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December 30th, 2009 at Wed, 30th, 2009 at 10:06 am by Rik Forschmiedt

Vashon’s basketball boys continue to own the Sundome in Yakima while the Pirate girls appear to still be fighting a Sundome jinx.

In the first day of the Sundome Shootout yesterday the Pirate boys crushed Cashmere 67-41. Two Vashon players, John Gage with 27 points and Alex Wegner with 14, equaled the entire Cashmere team. The win extends the Pirates’ Sundome win streak to five games, starting with last season’s state championship run.

Vashon’s boys play Colville at 3 p.m. today. Colville lost yesterday to Naches Valley 51-40.

The Pirate girls, almost invincible elsewhere, can’t seem to get going in the Sundome. Yesterday they were 48-28 victims of Granger.

While our girls have made several trips to State in the Sundome, they have yet to win a game.

Today’s game is 1:30 p.m. v LaSalle, 34-32 losers to Burbank yesterday.

Todd Beamer won the Rock Tournament  on Monday with four wrestlers earning individual championships. I was unable to attend and don’t know how Vashon’s grapplers placed.

While it may be a down year for the Pirate team several individual wrestlers are making their marks on the mat. See this week’s Beachcomber for Marian Easton’s report on the Tri-State Tournament.

The Pirate wrestlers are at Lake Stevens today. Next home meet is Jan. 21 v Cascade Christian.

Boys basketball hosts Steilacoom Saturday, Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. Boys and girls travel to Orting Jan. 5 and host Seattle Christian Jan. 8.

Rik Forschmiedt 20-year Island resident. Retired in 2006 after almost 11 years as Beachcomber sports editor. Now a volunteer assistant coach for Vashon High School soccer teams.

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