The newly platinum-coiffed Pirate wrestlers finished the two-day Mat Classic state championship last Friday and Saturday in the Tacoma Dome with a highly respectable eighth-place finish.
It was a red-letter day for Vashon wrestling. Even within the storied history of the team, none can remember one quite like this.
This Saturday the Vashon High School wrestlers will host the Nisqually League district championships at the high school gym. Wrestling action will begin at 10 a.m. and wrap up in the early afternoon
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The Vashon High School grapplers closed out their regular season with another dual meet victory and a strong showing at a very tough Emerald Ridge Tournament.
The Vashon girls’ basketball team secured its first league victory of the season over the Charles Wright Tarriers on Friday, when they overcame a difficult second half to win 41-40 in a last-minute nail biter.
The Vashon boys’ basketball Pirates logged two more Nisqually League wins last week, beating perennial rivals Cascade Christian and Charles Wright Academy.
The Vashon High School girls’ basketball team traveled to Bellevue on Tuesday, Jan. 13, for its second league game of the season against the Bellevue Christian Vikings.
The Pirate wrestlers posted big wins during an exceptionally exhausting and productive 72 hours of wrestling last week.
Vashon’s youth wrestling program, the Rockbusters, wrapped up its regular season and began the trek to league championships last Saturday at the high school gym.
Building a consistently winning team is no easy feat in any sport. But Vashon’s continued success on the wrestling mat has everything to do with the commitment, experience, hard work and unconventional nature of the two head coaches.
The Vashon girls’ basketball team secured its third win of the season on Wednesday, Jan. 7, when it met the Loggers from Darrington, a small 2B High School about 75 miles northeast of Seattle.
Vashon’s boys basketball team added two more wins to its impressive tally last week.