January 26th, 2023
Anacortes loves basketball
Seahawks boys basketball fills the house. It is always an exciting, sentimental journey to attend a high school sporting event, but Wednesday night with top-of-the league opponents Anacortes and Lynden, it was particularly rewarding. Coach Brett Senff and a talented squad of players came into the game with only one loss, but at the final buzzer Lynden had prevailed, 78-73. Among those in the crowd were many AHS alums, including former basketball players. Among them was Monte Birkle, who visited with former adversary Glenn Mouw. The two played against each other in the early Seventies, Glenn from Oak Harbor and Monte from Anacortes. I also ran into brothers Nate and Michael Sullivan, third generation Seahawks basketball players. Nate is currently coaching in Blaine, with a 12-3 record.