![]() “‘In addition to a framed certificate signed by the owners, I received a personalized book about the history of the team,’ said Anacortes resident Deane Brazas. ![]() Another name change occurred when the High School Store (located at 17th Street and K Avenue) became known as the Seahawk Haven and later the Seahawk Store, operated for decades by the Atterberry family.īranding was a bit slower back then it took a few years for the Seahawk emblem to arrive on jerseys and sweaters, notably on those of the Knight Hawks service club, which was “on guard against any dead beats who might try to enter without paying the admission price.” A standout of the Knight Hawks and Seahawks was future hall of fame coach Richard “Boots” Wooten, whose family’s local roots in the Samish Indian Nation extend to time immemorial.Īt least one Anacortes resident played a role in the naming of the Seattle Seahawks among the 151 people who suggested the winning name in 1975 was Deane Brazas, whose father, Alphonse, was a teammate of Boots Wooten in the early days of the Anacortes Seahawks. The name of the Anacortes High School newspaper is another story it was named The Anchor in 1915, The Sky Rocket in 1919, and The Sea Hawk beginning in 1928. All sports teams are referred to as Sea Hawks in the 1926 annual, which has remained the Rhododendron since its inception in 1910. Sea Hawk fever had taken hold by 1926, and the yearbook declared the “Sea Hawk Number” with a Sea Hawk and pirate theme throughout. teams could play on campus rather than the Elks’ (now City Hall) basement. Did the Skyrocket activists stop after the Seahawk nickname success? Not in the Roaring Twenties they began their own stadium campaign, lobbying for a gymnasium, so that A.H.S. Nothing was reported on how the name was finally selected, but presumably by a vote of the student association. Throughout the rest of 1925 it was used sporadically, and sometimes spelled Seahawks. This was the first recorded use of the Sea Hawks in reference to an A.H.S. nickname, which appeared in print for the first time in the Februarticle about the boys’ basketball team’s game against the Bulldogs of Mt. The student association took rapid action, weeding out such names as the Codfish, Hill Billies and the Rum Runners to establish Sea Hawks as the official A.H.S. The school colors-purple and white– actually preceded the Sea Hawk name. This was the beginning of the Anacortes Seahawks, which eventually also became the name of the student newspaper. We favor the name “Sea Hawks,” because it suggests speed, strength, certainty and fighting spirit.” to complete the list with a distinctive name of its own. There are the Bulldogs, Cougars and Tigers so it remains for the A.H.S. teams should have a name? The school has come to the place where such a thing is necessary. newspaper, The Anacortes Skyrocket, contained an editorial simply headlined “A Name:” Within seven months of the film debut of The Sea Hawk, the name had been adopted by the students of Anacortes High School for its athletic teams. This novel was made into a silent film released on June 14, 1924. His book, called The Sea Hawk, was about a 16th century Cornish gentleman who is betrayed by his brother but later escapes from enslavement to become the pirate "Sakr-el-Bahr" or the Hawk of the Sea. What brought the name to the public’s attention was a best-selling pirate novel by Raphael Sabatini, published in 1915. Beyond that, he had a theory that Anacortes might be able to lay claim to being the original Seahawks, an idea he brought to the Anacortes Museum as a research request in 2013. “Why doesn’t Anacortes have Seahawk signs marking their turf,” he asked himself. alum who resides deep in the “Cub Country” of Sedro-Woolley and is often reminded of it by roadside signs. Leading the charge for this has been Eric Sundblad, an A.H.S. Along with Mayor Gere’s proclamation there is an ongoing effort for more public awareness and Anacortes pride. At this point, no one in Anacortes has made anything but a historical claim to the name, unlike the “12th Man” trademark tug-o-war. A KING-5 crew came to town on January 16th to cover the story at the Anacortes Museum and at the basketball game between the Anacortes Seahawks and the Blaine Borderites. With virtually every northwest news story stressing some connection to those Seahawks, it was inevitable that the television cameras would turn north to Anacortes, where it all started.
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