FRIDAY HARBOR WOLVERINE FOOTBALL Trivia, numbers, history, ramblings and stuff by Bruce Bennett
- Written by Bruce Bennett
Thursday, 9/14 at 5:00 p.m. Friday Harbor (1-1) at La Conner (0-1)
* This is the first of four league games.
* Last week the Braves opened with a 28-12 loss at home to the 2A Evergreen Wolverines of Seattle.
* Last fall the Purple and Gold defeated the Braves 52-0 at home and 67-18 in Skagit County.
* A year ago La Conner was 0-4 in league play and 2-6 for the season.
* Since the Northwest B League started football in 1973, La Conner is the only school to have played all 50 years as a league member.
Wolverine – Brave Stuff
* FH leads the series 31-25 and is 15-15 at La Conner.
* FH has a 10-game win streak over La Conner and a 5-game win streak on the Brave’s field.
* FH has shutout La Conner 8 times in the last 10 games.
* Longest FH win streak – 13 (2003-14).
* Longest La Conner win streak – 5 (1986-90) & (2014-16).
* Most points by FH – 67 (FH 67, La Conner 18 in 2022).
* Most points by La Conner – 56 (LHS 56, FH 19 in 2000), (LHS 56, FH 14 in 2015) & (LHS 56, FH 14 in 2016).
* Most points combined – 85 (FH 67, La Conner 18 last fall).
* Fewest points combined – 6 (La Conner 6, FH 0 in 1986).
* Largest winning margin by FH – 63 (FH 63, La Conner 0 in 2021).
* Largest winning margin by La Conner 54 (La Conner 54, FH 0 in 2016).
* FH has scored 1,340 points (23.9 per game) and La Conner 955 (17.1).
* FH has shutout La Conner 11 times. La Conner has shutout FH 10 times.
Odds and Ends
* Most frequent foes – Orcas Island 61, La Conner 56, Concrete 47, Coupeville 30, Darrington 29, Lynden Christian 20, Meridian 19, Nooksack Valley 17, Snohomish Sophs 10, Charles Wright 10.
* FH is 47-60 vs. 5 schools from Skagit County – Anacortes, Arlington JV, Concrete, La Conner and Sedro-Woolley JV.
Last week: The Wolverines lost at 1A Granite Falls 34-13.
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Schedule |
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9/1 |
FH 35, South Whidbey 20 |
Home |
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9/8 |
Granite Falls 34, FH 13 |
Away |
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9/14 |
La Conner** |
Away |
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9/22 |
Meridian |
Home |
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9/29 |
Coupeville** |
Home |
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10/7 |
Forks |
Away |
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10/13 |
La Conner** |
Home |
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10/20 |
Bellingham |
Home |
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10/27 |
Coupeville** |
Away |
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** league game |
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