By Gene Helfman The Lobos capped off their regular season on a…
By Richard Tetu and Gene Helfman The Lopez Island High School Golf…
Lopez hosted the Cedar Park Lions on Dec. 9th. The two games couldn’t have been more different.
Submitted by Lopez Island Family Resource Center The Lopez Island Family Resource…
The Lopez Lobos volleyball team earned the title of NW1b District Champions…
By Gene Helfman Special to the Weekly Two evenly matched teams met…
It’s a new year with a new coach for the Lopez Lobos…
Lopez Island High School’s volleyball Coach Jeremiah Johnson has big goals for…
Spring, even wet springs, mean two things: First, that summer is not…
By Gene Helfman Mt. Vernon hosted the Northwest 1B District meet on…
By Gene Helfman You may have noticed it’s been cold, wet and…
By Gene Helfman Lopez began the season with 22 golfers. At the…
Submitted by Oly Archibald Lopez Lobos 5’6” freshman guard Siri Dye just…
Lopez Lobos are ready to hil the track for the second season…
Twenty-two students are teeing up to play on the Lopez Lobos golf…
By Gene Helfman Special to the Weekly Both boys and girls basketball…
Submitted by LIFRC The Lopez Island Family Resource Center’s After-School Elementary Soccer…
For the past two years, Lopez High School has not participated in track-related sporting events. This year the Lobos a triumphant return to the track for Lopez School with 11 students on the roster. Of the 11 participating on the track team this year, six are exchange students and five are local kids. The Lobos will be represented on the track by three women, and eight men.
Lopez Lobos baseball program enters its third year under the leadership of Jeremiah Johnson. "We have lots of young blood coming into the program," said Johnson, "bringing some skill and enthusiasm."
No, these little "golfers" won't actually be playing, but for you teens and adults, Save the date—October 10, 2015, for the first annual "Wurst Golf Tournament and Blues Fest." Starting at 10:00 am on Saturday, golfers will begin registration for an exciting 18-hole scramble. Pre-Registration is encouraged with registration forms available at the Lopez Is-land Golf Club or online on the lopezchildrenscenter.com web site. Make up your own team of 4 or just sign up and let our organizers assign you to a team with other fun players. Both team and individual prizes will be awarded.
Justin Frausto enters his second year as the Vikings’ football coach in a very unique season.
This fall, 15 Lobos will be hitting the court ready to bump, set and spike their way through another volleyball season.
Lopez High School Soccer steps onto the field with a fresh young squad for the 2015 fall season. Judging by the level of play in their first game, age will not be a limiting factor.
On an island with a small student population, exchange students are often essential to fielding competitive teams in many sports, whether or not they have played the sport at home.
Lopez Island School Golf Coach Richard Tetu has about 15 golf bags in his office, and they all got there by donation. On top of that, every year he receives 100 golf balls from a community member. The golf course lets kids play their matches for free on the green.
It’s the bottom of the last inning of the game, we’re up by two points ... but they’ve got the bases loaded and are at the top of their line-up, with only one out. We’re facing a possible defeat if we can’t hold ‘em.
Recreational salmon fishing in Marine Area 7 (San Juan Islands) is now only open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday each week.
Have fun and play basketball.
That is Deanna Brant’s motto for the season.
By Dec. 19, the Lopez Boys’ Basketball team will have played six league games and two non-league games. Coach MR Buffum’s goal for the boys is to win at least half of the league games.
The Northwest 1B League and the Northwest 1A/2B/1B League Boys’ Soccer presented a first team selection for Cosmos Cordova, sr. forward. Alex Rendon, sr. midfielder received an honorable mention. The team also won the sportsmanship award.
The Lobos soccer team improved steadily through the 2014 season, finishing with a 2 and 14 record but playing well against teams that in the past have scored easily against them.
Things started well for the Lopez eight-man football team. Very well. On the first play from scrimmage, Rande Gruenwald connected to Vinnie Kramer for a touchdown with less than a minute off the clock. The Blackhawks scored four minutes later but failed on the point-after try, and the first quarter ended with Lopez up 8-6.
Lopez hosted their volleyball nemesis, Providence Classical Christian, and came away with a convincing 3 games to 1 victory on Oct. 17 before a packed and vocal gym crowd. The Lobos’ record now stands at 6 and 1, their only loss this season being to Providence in an away match Oct 9.
