On Monday, Oct. 13, the county’s stormwater funding subcommittee voted to reconfigure its funding options and recommend that the counnty impose stormwater utility fees according to a 50 – 50 structure, divided between the island residents for a specific project and the entire county.
Kings triumph over Darrington Loggers on Oct. 11
The Orcas Boys Soccer team lost against North Sound Christian 5-0 in an away game on Sept. 30.
On Tuesday, Sept. 30 the Lopez volleyball team hammered its opponent into submission, winning three of three games for the match at Grace Academy. The score was 25/15 Lopez, 26/24 Lopez, 25/19 Lopez. Coach Mellonnie Altona was able to play her entire team and the young women all got playing experience that day in Arlington. Coach Altona remarked, “Erin Wilbur’s poise was remarkable in how she took charge of situations on the court after I rotated out some of the more seasoned players. And Sarah Stanley had her first jump serve against Grace. The whole team played with confidence.” In other stats, Gwenna Coiley attacked the ball 13 times and had four kills, Emily PostVanderBurg attacked ten times with six kills at the net, Hanifah McGovern attacked 11 times and had three kills, Sarah Stanley attacked seven times with six kills, Erin Wilbur attacked nine times with three kills, Marina Steinbrueck attacked one time, Malisha Burson attacked several times and had four kills at the net and Helen O’Brien attacked one time with one kill.
The Vikings lost to the Concrete Lions in Orcas’ homecoming game, but it was a tough, gritty game against the fifth-ranked team in their state league.
On Sept. 30 at Grace Academy, the Lobos soccer team played a controlled game against Grace Academy, winning 3-0. “Throughout the game,” said Coach Tetu, “Our players dominated in Grace’s territory. We had 18 shots on goal and Grace only had one shot on our goal. I was very pleased at how quickly we covered the other players and took advantage of their errors. This allowed players to make more accurate passes and out-dribble the opponent. They played very authoritatively.”
The Orcas girls volleyball team lost their Sept. 30 match to La Conner in three games out of three at Orcas High School. Scores were 10/25, 12/25, and 13/25 in La Conner’s favor. Their volleyball team is the two-time Washington state championship winner.
Lopez Lobos played a slippery. mud-filled football game against the Lummi Blackhawks on Lopez home turf on Saturday, Oct 4.
At the September regular scheduled meeting of the Lopez Island School Board of Directors Coach Brad Smith, long-time Lopez boy’s basketball coach announced that he would not be seeking to continue coaching basketball for the school, due to personal reasons.
Former Orcas Island High football player Josh Gage has traveled from walk-on linebacker to a scholarship player and starting linebacker for the Washington State Huskies in their season opener against Oregon.
After fighting an intense battle on the soccer pitch, the Orcas Girls’ Soccer Team finally fell 2-1 to Friday Harbor in the second of a five minute golden goal attempt that had both teams struggling for supremacy. Friday Harbor finally scored the definitive goal two minutes into the second five minute overtime to win the game 2-1.
On Saturday, Sept. 27 at an away game on Inglemoor’s home turf, the Orcas Viking football team beat Inglemoor Junior Varsity 21-7.
On Tuesday Sept. 23 at Orcas High School, the Orcas girls’ volleyball team took on the Friday Harbor Wolverines and beat them in three games out of five. Coach Greg Sasan said of his team: “With these young people, it’s always about the mental game. We talked a lot about leaving everything that didn’t belong on the court outside before we went on, and the women took that seriously and played a strong mental game.
