The West Seattle Wildcats did not have a winning season, finishing 0-8. But Coach Marcis Fennell was still happy on Dec 1. That evening the team honored 48 players and awarded 23 players varsity letters during their annual Football Banquet at the Hall at Fauntleroy.

Fennell said of the season that "It was long, tough, arduous yet progressive."

He recognized that in losing there is a lot of learning and said his takeaway was, "For me it's the values and character of the young men. When I first got into the job at West Seattle we only returned two who had played varsity, so we have a very young team and we showed it in the way we played. But they showed a lot of character. We started out with record numbers and they dwindled down to the solid core group we have now. They've learned how to work. One of the big things I talk about is the process over the outcome. Especially in this society right now, everything is about the outcome. Instant gratfication. I don't need to work to get the end result. But these young men have learned that every opportunity to get better, they need to take advantage of that. As we look back on our film as a coaching staff we can really see the difference in the last two weeks compared to the first six weeks. Just being resilient even though we were usually outsized and usually the slower team. As the season went on we were able to see the kids fight. Toward the end of the season we would see the kids call a time out when usually it's me or a coach. If you ask any of our kids if we had ten more weeks we'd probably be much more successful."

Looking ahead to next year Fennell said, "I think we will be ok. We played a handful of freshmen, a lot of juniors and seniors and we have 36 returning."

In attendance at the dinner were Larry Pierce, President of the Monogram Club a group of players who  lettered in a varsity sport at West Seattle High School at least 50 years ago. He was joined by Ted Foss. Both are 1955 graduates.