Orcas Golf Coach Bobby Olmstead can hardly contain his pride. “Twice out of the last two years the boys have won the Tri-District tournament. Five of six players shot below 90 and we are sending all five to state.”
Richard Tetu, Lopez’s golf team coach, reported on his teams’ Tri-District performance, saying, “For the ladies, lots of good news. Randi Ritchie proved her leadership and did her best ever with an eighth place, Emily PostvanderBurg broke the spell and finally qualified for State, and Sydney Hoffman shot 14 less on the back nine to snatch the last state berth. Lisa Vaughn managed to earn the second alternate berth, even though she is also trying for State track. Thanks to the other two players’ performance, Adayla Buchanan and Helen O’Brien, the ladies outscored Bear Creek and earned second place.”
Steve Wilbur, Lopez track coach, reports that his teams did “very well overall,” with the boys winning the 1B championship at the May 10 Edmonds track meet with a score of 223 points, followed by Grace Academy(71), Cedar Park Christian(63), Lummi(40) and Arlington Christian(35), North Sound Christian(35).
In their final league match of the season at home on Tuesday, the Orcas Golf team battled hard. The boys’ team brought their ‘A’ game but fell by four stokes to LaConner. The girls’ team scored an easy win.
“We played through hail, snow, rain and sunshine,” said coach Richard Têtu of the Lopez Lobos match against Grace Academy on April 29. “The boys’ team only lost by five strokes! So close.”
By DAVE PARISH
Special to the Sounder
Youth age 11-15 can sign on with Coach Denny Ranker at 6 p.m. at the Fire Hall
By DAVE PARISH
Special to the Sounder
Lopez Island Senior Services invites the community to the sixth annual Islanders Bank Golf Tournament Saturday, May 10 at 1 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the renovation of Woodmen Hall and help support senior services operations.
Four Orcas Viking boys shared the medalist spot in a match with inter-island rivals, the Lopez Lobos, on Wednesday, April 23. Henri Bredouw, Taylor Diepenbrock, Anthony Ghazel and Roy Miller each shot a 40 in the Vikings boys’ 211-285 victory in an away match at the Lopez Golf course.
The Lopez Lobos track team outshone their 2B and 1B opponents this past week. On Thursday, they faced seven schools at the NW B league meet in Concrete and on Saturday, they traveled to Edmonds for the 14-school North Sound Invitational.
