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First, the bad news. The La Conner Braves dropped successive Bi-District home games last week, falling 70-61 in overtime to Auburn Adventist Academy Thursday night before dropping a 54-50 Saturday matinee decision to Tacoma Baptist. Now, the good news. It wasn’t a totally lost week for the Braves, who at 16-7 on the campaign, remain a key player in the 2B Regional field, despite their rare twin playoff setbacks. What it means, though, is La Conner — one of the more storied small school p...
It’s been a long season, but La Conner High wrestlers can’t wait to go to the mat one more time. Only now, it’ll be on the big stage. Five La Conner grapplers have advanced to Mat Classic XXVI at the Tacoma Dome this Friday and Saturday, after having survived recent Regional trials in Darrington and Burlington. Josh Summers, Ben Harper, Riley Morgan, and Sid Lease are Mat Classic qualifiers, after having placed at the boys’ 2B Regional Meet in Darrington. Frances Ziemantz returns a second straight year to Tacoma, after reaching the finals...
La Conner’s quest for a District boys’ hoop crown was anything but carved in stone early in the Braves’ title matchup with Concrete at home Friday night. But while Concrete rocked in the first quarter, building an early 11-4 lead, the Braves eventually rolled to a convincing 66-38 triumph before a large crowd at Landy James Gym. The upset-minded Lions were ultimately buried by a landslide of deep treys launched by La Conner three-point specialist Skylar Krueger, who led all scorers with 22 po...
You might say the Lady Braves literally stole the District hoop title from Orcas Friday night. La Conner head coach Scott Novak would rather term it a case of his club taking care of business late in regulation and in overtime to cash in on a hard-fought, 62-59 blue-collar victory. La Conner trailed by 10 points midway through the fourth quarter before forcing a series of Orcas turnovers, the last of which was a steal and layup by Lauren Reynolds with 19 seconds left that tied the score at 57-57...
Thursday was filled with crowning achievements for the La Conner High girls’ basketball team. Sharing center stage with the University of Washington’s pep band, the Lady Braves also struck a chord with those gathered at Landy James Gym for special Senior Night festivities. La Conner fashioned a convincing 60-20 triumph over Concrete, a rout that clinched co-league championship honors for the Lady Braves. With the win, they also locked down a favorable seed and home court venue for this Fri...
Concrete was solid, but La Conner High chipped away just enough Thursday so that the visitors crumbled in the end. The Braves, playing before a large and supportive Senior Night crowd, held on for a surprisingly tough 57-48 league victory in their regular season finale at Landy James Gym. It was anything but a smooth triumph — nothing like La Conner’s 79-29 steamroller win at the two teams’ earlier meeting at Concrete. Still, the Braves avoided an upset loss that would’ve repre...
Upset-mindedFridayHarborwas looking to steal a game at La Conner last week. It wasn't happening. Not with the Lady Braves having already planned an inside job of their own. Lauren Reynolds and Anna Cook scored 17 points apiece – with most of their damage coming in the paint – as La Conner cruised to a 46-30 home conference win Friday night at Landy James Gym. With the win, La Conner improved to 14-4 overall.FridayHarborfell to 6-12. The Lady Braves had won the two teams' earlier meeting, a 47-28 decision at Port Townsend in...
The Northwest 1A/2B hoop title was literally on the line for La Conner High Friday night. And that's where the Braves might've let this year's league crown slip away. On the line. The foul line, that is. La Conner suffered through a woeful 11-for-23 night at the foul stripe while dropping a heartbreaking 41-40 decision toFridayHarborat Landy James Gym. Both clubs entered the eagerly anticipated match with identical 4-0 conference marks. But it was the Wolverines who remained atop league...
The coronavirus pandemic wiped out the 2020 spring sports season across Washington state. Now the La Conner softball and track teams are sidelined for a two-week period, due to recent positive COVID-19 test results among team members. “We have had several COVID cases in track and one currently in softball,” interim La Conner Schools Superintendent Rich Stewart told the Weekly News on Saturday. “Both teams are in quarantine for the required 14 days and will require tests.” Stewart said La Conner Schools staff is working with the Skagit County...
The La Conner High volleyball team found a happy medium last week. But there was no happy Meridian at Landy James Gymnasium. That’s because the Lady Braves handed Meridian a straight-sets defeat before a large and supportive crowd on hand for La Conner’s home net opener. La Conner defeated its 1A foe with a balanced attack and a quick, mobile defense that was stingy when it came to yielding points at the net. State Player of the Week Heather Henriksen set the tone with another all-around per...
The final numbers were similar, but moods of La Conner and South Whidbey players couldn’t have been more different at Landy James Gym Saturday afternoon. That’s because the Lady Braves transposed the winning score, creating a lopsided margin of victory, in their matinee non-league hoop matchup. La Conner routed South Whidbey 61-16 in a game where from the start, everything added up nicely for the Braves. The hosts bolted to a quick double-digit lead, seizing command 21-6 in the first frame, en...
The La Conner High football team was looking to take top-ranked Napavine by storm. But the weather got there first. La Conner’s fast and furious attack, which hadn’t scored less than 53 points in a game all season, had trouble getting untracked on a muddy field deluged by heavy rainfall that struck Western Washington last week. A stingy Tiger stop unit, which has helped propel Napavine atop State 2B polls, was a key factor as well. The result was an upset bid by No. 5 La Conner that literally slipped away. The Braves suffered a 24-14 non...
Halloween is still days away, but there were tricks aplenty at the La Conner-Cedar Park Christian boys’ soccer match Tuesday. Which was a real treat for Braves’ head coach Steve DeLeon and La Conner High School fans. La Conner benefitted from not one hat trick — but — in its impressive 7-1 league triumph. Wylie Thulen and Pablo Guirao Melendez each recorded three-goal hat tricks for the victors, who picked up their fourth win of the league campaign. Dylan Watkins also scored for La Conner. Back in the day, a player scoring thr...
When La Conner faced Dar-rington’s Loggers Friday night, it was the Braves who were a cut above. La Conner High axed Dar-rington 52-20 for a pivotal league road triumph that allowed the Braves to remain unbeaten at 5-0 in conference play and improve to 8-1 overall. Quarterback Sean Hulbert and running back Wil James rushed for three touchdowns apiece before the break, as the Braves churned out 361 yards on the ground. La Conner bolted to a 42-6 halftime lead and never looked back. It was a deficit even the Loggers found hard to trim. “I rea...
Matt Finley gave it his best shot when La Conner faced a frantic South Whidbey comeback bid Saturday night. And, fortunately for the Braves, that shot – the free throw – was just enough for La Conner to secure a hard-fought 61-59 non-league home hoop triumph. Finley delivered nine of 10 pressure-packed foul shots down the stretch as La Conner High withstood a 32-point Falcon blitz in the final stanza. Finley finished with 11 points, joining Cameron Sherman and Skylar Krueger in double-digits for the Braves. Sherman scored a...
