POST SEASON HONORS

Hope everyone had a great start to the Holiday season- I joined fifty-one of my immediate family for a 'cozy' Thanksgiving' at the Iron Horse Inn in CleElum. The food was wonderful-but the hilight was,as always, the entertainment. Family tradition is you have to'sing or some other form of entertainment' for your supper. I come from a very creative family.Back to volleyball- All three teams have had their post season celebrations and Winter sports are now in full swing. It is nice to see that the people outside the EW volleyball Family recognize the accomplishments of our players. All-Wesco South ---Ashley Kelly-Norling Hon. Mention-Hannah Lauber 2nd team-Miah Diirell, Haley Scott and Leigh Fishback 1st team. In addition Haley and Leigh were named 2nd team All-Area. They are among only twelve players from all the schools in the Herald's circulation region selected. A huge honor. I also invite you to visit the Bryant University web site to view Leigh's signing and profile. On a historical note-Erin Greenwood finished her playing career at UNLV last week. She leaves as one of the top five in UNLV history in numerous categories and more importantly-academic All-Conf honors every year. Again -thanks for a wonderful 2009 season and hope to see you at a basketball game-we have a number of our players who put the brown thing in the round thing. ALSO BE LOOKING FOR/GATHERING ITEMS FOR UPCOMING BOOSTER CLUB AUCTION. gooo warriors!

TICKET PUNCHED- TRI CITIES-HERE COME THE WARRIORS

Really difficult getting to sleep last night-but for a good reason. The Lady Warriors met the challenge Thursday and defeated the North 2 seed,Marysville, and the South 1 seed, Jackson. These victories guarantee the EW volleyball team of a berth in next weeks State 4A tourney in Kennewick. A huge thank you to a very enthusiastic crowd who really got into it and helped keep the energy level high thru both matches. The win over Jackson avenged an earlier loss during the regular season. Highlites-Miah 14 kills and 5 aces-the last two to close out the match-Haley S 12 kills 2 aces -Ashley K-N 11 Kills-Leigh 44 assists and two great kills-Hannah and Katy combined for 12 kills and huge blocking Becca 19 digs.Marysville stats not compiled yet. Saturday we play Kamiak at 1:00 at MP for Dist. 1 championship. State seedings should be on WIAA web site Sunday along with a detailed fan bulletin. Team will leave Wed morning by rental vans. We will be staying at the Fairfield Inn. 4A teams play at the Toyota Center Thursday and Friday. You may have trouble recognizing me Saturday as I will be without my facial hair companion of forty years-moment of weakness,but a worthwhile promise. Hope to see a big crowd Saturday. GOOOOOO WARRIORS!

POST SEASON BEGINS

As most athletes turn in their Fall sports gear the top teams in leagues around the state prepare for 'post season'. EW is happy and proud to be among the latter. The Lady Warriors head to their sixteenth straight District 1 tourney this Thursday at Marysville Pilchuck. They finished the regular season 7-2 [11-3] with sweeps of Meadowdale and Glacier Peak. The Meadowdale match was a highly emotional affair as we said goodby to seven seniors. Season highlights included several new school records.-Frosh standout,Miah Diirell, had five aces against GP and set a new record for aces in the regular fourteen match season with forty two. Hannah Lauber,senior three year starter, finished with 101 kills and a new record efficiency average of .444. Finally, senior setter, Leigh Fishback broke several records as she contributed 10.18 assists per set and finished her career-regular season- with 1375 assists .The team had four players with 100 or more kills-also a record-Miah Diirell-133, Haley Scott-133, Ashley Kelly-Norling-110 and Hannah Lauber-101. The team average .266 hitting eff. is second highest in school history and jr. libero,Rebecca Stern's 214 digs place her second all time for EW defensive players in a season. Thursday we play North#2 Marysville at 4:00. It is a modified double elimination tourney-we must win two before loosing two in order to claim one of the three berths to State. Hope to see you at MP on Thursday as these wonderful young ladies continue to chase their athletic goals. GOO WARRIORS!

WARRIORS WIN !

A very good week for the Lady Warrior volleyball team. Wins over rivals Terrace and Lynnwood bring with them a Dist. 1 playoff berth-[sixteen straight]. Miah Diirell,Haley Scott and Ashley Kelly-Norling have all joined the EW 100 KILL CLUB. Hannah Lauber is only fifteen away and the team is closing on several team and individual records. Tomorrow the jv competes in the jv championships at Terrace-starts at 8:00am. Monday is the last home match of the season against Meadowdale. This is not only a huge match for Conference and Dist. rankings-but also Senior Night. We hope to have a huge crowd to send off our seven seniors. Wednesday we finish the regular season with Glacier Peak. I will give out directions at practice Tuesday. Thanks for your continued support as the Warriors wrap up the school's twentieth volleyball regular season and enter our seventeenth playoff. GOOO WARRIORS!

MONROE INVITE AND BEYOND

The chaos that is Homecoming is now over. The Warrior varsity concluded the week with a healthy win over Mariner. Leigh and Haley L. each dished out 15 assists as the team recorded the second highest hitting efficency in the programs twenty year history-.452. Saturday, minus a sick Shannon Reilly and a not yet-ready-but close, Sydney Donaldson,the Lady Warriors traveled to the very tough Monroe Invite. Six of the twelve teams competing have been/are ranked in the top ten in either 3A or 4A. EW went 5-1 in pool play finishing with a 27-26 win over Kingco power Issaquah.A stuff block by Hannah for the final point clinched a four seed into the Gold bracket. EW then met the current 4A number 6 ranked Monroe. In probably the most contested set of the tourney the Warriors prevailed 30-28. After dropping the second set,the Warriors trailed 9-14 in a fifteen point third. With the match on the line,they earned a side out and Haley Scott served out the match with six straight points and a 16-14 result. IN the semi finals EW played its best defensive match to date. Numerous great blocks and spectaclar digs resulted in a tense-close match. Kamiak finally prevailed 2-1 and went on to defeat highly ranked Eastside Catholic in the finals. A tremendous third place for the Warriors and a great way to head into the last two weeks of the regular season. Tuesday is a huge match aganist Dist.15 rival Terrace. It is also our annual Hawaiian Night-so dress the part. Next Saturday the Warrior jv will seek to defend its League title at Terrace. Another big week for Warrior volleyball-hope to see you at a match. GO WARRIORS!

Season moving quickly

It has been some time since last post. The season is moving very fast with only a little over two weeks remaining in the regular season. Still several chances to see the 2009 Lady Warriors. We are at Mariner tonight and home on Tuesday for traditional rival-M Terrace. That happens to be 'Hawiian Night'. Put on your beach wEAR and join us. The varsity is coming off a tough loss to Kamiak and is fighting to make Districts. Congratulations to Miah Diirell-named Enterprise Female Athlete of the week. JV on a three match win steak as they battle for a high seed into WESCO championships next Saturday at Terrace. This Saturday the Varsity competes at the Monroe Invite-first pool play round starts at 8:30. Be sure to enjoy the remainder of Homecoming week and salute our own Mattie Houvener-Freshman Princess. GOOOO WARRIORS

A CARNIVAL RIDE WEEK

What a week to end the preseason. Last Saturday the jv finished second to an excellent Newport team and took the first 'hardware' of the season at the twelve team EW Invite. High point of the day-four seed EW knocking off first seed Holy Names in the Gold semi-finals. Tuesday a sweep of Monroe as all three teams won. The varsity played inspired ball knocking off the states #3/4 ranked team in five. Truly a playoff calibur match. Thursday was a different story- the Lady Warriors won the first two sets easily and then dropped the final three. Saturday saw us bounce back at South Whibey. EW went 8-2 on the day. They swept thru their pool 6-0,with a +70 point differential. Dropped a tough semi to highly ranked Chelan 23-25 20-25 but bounced back to defeat Cascade in two and take third out of sixteen and more hardware. Overall a very good week and now the coference season begins. NOTES: Thanks to Kathy Roper and Debra Miranda for agreeing to be parent reps. to the Booster club.Work is already starting on the March auction. This Thursday's match at Jackson is the first of four where we have a drop only bus. If your daughter needs a ride back to EW let us know ASAP.We are excited to begin the October run and hope to see you at a match. Go Warriors!

GOOD WEEK AGAINST THE NORTH

After a very light first week the Warriors hit the ground running. Two matches against traditionally strong programs gave us some real solid idea of where we are at in terms of competing in the 2009 version of Wesco volleyball. Coming off a strong showing at the EW Frosh Invite our niners lost close battles to Snohomish and Marysville. I am encouraged by the improvements I am seeing by both individuals and the team. We have players from four or five different middle schools and they are becoming a team. The jv had a nice three game sweep at Snohomish led by the outstanding play of Allie Rutz.Last night they lost to an excellent Marysville team,and look forward to tomorrows EW Invite to get back on the win wagon. Their pool in the morning session looks to be a strong one. Hope many of you will attend. The varsity continued to improve as it swept both its matches 3-0. The team is showing the kind of balance we anticipated.It was especially rewarding to beat Marysville last night[last years Dist.1 three seed to State] Katy Olson got the game ball at Snohomish-for being'a wall' at the net. Last night it went to Haley Scott for a great hitting night. Both Haley and Ashley Kelly-Norling were in double figures in kills in both matches. I will update stats this weekend after the jv tourney. On a really wonderful note-Syd Donaldson will begin a modified practice routine with us Monday. She is still not allowed to swing or serve but post op therapy is going so well she is now allowed to resume many aspects of practice. We are excited to have her back on the court and hope she will be able to compete at some point this season. Big week with defending Wesco champ at our house Tuesday and then at Everett on Thursday. Pre season closes with the varsity attempting to defend their title at the South Whidby Invite next Saturday. Have a great week. GOOOO WARRIORS!

FIRST WEEK OF COMPETITION

The first week of the 2009 season is in the books and the jv and varsity put their stamp on it with victories over Kingco AAAA Woodinville.It was a very well played match for a varsity opener and the lady Warriors displayed balance in all facets of the game-eight players recorded kills and all ten chipped in with at least one dig. [See all varsity stats on stat page]. The jv split the first two games and then came from way back to win the third and the match. Many stars, game ball went to Jessica, who had some monster kills from the right side. The Frosh did not get to compete since Woodinville,a three year high school, was not able to field a C team this Fall. Saturday the Frosh got their chance with a strong showing at the EW Frosh Invite. The young Warrirs finished second in their pool going 4-2 and then took third in the Silver Division finals by beating Monroe after dropping a tough three setter to Blanchet. Lynnwood defeated Holy Names to win the gold Division. The improvement by the Frosh from last weeks jamboree was very evident. The future of EW volleyball looks bright. This week we travel to Snohomish on Tuesday[3:45 bus LEAVES] and then home against Marysville on Thursday. These are two of the North powers so it will be a great test to find out some things early in the pre season. Saturday will be the EW JV Invite. We have a great twelve team field and you can watch great volleyball all day[starts at 9:00] for $3. Have a great week-hope to see you at a match. GOOOOO WARRIOERS!

PARENT MEETING FOLLOW UP

It was great to see so many both familiar and new faces last night. My staff and I appreciate your taking several hours of your time to meet with us. In response to several questions and concerns:--We will build a contact sheet to facilitate communicating and help with transportation issues.---If you go to the calendar and click a specific day it will give you more details and also access to map when we are travelling.---Jamboree at Meadowdale this Sat. $3 admission covers all day. Varsity starts at 9 and plays three two set matches [new language for 2009 season from rules comm.] The jv teams follow at about 11 and Frosh at approx. 2. --We had one JR. parent volunteer for Booster rep. Looking for more. Just email me with contact info. I will pass on to ABC. Thanks again and we will see you courtside. Go Warriors!

2009 Season- 'Here we go!'

Tryouts are finished-teams have been posted-Jamboree set for next Saturday. What a great week! The enthusiasm and level of intensity and play was outstanding. The coaching staff is very excited about the potential we saw during tryouts. We have a very important parent meeting Tuesday at 7:00. This is for all parents of Fall sport athletes. The new State law concerning concussions will be covered. In addition we will meet briefly by sport. We have changes in transportation and daily scheduling which will impact our program. In addition we are looking for several parents to be volleyball reps. to our very active and successful Athletic Booster Club. Hope to see you on Tuesday. Goooo Warriors

URGENT-FORMS

A big thank you to those who helped at the Booster Car Wash. I was a bit disappointed more of you were not there to help. Be sure those who still have tickets and money to bring them to first practice. The Attendance/Athletic Office will be open Wednesday-Friday for you to pick up and/or turn in forms. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL MONDAY THE 24TH TO TURN IN FORMS THERE IS A VERY REAL CHANCE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TURN OUT THAT DAY. GET FORMS IN THIS WEEK. Hope you get to conditioning this week and are ready to hit the court next week. GOOOOOO WARRIORS!

I LOVE THE SMELL OF GYM FLOORS!

A sure sign/smell of a new season. Our gym floors have been refinished and are curing. First practice is less than two weeks away. Glad to see some of you at conditioning on Monday- hope many more of you will be attending the last three sessions on the calendar. This Saturday is the Booster Car Wash and Auction-we are working the first session of the Wash 8:30-11:00-hope to see many of you there. I will collect monies and tickets at conditioning on Thursday and at the car wash. I do have some prizes. If you or parents have items for the garage sale they can be dropped off at the school as early as 7:30 Saturday morning. This is one of only two fund raising events a year and we want to be very involved. Last year volleyball recived over 3500 to its account thru Booster activities which led to paying half our Summer Tourney costs- conditioning equipment and some new uniforms. I encourage parents to join this and the PSO. lOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE ON SATURDAY-or if not ,then on the 24th. Be sure to get paperwork in. BACK TO BACK WESCO SOUTH -THREEPEAT TO KENNIWICK ! GO WARRIORS !

TOURNEY HIGHLIGHTS and BEYOND

Congrats to the sixteen players who participated in the WWU Summer Invite. TEAM TWO HAD A TOUGH FIRST DAY, BUT CAME BACK STRONG ON SATURDAY TO FINISH 3RD IN THE SILVER DIVISION. SPECIAL 'KUDOS' TO BROOKE, WHO. SET EVERY GAME OF THE TOURNEY. WE ARE PLEASED SHE IS BACK AND ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE ROLE SHE WILL PLAY IN EW'S VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. TEAM ONE DROPPED THEIR FIRST MATCH FRIDAY MORNING BUT THEN WENT 3-0, WINNING SIX STRAIGHT GAMES, TO WIN THE STRONGEST OF THE THREE POOLS AND ADVANCE TO THE SIX TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET. SATURDAY MORNING THEY DEFEATED KINGS 2-1 AND THEN IN THE SEMI'S LOST TO FELLOW 4A ,GRAHAM KAPOWSIN. THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF REFOCUSING AND FINISHED THIRD BY BLASTING CENTRALIA AND THEN DISPATCHING KINGS FOR A SECOND TIME. TIS WAS BY FAR THE BEST COMPETITION FROM TOP TO BOTTOM WE HAVE SEEN AT WWU AND WITH ONLY EIGHT PLAYERS I AM VERY PROUD OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. SPECIAL 'KUDOS' TO THE TWO ASHLEY'S WHO PLAYED EVERY POINT AS OUR ONLY OUTSIDE HITTERS. PARENTS THESE ARE NOT ONLY WONDERFUL ATHLETES ,BUT ALSO GREAT YOUNG WOMEN. THEY COMPETE HARD AND ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. WHILE OTHER TEAMS DEAL WITH 'ISSUES' OUR PLAYERS DISLAY A HIGH LEVEL OF MATURITY.I AM VERY HONORED TO BE THEIR COACH.--------- Several other items [1] Several players still owe the 50 lodging fee. Please take care of this ASAP. [2] Conditioning starts next week. It is critical that you come to the first day of try-outs in the best shape possible. Please attend all the conditioning sessions you can. [3] Sell those car wash tickets. If you have not gotten any see Nicole during conditioning. Remember pre sale ticket money goes directly to our account. We are working the 8:30-11:00 shift. More details on car wash/garage sale check the EW Booster Club site. [4] Our thoughts and prayers are with Syd as she undergoes surgery to repair a torn labrum .[5] Be sure to get all paperwork filled out. The Main Office will be open in August to turn it in. Be sure physical is current. I have list regarding returning players. Questions/concerns contact me. 425-745-0312 or mpittis@hotmail.com. GOOOOO WARRIORS!

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.