South Whidbey High School wrapped up the fall sports season by awarding its athletes varsity letters.
Football
Coach: Mark Hodson.
Record: 6-4; 3-2, third place in North Sound Conference.
Senior lettermen: Kody Newman, Clay O’Brien, Carter Snelling, Caden Spear.
Juniors: Kobe Balora, Dayton Birchfield, Kieran Birchfield, Alex Black, Aidan Coleman, Wyatt De Mers, Larry Herrera, Bodie Hezel, Dexter Jokinen, Cameron Martin, Lewis Mattson, Kole Nelson, Billy Rankin, Isaiah Wilkie.
Sophomores: Dominic Anderson, Kaidyn Brinks, Shelby Campbell, Brady Hezel, Justin Moberly, Jakob Snelling.
Freshmen: Zain Bolara, Tasman Dussault, Anthony Hall, Erik Haugen, Joesph Mattson, Ryan Morgan, Tyler Thrasher.
Team awards: Kobe Bolara, Most Valuable Offensive Lineman, Ohana Award; O’Brien, Most Valuable Offensive Back; De Mers, Most Valuable Defensive Lineman; Black, Most Valuable Defensive Back; Jokinen, Mr. Falcon Award.
League honors: O’Brien, first-team running back, first-team linebacker; De Mers, first-team offensive line, first-team defensive line; Newman, first-team defensive back, second-team quarterback; Kobe Bolara, first-team offensive line; Nelson, first-team tight end; Spear, second-team defensive back; Carter Snelling-Hanel, second-team defensive line; Black, second-team wide receiver, Lewis Mattson, second-team offensive line; Coleman, second-team linebacker.
Cross Country
Coach: Doug Fulton.
Record: Boys – first in North Sound Conference, third in bi-district, 11th in state. Girls – second in North Sound Conference, fifth in bi-district, 12th in state.
Senior letter winners: Boys – Max Dodd, Steven Osborn, Eli Waldron, Callahan Yale. Girls – Grace Complita.
Juniors: Boys – Sam Baes-ler, Michael Cepowski, Tyler King, Christoph Schuster. Girls – Flannery Friedman.
Sophomores: Boys – Aidan Donnelly, Luc Gandarias, Trent Hogarth, Preston Leon, Ben Lind, Reilly McVay, Aidan O’Brien, Thomas Simms, Cooper Ullmann. Girls – Laila Gmerek, Grace Huffman, Natalie Rodriguez, Kaia Swegler Richmond.
Freshmen: Boys – Drew Larson. Girls – Mary Moss.
Team awards: Cepowski, Carl Westling Most Valuable Boy; Flannery, Carl Westling Most Valuable Girl; Ullmann, Most Improved Boy; Huffman, Most Improved Girl; Osborn, Most Inspirational Boy; Gmerek, Most Inspirational Girl; Yale, Coaches’ Award; Swegler Richmond, Coaches’ Award.
League honors: Fulton, Coach of the Year; Yale, first team; Cepowski, first team; Simms, first team; Swegler Richmond, first team; Donnelly, second team; Ullmann, second team; Waldron, second team; McVay, second team; Friedman, second team; Huffman, second team; Rodriguez, second team; Gmerek, second team.
State participants: Boys – Cepowski, 10th place; Simms, 79th, McVay, 93rd; Donnelly, 95th; Ullmann, 109th; Yale, 128th; Walton, 153rd. Girls – Swegler Richmond, 19th, Friedman, 85th, Rodriguez, 87th, Huffman, 103rd; Gmerek, 124th, Complita, 151st, Moss, 158th.
Soccer
Coach: Terry Swanson.
Record: 11-8-1; 7-3, second in North Sound Conference; fifth in district.
Senior letter winners: Maddy Drye, Carli Newman.
Juniors: Mallory Drye, Nicole Helseth, Karyna Hezel, Julianna Larson, Lila McCleary, Samantha Ollis, Alison Papritz, Ashley Ricketts, Chandra Wallace.
Sophomores: Lily Farn-ham, Kelly Murnane.
Freshmen: Molly Cobbs, Ashton Helseth, Sydney Ollis, Kailey Ricketts, Mikenna Wicher.
Team awards: Maddy Drye, Captain.
League honors: Maddy Drye, first-team defender; Mallory Drye, first-team midfielder; Papritz, first-team forward; Ashley Ricketts, second-team forward; Mc- Cleary, second-team de-fender; Murnane, second-team midfielder.
Tennis
Coach: Karyle Kramer.
Record: 5-8, sixth in Emerald City League.
Senior lettermen: Brent de Wolf, Cormac Workman.
Juniors: Levi Buck, Joey Lane.
Sophomores: Brent Batch-elor, Soren Bratrude, Ian Maddux.
Freshmen: Ranger Buck, Max Rodriguez.
Team awards: Levi Buck, Falcon Award; Lane, Hustle Award; Ranger Buck, New-comer Award; Workman, Most Inspirational; de Wolf, Most Inspirational; Batchelor, Most Improved; Bratrude, Most Improved.
Volleyball
Coach: Mandy Jones.
Record: 12-9; 6-4, third in North Sound Conference; fourth in district.
Senior letter winners: Allie Brady, Chloe Johnson, Emma Leggett, Megan Leonard, Alyssa Ludtke, Kyah Nelson, Angelina Wilson.
Juniors: Arianna Briggs, Aly Johnson, Kayla Knauer.
Sophomores: Emma Hod-son, Kayla Johnson.
Freshmen: Maya Tsch-etter, Kamryn Wilson.
League honors: Leggett, first-team outside hitter; Johnson, second-team setter; Hodson, second-team middle blocker.
Swim
Coach: Chris Erickson, Kamiak High School.
Sophomores: Anna Ben-nett, Ashley Lynch, Katie Zundel, Sarah Zundel.
State participant: Lynch, 13th place, 200-yard freestyle.
