Athlete of the week

Athletes of the Week

Best prep performances for the week of Oct. 1-6

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20131008/SPORTS01/710089914

Ben Mietzner 

Jackson | Boys TennisJackson's No. 1 singles player handed Arlington's Trent Sarver his first loss of the season defeating him 6-3, 6-4 in the Timberwolves 7-0 victory over the Eagles.

This is what we found on the Everett Herald Internet section for Athlete of the week, but when we saw it in the actual Everett Herald Newspaper, we found it comical that there was an article on the boy Ben defeated. The article was talking about how Trent was having a great undefeated season. I hope Ben gets one of those articles considering he beat that guy.  Apparently they weren't expecting that.  Ben hasn't lost yet.  His biggest adversary almost beat him, but the match was rained out. Ben's team beat the rest of that High school's team so they never had to finish. I believe they may play next week.  It will be a tough one!

School Pumpkin Patch

Ashton had his school pumpkin patch trip. This school is different because they tell all the classes to meet at a certain pumpkin patch, but once you get there there isn't any organization. We got lucky and ran into a couple kids at school and then Ashton really started to have fun!

It was pouring off and on all morning. The kids had a great time, but I think all the parents were wishing the rain would stop or at least lighten up a bit.

Homecoming

Both Ben and Hannah had Homecoming this year. They both had pictures at 5pm too. I was disappointed the times weren't staggered a bit so I could take photos of both kids and experience their excitement. Their dad was able to help out and take some photos too, so at least we had a few memories of the evening.

HANNAH

This is Hannah's friend Ben. (It is also Ben's friend. They both know him from playing tennis at the tennis club and from school.)

BEN

This is Ben's friend Rebecca. 

If you look closely and remember, the gal in red shoes, Sabrina, is the friend he went with in 9th grade. The girl to the right of her in the black dress is the friend, Hannah, he went with last year. It is great their friends have been sticking together and having fun all through high school!

Cougs in Seattle

Mark took us to the WSU Cougar game tonight with a couple of his friends. It was the first Cougar game that Hannah, Ashton and I have ever been to, and the first time in the Century Field Stadium. It was raining most of the night, but we bundled up and had a couple ponchos to share. 

Excited and ready to go! 

We had great seats!

We finally called it quits close to the end of the third quarter. Stanford crushed us, but it was still fun to experience the game. 

Seattle Mariners - A day to remember...

Let's first reflect back to August 28th, 2013. The Mariners game that Uncle Bart and Aunt Christy took Mark and Ashton too. That night is what led to this great experience we had with the Mariners. To recap, Mark caught a foul ball and gave it to Ashton. Ashton thought he was supposed to give it back to the Mariners and threw it back. Poor guy below them who was hit by the ball. The video of this wound up on ESPN's Not Top 10 plays. 

Because of this video circulating around, Bart's friend, Bill Kelliher, shared it with Mariners CEO Howard Lincoln and we were able to be guests at their batting practice before the game last Monday night.  So I want to give a huge thank you to Bart and especially his friend Bill. They were the ones who made this whole experience possible for us. Without Bill knowing so many people out there Monday night, we wouldn't have had the experience we did.  It was amazing all the people that Bill knew and introduced us to. That was how the Manager, Eric Wedge, came up to us too. Thanks you so much Bill!

Ready to go. He was excited!

Waiting for the Mariners CEO Howard Lincoln in the lobby.

Howard brought us to batting practice. We found out that the other guest around the field weren't able to go up to the batting cage.  But since we were with Howard, he took Ashton and Mark and then came back for Bart, Bill and I. What a privilege it was to be escorted by Howard. Ashton seemed in awe to be that close to the players and action around him.

Oh my! How exciting! Howard was able to pull some strings and get Ashton's favorite player, Nick Franklin, to come and meet him.  He even signed a ball for him.

Thank you Howard for letting us all take part in coming out tonight. We all had such a wonderful experience being this close.  It truly meant a lot to all of us, and what a wonderful thing for Ashton to take part in. He is a huge sports boy and this truly was amazing for him.

Manager Eric Wedge was happy to see that Ashton was a lefty.  Bill says Ashton has 5 times a better chance making it to the majors as a lefty.

Tom McNamara, Mariners director of Scouting, wanted to know what high school he will be attending.

Is he going to be a pitcher......

Or perhaps practicing to be a catcher.

 Thumbs up! 

We have great seats!  3rd row.  

Proudly showing his autographed ball from Nick Franklin, with Nick in the background on 2nd base!

There's Uncle Bart and Bill. He looks like he is looking right at us.

What an amazing night! Memories that will last forever.