The evolution of Everett's teams

Albert Higgs, the Everett Hawks' quarterback last season, was a fan favorite. He led the team to 15 straight wins before a close loss in the playoffs. (MARK HARRISON / THE SEATTLE TIMES)

Hawks

MARCH 26, 2005: The Everett Hawks win their debut game, 55-43 over the Billings Mavericks, en route to a 14-0 regular-season mark.

MAY 6: The Hawks play to a regular-season-high 5,500 fans, thanks in part to a radio-station promotion that offers $9.41 tickets.

JULY 15: The Hawks' season ends with a 54-52 loss to the Tri-Cities Fever in the second round of the playoffs.

SEPT. 19: At a news conference at the Everett Events Center, Arena Football League President Jerry Kurz announces the Hawks will move up to the arenafootball2 league in 2006.

Silvertips

SEPT. 18, 2001: The Western Hockey League Board of Governors approves, on a conditional basis, an expansion franchise for Everett beginning with the 2003-04 season.

NOVEMBER 2002: Team officials announce the franchise will be called the Silvertips, saluting a type of grizzly bear found in the Northwest.

SEPT. 19, 2003: The Silvertips lose their inaugural game, 4-1 against the Kamloops Blazers in British Columbia.

OCT. 4, 2003: The Silvertips lose in their first home game at the events center, 3-1 to the Prince George Cougars, before a sold-out house of 8,250 fans.

APRIL 30, 2004: Everett fans line up hours in advance outside the events center to buy tickets for the Western Hockey League championship series pitting the Silvertips against the Medicine Hat Tigers. All tickets for two games are gone by the end of the day. The Tigers go on to sweep the Silvertips in four games.

APRIL 12, 2005: Despite reaching the playoffs for the second straight year, the Silvertips are swept out again, four games to zero, this time in the second round against the Kootenay Ice.

Giants and AquaSox

JUNE 1984: Professional baseball comes to Everett in the form of a San Francisco Giants-affiliated single-A team, the Everett Giants. Bob and Margaret Bavasi had bought a Central Washington baseball club and brought it to Everett.

SEPTEMBER 1985: The Everett Giants beat the Eugene Emeralds to take the Northwest League championship, the only year the team has taken the league crown.

NOVEMBER 1994: The Bavasis make a deal with the Seattle Mariners, and the Everett team becomes a Mariners affiliate, the AquaSox.

JUNE 1998: The AquaSox start their season after a $5 million stadium renovation.

OCTOBER 1998: The Bavasis sell their team to Mark Sperandio, a Boston Red Sox fan and former accountant.

SEPTEMBER 2004: The team is sold to Cleveland lawyer Peter A. Carfagna and his family.