Last night, we published the score. But the annual Huling Bowl football faceoff between West Seattle’s two biggest high schools is more than a game. It’s pageantry. Above, from atop a ladder, Chief Sealth International High School‘s Marcus Pimpleton directs the combined bands. As seen/heard in video (watch for the baton-tossing!):
For West Seattle High School‘s victorious football team – 53-6 – it was also Senior Night:
Stars of the game included two WSHS seniors, Nikko Pablo Emm with most of the scoring, including a 61-yard touchdown run, and receiver George Edwards picking off three Sealth passes, returning one for – that same number! – 61 yards. Sealth QB Maxwell Sharver ran the ball in for the Seahawks’ lone touchdown.
When the Wildcats came off the field at game’s end, they got a rockstar reception, as this video shows, including the traditional trophy-hoisting:
Principals Ruth Medsker of WSHS and Chris Kinsey of Sealth took a moment to pose with the trophy.
The Westside players eventually did too:
All of this followed spirited pre-game activities – we caught up with the WSHS cheer squad, weatherproofing and all:
They, and the team, are off to postseason play.
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