On Sept. 17, the Lady Vikings Volleyball team began their season with a loss against league powerhouse LaConner, 3-0.
Sail Orcas has hired Orcas Island native Hannah Tuson-Turner as its new sailing director.
The overall winner and first individual male competitor of the Steve Braun Memorial Triathlon was Grayson Zulauf, pictured above. The annual triathlon is presented by Friends of Moran and held over Labor Day weekend. The individual first female finisher was Lucille Arragain, visiting from France.
The Lady Vikings soccer team lost their season opener against Concrete 2-1 on Sept. 10.
On Sept. 12, coming off an exciting Island Cup victory, the Vikings football team hosted a non-league contest against Stellar Prep Academy from Oakland, Calif., losing 28-18.
The Orcas boys will get tested quick with the first game of the season against the reigning State Champions, Mount Vernon Christian.
Students from Orcas High School, Orcas Christian School and Friday Harbor High School attended a skills basketball camp hosted by the Orcas Christian School.
This is the first year that OCS is part of the Northwest 1B league.
Entering her fourth year, Orcas School Athletic Director Vicki Vandermay is as committed as ever, but she starts her first year without a daughter on a team.
A new opportunity for Orcas High School students is the 2015 Viking cross country team.
Running is in coach Laura Ann Hohman’s DNA, having done the sport since she was three years old and being active in full and half marathons. Laura and her assistant coach and husband Steve have just relocated from Texas and have their son, Stephen, is on the team.
Chris Doherty returns for his second year as the Lady Vikings soccer coach.
“I am really looking forward to this year especially since most of my players have returned and I have really got to know them well,” he said.
Coming off a 2-5 league record, the Vikings will face the three programs fighting for league domination
The hybrid team will play the normal NW 2B football schedule and introduce the Lobo teammates to the Orcas league rivals, which will probably feel all too familiar.
When the coaches of the football teams for both Orcas and Lopez counted heads this summer they came to a very troubling conclusion – “We don’t have enough guys!”