Luna landing: Braves survive Hurricane threat

It was a Hurricane warning that La Conner High head basketball coach Scott Novak didn’t take lightly.

The 1B Mount Vernon Christian Hurricanes were coming to town Friday with a skilled post in Carter Annema and an ability to score from the perimeter.

And the Braves would be minus senior wing Brady Nelson, who had drained three deep treys in La Conner’s win over 1A Nooksack Valley at the recent Crush in the Slush hoopfest in Port Townsend.

Those worries, though, were eclipsed by a long-awaited Luna landing.

As in La Conner standout Budda Luna, sidelined by illness for a couple weeks, but medica...