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Say it ain’t so, Big O!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Boys Soccer, Football, Gossip, tagged , , , , on March 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Oscar Liquidano (bottom right) with other CHS football captains. (Sylvia Arnold photo)

  Oscar Liquidano (bottom right, black hoodie) with other CHS football captains. (Sylvia Arnold photo)

Even if he moves to Las Vegas with his family, the legend will live on in Coupeville.

Even if he moves to Las Vegas with his family, his legend will live on in Coupeville.

Aaaaaa-goooooo-nyyyyyyyy.

It’s not 100% certain yet, but there’s a very real possibility the Wolves will lose one of their football captains before he can suit up for his senior season.

Junior lineman Oscar Liquidano, who also plays basketball and soccer for Coupeville High School, may be pilfered away from the red and black if a family move to Las Vegas happens shortly.

“Well, it’s not a sure thing … but only God knows what will happen,” Liquidano said.

The easy-going man mountain was supposed to join Josh Bayne, Carson Risner and Aaron Wright to lead the Wolves into a new league next season. Coupeville is hopping out of the 1A/2A Cascade Conference and joining the 1A Olympic League.

CHS football coach Tony Maggio was last seen huddled in a corner, tears running down his face. Or, at least that’s how I imagine it…

“Devastating. I love that kid,” Maggio said.

If the move happens, it will actually take two football players away from Coupeville, as younger brother Uriel was a standout defensive player for the JV this year as a freshman.

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Once more onto the bus!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on March 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Allison Wenzel goes strong to the hoop in a game against Granite Falls. (John Fisken photos)

Allison Wenzel goes strong to the hoop in a game against Granite Falls. (John Fisken photos)

Kalia Littlejohn hits second gear and flies past a defender.

Kalia Littlejohn hits second gear and flies past a defender.

Ashley Shank

Ashley Shank dominates in the paint.

Much like her mom, former Wolf superstar Sherry (Bonacci) Roberts, CMS sharpshooter Lindsey Roberts always has her eyes on the bucket.

Much like her mom, former Wolf superstar Sherry (Bonacci) Roberts, CMS sharpshooter Lindsey Roberts always has her eyes on the bucket.

It all ends today.

Capping their season, the Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball squads will hit the long and winding road one last time, with a short jaunt down the Island to Langley.

The match-up between Whidbey rivals (3 PM tip) ends an eight-game season and will be the swan song for a talented eighth grade varsity team led by Katrina McGranahan and Mia Littlejohn.

The next time local fans will see them and teammates such as Sage Renninger, Kyla Briscoe and Lauren Rose sporting the red and black on the hardcourt will be as high school players.

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Allie Hanigan rules the courts!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Allie Hanigan -- numero uno on the hardcourts in 2014.

Allie Hanigan — numero uno on the hardcourts in 2014.

She came. She saw. She kicked her teammates rears.

Living up to her advance billing as the top returning Coupeville High School girls’ tennis player, senior Allie Hanigan successfully defended her hardcourt honor and will enter the season as the #1 singles player for the Wolves.

She survived a pre-season team tourney to claim the title, while junior Jacki Ginnings, who played as part of a doubles team with Micky LeVine last season, claimed runner-up honors.

The netters, who will be the first CHS team to kick off the spring season at home when they host Port Townsend Monday, Mar. 17 (4 PM), are still shuffling players as coach Ken Stange looks for the perfect combinations.

Recent partnerings include new doubles duos comprised of Samantha Martin and Sydney Aparicio and basketball buddies Wynter Thorne and McKenzie Bailey.

“We’re rounding it all out,” Stange said.

And, while he may tinker with his lineup up until the last moment, and then some more after that, he’ll do so with one thing set in stone — Hanigan is The Woman. End of story.

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“I enjoy the sensation of scoring goals!!”

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , on March 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Abraham Leyva (left) with select soccer teammate Dawson d'Almeida. (Dan d'Almeida photo)

  Abraham Leyva (left) with select soccer teammate Dawson d’Almeida. (Dan d’Almeida photo)

You lose one, you gain one.

When Jeremy Copenhaver was plucked away from the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad by a family move cross-country, it took a goal-scoring threat away from the Wolves.

But, just maybe, sophomore Abraham Leyva will be able to step in and provide that same sort of spark.

The top scorer on his select soccer team, Washington Rush, where he plays along side Wolf teammate Zane Bundy, he netted eight goals in 14 games.

Now he hopes to make an impact on the pitch for CHS this spring.

“My goals are to get as many goals and assists as I can, so I can make first or second team,” Leyva said. “I enjoy the sensation of scoring goals, humiliating players by beating them and getting assists.”

While he has a great deal of confidence in his skill (“The areas I feel comfortable with are my dribbling, my speed, my passing and crossing”), he still works hard at the game.

“I need to work on my shots, finishing and heading,” Leyva said. “I work on that a lot with my dad.”

It was his father who first brought him to the beautiful game, signing him up for a soccer team at age four, when they were living in Mexico. 12 years later, Leyva is still going strong, and can still turn to his dad for advice and help.

“My dad has the biggest impact on me,” Leyva said. “He helps me improve so I can become one of the best and maybe even go pro.

“If it weren’t for him pushing me to be better, I would have not had the same level of skill as I have now.”

During his time on the soccer pitch, Leyva has bounced all over, playing multiple positions.

He started as a defender, “then, like all kids, wanted to score goals” and moved up to forward. Now he generally operates as a midfielder, working the right side of the field, where he can use his speed and dribbling skills to blast by people.

The speed is honed by working out, while his reflexes are sharpened in a different way.

“I run to stay in shape and play video games like every other teenage dude!”

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Mad Dawg is … wait for it … legendary!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, Happy birthday, Horse sports, Track, tagged , , , , on March 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Many faces, much awesomeness from Madison "Mad Dawg" Tisa McPhee.

Many faces, much awesomeness from Madison “Mad Dawg” Tisa McPhee.

She can kick your butt in more ways than you can count.

The woman, the myth, the legend … track records fall before her and wild horses come to heel out of respect … she needs two last names, cause one isn’t enough when you’re this awesome.

Casting an epic shadow across the sports world, where she ruled as a high school sprinter and hurdler, dabbled in soccer and volleyball, and continues to ride to multiple medals in any horse race you can put together, she is the chosen one, and it is her birthday.

She is Mad Dawg, the destroyer of nations, the quote machine unleashed, the best damn athlete to ever NOT be awarded Coupeville High School’s Athlete of the Year.

Which is fine, cause we all know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

I’m talking about Madison Tisa McPhee and you know it to be true.

Bow when she passes, cause that’s what you do when the legends walk by.

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