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There were no net gains for La Conner High soccer teams last week.

But all was not lost, either.

The boys came very close to upending unbeaten NW2B frontrunner Orcas before falling 3-1 on the island Saturday afternoon to a team which has opened the fall with seven straight wins.

The team was locked in a 1-1 tie late in the second half after Christian Fix scored on an assist from Spencer Olson.

But the Vikings closed with two goals in the final 10 minutes to extend La Conner’s losing skid to three games, each by identical 3-1 scores. The Braves came up short Oct. 5 at Coupeville and at...