La Conner scoring wave swamps Friday Harbor

It was smooth sailing to Friday Harbor last week for the La Conner High football team.

Once there, things also went swimmingly well for the Braves.

La Conner opened its 2016 grid season with a convincing 56-14 league triumph over the hosts, making a winner of new Braves head coach Peter Voorhees in his NW2B debut.

“We played real physical,” Voorhees told “La Conner Weekly News” afterward. “We dominated the line of scrimmage, and our kids played with a lot of passion.”

That passion, said Voorhees, surfaced at Friday Harbor, even on rare occasions when things didn’t go according to plan.

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