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Tradition dictated that green be worn, but blue was still the dominant color when La Conner High hosted its first league track meet of the season on St. Patrick’s Day. Blue-clad La Conner teams won both sides of highly competitive NW1B/2B trials, giving head coach Peter Voorhees a distinctly sunny disposition going into the spring campaign. Paced by co-Athlete of the Week Budda Luna, the Braves outdistanced Mount Vernon Christian 173-118 to earn top honors in the boys’ half of the meet. Friday Harbor claimed the team bronze medal with 74 points...
The second half was La Conner’s better half at Shoreline Christian last Friday. The Braves wed clutch perimeter shooting with tough defense after the break to escape with a hard-fought 66-54 NW2B road triumph. Scott Lindeman buried three deep treys and knocked down four free throws in the final stanza en route to a game-high 24-point effort. Lindeman keyed a 20-9 closing spurt for the shorthanded Braves, who played without starting front-liner Budda Luna, sidelined by the flu. Cameron Hansen also finished in double digits for the Braves, t...
Shoreline Christian knew going in that it was a long shot to defeat league-leading La Conner Friday night. Even at home. The odds swung yet further in favor of the Lady Braves when it was La Conner that had its long shots drop both at the start and finish of what turned out to be a very competitive pairing. The Lady Braves, minus injured point guard Kamea Pino, ultimately prevailed 43-27. “We didn’t play our best,” La Conner head coach Scott Novak conceded afterward, “but we came out of it with a win in a tough place to play, and that’s...
She came to La Conner in the 1980s to build upon the foundation laid here for girls athletics. Since then, Peg Seeling has helped raise the roof for all La Conner sports teams. Her work hasn’t gone unnoticed, either locally or around the state. Seeling, who has coached multiple sports while at La Conner Schools, was recently named District One Athletic Director of the Year and will be formally honored during ceremonies in Spokane in late April. District One is a sub-group of the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association and is composed o...
Lack of depth didn’t keep La Conner High wrestlers from reaching lofty heights in Sultan on Saturday. Two-thirds of La Conner grapplers entered at the elite Sky Valley Invitational Tournament, which drew top wrestling programs — both large and small — from around Puget Sound, returned home with bronze medals. Of course, by two-thirds, we quite literally mean two of three. “We only took three wrestlers down there,” said Braves head coach Barry Harper, “but they all did really well.” Especially Sam Smith and Elijah Adams. Both plac...
School's out for Winter Break, but La Conner High basketball players are still doing their homework. Make that away-from-home work. Most notably, in geography. Since students were dismissed for the holidays, La Conner hoop teams have visited Mount Baker andLangley. They return toWhidbey Islandtoday, Wednesday Dec. 30, for a non-conference twinbill at Coupeville. The Lady Braves tip off at 5:15 p.m. The Braves follow at 7. La Conner has been on the road much of December and won't return to Landy James Gym until Jan. 5 opposite NW2B rival...
The La Conner High girls’ basketball team put on a lot of miles last weekend before stalling out at Nooksack Valley. Fueled by an impressive 62-39 road win over Cedar Park Christian on Friday, the Lady Braves sped to a 24-21 halftime lead Saturday against 1A Nooksack before sputtering late in a 47-40 non-league loss. “I think it was a case of how hard it is to get back-to-back wins on the road as we develop our depth,” La Conner head coach Scott Novak said after the Nooksack game. “We ended up running out of gas a little bit in the second...
It’s never easy winning back-to-back games on the road. Some might call it a longshot, in fact. For the La Conner Braves, that proved doubly true at 1A Nooksack Valley on Saturday. Coming off a near flawless 68-13 romp of NW2B foe Cedar Park Christian the night before, La Conner was poised to pull off that longshot. Trouble was, the Pioneers got there first, thanks to a Hail Mary three-quarters length trey that closed out a wild, wacky first half. The hosts built upon the momentum generated from the desperation heave by Connor Beard — a...
In the end, her players were smiling. And that’s what counts most for NW2B Coach of the Year Amy Freeto, whose Lady Braves placed fourth in State tournament action in Sumner last weekend. La Conner dropped a heartbreaking 2-1 semifinal match to Crosspoint Academy, whom Freeto calls La Conner’s “forever foe,” before falling 6-0 to pre-tourney favorite Adna in the consolation round. “It was not what we intended,” Freeto conceded, “but we’re proud we got there just the same.” She was referring to...
La Conner High has Crosspoint Academy in its crosshairs yet again. The Lady Braves face Crosspoint for the third time in a month — and second during post-season — in a State 2B soccer semifinal playoff match in Sumner on Friday. The Nov. 20 pairing, 4 p.m. at Sunset Chev Stadium, was set when both teams won their quarterfinal matches last weekend. La Conner edged Ocosta 2-1, while Crosspoint defeated Liberty Bell 4-2. La Conner, after struggling against Crosspoint in recent years, has beaten the Lady Warriors in the two prior...
They’ve been here before. Quite often, in fact. La Conner and Morton-White Pass are no strangers to the State football playoffs, nor to one another. The Braves and Timberwolves have met three times in the past four post-seasons, with Morton-White Pass eliminating La Conner from title contention in 2011, 2012, and 2013. They tee it up again in State 2B grid action this Saturday, Nov. 14, at 4 p.m. in Sedro-Woolley. La Conner, of course, will be looking to reverse prior trends and oust from the S...
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Or, in the case of the La Conner High volleyball team, with a single set. The Lady Braves executed countless of those sets to perfection in Raymond last week en route to a hard-fought Bi-District title and unblemished season mark. La Conner puts that perfect record on the line — and its team bus back on the road — with a trip to the State 2B Tournament in Yakima. The Lady Braves open State play Friday morning at the Sun Dome....
They’ve been down this road before — often, in fact. That being the La Conner High volleyball team’s annual trek to the State Tournament in Yakima, the latest trip booked last week by virtue of twin Tri-District playoff wins in Raymond. The Lady Braves return to Raymond today, Wednesday, for a date with top-ranked Napavine, an ideal tune-up for their pending drive to the Sun Dome. “We go back to Raymond to play Napavine for seeding at State,” La Conner head coach Suzanne Marble said Sunday. “The travel prepares us to play on the road at S...
They rolled out the red carpet at Whittaker Field on Friday. Not for the visiting Bellingham football team, but for the La Conner High Homecoming Court. Yet crowning achievements weren’t limited to special coronation festivities at halftime. The Braves saw to that with a 24-7 royal beating of Bellingham, a key non-league triumph that gives La Conner added momentum going into a two-game stretch drive opposite NW2B rivals Friday Harbor and Orcas that wraps up the regular season. The hosts c...
The La Conner High volleyball team is rooted in fundamentals, having leapt to the top of league standings with tree-mendous serving, defense, and offensive attacks. The Lady Braves host Concrete tomorrow, Thursday, in their annual Senior Night/Dig Pink match at Landy James Gym. – Photo by Pam Keller...
The La Conner High girls’ soccer team always seems to get the run-around at Friday Harbor. But last week it meant the Lady Braves will stay well in the running for a State title. La Conner, with its players having made their traditional mad dash from the ferry landing, clinched the NW2B championship and a coveted top Bi-District playoff seed with a gritty 2-1 comeback win over the Lady Wolverines on Thursday. With the triumph, the Lady Braves improved to 9-0 in conference play and completed a regular season series sweep of Friday Harbor —...
A week after a tough league loss at Orcas, the wheels weren’t about to come off the La Conner High bus. The Braves instead literally kept their feet on the ground by churning out 261 yards rushing to claim a key 35-18 NW2B win at home over Concrete on Friday, thus paving the way for what could be yet another deep post-season drive. “The players rebounded like a good team should,” La Conner head coach Johnny Lee said afterward, “and we put ourselves in a position where we control our own destiny.” The Braves, who improved to 5-1, completed...
Their goal at the start of the season was to win the big tournament in Eastern Washington come November. The La Conner High volleyball team got an early taste of that kind of success by capturing top honors at the 10-school Wenatchee Invitational this past weekend. The Lady Braves swept 4A Wenatchee Eastmont and 1A Chelan to win their pool and then defeated 2A Grandview and 4A Wenatchee High in the tourney bracket to bring home the gold. “The girls played better and better with each set,” La...
Its offense sputtered at times, but the La Conner High football team’s defense never rested on Friday. The result was an impressive 56-14 NW2B verdict over Friday Harbor in the Braves’ home opener. “We got a nice win in our first game back at home, and I thought our defense was the difference,” La Conner head coach Johnny Lee, whose club improved to 4-0, said afterward. “They played stout against the run, kept Friday Harbor’s passing game in front of us, and capitalized on opportuniti...
The La Conner High soccer team zeroed in on a perfect NW2B record in a big way last week. The Lady Braves, behind three goals from Emma Lee and two more courtesy of Kyla Crawford, blanked Orcas 6-0 to remain unbeaten in four conference starts. “Orcas was a really fun game,” an elated La Conner head coach Amy Freeto said afterward. “Our passing combinations were really on. It was one of those great games where everyone clicked, and it looked like we’d been playing together forever. “It was absolutely wonderful to watch,” she stressed. S...
Having a versatile attack has served the La Conner High volleyball team well. Especially on those rare occasions when its serving is sub-par. Last Tuesday was one of those times, but the Lady Braves were still able to dispatch NW2B rival Darrington in straight sets and remain undefeated in five starts. Due in large part to Olivia Hedlund’s deft and well-placed sets, La Conner breezed to a 25-12, 25-9, 25-15 triumph over the visitors. Hedlund recorded 51 assists on the night. “She did a nice job of spreading around the offense,” Lady Brave...
Olivia Hedlund has posted all kinds of crazy stats for the La Conner High volleyball team this season. But for the Lady Braves senior setter, the number one will do quite nicely. As in recognition that Hedlund is playing at the top of her game, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has certainly taken note, naming Hedlund its State 2B Volleyball Athlete of the Week for her all-around play during recent non-conference wins over Woodinville and Squalicum. Hedlund was tabbed for...
The La Conner boys U12 youth soccer played Friday Harbor recently, and though defeated, put in a good effort. The La Conner players in blue from left are Ian McCormick, Sid Pillinger and Finn Hakenson. – Photo by Kathy ElstonThe La Conner boys U12 youth soccer played Friday Harbor recently, and though defeated, put in a good effort. The La Conner players in blue from left are Ian McCormick, Sid Pillinger and Finn Hakenson. – Photo by Kathy Elston...
For Bellevue Christian, it felt not so much as a loss as merely running out of time. For La Conner, on the other hand, the fourth quarter couldn’t end soon enough. But when all was said and done, it was the Braves who had posted another statement win, though there were nearly as many question marks as exclamation points down the stretch. Plus one big sigh of relief at the end. La Conner defender Cameron Hansen knocked down a Bellevue Christian pass in the end zone on the final play of the game to secure a 27-22 non-league thriller Saturday a...
The La Conner Braves were true road warriors on Friday. La Conner crossed the Cascades as part of a long trip to Kittitas, but the Braves saved their peak effort for the gridiron, romping past Colfax 47-16 to remain unbeaten in two starts on the young campaign. The mountain passes were nearly eclipsed by those of La Conner quarterback James Hulbert, who completed 12 of 16 tosses for 185 yards and a pair of touchdowns. “James had another solid game at quarterback,” Braves head coach Johnny Lee said afterward. “His decision-making is conti...
