Coupeville Sports

   CHS seniors Grey Rische and Skyler Lawrence both had successful four-year runs as athletes. (John Fisken photos)

Dependable. Always.

Coupeville High School seniors Skyler Lawrence and Grey Rische have been rock-solid, as athletes and people, the past four years, and Tuesday night they got some sweet payback.

The duo were honored by photographer John Fisken, each taking home $500 thanks to money raised by sales of pics shot by John’s Photos this school year.

This is the fourth year Coupeville athletes have received the honor, with Lawrence and Rische joining past winners Jared Helmstadter, Sebastian Davis, Julia Myers, Aaron Trumbull, Breeanna Messner and Brandon Kelley.

To be eligible, Wolves had to play at least two sports for four years, carry a 3.0 GPA and not be receiving financial assistance from a college for athletics.

By pure luck, this year’s winners share the exact same birthday — Oct. 1, 1998.

Lawrence played basketball and was a track and field thrower her entire CHS career.

As a junior, she was part of a girls basketball squad which went to state, the first time the Wolf hoops program had made it to the big dance in a decade.

She also made it to state twice in the shot put, advancing as a sophomore and junior, while winning the sub-district title in the event three years running.

Lawrence advanced to districts or further in all three of her events — shot put, javelin and discus — during her prep career.

Rische, who follows in the footsteps of his brother (Helmstadter) by winning the photo scholarship, played tennis and was a track athlete.

During his time hanging around the oval, he proved a quick learner, competing in eight different events, running the gamut from hurdles to throws to relays to races.

As a sophomore he won a javelin title at the Olympic League JV Championships, an event in which Rische made it to sub-districts three times in his career.

He also made it to sub-districts in the discus, and was a huge supporter of his Wolf teammates every moment he was wearing the red and black.

On the tennis court, Rische was a strong double player, teaming up most notably with his brother.