http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/ en tpyle@skagitvalleyherald.com Copyright 2008 2008-05-12T15:00:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/article/a_return_to_the_mat/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/a_return_to_the_mat/#When:14:00:00Z MOUNT VERNON — The first time Jim Doane took to the mat for the Skagit Pitbulls Wrestling Club, his breathing was labored and he could go only a few seconds before tiring. Before long,… Lead, Top 2008-05-12T14:00:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/article/svc_grabs_playoff_berth/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/svc_grabs_playoff_berth/#When:04:50:00Z SHORELINE — The Skagit Valley College baseball team is headed back to the playoffs. The Cardinals beat Shoreline twice Sunday, pushing their win streak to nine and making it into the Northwest… Typical 2008-05-12T04:50:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/article/prep_baseball_sehome_ends_tigers_season/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/prep_baseball_sehome_ends_tigers_season/#When:15:00:01Z ANACORTES — A Burlington-Edison clash with Sehome on the second Saturday of the Northwest 2A District Tournament would have surprised few baseball fans in the area, but few would have predicted the two… Typical, Prep Lead, Prep 2008-05-11T15:00:01-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/article/prep_boys_soccer_anacortes_earns_state_berth/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/prep_boys_soccer_anacortes_earns_state_berth/#When:12:00:00Z MOUNT VERNON — The Anacortes boys’ soccer team, stricken with injuries throughout the season, knitted itself together Saturday just in time to claim its own piece of school history. Tanner… Typical, Lead, Top, Prep 2008-05-11T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/article/mv_chamber_and_school_district_team_up_for_youth/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/mv_chamber_and_school_district_team_up_for_youth/#When:15:00:00Z Mentors from the business community, local college students and fellow students at Mount Vernon High School may soon play a role in keeping their peers from dropping out. The Mount Vernon Chamber… Typical 2008-05-10T15:00:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/article/prep_soccer_bulldogs_earn_state_berth/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/prep_soccer_bulldogs_earn_state_berth/#When:23:21:00Z EDMONDS — Thursday’s Northwest 3A District Tournament championship game between the Mount Vernon and Shorecrest promised to be a defensive battle between two of the stingiest teams in the tournament,… Typical, Lead, Prep Lead, Prep 2008-05-09T23:21:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/article/lowland_lake_fishing/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/lowland_lake_fishing/#When:17:00:01Z Warming temperatures aren’t the only good reason for Washingtonians to get outside in the coming weeks. Halibut and spring chinook fisheries are under way, the spring turkey season is open statewide,… Typical 2008-05-09T17:00:01-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/article/squalicum_s_whidbey_topple_tennis_team/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/squalicum_s_whidbey_topple_tennis_team/#When:13:00:00Z Anacortes lost at Squalicum 6-1 on April 30 and to South Whidbey 7-0 in a rain-postponed meet on the school courts on May 2. The Seahawks will send singles players Brianna Hobbs and Madison… Prep 2008-05-09T13:00:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/article/s_whidbey_snuffs_out_seahawksseason_with_3_2_win/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/s_whidbey_snuffs_out_seahawksseason_with_3_2_win/#When:12:00:00Z A season that started with great promise ended in disappointment as Anacortes lost a district play-in game 3-2 on April 29 at Volunteer Field. A clutch two-run homer by Seahawk catcher Mark… Prep 2008-05-09T12:00:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/article/recreation_battling_boston/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/sports/recreation_battling_boston/#When:04:00:00Z MOUNT VERNON — Some 25,000 runners lined up in Hopkinton, Mass., on April 21 for the 26.2-mile run to Copley Square and the finish line of the 112th Boston Marathon. And within that mass… Lead, Top 2008-05-09T04:00:00-08:00