Week 4: FRIDAY HARBOR WOLVERINE FOOTBALL Trivia, numbers, history, ramblings and stuff by Bruce Bennett
Thursday, September 25 at 4:30 p.m. South Whidbey (0-1) at Friday Harbor (0-3)
* South Whidbey is a 1A school and a member of the 4-team Emerald Sound Conference along with Cedar Park Christian, Granite Falls and King’s- (FH has already played Cedar Park Christian and will play Granite Falls in a couple weeks).
* The Falcons only game was two weeks ago and a 43-15 loss at home to Bellevue Christian.
* Last fall the team from Langley finished 3-6 overall and 0-3 in their league.
* Originally called Langley High School the name was changed to South Whidbey in 1981 with the building of a new school.
Wolverine – Falcon Stuff
* The series started in 2017 and the Falcons lead 6-2 overall and 1-3 on San Juan.
* In 2023 FH snapped a 6-game losing streak to SW by defeating them 35-20 here on the island and last year topped them 35-14 in Langley.
* This will be the eighth season in a row the two have faced each other (twice in 2021).
* Most points by FH – 35 (FH 35, SW 20 in 2023 and FH 35, SW 14 in 2024).
* Most points by SW – 34 (SW 34, FH 14 in 2021 and ’22).
* Most points combined – 55 (FH 35, SW 20 in 2023).
* Fewest points combined – 10 (SW 7, FH 3 in 2019).
* Largest winning margin by FH – 21 (FH 35, SW 14 in 2024).
* Largest winning margin by SW – 20 (SW 34, FH 14 in 2021 and ‘22).
* FH has scored 152 points (19.0 per game) and SW 175 (21.9).
Home Games
* How about this? In 51-plus years the Wolverines are exactly 50-50…they’ve played 237 games with 118 victories, 118 defeats and one tie.
* 57 different teams have boarded the ferry for games on the island.
* Most games against – Orcas Island 32, La Conner 27, Concrete 24, Coupeville 16, Darrington 14, Lynden Christian 9, Merdian 9, Snohomish Sophomores 9, Nooksack Valley 6 and Granite Falls 5.
* The Purple and Gold have outscored their foes 4,716 to 4,452.
* Longest win streak - 17 (2004-07).
* Longest losing streak - 16 (1999-02).
* Most points by FH – 65 (65-5 over Concrete in 2005).
* Most points by opponent – 59 (Meridian 59-25 in 119).
* The FH home field has not been known for nail-biters as just over half of the games (119 of 237 or 50.2%) have been decided by 20 or more points. There have been 10 with a 1-point margin.
| Schedule | |||
| 9/5 | 6:00 p.m. | Cedar Park Christian 49, FH 14 | Home |
| 9/12 | 5:00 p.m. | East Jefferson 14, FH 13 | Away |
| 9/19 | 5:00 p.m. | Cle Elum-Roslyn 27, FH 13 | Mount Si |
| 9/25 | 4:30 p.m. | South Whidbey | Home |
| 10/3 | 6:30 p.m. | Coupeville** | Home |
| 10/10 | 6:00 p.m. | Granite Falls | Away |
| 10/17 | 6:30 p.m. | Blaine | Home |
| 10/24 | 5:30 p.m. | Coupeville** | Away |
| ** league game | |||