M-P, MG at home for playoffs Oct. 31

MARYSVILLE – Marysville will take a giant step to normalcy Oct. 31 when the Marysville Pilchuck and Marysville Getchell football teams play Wesco 3A crossover games in a doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m. at Quil Ceda Stadium.

October 27, 2014 9:28 pm
Marysville-Pilchuck was back on the practice field Oct. 27. It was the first time they could practice at Quil Ceda Stadium since a shooting at the school Oct. 24. Three students were killed and three more were critically wounded. M-P was supposed to play at Oak Harbor that Friday night for the North league championship. However the game was called off because of the tragedy. In a show of sportsman-ship
Marysville-Pilchuck was back on the practice field Oct. 27. It was the first time they could practice at Quil Ceda Stadium since a shooting at the school Oct. 24. Three students were killed and three more were critically wounded. M-P was supposed to play at Oak Harbor that Friday night for the North league championship. However the game was called off because of the tragedy. In a show of sportsman-ship

By David Krueger, Herald Writer

MARYSVILLE – Marysville will take a giant step to normalcy Oct. 31 when the Marysville Pilchuck and Marysville Getchell football teams play Wesco 3A crossover games in a doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m. at Quil Ceda Stadium.

 

Marysville School District athletic director Greg Erickson confirmed in an email that the Chargers will face Lynnwood at 5 p.m. before the Tomahawks take on Meadowdale in the Wesco 3A championship at 8 p.m.

“I think we need to get back to it,”M-P coach Brandon Carson said. “Kids need to get back to a schedule and kind of help with the grieving process. The main thing is the kids need to be around each other.”

Several of the players returned to the high school on Saturday to pick up their belongings — including football gear that remained in the locker room as students were evacuated from the campus after a deadly shooting Friday.

Carson was at the school Saturday to help organize the students and was able to talk with some of his players. He saw many at a team-only meeting Friday night where several players from Oak Harbor — the Tomahawks’ scheduled opponent — showed up.

“I’m not an expert in any of this, but I know when we had our meeting Friday night I talked for less than five minutes, and the kids were there for two hours (talking with each other),” Carson said.

The Tomahawks were cleared to practice at Quil Ceda Stadium — the field on the M-P campus — and resumed a regular practice schedule Oct. 27.

“It’s nice being around my coaches and my guys. That helps me a lot,” Carson said. “I’ll talk to the players on Monday and see how they’re doing. … They seem to be doing OK, all things considered, but are you really ever OK after going through what some of them had to go through?”

Oak Harbor offered to concede the No. 1 seed and league title after hearing about the tragedy  The two school districts finalized the agreement, giving M-P the No. 1 seed and a home game against the Mavericks. Oak Harbor will host Mountlake Terrace in the crossover of the No. 2 seeds on Friday at 7 p.m.

Marysville Getchell will face Lynnwood in what will be the final game of the season for the Chargers. Friday night’s game will serve as the Homecoming game for MG, which will be wearing decals honoring M-P.

It will also be senior night for both Marysville football teams.