Coupeville Sports

I’m just here for the pictures. The badly-drawn pictures of a funeral for a thong…

Fine, slacker.

Friday marks one year of coupevillesports.com, and, for the latecomers, the thought of slogging through all 1,200+ articles so far produced may seem a bit daunting.

So, to make it easier, after a little thought (a very little) I have selected five articles that capture the diverse world that is this blog.

They are not the five most-read articles of all time, though one of these is in the top ten. But they run the gamut of what you might stumble across if you hang out for a bit.

Five to start with:

5) Scooping the Canadian-owned newspapers on this Island on a regular basis comes from a bit of skill, a bit of luck and a bit of chutzpah.

When Madison Tisa McPhee let me run a photo of her in the ER moments after she broke her nose in a Coupeville High School girls’ soccer game, it forever changed the playing field. We would take you anywhere, anytime, while the Canucks would enjoy their nap.

https://coupevillesports.com/2012/10/22/breaking-news-tisa-mcphee-suffers-accidental-nose-job/

4 & 3) I write a lot of stuff that is disposable and/or ridiculous, but, every couple of months, I stick the landing on a sensitive subject and remind you that, yes, I can be a serious journalist and such.

https://coupevillesports.com/2012/12/14/endure/
https://coupevillesports.com/2013/04/11/night-coach/

2) Of course, I also spend a lot of time just amusing myself, and this photo essay still makes me laugh. Which is all that matters.

https://coupevillesports.com/2013/01/30/caleb-valko-wants-your-sweet-sweet-cupcakes/

1) But my favorite article of the first year, the one that I’m most proud of for a lot of reasons, has little to do with sports. And that’s the point. It’s my blog and I can write about whatever I want.

So why not celebrate someone who is truly wonderful and make sure the world discovers her?

https://coupevillesports.com/2013/06/22/kelsey-simmons-is-awesome-by-design/