Three girls advance to Mat Classic, the state championship wrestling tournament, and the Pirates were the sixth place team in the regional tournament last Saturday at Emerald Ridge.
At the regional wrestling tournament held last Saturday at Bellevue Christian High School, five tough Vashon Pirates ascended the ladder into the Tacoma Dome where the state tournament will be held this weekend. Once inside the Dome, each wrestler will compete with 15 others in his weight class to determine the best in the state.
Four members of the boys relay team from Vashon’s swim team, the Seals, attended the Division 5 February Challenge Meet, Feb. 7 and 8, in Port Angeles.
The Vashon High School boys’ Pirate basketball team clinched its fifth consecutive Nisqually League title last week by defeating Seattle Christian at the Vashon High School gym on Feb. 3.
The Vashon High School wrestling team hosted the 1A Sub-Regional Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 7, with 13 athletes qualifying for the regionals competition this Saturday at Bellevue Christian.
For the first time this year, Vashon’s girls basketball team suffered back-to-back losses last week.
Last Wednesday, in their last home dual match, the Vashon Pirates lost a hard, tough wrestling match to the Eatonville Cruisers, 33-45.
Vashon’s girls basketball team had a full week of play the last week of January.
Starting off the week, the Pirates hosted the Cascade Christian Cougars on Tuesday, Jan. 27.
The Vashon High School boys’ Pirate basketball team notched a key win against a strong Cascade Christian Cougar basketball team last week.
The Cougars came into the game on Tuesday only one game behind the Pirates in the Nisqually 1A league.
The Vashon High School wrestling team upped its dual match record to 7-2, when they defeated the Cascade Christian Cougars in Puyallup on Thursday, Jan. 22.
Vashon’s girls basketball team traveled to Chimacum Friday night and were roped into a barn-burner with the rough and tumble Cowboys, but pulled away with a 61-53 victory.
The Vashon High School boys basketball team notched two more wins last week.
On Wednesday, they defeated the Charles Wright Tarriers 56-33.
On Friday, they pummeled the Chimacum Cowboys, 89-23.
At home on Friday, the Pirates displayed their quickness against the athletic but outmanned Life Christian visitors, to take a…