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Wolf offspring carves own successful path

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on June 4, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Katelyn Maneval and mom celebrate her accomplishments. (Photos courtesy Natalie Fisher)

Her mom and aunt were strong Wolf athletes, while grandma worked in the cubicle next to me at the Whidbey News-Times back in the day.

Now, Marysville Getchell senior Katelyn Maneval is making her own headlines after being named as her school’s Female Athlete of the Year for 2023-2024.

The softball sensation is the daughter of Coupeville grad Natalie (Slater) Fisher, with Marissa Slater-Dixon her aunt and former WNT Island Living Editor Ellen Hiatt one of her grandmas.

One photo, tons o’ speed. Aunt Marissa (top) with mom Natalie (middle, left), Misty Sellgren, Mina Khongsavanh (bottom, left) and Christina Palmquist.

Maneval was a leader for the Chargers softball squad, earning Best Defensive Player honors during her senior campaign.

She was also tabbed as a First-Team All-Wesco pick, and lettered all four years she played high school ball.

After graduating from Getchell, Maneval plans to attend Western Washington University.

She’ll be majoring in sports kinesiology, then going after her PhD in occupational therapy.

Old school Katelyn.

New school Katelyn.

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Farris, Downes earn Athlete of the Year honors

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , , , , on June 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Mia Farris (left) celebrates another big winner. (Bailey Thule photo)

One smashed all the records, while the other was a master of consistency.

Now, Mia Farris and Logan Downes join a who’s-who list of Coupeville High School Athlete of the Year winners and will get their photos added to the collection in the hallway of the school’s gym.

The duo was honored Monday by retiring CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith during the year-end awards and scholarships ceremony.

Farris, a junior, played volleyball, basketball, and softball, and was a captain in all of her sports.

“Mia the Magnificent” was a First-Team All-Conference pick in volleyball and softball and helped lead the spikers to the state tourney.

Farris led the Wolves with 204 kills, while also racking up 215 digs, 47 service aces, four block assists, and three solo blocks.

During basketball season, she notched team MVP honors, playing stellar defense while scoring 104 points to tie for #2 on the squad despite missing a stretch of games with an injury.

Tearing up the diamond on a rare sunny spring day. (Parker Hammons photo)

When softball season rolled around, Farris was one of the veteran leaders for a very-young team which went 14-5, won a league crown, and narrowly missed a trip to state.

Chasing down anything and everything on defense, while crashing over the fence more than once, the centerfielder also wielded a wicked bat and fleet feet while hitting.

Farris tied for the team lead in at-bats, hitting a sweet .353 while compiling 26 runs, 21 RBI, 18 hits, 11 walks, four doubles, three triples, and a home run.

Angie Downes and her record-setting son. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Downes, a senior, capped his CHS run by shattering school records as both a quarterback and a hardwood assassin, earning First-Team All-League honors in both sports.

He was also voted Northwest 2B/1B League MVP in basketball and was selected to play in the All-State game.

On the gridiron, Downes owns the CHS mark for most touchdown passes in a game (5), season (20), and career (40), and was key in Coupeville winning a league title and advancing to state during his junior campaign.

That broke a 33-year dry spell for Wolf football in both categories.

He set individual records but played for team success. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Not content to stop there, Downes became the only CHS hoops player, boy or girl, to record two 500+ point seasons.

After pouring in 554 as a junior, he torched the nets for 527 as a senior, the second and third-best campaigns for any Wolf at a school which began playing basketball in 1917.

Downes finished his run with 1,305 points, breaking the Coupeville boys career mark of 1,137 jointly held by Jeff Stone and Mike Bagby.

More importantly for a player who always seemed to care more about team success than individual highlights, he helped lead a senior-heavy squad back to the state tournament, the second time CHS made it to the big dance in the last three seasons.

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White notches WIAA honor

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , , on June 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cole White (5) and teammates celebrate winning a bi-district hoops title. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Cole White’s trophy case continues to grow.

The Coupeville High School senior, who received All-League honors in all three of his sports this school year, received the Cliff Gillies Award Monday during the year-ending CHS awards and scholarships ceremony.

That honor, handed out by schools across the state, is named for a former longtime Executive Director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

It recognizes student/athletes who excel in scholarship, citizenship, and participation in activities.

White was a leader on all three of his teams, two of which went to the state tourney.

“Cup check!!” (Jackie Saia photo)

He was a First-Team All-League pick as a midfielder in soccer, then notched Second-Team honors in both basketball and baseball, with those Wolf programs advancing to the big dance.

On the hardwood, White snagged the Defensive Player of the Year award from his coaches, while also pumping in 205 points.

He finished his career with 405 points, and he and dad Greg (604) are the first father-son duo to combine for 1,000+ points in the 107-year history of CHS basketball.

On the diamond, Cole anchored the defense at shortstop, while amassing 19 runs, 15 walks, 15 stolen bases, 13 hits, and eight RBI.

He led the Wolves in both runs and walks.

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Hardwood heroes earn academic honors

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on January 16, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cole White (left) and Ryan Blouin — kind of a big deal. (Photo property Coupeville Schools)

They’re 40% of the starting lineup for the Coupeville High School boys’ basketball team, and 100% of the Lions Club students of the quarter.

Wolf seniors Ryan Blouin and Cole White, who kick off a busy week of hoops action Tuesday at home against La Conner, paused momentarily in their pursuit of hardwood excellence to claim their awards.

Blouin, a sweet-shooting three-ball terror, and younger brother of Alita, is the son of Shawn and June.

He juggles basketball with scooping tasty cones at Kapaw’s Iskreme and fulfilling community service projects with the National Honor Society.

Bringing in a 3.97 GPA while taking an eye-boggling number of AP classes, Ryan also works with youth basketball players in his (limited) free time.

With his tutelage, a bevy of mad gunners are learning to chuck it from the cheap seats — and make those treys.

Cole White, whose parents are School Board Prez Morgan and urban legend Greg, also refs and works with little kids learning the ways of the hardwood.

A fellow tasty treat purveyor at Kapaw’s, his spot in the National Honor Society is a given, since Riley’s big bro boasts a sweet ‘n lowdown 4.0 GPA while strolling through any AP classes they can throw at him.

The Lions Club honors two seniors per quarter, with attitude, scholarship, community service, sportsmanship, inspiration, contribution to school, and congeniality part of the assessment.

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Paramedics honor Wolf grad

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on July 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville grad Brian Roberts (far right) is honored with others for saving the life of a driver involved in a fiery accident.

The aftereffects of that accident.

Former Coupeville High School soccer ace Brian Roberts was one of four people honored this week by Whidbey paramedics for their quick response to a nasty vehicle crash.

The incident, which happened in mid-May, involved a car striking an oncoming truck.

Roberts and others managed to get the unresponsive driver out of his burning car before first responders arrived.

All involved survived.

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Roberts, who graduated from CHS in 2019, is the middle of Heidi’s three sons, following CJ and preceding Cody.

During his time as a Wolf, he played several sports, including standing tall as a goaltender for the school’s soccer squad.

Not even a shattered nose suffered during a game slowed him down, as he let me run a photo of said breakage on Coupeville Sports, then went right back to playing.

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