Coupeville Sports

A wrestling beast and his mom.

     Now, we just need to do something about getting Crebbin’s daughters back in red and black by the time they hit high school…

It’s all in how you look at it.

Since Toni Crebbin put in 20 years as a Coupeville High School volleyball coach, she is an integral part of Wolf Nation. Therefore, any of her offspring are technically Wolves.

So, even when they wear the purple and gold of Oak Harbor High School, they are, in their heart of hearts, really Wolves — just in disguise.

So when her son, ‘Cat wrestler Josh Crebbin, finished second in 3A in the 160-pound weight class at Mat Classic XXV at the Tacoma Dome Saturday night, it was really a win for Coupeville, as well.

Sure, they can say that Crebbin’s remarkable run on the mat, in which he knocked off the first and second-seeded grapplers before dropping a narrow 4-2 decision to a guy from Meadowdale in the championship bout, will stand as a shining example to future OHHS wrestlers.

Which it should, with Crebbin’s dad, Mike, having coached his ‘Cat squad to a 10th place finish in the team standings, one of the best showings by an Island squad since the early ’90s glory of Rich Linsenmayer.

An imposing, slightly scary guy for a 22-year old sports editor to talk to, Linsenmayer brought home a 2nd place team trophy Saturday, Feb. 20, 1993 and I ran the biggest headline in paper history four days later — “Sarpy Rules!”, but I digress…).

Back to the subject at hand. In his heart of hearts, Josh Crebbin is a Wolf. He knows it, whether he wants to accept it or not. Once you’re born into Wolf Nation, you can’t escape.

So two fan bases celebrate this morning.