Wolverine baseball gets rolling…

From left to right: Hayden Place, Brandon Lambright, Austin Lambright, and Gavin Guard...photo by Collin Williamson

Last weekend, Friday Harbor High got off to a promising start as they thumped South Whidbey 11-9 in the first game of the season for both teams…the Wolverines have good reason to be optimistic about the season ahead. Here’s more from Update reporter Collin Williamson:

Baseball: America’s favorite sport is also the spring sport of choice for many student athletes that you see around FHHS. If you haven’t had the chance to play spring baseball in the Pacific Northwest, let me tell you… it is not an easy task. Playing in the mud and hoping the ball doesn’t slip out of your hand in the rain…that’s just the beginning.

For our local players, there are even more challenges. Each year for the past three years the use of the field has been in question, there are rainouts & game cancellations, and we’ve had lineups filled with underclassmen.

But there are high hopes for the team this year. The addition of a few experienced upperclassmen and our experienced coaching staff, combined with young talent gives our Wolverines the potential to have an above average year. Led by senior captain Hayden Place, the FHHS Baseball team started the season with a win over at South Whidbey on Saturday.

I encourage all of our fans (and those who don’t normally venture out to the bleachers!) to come out to the Wolverines’ first home game today (Tuesday), if the weather lets FHHS play.

Good luck this season, and get those W’s!

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