Steve Thompson Football Steve graduated from Lake Stevens High School in 1965. There he was a three-year letterman in football and basketball and earned first team all-league honors in both sports in his junior and senior years. He was also honored as team captain and...
Jack NicholsBasketball Jack attended Everett High. During his senior season in 1943, he was All-District Center and led his team to a 19-4 record including the district championship. Two of the team’s loses were to Lewis and Clark of Spokane at the end of the season...
Ron GipsonFootball Ron was an outstanding athlete at Everett High in the early-to-mid 1970s. In track as a senior, he placed 6th place at state in the 100 yard dash and 36 years later in the age of artificial surfaces, he still holds the 100 yard dash record at...
Herm AtkinsDistance Running Herm began to discover his running ability at Garfield High in 1965 when he was Washington’s high school cross-country champion. After Garfield he went to Shoreline Community College and won the community college conference cross-country...
1976 Snohomish High SchoolFootball Team Snohomish High’s 1976 WA Class 3A (highest classification at the time) state champions is considered by many as Snohomish County’s finest football team. It was undefeated with a season record of 9-0, a playoff record of 3-0, and...
Ed AlivertiSports Announcer Ed was a gifted high school music teacher, and although he never wrestled himself, was a legendary international wrestling announcer for over 50 years. He was born in 1932 and graduated as Walla Walla High’s Valedictorian in 1950. In 1955,...
Vicki FoltzTrack & Field A native of Yugoslavia, Vicki Foltz immigrated to the United States at age nineteen without any athletic background. She met her husband Don while swimming at a St. Louis YMCA. A decent collegiate runner himself, Don recognized that Vicki had...
Keith Gilbertson, SrMulti-Sport Coach A Snohomish native, Keith Gilbertson, Sr., (known as Coach Gilby) earned 10 varsity letters in four sports at Snohomish High School. He was a two-time Most Inspirational Player in football and captain of the 1944 football squad...
Linda GoodrichBasketball Coach A 1962 graduate of Lake Stevens High School, Lynda did not have the benefit of a high school athletic experience. In her high school years, girls did not play interscholastic sports although they did play intramural sports. Lynda,...
Curt MarshFootball A two-way lineman on Snohomish High School’s 1976 Class 3A State Football Championship team, Curt also lettered in track and captained the basketball team. That same year as a senior, he earned Parade All-American honors and was voted Prep Sports...