The Orcas Vikings lost 42 to 19 to the Port Townsend Redskins on Friday night, Sept. 19 in a head-to-head battle for points in the first quarter of the game.
On Sept. 16, a glorious fall day, the Lady Vikings soccer team proved to be a force to contend with as they faced their counterparts from Concrete.
The Lopez Lobos football team ran riot over the Mansfield Kernels Friday night in Mansfield, Wash., winning handily by 48 to 24 on a balmy fall evening.
Victorious in games over Concrete and Mt. Vernon Christian
Coach Dennis Dahl got the opportunity to play all his eligible team members last Saturday, as the Orcas Vikings’ trounced the Evergreen Lutheran Eagles 55-0.
The American Lung Association of Washington is holding their 26th annual Trek Tri-Island fundraising bike ride in the San Juan Islands this September. There will be up to 200 riders and volunteers on Orcas Sept. 21 and they are looking for local businesses to partner with them to make this ride a success. “Whether it’s providing discounts for the riders who come in the shop or being cheerleaders along the route, they need your help,” says Carna Lapping, the Special Events Manager for the American Lung Association. For more information, contact Lapping at clapping@alaw.org.
The Orcas Kings Senior Youth Football team has gotten off to an exciting start this season.
Orcas Center’s 14th annual Island Market / Red Rabbit Farm Golf Classic was a spirited event, with tremendous weather, fun and food, with the Orcas Island Country Golf Course looking greener than ever.
The Orcas-Lopez soccer match on Saturday, Sept. 13, was a Vikngs raid on the Lobos field.
The Lopez Lobos girls Volleyball team was defeated during their first away game of the season on Tuesday, Sept. 9, losing three out of five games against the Lummi girls on Lummi’s home turf.
The fighting Lopez Lobos football team displayed tenacity and endurance on their home turf against Highland Christian, starting off the high school fall football season in a blaze of passion.
The Lopez High School soccer team’s first game kicked off at the home field on a hot and sunny Thursday afternoon, Sept. 11. The opposition, La Conner, belongs to the A league, made up of schools one size larger than those in the Lobos’ B league. Historically a sizable team, La Conner’s numbers were diminished this year due to eligibility issues, fielding only nine players. Though not required, Lopez matched La Conner’s nine rather than the usual eleven.
The second annual Summit Bike Challenge on Sept. 7 put on by the Friends of Moran State Park saw approximately fifteen bicyclists turn out to support the park and challenge their own personal best in rides to Cascade Falls, Mt. Lake and the Summit.
