Week Two: FRIDAY HARBOR WOLVERINE FOOTBALL Trivia, numbers, history, ramblings and stuff by Bruce Bennett

Friday, September 11 at 6:30 p.m. Bellevue Christian (1-0) at Friday Harbor (0-1)

* The Wolverines begin their home schedule Friday evening when Bellevue Christian comes to the island. The Vikings opened their season with a 40-13 victory at home over Mossyrock. BC is a member of the 6-team Nisqually League along with Annie Wright, Cascade Christian, East Jefferson, Klahowya and Life Christian. Bellevue Christian is a 1A school.

Wolverine – Viking Stuff
* FH is 2-0 vs. the Vikings with a 6-0 win In 2018 and a 48-0 win the next year.

* Way back in the ‘70’s Bellevue Christian was a member of the Northwest B League for boys
basketball for seven years (1970-71 to 76-77) and girls basketball for four years (1973-74 to 76-
77).

Home Openers
* 29-23 overall with wins in three of the last four years.
* Longest win streak – 8 (1990-97).
* Longest losing streak – 5 (1974-78 and 1998-02).
* FH’s first ever home opener was also the first win in school history. Back in 1973 after losing their initial two games on the road, they returned to the island and blanked Concrete 20-0.
* 27 schools have served as a home opener opponent.
* Most frequent opponents – Orcas Island 11, La Conner 5, Concrete 4, Snohomish Sophomores 4 and South Whidbey 3.

Odds and Ends
* The Purple and Gold has defended its home field quite well recently with 22 wins in the last 29 games.
* FH has a winning record against teams from the state’s largest county – King. The local lads are 13-9 (Bellevue Christian 2-0, Cedar Park Christian 2-3, Highline 2-1, Kings 2-2, Seattle Lutheran 2-0, Tolt 1-3 and Vashon Island 2-0).

Schedule

September 5: 1:00 p.m. Cedar Park Christian 28, FH 21

September 11: 6:30 p.m. Bellevue Christian Home

September 18: 7 p.m. Annie Wright Away

September 25: 6:30 p.m. South Whidbey Home

October 2:  6:00 p.m. Coupeville Away

October 9: 5:30 p.m. Granite Falls Away

October 23:  6:30 p.m. Coupeville Home