Top row: (l to r) Shane Losey, Josh Lord, Ty Eck, Hunter Smith. Bottom: Mitchell Losey, Jake Lord, Gabe Eck, CJ Smith. (Scott Losey photos)
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Bloodlines run deep in Wolf Nation.
Especially when it comes to the CHS football squad.
There are currently four sets of brothers, including two pairs of twins, anchoring the gridiron team.
While there have been brothers who played at the same time before, and a lot of siblings who played several years apart, having four different pairs at one time is out of the ordinary.
Leading off are seniors Jake and Josh Lord, big, bruising linemen who are actually really easy-going dudes.
Up next, two pairs that combine an older sibling with his little bro.
Senior CJ Smith is joined by sophomore Hunter Smith, while senior Mitchell Losey looks across the field and sees freshman Shane Losey shadowing him.
And wrapping up the family affair is freshman twins Gabe and Ty Eck.
Gabe used to have long, curly hair, now it’s Ty’s turn for the flowing locks, but both are already starters for the Wolves as ninth graders.
Graduation in the spring of 2016 will break things up a bit, with four of the eight siblings set to depart.
But, that doesn’t mean the Ecks will be alone, as over the next two years they should be joined by new brother/brother units.
Cameron Toomey-Stout, already a speed demon for the Wolves, will be a junior next year, while Sean Toomey-Stout (who is a twin, but with sister Maya) will be hitting high school as a freshman.
And, if my calculations are correct, a third brother combo pops up in 2017, when Wolf QB Hunter Downes (currently a sophomore) could be joined by lil’ bro Sage, currently a 7th grader at Coupeville Middle School.
So, sometime between now and then, we just need to find a family with triplets — all preferably 6-foot-5, 300-pound linemen with 4.2 speed in the 40 — and we’re really set.
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