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La Conner High’s Sofie Thulen rose to the occasion while competing against Skagit County’s best last week. The freshman hurdler advanced to the final heat of the 100 meter event, placing seventh in a field that featured rivals from the county’s larger schools. Thulen also finished seventh in the triple jump. – Photo by Eric Grant...
The Sedro-Woolley mile relay team was a leg up on its Skagit County foes, but in the end it was a La Conner High quartet standing atop the medal platform. All because of an unfortun-ate wardrobe malfunction. Not one of Super Bowl proportions, but enough to elevate the Braves’ relay squad of Alejandro Ruis, Kolbe Rasler, Harrison Orkney, and Mitchell Grant from runnerup status to 4x400 meter titleists on the boys’ side of the 108th Skagit County Track and Field Championships. The strange tur...
La Conner High smashed Concrete 11-1 Friday to remain in the fast lane for a run at the league softball title. With the lopsided win, the Lady Braves remained unbeaten in four NW2B starts and improved to 12-3 overall. Better yet, La Conner showed it’s gearing up for what might well be an extended playoff ride. The Lady Braves put together their most complete game of the year in the double-digit home triumph over Concrete, a key tuneup leading into critical late season league games with Orcas and Darrington. “The team had a great effort in all...
It was the best of times and the worst of times last week for the La Conner High baseball team, which still has great expectations for another deep playoff run. The Braves, with key league dates this week opposite Orcas and Darrington, were coming off a novel two-game road split in which they both won and lost by double digits. La Conner romped past Lummi 18-1 last Monday behind a stellar mound performance by Erick Reinstra. The Braves, though, fell 10-0 at Lakewood on Wednesday in non-conference action. First, the good news. Reinstra tamed...
Monday April 28 4:34 p.m.: Crunch time – A truck pulling a trailer pulled left in front of a vehicle traveling south on Pioneer Highway in Conway. Tuesday April 29 2:02 p.m.: Burglary – Somebody tore metal siding from a building onDry Slough Road inConway to get in and steal a rifle and computers. 6:16 p.m.: Just checking – Deputies and emergency medical personnel showed up to check on an intoxicated man who was resting on the sidewalk at a bus stop onCaledonia Street in La Conner. Wednesday April 30 2 a.m.: Noise –...
At a special meeting held Friday, the Fire District 13 board of commissioners rehired secretary Deborah McFarlane. The vote by commissioners Chuck Hedlund and Arne Fohn was 2-0 to restore McFarlane to her post as the district’s secretary and public records officer. Presently, there is a vacancy on the three-person board since Doug Avery resigned effective last week. McFarlane, who quit her job in January, was hired back under terms of a “Settlement and Release Agreement” in which she essentially agrees not to sue the district, citing about...
