Vashon senior Josh Hruska Myer was named the Nisqually League MVP for baseball for the 2015 season.
The Vashon High School boys’ lacrosse team ended its season last week after a loss in the playoffs to powerhouse Juanita High School.
The West Central District III Championships meet at North Mason High School served up equal helpings of exultation and frustration for the eight Pirate track and field athletes who tested their skills in 11 different events there last Friday and Saturday. The top two finalists in each event move on to compete in the WIAA State Championship meets this weekend.
The theme of the annual Opening Day boat parade at University of Washington’s Montlake Cut was Myths and Monsters with vessels wrapped in giant squids, chased by Loch Ness monsters and swarming with shimmering mermaids.
The Vashon Pirates baseball team faced a strenuous test last week, playing four critical league games in just five days. The team won three of the four, all in exciting nail-biting action, bringing their season record to 12 wins and just three losses.
For the third time this season, the Pirates made themselves at home on the campus of Charles Wright Academy for their track and field meet with the Tarriers and the four other schools who make up the Nisqually League on April 30.
The Vashon Vultures lacrosse team is sitting in second place behind Klahowya, sporting a 4-2 league record and having scored 88 goals to Klahowya’s 118, though Klahowya has played one more game than Vashon.
The Vashon Pirate baseball team has compiled an impressive 9-2 record so far this season, but its toughest test will come in the next two weeks.
Brentwood College School located on Mill Bay north of Victoria, British Columbia, put on its 45th annual juniors’ regatta this past weekend with more than 1,700 rowers participating from 34 clubs in western Canada and the Northwest United States.
Last week, Vashon boys’ soccer team played two league home games that were must win in order to keep any hopes of a post-season alive. With a standing of zero wins and three losses against various league rivals, the Pirates were looking desperate for some league wins.
It has been a year since Vashon’s rowers journeyed to Dexter Lake in the Cascade foothills southeast of Eugene, Oregon. In that time the regatta has expanded to become one of the premier rowing events on the West Coast spring schedule, and a couple of changes were apparent.
With four games scheduled over the last week’s spring break, the Pirate baseball team was looking to make up some valuable field time.
The Pirate track and field team participated in two large invitational meets over the past two weekends. The events gave both newcomers and seasoned participants the opportunity to compete against a host of larger high school teams, while shining the spotlight on several girls’ team members.