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Sylvia Arnold and the next generation of Wolf cheerleaders, her nieces. (Courtney Arnold photos)

Yep, no doubt whose family they’re from.

She finished the way you knew she would, with a smile covering her entire face.

Bringing a close to a stellar 20-year run as Coupeville High School’s indefatigable cheer coach, Sylvia Arnold went out by bringing down the house.

As her successor, Cheridan Eck, watched from above with a smile of her own, swaying along to the beat, Arnold and her Wolf cheer squad joined with a huge mob of elementary school girls — there were 113 cheerleaders on the field at halftime Friday — to put on a rousing, well-received show.

Still hugging each and every one of her girls, current, future or past, long after the show, and the game, had ended, Miss Sylvia bowed out with grace, humility and one final ear-splitting “Let’s go, Wolves” cheer that could only come from her well-conditioned lungs.

The queen has left the building, but her legacy will live on for generations.