The Vashon Pirates played a tough, big-hearted game in Coupeville Friday night. The scrappy contest was 0-0 all the way into the last quarter, but… Continue reading
The Vashon Pirates traveled to Sultan Friday night for their season opener. The final score — 0-55 — represented the kind of loss the team… Continue reading
Passersby at the Vashon High School fields will see obvious progress there. Workers started to install the turf last week Thursday, and by Sunday most… Continue reading
It’s the most fun a cyclist can have while gasping for oxygen on burning thighs. It’s Sir Isaac Newton’s Law of Gravity turned on its… Continue reading
Vashon Island Rowing Club’s Ben Steele took a weekend off from coaching VIRC’s juniors and masters rowers to once again climb into the stroke seat… Continue reading
This summer, the island has sent a number of its young residents to world-level competitions in both soccer and rowing. This week we update you… Continue reading
This past weekend, crews from as far north as Anchorage, Alaska, and as far south as Santa Cruz, California, converged on Seattle’s Green Lake to… Continue reading
This summer, with one of the warmest Julys on record, has been perfect for swimming, and the Vashon Pool has been a busy place, according… Continue reading
Islander Abi Kim can barely remember her first foray into the sport that she now plays at the world level and intends to make a… Continue reading
Last Saturday, 327 people participated in the island’s annual Bill Burby Fun Run. The large turnout this year was in part thanks to Silver Strider,… Continue reading
After training in Puget Sound for months, a relay swim team from Vashon crossed the English Channel in 17 hours and 29 minutes, with islander… Continue reading
This week, two rowers who grew up on Vashon and learned to row in Quartermaster Harbor will head off to the World Rowing U-23 Championships… Continue reading
It was a beautiful Fourth of July morning as the sun came up glowing red over Portage. Inner Quartermaster Harbor was flat calm, perfect conditions… Continue reading
Following its debut season, the Burton Beach Rowing Club has had to do without three of its core members for several weeks as Kate Kelly,… Continue reading
The Vashon Island Rowing Club’s masters rowers made their annual pilgrimage to the Northwest Masters Championships on Vancouver Lake last weekend. The conditions were perfect.… Continue reading
The Burton Beach Rowing Club’s Kate Kelly and Gabrielle Graves took on the challenge of racing on the big stage at USRowing’s Youth National Championships… Continue reading
Registration is now open for the 2018 Bill Burby Inspirational Fun Run, set for Saturday, July 21. New this year is a chance for a… Continue reading
