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La Conner High used a strong-arm attack to defeat a short-handed Orcas team for a key bounce-back win at home last Friday. Braves’ quarterbacks Trey Johnson and James Hulbert combined to complete 12 of 16 passes for 142 yards en route to a convincing 43-6 NW2B grid victory that kept La Conner in the thick of a third straight league title chase. Orcas, which suited up just 14 players, remained winless in conference play. For La Conner, it was a must-win of sorts, given that the Braves were c...
Both league net teams La Conner High faced last week wore purple-and-gold as the matches unfolded. But, by night’s end, Friday Harbor and Concrete each sported more of a black-and-blue look. That’s because the Lady Braves uncorked a potent one-two punch in flooring both NW2B rivals in straight sets. La Conner downed Friday Harbor 25-16, 25-17, 25-15. The Lady Braves hammered Concrete 25-4, 25-4, 25-10. With the twin wins, La Conner improved to 6-1 overall and have defeated three straight conference opponents. La Conner’s effort against Frida...
La Conner’s Isis Gamble battles for the ball during Friday’s non-league game against Sedro-Woolley. The Lady Braves were bested 3-0. – Photo by Amylynn RichardsLa Conner’s Isis Gamble battles for the ball during Friday’s non-league game against Sedro-Woolley. The Lady Braves were bested 3-0. – Photo by Amylynn Richards...
After serving up a steady diet of triumphs, the La Conner High football team finally tasted defeat with a tough NW2B loss at Friday Harbor last weekend. Still, the 39-21 road defeat wasn’t an entirely bitter pill for Braves head coach Johnny Lee to swallow. “Overall,” he said afterward, “I thought our effort was outstanding. But we kind of wore down in the second half and had some costly third down mistakes that made the difference.” Lee and his staff knew their club was in for a hard trial against a physical, battle-tested Friday Harbor te...
Winning at Darrington is never akin to a spin down Easy Street. So La Conner High volleyball players fastened their seat belts and braced for speed bumps when they faced the Lady Loggers last week in a key NW2B road test. And while the hosts controlled the match in spurts, the Lady Braves showed they were in it for the long haul, outlasting Darrington to escape with a hard-fought four-set conference decision. La Conner broke a 1-1 tie by winning the third and fourth sets by 25-21 and 25-17 margins, respectively. The Lady Braves had taken the...
Beating Bellevue Christian was pretty impressive, despite the lack of style points for a La Conner High team that fashioned a 22-7 non-league grid decision Friday to remain unbeaten in three starts. For the workmanlike Braves, the game was literally a grind. La Conner ground out nearly 300 yards rushing while moving the sticks and controlling the clock against their larger enrollment foes. Cameron Hansen paced the victors, carrying eight times for 148 yards and two touchdowns, including a 92-yard scoring dash in the first quarter. Hansen also p...
The odds seemed stacked against them, but the La Conner Braves had an ace up their sleeve in last week’s league soccer opener with Friday Harbor. That ace was defender Kyla Crawford, who shifted gears in the first half and in the process helped kick-start La Conner’s season with a hard-fought 2-1 victory. Crawford, who started the match on defense, was moved to offense after a Friday Harbor goal and eventually teamed with Isis Gamble to notch the tying score. Taylor Reimland later con...
Bigger isn’t necessarily better. The Woodinville and Squalicum high school volleyball teams have learned that lesson the hard way. The 2B La Conner Lady Braves schooled both larger campus squads in early season non-conference net action last week. The Lady Braves overcame a sluggish start to earn a straight-sets win over 4A Woodinville on Tuesday, then defeated Squalicum 3-1 two nights later. Heather Henriksen sparked La Conner at Woodinville, delivering 14 straight service points after the Lady Braves had fallen behind 6-0 in the opening s...
The undefeated La Conner High football team carved out an impressive clear cut win at Darrington Friday night. La Conner improved to 2-0 in NW2B grid action with a surprisingly easy 52-14 road triumph, turning in a sharp performance in all phases of the game. The Braves were coming off a tight 13-0 opening night win over Concrete, a match that was a physical slugfest throughout. But in the season’s second week, the Loggers literally ran into a buzz saw. It took the form of La Conner safety Budda Luna, making his debut at that spot but l...
In its first major trial of the season, the La Conner High defense didn’t rest. The Braves’ stop unit parlayed a huge fourth quarter goal line stand into a key 13-0 home verdict Friday over Concrete in the NW2B grid opener for both clubs. “I felt the kids played a great, all-around game, especially on defense,” La Conner head coach Johnny Lee said afterward. “I thought our defense tackled extremely well and was quick to the ball all game.” Seth Schuh, who paced the La Conner ground game, also...
They entered spring practices with plenty of question marks, given hefty graduation losses after successive playoff appearances. But if the new-look La Conner High football team doesn’t yet have all the answers or isn’t ready to issue any exclamation points, the Braves have made a statement over the course of a half dozen workouts. That being they have the talent to once again contend for a league title and post-season berth. It’s game experience — or lack of it — among many prosp...
It isn’t often someone leaves Las Vegas with more than they brought. But a La Conner native beat those odds last weekend. Mark Reynolds, who recently completed his first year as a teacher and coach in Bay City, Texas, returned from the Las Vegas area Sunday with his fifth powerlifting title belt. The belt is valued at $600, but what it represents means far more to the 25-year-old lifter. Reynolds took top honors at the Natural Athlete Strength Association USA Nationals Meet in Laughlin, N...
Nearly 100 local students took part in recent basketball camps on the La Conner Middle School campus. Youth campers in grades K-5 received skills instruction and had the chance to scrimmage a bit on the big court. Three-day camp sessions were held one week for girls, and the following week for boys. As the photo indicates, a good time was had by all....
La Conner High teams went to great lengths to stay in the running at the State 2B Track Meet in Cheney. Making their third trip to Eastern Washington this spring, La Conner thinclads went the distance — and then some — while facing top entrants from both sides of the mountains last Friday and Saturday. Braves’ sprinter Mitchell Grant thrived in the highly competitive climate, showing few ill effects from waging an uphill battle to medal in one of the State Meet’s more grueling dou...
The Yakima sun wasn’t alone bringing the heat to last week’s State 2B Girls’ Softball Tournament. So did Christine Robbins. The aptly named Morton-White Pass hurler nearly dropped a goose egg on La Conner in Friday’s first round State action at the Gateway Sports Complex, an 11-1 setback for the Lady Braves. Robbins, quick to the plate throughout, fired a four-hitter and struck out 12 batters, sending Bi-District champion La Conner to the consolation bracket. The sophomore standout also helped her cause with a three-run homer, one of four Mo...
It was La Conner High’s battery that jump-started the Lady Braves back on the road to the State 2B Softball Tournament. Batterymates Olivia Hedlund and Emma Christianson helped fuel a well-oiled La Conner machine that hit on all cylinders in twin Bi-District triumphs over NW2B rivals Concrete and Darrington in Stanwood on Thursday. Hedlund tossed successive three hitters in blanking Concrete 16-0 and taming the Lady Loggers 11-1, each game shortened by the 10-run mercy rule. Christianson not o...
For awhile Saturday, the La Conner Braves seemed firmly anchored to a State Final Four berth in Centralia. But then the Braves fell prey to Pirates. The Adna Pirates, that is. Adna scored six runs with two out in the third inning — part of a decisive seven-run rally — that turned a 7-3 deficit into a 10-7 lead en route to an 11-8 Regional semifinal win in Anacortes that ousted La Conner from post-season play. “Adna is a solid hitting team,” Braves’ coach Jeremiah LeSourd lamen...
All spring long, regardless of distance or venue, La Conner High has remained on track. And now the school’s thinclads — who have competed at home, in Cashmere, and as far away as Ritzville — will get to run on the big oval. That being the State 2B Track & Field Championships at Eastern Washington University this weekend. This after La Conner’s Braves ran away with the District title and the Lady Braves were a strong runnerup in last Friday’s fast-paced, eight-school field gathe...
Baptists or Lutherans, it didn’t really matter. Neither had much of a prayer last week against the La Conner High Braves. La Conner swept District foes Tacoma Baptist and Seattle Lutheran to earn the program’s sixth consecutive State Baseball Tournament berth Saturday morning in Anacortes. The District champion Braves, now 12-10 overall, face Adna in a 10:30 start. Concrete and Morton-White Pass play on the other side of the May 24 bracket. Winners of the two contests are scheduled to meet at 4:...
Ace Baker of Braves Purple slides safely to third just ahead of Braves Blue third baseman Luke Marble. The two La Conner Minors Little League teams competed at Maple Field on Wednesday, May 14. Most of the kids — and their parents — appeared to be relieved that the game ended in a 7-7 tie. – Photo by Amylynn Richards...
A triple play in softball is a rarity. Recording three outs on a single batted ball is no easy task, but La Conner High might’ve done itself one better last week. The Lady Braves won three straight games within a five-day period to cap a perfect NW2B campaign and claim the league title in the process. La Conner edged Friday Harbor 5-1 on Monday, then swept a critical two-game home-and-away set with Orcas later in the week. La Conner blanked the Lady Vikings 10-0 Wednesday on the island before b...
La Conner High thinclads literally ran away with the 2B District Track-and-Field Championships at Stanwood on Friday. The Braves bested Concrete 112-15, while La Conner’s girls outdistanced the Lady Lions 88-39 in what was essentially a dual meet between the longtime league rivals. By securing the twin track crowns, La Conner swept five NW2B sports races this spring, Athletic Director Peg Seeling said Saturday. In addition to track, La Conner’s softball and golf teams won outright league championships, while the baseball team shared top honors...
Opposing golfers are tipping their caps to the La Conner Braves. And with good reason. La Conner linksters are wearing some pretty stylish headgear these days, having clinched the league golf crown behind NW2B champion Brendan McLeod. “It was an exciting day,” La Conner coach Chris McKnight said of McLeod’s round and the combined score carded by the Braves’ team. McLeod and teammates Wilson Crawford and Dylan Watkins now advance to Bi-Districts, with a shot at the State tourney looming. The Braves’ trio will be in good company. They’ll be joine...
Match play with La Conner High can be painful. Just ask the Friday Harbor Wolverine golf team. The host Braves defeated Friday Harbor by a cozy 28-shot margin — 180 to 208 — during a key dual match last Tuesday. And La Conner inflicted its pain, despite playing without top returnee Brendan McLeod, who — ironically enough — was sidelined by injury. McLeod has been nursing a nagging shoulder ailment, but if he can heal in a timely fashion, has a shot to contend for the...
The rain last week did nothing to dampen the spirits of the La Conner High baseball team. Quite the opposite, actually. The Braves weathered scattered showers and wet field conditions to defeat league rival Orcas 6-1 and clinch a share of the NW2B title with Concrete. La Conner players already had plenty of reason to be in sunny moods. That’s because the Braves on Tuesday had drubbed Darrington 17-6 in a key road test. The two-game conference sweep gives La Conner, by virtue of winning a tie-breaker with the Lions, top seeding going into this w...
