At the encouragement of Dick Seuss, Dan Cable and Don Purser, former
Northwest League veterans created the Eagles to be based out of Port
Townsend, Washington as an inaugural team for the Pacific Northwest
Football Conference, a new spring-oriented league.
The Eagles found the sledding tough that first year finishing 0-6
with a forfeit awarded when the
Lightning were suspended, but did place Aaron Grady at defensive
end, and Brian Savage, a kick returner on the 1st Team
All-Conference selections.
Seuss would break away from the PNFC after one season and create a
rival league in the Cascade Football League and the Eagles followed
as a second-year team while the other three teams were first-year
ventures. The Eagles split with the CFL opponents to go 3-3
during the regular season while also grabbing a season-opening win
over former PNFC opponent Northwest
and non-league loss to Willamette Valley.
After a playoff win, the second-year Eagles would face the
first-year Whatcom County Raiders
for the inaugural CFL championship. The Raiders won the
rubber-match and the title 24-14. The Eagles ventured into a
post-season against Northwest League champion
King County only to get blown out 70-0
in what was called an MLFA playoff game. Next came the North
American Football League, attempting to generate a foothold in the
Northwest, invited the Eagles to play the Willamette Valley Raiders
in the NAFL playoffs. The Raiders had already defeated the
Eagles, and declined the invitation resulting in an NAFL awarded
forfeit to the next round of playoffs. Faced with a
cross-country expedition to Ontario, Canada to play the London
Silverbacks, Olympic Peninsula opted to forfeit that round due to
extreme expense to make the trip ending the season at 5-6.
Brian Savage would be named CFL Player of the Year from the running
back position.
The 2008 season featured four victories over the
Thunder and the first year
Pirates sandwiched between five
blow out losses to finish 4-6. The downhill slide continued
over the next three seasons as Olympic Peninsula went 4-25 from
2009-2011. The 2009 season was noteably bad as the Eagles gave
up 446 points in eight games, one of the eight-worst seasons
defensively in Northwest history. In the middle of that
streak, the Cascade League imploded, and again Dick Seuss created a
new league called the Western Washington Football Association that
took all of the CFL teams with the exception of the
Pacific Northwest Wildcats after
the 2010 season had kicked off.
2012 featured new color schemes, released schedules, changed
schedules, folded teams and suspended teams creating a chaotic May
and June. The Eagles went away from their long-time silver and
maroon colors, to green, white and silver for 2012. With a 5-2
record, the Eagles finale was canceled when the
Eruption franchise collapsed, but
Olympic Peninsula shockingly forfeited the playoff game with
Renton on July 28th just two weeks
after defeating the Ravens 22-6.
Struggling with roster numbers, the Eagles chose not to return in
2013 and a failed attempt to form the
Peninsula Seminoles as their
replacement took place between October 2012 and March 2013.
With neither Olympic Peninsula returning nor the Seminoles team able
to get off the ground, Dick Seuss and Larry Moody created an 8-man
league believing finding quality linemen would be less of an impact
to smaller market teams. This led Ronald Wright, TJ Greene and
Michael McMahan, who planned to coach with the Seminoles to form the
Neah Bay Eagles 8-man team for
play in 2013 using the "new" colors the Olympic Peninsula Eagles
introduced prior to the 2012 season, the green and whites.
That Eagles team would return to the 11-man game in 2017 as members
of the Washington State Football League. The Oly-Pen Eagles
and Neah Bay Eagles could be considered the "same" organization, but
due to the complexities involving how the teams stopped, started,
and were almost replaced by the Seminoles, We have separated the
organizations at the point the "Eagles" became an 8-man team.
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2006
Pacific Northwest Football Conference
Record: 0-6
Sponsor: Dan Cable, Don Purser
GM Jay Piper
Coach Troy Linenkugel, Steve Trubown, Gary Kauty, Chuck
Ellison, Mike McMahan
2006 Awards
Aaron Grady (DE) PNFC All-Conference 1st Team
Brian Savage (KR) PNFC All-Conference 1st Team
Matt Nelson (OL) PNFC All-Conference 2nd Team
Eric Nelson (DE) PNFC All-Conference 2nd Team
Myron Woods (DT) PNFC All-Conference 2nd Team
Dan Cable (LB) PNFC All-Conference 2nd Team
Nic Dahl (DB) PNFC All-Conference 2nd Team
2007
Cascade Football League
Record: 5-6
Sponsor: Dan Cable, Don Purser
GM Jay Piper
Coach Troy Linenkugel, Steve Trubown, Gary Kauty, Chuck
Ellison
2007 Awards
Brian Savage (RB) Cascade League Player of the Year
Don Purser (LS) MLFN 1st Team All-America
Eric Nelson (DL) MLFN 1st Team All-America
Craig Danielson (OL) MLFN 1st Team All-America
Aaron Grady (DL) MLFN 3rd Team All-America
Dan Cable (LB) MLFN 3rd Team All-America
Aaron Grady (DE) All-League 1st Team
Eric Nelson (DE) All-League 1st Team
Brian Savage (RB) All-League 1st Team
Jacoba Square (WR) All-League 1st Team
Jay Piper (OL) All-League 1st Team
Russ Howard (OL) All-League 1st Team
Chuck Ellison (DB) All-League 1st Team
Don Purser (LS) All-League 1st Team
Drew McCary (LB) All-League 1st Team
Gary Restick (DL) All-League 1st Team
Freddie Castenada (AP) All-League 1st Team
James Henning (FB) All-League 2nd Team
Eric Johnson Jr (DB) All-League 2nd Team
Keith Grubb (OL) All-League 2nd Team
2008
Cascade Football League
Record: 0-6
Sponsor: Dan Cable, Don Purser
GM Jay Piper
Coach Troy Linenkugel, Steve Trubown, Gary Kauty, Chuck
Ellison
2008 Awards
Freddie Casteneda CFL Rookie of the Year
Jay Piper (OL) All-League 1st Team
Brian Savage (RB) All-League 2nd Team
2009
Cascade Football League
Record: 0-8
Sponsor: Dan Cable, Don Purser
GM Jay Piper
Coach Troy Linenkugel, Steve Trubown, Gary Kauty, Chuck
Ellison
2009 Awards
Jay Piper (OL) All-League 2nd Team
2010
Cascade Football League/Western Washington Alliance
Record: 3-9
Sponsor: Mike McMahan
Coach Mike McMahan
2011
Western Washington Football Alliance
Record: 1-8
Sponsor: Mike McMahan
Coach Mike McMahan
2012
Western Washington Football Alliance
Record: 5-2
Sponsor: Mike McMahan
Coach Mike McMahan/Dave Snyder
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| 2006 Apr 1 |
Northwest Avalanche |
18-27 |
| 2006 Apr 8 |
Skagit Valley Lightning |
0-24 |
| 2006 Apr 15 |
Seattle Stallions |
0-32 |
| 2006 Apr 22 |
South Sound Shockers |
0-35 |
| 2006 Apr 29 |
Bothell Bulldogs |
Cancel |
| 2006 May 6 |
Northwest Avalanche |
6-42 |
| 2006 May 13 |
Skagit Valley Lightning |
W FFT |
| 2006 May 20 |
Seattle Stallions |
14-60 |
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| 2007 Apr 28 |
Northwest Avalanche |
16-9 |
| 2007 May 5 |
Puget Sound Invaders |
42-0 |
| 2007 May 12 |
Willamette Valley Raiders |
20-24 |
| 2007 May 26 |
Snhomish County Thunder |
28-18 |
| 2007 June 9 |
Puget Sound Invaders |
20-25 |
| 2007 June 16 |
Whatcom County Raiders |
8-27 |
| 2007 June 23 |
Whatcom County Raiders |
24-12 |
| 2007 June 30 |
Snohomish County Thunder |
12-15 |
| 2007 July 7 |
Puget Sound Invaders (Playoff) |
30-14 |
| 2007 July 14 |
Whatcom County Raiders (Championship) |
14-24 |
| 2007 Aug 26 |
@ King County Jaguars (MLFA Playoff) |
0-70 |
| 2007 Oct 27 |
Willamette Valley Raiders (NAFL Playoff) |
W FFT |
| 2007 Nov 3 |
@ Lonton Ontario Silverbacks (NAFL Playoff) |
L FFT |
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| 2008 Apr 26 |
Whatcom County Raiders |
6-63 |
| 2008 May 3 |
Puget Sound Pirates |
14-0 |
| 2008 May 17 |
Tacoma Invaders |
0-45 |
| 2008 May 31 |
Snohomish County Thunder |
12-2 |
| 2008 June 7 |
Whatcom County Raiders |
0-55 |
| 2008 June 14 |
Puget Sound Pirates |
34-14 |
| 2008 June 28 |
Tacoma Invaders |
0-39 |
| 2008 July 12 |
Snohomish County Thunder |
12-25 |
| 2008 July 19 |
Snohomish County Thunder (Playoff) |
13-12 |
| 2008 July 26 |
Tacoma Invaders (Playoff) |
6-46 |
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| 2009 May 2 |
@ Renton Ravens |
0-67 |
| 2009 May 9 |
Seattle Stallions |
0-77 |
| 2009 May 16 |
@ Tacoma Warriors |
0-71 |
| 2009 May 23 |
@ Whatcom County Raiders |
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| 2009 June 6 |
Snohomish County Thunder |
22-24 |
| 2009 June 13 |
Puget Sound Pirates |
16-34 |
| 2009 June 20 |
@ Tacoma Invaders |
14-30 |
| 2009 June 27 |
Kitsap County Bears |
6-74 |
| 2009 July 11 |
@ South King County Colts |
0-69 |
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| 2010 Apr 10 |
Snohomish County Thunder |
21-8 |
| 2010 Apr 24 |
Washington Cavaliers |
14-0 |
| 2010 May 1 |
@ Seattle Stallions |
6-48 |
| 2010 May 8 |
Eastside Xtreme |
14-18 |
| 2010 May 15 |
Pacific Northwest Wildcats |
14-18 |
| 2010 May 22 |
Kitsap County Bears |
0-39 |
| 2010 June 12 |
South King County Colts |
0-50 |
| 2010 June 19 |
Tacoma Warriors |
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| 2010 June 19 |
Northwest Terminators |
35-68 |
| 2010 June 26 |
Snohomish County Thunder |
21-6 |
| 2010 July 10 |
Tacoma Invaders |
6-58 |
| 2010 July 17 |
@ Renton Ravens |
0-48 |
| 2010 July 24 |
@ Renton Ravens (Playoff) |
20-34 |
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| 2011 Apr 16 |
@ Washington Cavaliers |
14-26 |
| 2011 May 7 |
@ Cascade Xtreme |
30-0 |
| 2011 May 14 |
Innercity Shine |
0-28 |
| 2011 May 21 |
@ Tacoma Invaders |
0-40 |
| 2011 June 11 |
@ Snohomish County Thunder |
13-25 |
| 2011 June 18 |
Bellingham Blitz |
0-48 |
| 2011 June 25 |
@ Renton Ravens |
0-49 |
| 2011 July 9 |
Washington Wolfpack |
7-58 |
| 2011 July 16 |
@ Puget Sound Outlaws |
0-34 |
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| 2012 May 5 |
Snohomish County Thunder |
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| 2012 May 5 |
Washington Wolfpack |
Cancel |
| 2012 May 5 |
@ Puget Sound Outlaws |
21-12 |
| 2012 May 12 |
@ Inner City Shine |
18-26 |
| 2012 May 19 |
Westside Wildcats |
Cancel |
| 2012 June 2 |
@ Washington Cavaliers |
20-32 |
| 2012 June 16 |
@ Mt Hood Eruption |
Cancel |
| 2012 June 23 |
Puget Sound Outlaws |
33-6 |
| 2012 June 30 |
Tacoma Invaders |
40-6 |
| 2012 July 7 |
Snohomish County Thunder |
40-3 |
| 2012 July 14 |
@ Renton Ravens |
22-6 |
| 2012 July 21 |
@ Mt Hood Eruption |
Cancel |
| 2012 July 28 |
Renton Ravens (Playoff) |
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