Coupeville Sports

Courtney Arnold (left), during her days as a Wolf cheer captain.

Sherry Roberts (right), spending quality time with Sydney Aparicio.

How perfect is it that these two share a birthday Friday?

Former Wolf greats Sherry (Bonacci) Roberts and Courtney Arnold may be the two sunniest people in the entire known universe.

People seeking a tan in Washington state can head to a tanning bed.

Or, they can hang around the dynamic duo for a bit and soak in the invisible Vitamin D that comes out of every pore each time Sherry and Courtney smile.

Which is about once every 1.3 seconds.

Courtney was born to be a cheerleader, the daughter of the original sunny delight herself, former CHS cheer guru Sylvia Arnold.

She walked in big footsteps, but Courtney made a name for herself, becoming a cheer captain and leading her team not only on the sidelines but also in full-scale cheer competitions.

Now she’s off at college, in sunny Cali, and hitting the big 2-2.

One thing has never changed, however. She remains an irrepressible, shining star, a young woman who combines grace and beauty with a sweet spirit and a genuinely caring heart.

The same could be said of Mrs. Roberts, who may be a few years older but has lost none of her teenage sparkle.

Her face is on the wall of honor in the hallway of the CHS gym, acknowledging her days when she was tabbed as the school’s Female Athlete of the Year.

The same gym-filling smile is usually on display, live and in person, at every basketball game, as she watches her successors play the sport she so excelled at.

One of those successors is daughter Lindsey, a star on the court and in front of the paparazzi camera for the Coupeville Middle School 8th grade squad.

With talent handed down from both parents (dad Jon Roberts was also a CHS Athlete of the Year) and the same feisty attitude on the court that her mom proudly displayed, the younger Roberts is coming for all her mom’s records.

When she gets there, no one will be prouder than Sherry, who is quick to bestow her approval and love to as many as possible.

Courtney and Sherry share a birthday, a sweetness of spirit, a love of life and everything that comes with it.

Any town would be lucky to claim one of them as its own. To have both is a blessing.