At the San Juan Island School Board meeting May 28, the budget ax hit the spreadsheet and six sports programs hit the floor.
Football stays. Girls soccer stays. Boys and girls basketball teams stay. Baseball, softball and girls tennis stay.
Boys tennis and girls volleyball are gone. Boys soccer is gone. The co-ed sports — golf, track and wrestling — are gone.
Cheerleading, not technically a sport since the team doesn’t compete, stays.
Sports updates and announcements from around the San Juan Islands.
They’re probably still dousing down the hot spots over at the San Juan Golf and Country Club.
Former Husky and NFL tight end Cam Cleeland and company set the course on fire for a sizzling first-place finish at the 22nd annual Wells Fargo San Juan Island Celebrity Golf Classic.
Cleeland, a familiar face at the annual charitable event, was teamed with local golfers Travis Mager, Kevin McCullough, Scott Williams and Jake Phillips in the event. They smoked the rest of the field by shooting a blistering 56 in 18 holes of golf.
Manuh Santos, 28, of Ellensburg obliterated the competition in Sunday’s sixth annual King’s Market San Juan Island Marathon, shattering the old course record of 2:43.22 and finishing a full 30 minutes faster than last year’s winning time.
The San Juan Sailing Foundation is offering a racing series on Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. Meet at the Net Shed at Jackson’s Beach.
Have fun this summer while learning a new lifelong recreational skill.
Matthew Porter hoped to extend his run toward a state track title Saturday at the 1A State Track Meet at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.
If she swings a golf club like she handles a hydroplane, the rest of the field better just get out of the way.
Two of four Wolverine golfers finished in the top 10 at the 1A Golf State Tournament at North Bellingham May 20-21.
Megan Cuomo, a first-year Wolverine golfer, overcame a nervous debut, inclement weather and the pressure of more experienced golfers to finish in a four-way tie for ninth with a first-round 99 and a second-round 100.
The San Juan Sailing Foundation is offering a four-week racing series that starts Thursday, 5:30 p.m. Meet at the Net Shed at Jackson’s Beach.
Hopes for the Wolverines’ tennis team came to an abrupt halt last weekend as everyone went down swinging.
The Friday Harbor baseball team claimed an eighth-place finish at State and a shot at advancing into the semifinal round by dealing Connell a 4-1 defeat in the opening round of the state 1A tournament.
