Gabe (left) and Ty Eck (Teresa Besaw photo)
Gabe flies for yardage while playing youth football in Oak Harbor. (John Fisken photos)
Ty drops the hammer on ‘d’.
Football rolls on.
The school seasons are done, but Coupeville Middle School eighth graders Gabe and Ty Eck aren’t putting away their pads and mouth guards just yet.
The duo were selected to play with the Northwest Cougars 8th grade select team, which will participate in the Tanoa Bowl in Auburn Dec. 26-28.
That event will bring together the Cougars, who have former NFL player Marcus Trufant on staff, with three other squads — FBU Seattle, Vancouver B.C. Elite and a Hawaiian All-Star team.
After the Tanoa Bowl, the Ecks will bounce to Orlando to participate in the Offense-Defense Youth All-American Bowl, which is part of a series of games held in the Citrus Bowl in the first week of Jan.
It’s the fourth time the brothers have played in the Bowl, with previous trips to Dallas, Houston and Orlando.
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