LAST CHANCE

WOW! It is already the middle of July. Tomorrow,Tuesday the 14th is our final open gym. We will be finalizing plans for WWU and the rest of Summer . Important that you attend. Last chance to get in paperwork for WWU Tourney. We will set up transport and teams as well. Parents are encouraged to attend-especially Saturday. Parking is not available close to the gym-will give the girls all the details tomorrow night. We do need some help transporting the jv group on Friday. They will be leaving EW at 10:30. There will be a total 27 teams competing in two divisions . Looks like an excellent opportunity for us to improve. Be sure to sell those car wash tickets and get together stuff for the garage sale. The annual Booster event will be August 15 at the school. Garage items can be dropped off 7-8 that morning. We are working the early shift of the car wash 8:30-11:00. See Booster web site or contact me for more details. Be sure you are getting paperwork in and check with me if unsure about physical status. This weeks special phrase is 'Defend the Western Titles' First to tell me at open gym tomorrow gets a special prize. Enjoy the rest of the Summer. GOOOOO WARRIORS!

IT'S REALLY SUMMER!

A warm greeting to everyone. Hope you are enjoying the beginning of your break. Just going over grades- KUDOS to Makayla, Hannah, Adama, Awa, Lindsey, Katy, Jessica, Risa, Em, Shannon, Nicole, Allison, Haley S.,Selma, Annie, Liz and Ashley Y. for really outstading work.Everyone appears to have worked hard second semester. We have three more open gyms and I hope to see larger numbers at those. Remember only time we have to work together this Summer. Many other schools are running practices several times a week. WWU- I only have paperwork for Western from seven players-and only one Soph- We have a varsity and a jv team registered. Get me paperwork. GREAT FUN/FOOD and PLAY only $50 for one night and four meals at WWU + a great tee shirt and chance to defend our titles. CAR WASH TICKETS-Be selling those tickets for the Booster Club Car Wash and Garage Sale on August 15. If you have not gotten tickets yet ask me for some at open gym next Tues. 6:30-8:00 pm. Have a great week. First person to give me the key phrase 'Kennewick Three Peat' at next open gym gets a special prize.

WARRIOR VOLLEYBALL-IN THE PINK

On Saturday a team representing EW won the King's Friendship Invite and brought home the coveted pink tees. It was an outstanding effort by the EW eleven. After winning their pool 5-1 they went on to beat Lynnwood 2-0 in the quarters. In the semi finals they dropped the first game to State placer Kings but came back to win game two and then took the deciding game three, 15-11. That set up a final with perenial State 3A power and two time defending tourney champ-Kennedy. Again the Warriors dropped game one but battled back to take games two and three. Tough serving some great defense and balanced hitting were the keys.Over the last two plus years the EW team , representing the varsity, has won seven of the eight invites it has participated in. In addition the jv is the defending WWU Invite and WESCO champ.I look forward to seeing more of you at open gyms.GET IN WWU PAPERWORK.I only have from seven players-and only from one Sophomore.GET CAR WASH TICKETS FROM ME. Booster Club car wash and garage sale is set for August 15. All pre-sale monies go directly to our account. DO PAPERWORK SOON. Available on line at Dist. web. Check with me to see if physical still valid. CONDITIONING AND FALL SCHEDULE AND TURNOUTS WILL BE ON CALENDAR PAGE SOON. Again great job on Saturday and thanks to all the parents who were there supporting. Questions contact me any time.

Summer Update

Finals time- Be sure to study hard and get lots of rest. Want you to all finish strong! Way to go Hannah Lauber and the golf team- State 4A Academic Champs and four players to State. Also a shout out to Tori Felton at State Track this weekend . The open gym schedule is now on the web site. Hope you will make as many as possible. Get WWU paperwork as well as Dist summer paperwork in as soon as possible. I will be updating the news page about once a week over the break. Questions get in touch. 425-745-0312 or mpittis@hotmail.com.

SPRING UPDATE

It is snowing fairly hard at my house-what an elaborate April Fools joke. I am sure those of you who stayed in town are really enjoying the Spring Break weather. This is just a quick update. The best of everything to Nicole as she prepares for this months nuptuials in sunny Hawaii. Thanks to all those who donated/attended/bought/ to and at the Booster Club Auction. Extra pat on the back to Layne Harper and the Laubers who were our parent reps. Volleyball now has over 3400 in a special account with the Boosters. We will use 450 to pay entry fees into WWU Tourney for two teams in mid July. The auction was great fun and I encourage everyone to join this new organization. Check out their web site. EdmondsWoodway ABC.com. I have handed out a preliminary Summer plan to returning players. Specific details and WWU paperwork will follow in several weeks. We are taking two teams to overnite tourney at WWU. Cost will be about 60 for room and meals. I spent some time with the Dist.AD last week talking about the impact of budget cuts on athletics. Still a long way from final decisions, but we expect some cuts to impact our sub-varsity program. We do not believe we will loose any programs- but some may be shortened in terms of # of contests. Will keep you posted. Enough for now. Excited to start in June and looking forward to following all the volleyball players involved in Spring Sports. GO WARRIORS!

NEW YEAR-NEW CHALLENGES

i HOPE EVERYONE HAD A JOYOUS HOLIDAY SEASON. The weather was a real challenge and still have not celebrated with most of my family, but was fun to have a white Christmas. We have begun preparations for the 2009 season and am looking forward to watching our athletes participating in Winter sports and /or club. Be sure to get me club schedules. Will be meeting with returners to plan Spring and Summer activities.Turned in fine slips-if you still have gear turn in to Coach Holland. Big news--I attended meeting with newly formed Athletic Booster Club people .They are committed to providing stable funding for EW athletics by two/three fund raisers a year. Will be doing an auction on March 7 at Harbor Squre in the tradition of our former autions. I have already begun putting together some items from volleyball. I encourage you to visit their web site--www.EdmondsWoodwayABC.com. Join up and we really need several parents to become sports reps for volleyball. If willing contact me ASAP. THANK YOU AND HOPE TO SEE YOU IN A GYM SOMEWHERE THIS MONTH OR NEXT.

NOW WHAT DO I DO?

The season is really over. What a great ride. While the last match did not end the way we wanted, I hope everyone can realize what a great season it was. I am very proud and honored to have been a part of it. The 2008 team has set new standards for the teams that follow. Hope all varsity and jv players and families will join us to celebrate Tuesday Dec. 2nd in the Great Hall for one last time. Over our annual pot-luck we will relive the accomplishments of these two championship teams and bid our three marvelous seniors adieu.