In 2004 the Crimson and Gray high school basketball team won the 2A Championship completing a 28-0 sweep of the competition. The Hoquiam city high school has a very rich history not only in sponsoring sporting events for local, state and nationals, but very uplifting victories and championships throughout its colorful record.
The long standing rivalry between Aberdeen and Hoquiam Grizzlies and what a rivalry it is, 100 years in total excluding this one the 101st became possible in 2006 when the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) altered the enrollment limit for the 2A categorization permitting Aberdeen to drop to 2A along with other school s and creating another league. On October 14, 2006 the Grizzlies defeated with class the Aberdeen team 20 to 6 in classic tradition of football greatness.
The town is also a staunch competitor in track and field athletics, with the proud and competitive city hosting the annual Grizzly Alumni Cross Country Invitational since 1981. This is the biggest long distance running event held on the Washington coast, with over thirty five academic institutions and more than a thousand participants joining the event held every month of October. The competitors do not only get the chance to take part in such a prestigious event but get to experience their hospitality and the beauty of its location and nature.
The city also sponsors several other athletic competitions, which is testament to its sporting heritage and sense of community and health; other events include the Grizzly Alumni Wrestling tournament held every January and the action packed Volleyball tournament every September, which is also the same month for the annual Logger's Playday event that celebrates the town's logging roots.
Aberdeen and Hoquiam High Schools continue their personal rivalry in another event that demonstrates strength of character and community service for both sides and that is the annual, fall food drive, more affectionately referred to as the "Food Ball" an activity dedicated by the city high school's in providing food stuff to low-income families in the area. This endeavor is a time honored tradition that everyone is very much elated with since it is all about helping others.
The city has also been a home to some professional sporting teams, like the Western Baseball League's Grays Harbor Gulls, which existed from 1995 to 1997. They called the historic Olympic Stadium their home, which incidentally is recognized in the National Registry of Historic Places. The grand Olympic Stadium is now the official home for the NAFL developmental football team the Grays Harbor Bearcats.
Listing town's menagerie of athletic events for the entire year, they have the much awaited and ancient event of glorious football rivalry between the Hoquiam team and those of the city in the east Aberdeen, which lost to Hoquiam in 2006 by 14 points, just so to remind them and the biggest and amazing cross country race, the Grizzly Alumni Cross Country event, they also have the Alumni Wrestling Tournament held in January and the September special's such as the Lumberjack's competitions and the volleyball tournament and the basketball league and state championships.
The city has a long record of being winners in a lot of categories here are some of Hoquiam's pride and glory; 2007 - Girls Wrestling, 2006 - Girls Fast pitch, 2004 - Boys Basketball, 1988 - Boys Wrestling, 1983 - Boys Track & Field, 1980 - Boys Baseball, 1942 - Boys Basketball, 1939 - Boys Basketball.
The long standing rivalry between Aberdeen and Hoquiam Grizzlies and what a rivalry it is, 100 years in total excluding this one the 101st became possible in 2006 when the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) altered the enrollment limit for the 2A categorization permitting Aberdeen to drop to 2A along with other school s and creating another league. On October 14, 2006 the Grizzlies defeated with class the Aberdeen team 20 to 6 in classic tradition of football greatness.
The town is also a staunch competitor in track and field athletics, with the proud and competitive city hosting the annual Grizzly Alumni Cross Country Invitational since 1981. This is the biggest long distance running event held on the Washington coast, with over thirty five academic institutions and more than a thousand participants joining the event held every month of October. The competitors do not only get the chance to take part in such a prestigious event but get to experience their hospitality and the beauty of its location and nature.
The city also sponsors several other athletic competitions, which is testament to its sporting heritage and sense of community and health; other events include the Grizzly Alumni Wrestling tournament held every January and the action packed Volleyball tournament every September, which is also the same month for the annual Logger's Playday event that celebrates the town's logging roots.
Aberdeen and Hoquiam High Schools continue their personal rivalry in another event that demonstrates strength of character and community service for both sides and that is the annual, fall food drive, more affectionately referred to as the "Food Ball" an activity dedicated by the city high school's in providing food stuff to low-income families in the area. This endeavor is a time honored tradition that everyone is very much elated with since it is all about helping others.
The city has also been a home to some professional sporting teams, like the Western Baseball League's Grays Harbor Gulls, which existed from 1995 to 1997. They called the historic Olympic Stadium their home, which incidentally is recognized in the National Registry of Historic Places. The grand Olympic Stadium is now the official home for the NAFL developmental football team the Grays Harbor Bearcats.
Listing town's menagerie of athletic events for the entire year, they have the much awaited and ancient event of glorious football rivalry between the Hoquiam team and those of the city in the east Aberdeen, which lost to Hoquiam in 2006 by 14 points, just so to remind them and the biggest and amazing cross country race, the Grizzly Alumni Cross Country event, they also have the Alumni Wrestling Tournament held in January and the September special's such as the Lumberjack's competitions and the volleyball tournament and the basketball league and state championships.
The city has a long record of being winners in a lot of categories here are some of Hoquiam's pride and glory; 2007 - Girls Wrestling, 2006 - Girls Fast pitch, 2004 - Boys Basketball, 1988 - Boys Wrestling, 1983 - Boys Track & Field, 1980 - Boys Baseball, 1942 - Boys Basketball, 1939 - Boys Basketball.
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