PREP NOTEBOOK: Everett Schools honor six scholar-athletes

Published 5:24 pm Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Everett Public Schools announced on Monday their 2009-2010 Winter Scholar-Athletes.

There are six honorees, one male and one female from each from Cascade, Everett and Jackson High Schools. Here are details about them.

Cascade High School

Sunpreet Bhangoo (girls bowling) — Captain of the bowling team and a member of several clubs, Bhangoo has a 3.62 grade-point average. She is a member of the National Honor Society and serves on the Senior Class Cabinet and the Snohomish County Children’s Commission.

Eric Marks (wrestling) — Marks, a four-year varsity team member, was a captain of this year’s squad. In addition to having a 3.38 GPA and taking advanced placement classes, he performs in Cascade’s marching band and jazz band.

Everett High School

Kelsey Holmes (girls bowling) — The senior team co-captain helped lead Everett to eighth place in the Class 3A/2A 2010 state championships. She had a 3.5 GPA during the bowling season while taking four advanced-placement classes (biology, English literature, Spanish, statistics).

Matt Gebert (boys basketball) — A first-time varsity player this season, Gebert worked his way into the Seagulls’ starting lineup. On the court, he is known as a top-notch defender. Off the court, Gebert has a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Jackson High School

Allison Mae Stephens (bowling) — Stephens bowled four consecutive years, earned three varsity letters and was the Timberwolves’ varsity team captain this winter.. She is a member of Honor Society, president of a Family, Career and Community Leaders of America group and has a 4.0 GPA.

Ryan Todd (boys basketball) — A four-year letterwinner and three-time team captain, Todd has a 3.65 GPA and received a basketball scholarship from Seattle Pacific University. He has volunteered at Jackson basketball camps and has been a tutor at Cedar Wood Elementary School.

Reader poll: Should the WIAA add lacrosse?

In a recent online poll Herald readers answered the question: Should the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association add lacrosse as a sanctioned high school sport? The results were incredibly lopsided. Out of 1,004 total voters, 960 chose “Yes.” Lacrosse (boys and girls) is on the list of proposed amendments that the WIAA Representative Assembly will consider in April.

Recruiting news: Stanwood’s Schmidt picks UW

Stanwood senior Kale Schmidt signed an NCAA National Letter of Intent with the University of Washington. Schmidt, a standout in football, basketball and track, plans to compete in the decathlon for the Huskies.

Another local track and field athlete, Lakewood’s Chad Skiles, signed with the University of Great Falls (Montana).

And these five local soccer players signed with the Everett Community College women’s soccer team, coached by Geoff Kittle: Chelsea Boulton (Arlington), Kiely Cordon (Marysville-Pilchuck), Kaeli Eberth (Meadowdale), Meaghan Hatcher (Jackson) and Hailey Storbeck (Stanwood).

Prolific from long range

Erin Feeney, a Western Washington University-bound guard on Jackson’s girls basketball team, made 218 3-point shots during her four-year varsity career, according to Tim Feeney. She made 30 3s as a freshman, 67 as a sophomore, 60 as a junior and 61 as a senior. Feeney also made 89 of 100 free-throw attempts this winter for Jackson (17-5 in 2009-2010), which was surprisingly eliminated from the 4A District 1 tournament by Shorewood (8-15) on Thursday.

Shorewood, coached by Nina Lowe, plays Western Conference South Division champion Edmonds-Woodway (20-2) in a loser-out district game at 6 p.m. tonight at Marysville-Pilchuck. Wesco North rivals Arlington (13-9) and Monroe (17-5) have a loser-out battle at 8 p.m. at M-P.

1B state basketball qualifiers

The 1B boys and girls state basketball tournaments are this week in Yakima. Two local teams qualified. The Tulalip Heritage boys team plays St. John-Endicott in a first-round game at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. The North Sound Christian girls squad plays Wishkah Valley in the opening round at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The tournaments are at the SunDome and conclude on Saturday.

Mike Cane: mcane@heraldnet.com. Check out the prep sports blog Double Team at cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/heraldnet/doubleteam.