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
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League MVP: LJ MoodyLeague 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-FordLeague 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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