This was a very successful year for Charles Wright’s athletic program.  Across three seasons, the Tarriers racked up eight league championships, five district titles, and two state championships.  Charles Wright athletes competed at the state level in eleven different sports and nine students returned with top-three finishes.  All-league honors were awarded to 49 Tarriers with seven athletes winning honors in more than one sport.  If all-league golf teams had been named this year, that figure would have been well over 50.

At graduation, Athletic Director Casey Jones gave special recognition to Patrick Philley ’08, who received all-league honors in three sports.  Philley played football, basketball and baseball.  When he received his diploma from basketball and baseball Coach Tyler Francis, the coach hung the net from the state championship basketball game around his neck.  Jones also congratulated Sam Finkleman ’08 and Marcus Berglund ’08 for leading the tennis team to back-to-back state championships in their junior and senior years.

2007-2008 Team Championships
Girls’ soccer: co-league champions, third in bi-districts
Boys’ cross-country: third in state, district champions, league champions
Boys’ basketball: state champions, bi-district champions
Boys’ soccer: second in bi-districts, league champions
Boys’ tennis: league champions, quad-district champions, state champions
Girls’ tennis: league champions, district champions
Girls’ golf: second in state, bi-district champions, second in league
Boys’ golf: second in state, second in bi-districts, league champions
Girls’ track and field: seventh in state, league champions
Boys’ track and field: fifth in state, league champions

2007-2008 Individual Championships
Top-three state individual performances: Jeff Crabill ’10, second in the 800 meter; Megan Petersen ’08, Rachael Williams ’11, Fallon Staples ’09, and Diane Lawrence ’10, second in the 4×100 meter and 4×200 meter relays; and Ishmael Stinson ’09, second in the triple jump; Marcus Berglund and David Ham, second doubles tennis team; and Sam Finkleman, third singles tennis player.

2007-2008 All-League Honors
Kit Banko ’10 – baseball second team
Cory Barrett ’10 – soccer first team and football offense second team
Alex Benfanti ’11 – soccer second team
Marcus Berglund ’08 – tennis and soccer honorable mention
Caitlin Bunning ’09 – soccer second team
Jeff Crabill ’10 – track and field
John Chong ’08 – football offense second team and football defense second team
CJ Dale ’09 – track and field
Lindsay Ehlers ’09 – tennis
Kate Ellwanger ’09 – volleyball second team
Sam Finkleman ’08 – tennis
Sara Finkleman ’11– tennis
David Ham ’09 – tennis
Jorden Hand ’09 – basketball honorable mention
Benton Hendrix ’09 – baseball honorable mention
Madeline Hess-Maple ’08 – track and field
Gerald Hill ’08 – basketball first team, all-area second team, all-state first team, and nominated for McDonald’s All-American team
Nathan Ip ’10 – soccer first team
Sarah Johnson ’11 – tennis
Megan Kelley ’10 – tennis
Jean Kim ’11 – tennis
Jackie Kirschner ’11 – tennis
Colin Kodemas ’11 – soccer honorable mention
Eric Knowles ’09 – baseball second team
Diane Lawrence ’10 – track and field
Emi Manza ’10 – soccer first team
Sean Matson ’08 – football defense second team
Marcus Mayse ’11 – track and field
Ben Olp ’10 – soccer second team
Megan Petersen ’08 – track and field
Grace Peterson ’08 – tennis
Patrick Philley ’08 – baseball, basketball first team, nominated for McDonald’s All-American basketball team, football offense first team, and football defense second team
Mikey Phillips ’08 – soccer first team
Natalie Powell ’10 – soccer first team and League Co-MVP
Katy Quigg ’08 – tennis
Valerie Rutan ’10 – soccer first team
Kelly Schweitzer ’08 – volleyball first team
Danny Shattuck ’08 – football offense second team
Fallon Staples ’09 – track and field, soccer first team, basketball honorable mention
Jayme Staten ’10 – soccer first team
Ishmael Stinson ’09 – track and field and football offense second team
Tyler Stinson ’08 – soccer second team
Grace Su ’09 – track and field
Dillon Truscott ’10 – tennis and soccer first team
Jake Weyerhaeuser ’09 – track and field, and football defense first team
Natalie Weyerhaeuser ’11 – soccer second team
Brandon White ’10 – football offense second team
Rachael Williams ’11 – track and field
Russell Wyatt ’08 – soccer first team and League MVP
An All-League golf team was not named this year.

Coaching Awards
Jim Dempsey – boys’ soccer league co-coach of the year and girls’ soccer league co-coach of the year
Casey Jones – district III middle school/junior high football coach of the year