Coupeville reclaimed The Bucket, but it came home dented thanks to South Whidbey anger management issues. (John Fisken photo)
Our rivals to the South are in turmoil.
South Whidbey High School’s football program is in shambles, and now the head coach has quit, apparently moments ahead of a parent movement to oust him from the position.
The school’s Booster Club is missing what could be tens of thousands of dollars and a felony-level investigation is underway.
Even the Falcons recent trip to state in volleyball was marred by players being suspended for alleged involvement in a party.
Those suspensions are lingering over to basketball season, with both SWHS boys and girls hoops teams missing players during the first week of the season.
While the severity — of lack thereof — for breaking the athletic code is a hot topic behind the scenes (school officials, as normal, have made little to no public comment), the other two matters are grabbing bold-faced headlines.
The Falcon gridiron squad went 0-9, forfeiting to Archbishop Thomas Murphy and declining to play a crossover game against Lynden Christian.
South Whidbey opened the season by being blasted 41-10 by Coupeville, after which the Falcons returned The Bucket — the trophy awarded to the winner of the Island rivalry game — bearing a huge, and recently-inflicted, dent in the side which has the Wolf logo.
It was downhill from there, as SWHS barely fielded enough players to take the field the remainder of the season.
Second-year coach Michel Coe, who had been unable to obtain a teaching position at the school, resigned and joined the Meadowdale football program. He’s a para-educator at the school.
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Falcon football coach resigns from program
Meanwhile, in a far more serious matter, police are deep into an investigation of financial malfeasance within the school’s Booster Club program.
While Coupeville’s own Booster Club has been a model of financial propriety, it appears the same may not be true in Langley.
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Missing funds at South Whidbey High School Booster Club sparks case
