Xavier Murdy charges into battle. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
The fall belongs to La Conner, the school year to Coupeville.
We’ve made it through two of three seasons during this pandemic-fractured campaign, with winter sports set to kick off Monday and finish in mid-June.
Fall sports, which were played second and not first as normal, featured a very-competitive four-way battle for supremacy, with La Conner coming out with 17 varsity wins across volleyball, football, boys soccer, and girls soccer.
Cross country doesn’t have won/loss records, and boys tennis was cancelled after Friday Harbor chose not to play any sports this season.
The 17 wins was a big bounce back for the always-tough Braves, who won exactly zero games during spring sports.
But fall is La Conner’s sweet spot, thanks to a two-time defending state champ volleyball team which went 10-0 this time around, sweeping all 30 sets it played.
Mount Vernon Christian, paced by its title-winning girls soccer squad, was second with 15 fall varsity wins, followed by Orcas Island (13, with 10 from boys soccer), and Coupeville, which collected 12.
Concrete and Darrington were far back, with just two wins apiece, while Friday Harbor took the zero, cause you can’t win if you don’t play.
When we add fall and spring together, the Wolves, who went 25-3 in the spring while playing softball, baseball, and girls tennis, go back out in front, and by a lot.
With just basketball left to play — we don’t count wrestling, because CHS doesn’t wrestle, and this blog isn’t called, say, Darrington Sports — here’s the school year to date varsity win totals:
Coupeville — 37
Orcas Island — 20
La Conner — 17
Mount Vernon Christian — 16
Friday Harbor — 11
Darrington — 10
Concrete — 2
Final fall sports standings:
Northwest League boys soccer:
| School | League | Overall |
| Orcas Island | 10-0-0 | 10-0-0 |
| MV Christian | 4-2-0 | 4-2-0 |
| CPC-Lynnwood | 4-3-1 | 4-3-1 |
| La Conner | 3-4-1 | 3-4-1 |
| PC Christian | 3-5-1 | 3-5-1 |
| Coupeville | 1-5-0 | 1-5-0 |
| Grace Academy | 0-6-1 | 0-6-1 |
Northwest League football:
| School | League | Overall |
| La Conner | 3-1 | 4-1 |
| Coupeville | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| Darrington | 1-1 | 2-3 |
| Concrete | 0-3 | 0-5 |
Northwest League girls soccer:
| School | League | Overall |
| MV Christian | 6-0-0 | 6-0-0 |
| Coupeville | 2-3-0 | 2-3-0 |
| La Conner | 0-5-0 | 0-5-0 |
Northwest League volleyball:
| School | League | Overall |
| La Conner | 10-0 | 10-0 |
| Coupeville | 6-3 | 6-3 |
| MV Christian | 5-4 | 5-4 |
| Orcas Island | 3-7 | 3-7 |
| Concrete | 2-8 | 2-8 |
| Darrington | 0-4 | 0-4 |
