Coupeville Sports

No one gets away from Madison Tisa McPhee. (Jack Tisa photos)

Brendan Coleman (right) gets ready for his roping competition.

Coleman (right) operates in tandem with his teammate.

There is a road on Whidbey, a bad-ass road on which rodeo champions are produced.

Coupeville High School grads Madison Tisa McPhee and Brendan Coleman, who both hail from the same Greenbank cul-de-sac, have been tearing it up as rodeo stars for Central Washington University.

The duo and their teammates have hit the road for events in Walla Walla, Spokane and Ellensburg and just wrapped the season in Hermiston, Oregon.

Tisa McPhee, an accomplished barrel racer, added break-away roping and goat-tying  to her bag of tricks this year.

She placed seventh in overall women’s events at a big two-day Ellensburg event in late April and her CWU squad claimed second as a team at regionals and now advances to nationals.

Coleman operates as a heeler in team roping and claimed second place in Ontario and fifth at Spokane this season.

He was ranked ninth overall in the region in the event.

With the college season done, he’ll be back at it training and competing with fellow CHS grad Cody West this summer.

Tisa McPhee will be busy as well, with nationals in Wyoming in July and summer events for the Whidbey Western Gaming Association.

Both former Wolves had success early on away from the horse arena.

Coleman played for the 2010 Central Whidbey Little League baseball squad that won a state title, while Tisa McPhee snagged a ton ‘o medals as a hurdler and sprinter for the CHS track team.