Friday Harbor sophomores Otis Cooper-West and CJ Woods.
Friday Harbor High School girls basketball coach Eric Janguard is the NW 1a/2B Coach of the Year and his team is the Sportsmanship Team of the Year.