September 5th, 2009
Seventy years ago
> It’s a lousy copy of a newspaper article, but the headline is clear, and the story’s a great one. It was 70 years ago this season that the Anacortes High School Seahawks football team came through with a season-ending “upset,” tying Sedro-Woolley 6-6 for the Skagit County football championship. My dad, Buehl Berentson, served as one of the team’s managers. Among players were Cecil Jarvis, Irv Rydberg, Bill Burgess, Fred Campbell, Don Rolph and Jack Carter. Coach was Richard “Boots” Wooten, whose true local glory came as a basketball coach. Dad, who loved sports, suffered the double whammy of skipping a grade and being a “late bloomer.” Younger brothers Duane and Jim avoided both “obstacles,” experiencing success in several sports.