Football coach takes head job at 3A Stanwood

Jeff Scoma had a successful first season as a head football coach, guiding La Conner High to a 4-1 mark and the NW2B spring grid crown, its best showing in several years.

Turns out, Scoma might have been too successful – at least as far as Braves fans are concerned.

The former Bellevue High assistant was announced last week as the new head coach at 3A Stanwood, whose campus has a student enrollment approaching 1,300 students.

Despite the move up in classification, it was not an easy decision for Scoma to leave La Conner.

“I loved La Conner and was really proud of the senior class and the...