Orcas School Athletic Director Vicki Vandermay probably has one of the most difficult, challenging and one might say, under-appreciated, jobs on Orcas Island.

And even when her job is done, apparently it’s not, as she points to the red ink on her master sports schedule denoting changes from just one day’s chaos.

Her third year at the job is turning into one of the more challenging with a non-compliant ferry schedule, league realignments, low turnouts and school construction.

Ideally, games are played after school, but with the ferry schedule teams traveling to Orcas have to catch a 10:20 a.m. ferry from Anacortes and play games during school, so that they can catch the 5:15 p.m. back.

Then there’s the league changes, limited parking due to construction and team rosters that are half the size from just a few years back.

But Vandermay is ever resilient, encouraging kids to play sports and redirecting her attention to the parents’ and athletes’ needs, the phone ringing and the pile of documents on her desk.

Her last comment is that she hopes the kids have a great year, and, because of her efforts, we know they will.