BENch notes

Only one Cascade Conference team is playing in the 2A boys basketball state tournament – Cedarcrest.

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South Whidbey’s girls basketball team squeaked into postseason play by claiming the fourth spot in the Cascade Conference. …Read the rest of this post

The South Whidbey girls basketball team pivoted as swift as junior guard Ellie Greene’s right foot from a one-win conference season last year to qualifying for the District 1 playoffs this week.  …Read the rest of this post

South Whidbey will have its Senior Night to honor Sam Lee and Zach Comfort on Friday, Feb. 3.  …Read the rest of this post

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It’s been more than a week since the South Whidbey boys basketball team took the court. Tonight the Falcons face the Cedarcrest Red Wolves (5-3 conference; 9-5 overall) in Langley at 7 p.m.

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A pair of basketball games for the boys and girls basketball teams and the wrestling squad have been rescheduled.

After much speculation and expectation, South Whidbey High School sports will compete as a 1A program next year.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced the finalized realignment today.

There’s tall, then there’s Mamadou Ndiaye.

Saw this post about a 7-foot-5 Senegalese kid living in California.

The author did a good job about the curious circumstances that brought him to the school he plays for, much like the Tuohys in the book, “The Blind Side.”

Take a look. Read a book. At some point, I’ll do a diagram showing my silhouette against this kid’s. We’ll all have a good laugh on the bench.

The senior Falcon wrestlers will have to wait for the spot light to shine on them one last time in Erickson Gym.

South Whidbey’s wrestling match – its final home contest – against Archbishop Murphy is canceled due to the snow, ice and winter storm warning tonight. No date has been set for a rescheduled match.