Ted Stone LIFETIME SERVICE TO WRESTLING Wilson Junior High School 1960-1967 Eisenhower High School 1967-1987 East Valley High School 1992-2008 After serving in the Navy stationed in the South Pacific during World War II, Ted attended Yakima Junior College and was the team captain of the Football and Baseball teams. He was all-conference in football and held three team records. He then attended Central Washington State College where he was the captain of the baseball team. Following college, Stone played competitive Fastpitch Softball, where he was a 4-time All-State player, once being selected Most Valuable State Player. Following graduation from Central Washington State College in 1960, Coach Stone became one of the early pioneers in the sport of wrestling in Washington State. Although he had no interscholastic wrestling background, he started the competitive Junior High wrestling program in Yakima in 1961 and coached 7 seasons at Wilson Junior High School. He became the head wrestling coach at Eisenhower High School in 1967 where he led the wrestling team for the next 20 years. After his retirement as the Eisenhower wrestling coach, he stayed active helping at wrestling tournaments as needed. In 1992, Ted started coaching with his son Denny, the head wrestling coach at East Valley High School in Yakima. He finally retired from coaching in 2008 at the age of 80. Coach Stone's won/loss record at Wilson Junior High School was 57-7 with 7 league championships. At Eisenhower High School his teams had a dual match record of 226-111. Ted produced three Big 9 Championships and had three state champions and 19 place winners at the State Championships. Stone has been honored by his coaching peers as the Big-9 Wrestling Coach of the Year three times. Ted was inducted into the Washington State Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1988. Stone has also been inducted into the Yakima Fastpitch Softball Hall of Fame. Ted and his spouse Jerry reside in Yakima and have three adult children: Christy Fordyce (64), Denny (61), and Paula Morford (58). They have 9 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.