Ben Etzell, gladiator. (Shelli Trumbull photos)
Etzell risks life and limb further by attempting to chest-bump Nick “Freight Train” Streubel (50) during player introductions.
Few athletes sacrifice their body like Ben Etzell.
During the boys’ tennis season, while wearing shorts and NO PADS, he laid out not once, but twice, on a CEMENT court, ripping up his thigh something dandy and causing Wolf coach Ken Stange to scream like a little girl who had just been given a pony.
Now, midway through basketball season, he’s sporting a swollen, discolored eye after he used said eyeball to play defense against another player’s elbow.
The elbow won.
Ben Etzell, Wolf Nation hails your sacrifice. And we kind of hope you’re still standing when baseball season rolls around.
Coupeville Sports 
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