FOOTBALL: WSHS and Chief Sealth players, coaches earn Metro League honors

By Jason Grotelueschen
Reporting for West Seattle Blog

The 2025 high school football season was a strong one here on the peninsula, with West Seattle HS and Chief Sealth IHS both having great seasons and finishing 1st/2nd respectively in the Metro League Sound Division

This success was further acknowledged by the league this week as they released their All-League Teams , and the Wildcats and Seahawks players and coaches were well represented. 

Here are the schools’ lists of honorees as provided to us by head football coaches Daron Camacho (Sealth) and Anthony Stordahl (WSHS):

 

WEST SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL


League MVP: LJ Moody

League Offensive MVP: Desmond Parkinson

League Coach of the Year: Anthony Stordahl

League Co-Assistant Coach of the Year: Andrew McDonough


First Team:

Wide Receiver: Breck Estep, Miles Guidry

Tight End: Grady Scheff

Offensive Line: Jack Freeborne

Inside Linebacker: Daniel Waters

Outside Linebacker: Ford Fitterer, Miles Guidry

Free Safety: Esayas Brigham

Cornerback: Justice Nguyen

Defensive Tackle: Jack Freeborne

Long Snapper: Ford Fitterer


Second Team:

Running Back: Jesse Hansen-Wilson

Offensive Line: Gabe Crawford, Reilly Boyer

Outside Linebacker: Carlos Patino

Strong Safety : Sorin Smith

Defensive Tackle: Nolan Polaski

Defensive End: Jakel Warwick, Rafi Fein-Wallace

Kicker: Jonah Pelander

Punter: Jonah Pelander

Kick Returner: Justice Nguyen

 

Honorable Mention:

Wide Receiver: Aidan Croppi

Offensive Line: Nolan Polaski

Inside Linebacker: Cohen Cicero

Defensive End: Ari Fein-Wallace

 

 

CHIEF SEALTH INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

(October WSB photo by Oliver Hamlin – #21 Marshawn Tovia-Ford, October)


League Defensive MVP: Marshawn Tovia-Ford

League Special Teams MVP: Ogi Petronijevic

League Co-Assistant Coach of the Year: Joseph Espinoza


First Team:

Quarterback: Mason Filitaula Jr.

Running Back: Marshawn Tovia-Ford

Wide Receiver: Marquis Tovia

Offensive Line: Yakouba Maga

Offensive Line: Shane-Alan Tino

Linebacker: Jessie Gilmore II

Safety: Kingston Cappiello

Holder: Xander Gomez


Second Team:

Wide Receiver: Xander Gomez

Linebacker: Loto Amituanai

Safety: Graham Hull

Cornerback: Marquis Tovia

Defensive Tackle: Xaivius Chu-Eneliko

Long Snapper: Cade Lacey


Honorable Mention:

Running Back: Jessie Gilmore II

Tight End: Eli Policarpio

Offensive Line: Yusuf Donzo

Safety: Kaeson Filitaula

Defensive Tackle: Calvin Washington

 

As noted in the list above, the two schools dominated the top awards in the league, including the overall/offensive/defensive/special-teams MVPs (Moody, Parkinson, Tovia-Ford, Petronijevic) coach of the year (Stordahl), and assistant coaches of the year (Espinoza, McDonough). 

West Seattle finished the season with a final record of 8-2, and 1st in the league’s “Sound” division with an undefeated 6-0 campaign. Sealth was 2nd in the league with a record of 6-4 overall and 4-2 in the division. The two teams faced off in September for the annual Huling Bowl matchup at Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex, with the Wildcats winning a tight 17-10 game over the Seahawks. 

Here are some WSB photos (by our photographer Oliver Hamlin) of the MVPs in action this season:

LJ Moody, overall league MVP:

League Defensive MVP Marshawn Tovia-Ford:

League Offensive MVP Desmond Parkinson:

League Special Teams MVP Ogi Petronijevic:

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