Submitted by Orcas sailing
Bobby Olmsted was a pillar of Viking golf as the head coach for 11 years.
Orcas rowing started their crack-of-dawn practices earlier in the year on Cascade Lake. Meeting before school and on Saturdays, this group of dedicated athletes has practice three to five days a week, including fitness, erging and on-the-water technique and racing.
Photo by Teri Nigretto photo. For the second year in a row, team Chocolate Drop won the March Mayhem basketball tournament sponsored by Orcas Park and Rec on March 12. Left to right: Randy Evans, Michael Buethorn, Kelby Todd, Von Holmes, Jack Gates, Chad Hunt, Trevin Todd, Jared Wells and Rick Todd.
Head coach Jim Passer has reason to be optimistic this year, coming off an impressive 10-4 regular season and his entire lineup returning.
Third year head coach Jason Nichols inherited a very young team and finds himself in his second major rebuilding year with just a 14 player roster.
Four members of the Orcas High School received stand out honors this year for their athletic performance during the season.
After a successful 2015-2016 campaign which saw the first league title in school history, Orcas Christian School Saints, Boys basketball players, have been named Northwest 1B All Conference Team. And Head Coach, Ryan Davis, was named Coach of the Year. The Lady Saints were awarded the league’s sportsmanship award.
Burly Hildreth beat out the competition by one stroke to win the Pacific Northwest Junior Mini-Tour.
Submitted by Orcas Island Wrestling coaches Jason Dean and Rob Harvey.
The Lady Saints kicked off a new era in their 2015-2016 season with a revamped coaching staff led by Head Coach Roger Worley. Joining Worley on the bench was Michelle Bechtel, a college basketball standout while at Walla Walla University, and Troy O’Neal, a seasoned veteran and coach of the game who has worked with many local basketball programs.
The Orcas boys enter the final stage of the season 9-3 in league behind Friday Harbor 10-2 and LaConner 12-0 before competing in the play-offs.
At 5-5 in league, the Lady Vikings trail Mt Vernon Christian at 7-5, Friday Harbor 11-1 and undefeated LaConner at 12-0.
Orcas Christian School’s eight-game undefeated winning streak came to an end on Thursday at the hands of the defending 1B State Boys Basketball Champs, the Lummi Blackhawks, by a final overtime score of 75-71.
