Sophomore Ashleigh Battaglia returns for a second season of CHS cheer. (John Fisken photo)
Mica Shipley, standing tall in the center, gets ready to fly during a recent cheer camp. (Emily Stevens photo)
New coaches, same hunt for excellence.
Former Coupeville High School cheerleaders Emily (Norris) Stevens and Amanda (Streubel) Jones have returned to their alma mater to reinvigorate the cheer program of their teen years.
The duo replace the departed Cheridan Eck, and are hard at work as fall sports practice officially begins.
Stevens, the head coach, has 21 girls on a tentative roster, though that may change as the Wolves work towards the football season opener Sept. 1.
Seniors Claire Mietus and Mckenzie Meyer, both veterans, lead the way.
“The cheer team is going to stop being influenced by the stereotype that “We’re Coupeville,” Mietus said. “We want to have pride in our squad as well as ourselves and not have our actions defined by others expectations.”
The current roster (which is still in flux):
Jessica Acosta
Ashleigh Battaglia
Julie Bucio
Kayla Caudle
Coral Caveness
Maggie Crimmins
Kaley Grigsby
Gaby Halpin
Abby Hamilton
Ja’Tarya Hoskins
Isabel Hucke
Nanci Melendrez
Mckenzie Meyer
Claire Mietus
Mira Mostafavinassab
Heather Nastali
Abby Parker
Moira Reed
Mica Shipley
Emma Somes
Melia Welling
Coupeville Sports 
Leave a comment