News Tribune: “Tarriers’ success will depend on whether they can find ways to use their quickness and athleticism to their advantage.”
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
The News Tribune published its fall preps football preview today and the sports reporters had some nice things to say about CWA’s football program. Take a look at this article before heading out to the first game of the season tomorrow night. CWA faces Tacoma Baptist at home on Friday, September 3, at 7pm. Read the rest of this entry »
CWA claimed the state boys tennis team championship this weekend, the school’s third title in four years. CWA also won the state title in the 4×100 meter girls relay for a second consecutive year and won the boys doubles tennis championship. 
CWA’s baseball and boys soccer teams have won a total of 16 all-league honors this spring. Tony Chursky was named the 2010 boys soccer all-Nisqually league coach of the year and Tyler Francis was named baseball’s co-coach of the year. Seniors Dillon Truscott and Cory Barrett also won top honors. For the second consecutive year, Truscott was named the league’s most valuable soccer player. Barrett was named defensive player of the year. 
CWA’s girls tennis team wrapped up a 12-1 season by winning the league championship for a third straight year. Charles Wright dominated the tournament, winning the top three places in both the singles and doubles events. The only matches any CWA players lost were to their own teammates. Six Tarriers now advance to the quad-district tournament this coming week in Seattle. 
In April, CWA sent six teams and 82 athletes to the world’s largest youth Ultimate tournament. Spring Reign was held in Burlington with 40 middle school and 40 high school teams from around the United States and Canada. CWA won the middle school division, winning six straight games and outscoring their opponents 75-27. They also won the “C” division title. CWA finished fourth in the high school division after two close semifinal games. The Tarriers were also voted the Ultimate Spirit award winners by the other high school teams. 
A Charles Wright Tarrier since the age of four, student body president and captain of the boys golf team, senior Chris Panagiotu has received a lot of advice about the college admissions process. It turned out that the very best piece of advice came from a fellow student: “You should look at Oregon.” 
Freshman Katie Mayer, senior Sarah Lawrence, sophomore Janay Davis and junior Emily Harper walked away from the Bellevue Invite last weekend with a big win. They ran the four legs of the girls sprint medley relay (600 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters and 800 meters) in just 5 minutes and 56.67 seconds, 9.76 seconds faster than the second place team. Their win was all the more impressive by the competition they faced – teams from many 3A and 4A school. Their toughest competition can from runners at Henry Jackson (4A), Stadium (4A), Interlake (2A), Juanita (3A), Eastlake (4A), Kennedy (3A), Peninsula (31), Port Angeles (3A), Franklin (3A) and a school in British Columbia.
With two weeks of league competition left in the spring season, every varsity team at Charles Wright is poised to qualify for the post season. The girls tennis and boys golf teams are undefeated. The boys soccer team is undefeated within the Nisqually League. Half of the varsity girls golf players have already qualified for the post season and the track and field team holds 12 of the top-ten 1A finishes in the state so far this year. The varsity baseball team is battling for fourth place in the Nisqually League and a chance to compete in the district tournament. 
Track and field attracts more athletes than any other spring sport at CWA. This year 60 Upper School students – 22 girls and 38 boys – have turned out for the team to compete in sprint, relay, hurdle, distance, jumping and field events. Leading the team are co-captains senior Diane Lawrence, a sprinter, senior Max LaBerge, a distance runner, and junior Rachael Williams, a sprinter and jumper. 
This year’s CWA girls golf team is relatively young and inexperienced, but more girls have turned out for the program this season than any other year in recent memory and the players and their coach and excited about the potential for developing a very strong program.