“Psst, Hunter … I’m trying to talk everyone into giving me cupcakes!”
“Cupcakes? Why cupcakes, Mr. Valko?”
And no, that’s not a euphemism. I think…
Let the word go forth. Caleb Valko (and Drew Chan, too, I’m betting) wants to be showered in cupcakes Friday.
That night, the duo of Valko and Chaaaaannnnnnnnnnnn!!! (say it in your best Captain Kirk voice, please) will be honored before the Coupeville High School boys’ basketball team tips off with King’s.
It’s Senior Night, a night when even the most stoic of individuals gets a bit watery-eyed (let me state now … I HAVE A FRICKIN’ HEAD COLD!), when even the most rugged of manly men allow their moms to hug them in public, when the cupcakes flow freely (or at least Mr. Valko hopes).
“Cupcakes galore for Caleb!!” is his war cry.
So listen up, Coupeville, and make it happen.
Valko and Chan have been there through the tough times (the barf fest that was Food Poisoning Night against Blaine).
Been there through the trying times (terrible injuries to Gavin O’Keefe, Ben Etzell and Aaron Trumbull, god-awful refs who stole a win against Orcas Island).
Been there through the crap (student apathy and punk grads who bitch endlessly even when they couldn’t carry the jocks of any of the current players).
Been there through the transcendent times (the win at Mount Vernon Christian).
In the somewhat-rewritten words of Gene Hackman in “Hoosiers:”
“I would hope you would support who we are. Not, who we are not. These individuals have made a choice to work, a choice to sacrifice, to put themselves on the line every night for the next four months, to represent you, this high school. That kind of commitment and effort deserves and demands your respect and your sweet, sweet cupcakes!!”
Hey, who are you to argue with Gene Hackman?!?!
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