From the Sidelines

Observations on Vashon Island sports, mostly the Pirates, from the sidelines.

Wednesday night

February 3rd, 2010 at Wed, 3rd, 2010 at 7:24 pm by Rik Forschmiedt

It looks like the Pirate basketball games went as expected last night. I didn’t get to the games, but from the stats it looks like the boys built up their usual big lead then sat the starters and let the reserves finish the game.

The Pirate girls still can’t get past Seattle Christian’s strong team. Tomorrow (Thursday) the girls host Auburn Adventist in a non-league game. This one was changed from early in the season and is the last non-counting game this season.

JV plays at 5:30 p.m. and the varsity at 7 p.m. This is the last chance to see the JV girls play in the same gym as the varsity.

In case you’re still looking at an old schedule, note that the Life Christian games are changed to Feb. 16 at Life Christian. The change was made to accomodate Life Christian’s playoff schedule. They are a 2B team and their playoffs start a week earlier than our 1A playoffs.

Reserve Saturday for the boys wrestling sub-regional tournament in the Pirate gym. Check the school Web site or the sports hotline for starting time. Our two Pirate girl wrestlers will be at Eatonville for their sub-regional.

And wrestling fans should find time to get to McMurray on Monday for the first Mustang meet starting at 3:45 p.m. The Mustangs also host on Feb. 26, March 2 and March 11.

Mustang girls basketball is home on Feb. 11 and 22 and March 4, 8 and 18.

Ferry reminder: WSF says the Hiyu will be on the south end run for the rest of this week, so if you’re going to Charles Wright for the basketball games on Friday, plan accordingly.

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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