Three games, two sports, and a lifetime of connections ! The next seven hours will be all about Orcas Island, Carroll County, and Anacortes… First touch at 12:30 PST

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Ryan McCafferty has a fresh take on the 10-0 Carroll County High School Cavaliers. The link above will take you there.

THE SCHEDULE : ALL TIMES PST

Each one is a post-season contest, meaning the season is on the line.

12:30 – Orcas Island Vikings Boys Soccer ⚽️

4:00 – Carroll County High School Football

6:00 – Anacortes Seahawks Football

Games 1 and 3 will be played here, and #2 will be watched 👀 from here.

Anacortes is where I built Crystal Clear Delivery, Orcas Island 🏝 was home for seven years, and next month ends year six in Carroll County.

Games 1 and 3 are also part of the 10 games in four days pickem contest. Game 2 is not because it is simply too important for all of those involved back home. Most of us have a bit of a chip on our shoulders because of, well, a number of things. Just know this, Go Cavaliers and Seth Greer is THE MAN 👨

Announcements have started here in the opening round of the State Playoffs.

Wow, the same Lady doing the introductions just crushed the National Anthem !!!

Anacortes was kind enough to offer up their Stadium 🏟 for the match, even though they are hosting their own playoff game at 6pm.

Orcas Island High School doesn’t field a football team due to the size of the student body, so Soccer is THE sport of choice.

In a perfect world 🌎, someone who will be at Tommy Thompson Field tonight would send me a couple of pics 📸 but we will make it work either way.

12:35 PST – underway…

27:34 left on the clock ⏰️ and the Vikings missed by about 6 inches, still Nil-Nil

57° and ☁️☁️☁️☁️

Under 11:00 – Auburn with a point blank save off the foot of OI – #8, Amaru Shanks Morales.

8:34 – Morales shot, saved…

4:12 (1) – another close call for OI

Halftime score : NIL – NIL [1:15 pm]

10 minutes of break is over and we have 40:00 back on the clock ⏰️.

Under 37 – OI Corner !, nice shot, nice save.

Auburn is considerably bigger and Orcas way faster…

33:00 (2) OI corner..

Under 32 – OI corner leads to a header off the post…. soooo close

Under 28 – OI corner…

25 : 21 – #7 hits #10 in stride, GOAL OI!!!

#7 – Junior Conejo Medina

#10 – Ziah Nash Watson

The goal was announced as scored by 7, but I’m pretty confident he threaded it to #10. Either way, 1-0 !!!!

Under 18, an Auburn defender made a last second save…

Under 15 – OI corner….Perfect pass and header !!!! OI #27 – Kevin Perez Torres 2-0

Under 13 – OI corner..

The wind has picked up a bit here in the second half, and OI is playing with it where Auburn is playing into it.

Ferry ⛴️ options back home for the Vikings are 3:20 and 6:05… mad dash to the Anacortes Terminal after the horn.

2:01 – 5:00 left on clock ⏰️

OI #22 with a rocket 🚀 shot that leads to another corner…Gus Carpenter

Under 2:00 – OI corner kick…

FINAL SCORE : OI 2, AUBURN 0 !!!!!

Just under two hours until kickoff back on The Hill !

2:07 PST

Friday the 13th is a one on a number of fronts, including being Day 8 of 8 in the Islands 🏝 and we start it with our Morning 🌄 Brew

Later today, we swap out the San Juan Islands 🏝 for the Canadian border up in Blaine.

Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day :

We also have Games 3 & 4 in the 10 games in 4 days contest. These are spread out to create a sandwich 🥪 around the CCHS game and will both be played on Fidalgo Island 🏝.

13 of the 15 people who signed up to be Celebrity Pickers went 2-0 last night 🌙.

We will have some separation tonight as four members of the panel have Olympic defeating Anacortes…

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌😇🙏

Welcome 🙏 to Lake Stevens High School 🏫 as we open our 10 games in four days, and we lined up 15 guest pickers!!

Warmup time ⏲️ is winding down, and we notice that Lake Stevens has a volleyball 🏐 State Championship banner hanging from 2025.

The one to watch during all of the breaks is taking place down at Hec-Ed on the campus of the University of Washington.

UW was picked to win by all 15 panelists and Lake Stevens VB by 13 of the 15, so we will have some separation by the end of the night…

More 2 follow….

Pledge of allegiance in place of the National Anthem….

7:12 pm First Serve…

1st TO called by Eastlake, down 8-2

UW leading 28 – 5, late in the first quarter

UW drops 35 in the opening quarter, leads 35 – 8

2nd TO, Vikings 16, Wolves 5

Lake Stevens plays in a machine like mode as the starting six appear to all be 5’6 with MAD HOPS. Set #1, 25 – 10

SET #2 : TO at 17 – 8

UW broke 50 in the first half… 50 /22 @ break.

Lake Stevens 25 – 19. The Wolves played much better down the stretch but fell just short [7:58 PST ]

SET #3 :

1st TO, Lake Stevens leads 15 – 8. Wolves #4 is a next level player. Now 21 – 10….

2nd TO, Lake Stevens leads 23 – 10, 65 minutes from the start, the Vikings are 2 points from the sweep.

End of Night 🌙 #1 of 4 :

13 people are 2-0

2 people are 1-1

I was able to verify that Lake Stevens did indeed have seven players listed between 5’6 and 5’8.

Tomorrow we have Soccer ⚽️ and football 🏈🏈🏈…

Two reasons to smile 😃 this morning : My appreciation for Indian culture ➕️ Delilah Brady and her tireless efforts to help her neighbors !

The Pacific Northwest is full of various Indian tribes and each one is so very proud of their heritage !

Meanwhile, back in the place that I call home 🏡, I continue to be absolutely amazed by the efforts of one, Delilah Brady, as she continues to poor her heart and soul into being the protector of the voiceless. It’s not just one topic, it runs the gauntlet on a number of serious issues.

Why would any of this truly matter to me ? Most of my efforts are designed to give a voice to people who might not have one in the grand scheme of things. Taking the road less traveled can be very lonely at times, and yes, I speak from personal experience.

Elections, Zoning, Data Centers, School closings…. this lady gathers up every Crum of information about a subject matter and then proceeds to break it down for others.

Wow, just Wow !