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You get a title, and you get a title, and you…

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on May 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Chelsea Prescott and Co. can win a state title, same as anyone else in 1A. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

I’m here to tell you anyone can win a 1A team state title.

Anyone.

A look at the 2018-2019 champions in the 12 sports Coupeville High School competes in shows an almost 50/50 break between public and private schools.

It’s almost equally split between institutions located in the Western half of Washington state and the Eastern half.

Heck, there’s not even much difference between “big” and “small” schools.

So, anyone looking for an easy conspiracy is going to be frustrated.

Now, the only schools to win more than a single state title this school year — Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) and La Salle — both hail from the Eastern side of the state and…

Well, that doesn’t really work, because while Lakeside is a larger public school, La Salle is an itsy-bitsy private school which is actually 2B-sized, but opts up to 1A.

For that matter, two of the three smallest 1A schools (not counting 2B schools who opt up) accounted for more state titles than the eight biggest.

That’s right, Okanogan (girls track) and Charles Wright Academy (boys tennis) teamed up to top the combined output of Connell, Klahowya, Deer Park, Vashon Island, Wahluke, Mount Baker, La Center, and Medical Lake.

Those eight schools produced one state champ — Vashon in boys soccer — and, well, it’s soccer, so my brain pain is already glazing over.

Before we present the cold hard data, what I’m trying to say is public, private, East, West, big school, small school, doesn’t ultimately matter.

What does is talent, certainly, but also commitment, dedication, and work ethic.

So, stop worrying about conspiracy theories and start workin’.

 

2018-2019 school year 1A state champs in sports Coupeville plays:

 

School Type Location Students Titles
Charles Wright Private Tacoma 220.88 Boys Tennis
Colville Public Colville 398.13 Football
Lakeside Public Nine Mile Falls 386.63 B Track, G/B XC
La Salle Private Union Gap 167.00 GBB, Girls Soccer
Lynden Christian Private Lynden 249.63 Volleyball
Montesano Public Montesano 325.38 Softball
Okanogan Public Okanogan 215.00 Girls Track
Seattle Academy Private Seattle 323.00 Girls Tennis
University Prep Private Seattle 230.63 Baseball
Vashon Island Public Vashon Island 429.13 Boys Soccer
Zillah Public Yakima 323.50 Boys Basketball

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His run is done!!

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on December 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Danny Conlisk, wearing a lei gifted him by Eileen Stone, is honored for his year as student rep to the Coupeville School Board. (Photos courtesy Dawnelle Conlisk)

Conlisk hangs out with CHS Principal Duane Baumann (left) and CES Principal David Ebersole.

Elizabeth Bitting, the CMS track coach who started Conlisk on his running path.

Deb Sherman, the teacher who gave Conlisk the courage to undertake his first public speaking role at his 5th grade moving up ceremony.

Dad Kenny, mom Dawnelle, and Nana Glyn check out Danny’s official digs.

The baton has been passed.

Coupeville High School senior Danny Conlisk hit the tape on his year-long run as the student rep to the school board Monday, with his older compatriots honoring him as he exited stage left.

The Wolf track and cross country standout is being replaced by junior Tia Wurzrainer, who will juggle the position along with stints as a soccer, basketball and tennis sensation.

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There’s awards to be won!!

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on September 14, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Play a fall sport like volleyball? You could be honored by the Seahawks. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s not the Steelers, but it’s a start.

The Seattle Seahawks (are they still an NFL team? I kid, I kid…), Q13 Fox and CenturyLink are joining forces to honor Washington state high school student athletes during the fall sports season.

The program, which started Aug. 28, runs 10 weeks and rewards athletes who “display excellence both on and off the field.”

Just about anyone — coaches, teachers, parents, fellow players and community members, heck, even bloggers — can nominate an athlete.

Criteria should include the student’s dedication to academics, community involvement, leadership, reliability and weekly athletic performance.

Each week a winner be picked, with that athlete recognized both at their school and at a Seahawks game.

Honorees also pick up a $1,000 grant for their school, plus a personalized 2017 Nike Seahawks jersey, a custom football, sideline passes to a home game and more.

For more info and to nominate your favorite Wolf (from cross country, tennis, soccer, volleyball or football), pop over to:

http://www.seahawks.com/highschool

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Three for the win!!

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on June 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville High School Athlete of the Year winners (clockwise from left) Hunter Smith, Katrina McGranahan and Valen Trujillo. (John Fisken photos)

Many competed, and three rose to the top.

Coupeville High School coaches honored a trio Tuesday night, naming juniors Hunter Smith and Katrina McGranahan and senior Valen Trujillo as CHS Athlete of the Year winners.

It’s the first time any of them have received the school’s highest athletic honor.

All three will see their photos go up in the hallway of the CHS gym, joining previous winners such as Corey Cross, Sherry (Bonacci) Roberts, Brad Sherman and Makana Stone.

A look at what earned them the award, in alphabetic order:

McGranahan — She started and ended the year as an MVP.

In the fall, she teamed with Trujillo to lead the CHS volleyball squad to its first league title since 2002.

The Wolves went 8-1 in Olympic League play and made a run at the program single-season record for wins (13), finishing 11-6 after two down-to-the-wire losses at districts.

Among the state leaders in kills and service aces, McGranahan was tabbed as league MVP, then took the winter “off” to get ready for her #1 sport, softball.

The spring was the season of the Kat, as she used her electric pitching arm and ferocious bat to lead the Wolves to a 19-5 record (second-best in program history) and within an out of advancing to state.

Throwing every pitch at districts, she hurled 33 innings in less than 26 hours as Coupeville split four games, two of which went to extra innings.

McGranahan, who led the Wolves in almost every offensive category and went 18-5 in the pitcher’s circle, shared Olympic League MVP honors with Shanya Nisbet of Chimacum.

Smith — A First-Team All-Conference pick in all three of his sports (football, basketball, baseball), with football coaches honoring him on both sides of the ball.

He opened the year by setting new CHS single-season records for receiving yards (916) and touchdowns (11) and sits on the threshold of owning Coupeville’s career records in both those categories, as well as interceptions.

As a defensive back who teams rarely dared to test, he recorded 49 tackles and three picks.

During the winter, Smith led the Wolf boys basketball team in scoring, dropping 332 points in 20 games, including 29 in a playoff loss to Bellevue Christian.

When the spring came, he worked both as a pitcher and infielder, while holding down lead-off duty in the lineup for a CHS squad which finished second in league play behind Klahowya.

In a quirky side note, Smith beat the odds, twice named a WIAA Athlete of the Week winner, despite the award’s rules stating an athlete can only receive it once a school year.

Trujillo — The anchor to two league-title winning teams, as she helped pace the volleyball and girls tennis teams to triumphant seasons.

On the court, she exits as the school record holder for digs in a game, season and career.

A three-year starter, the Wolf libero was a constant tumbling ball of fire, racking up more floor burns than any player in the league.

Needless to say, she was a First-Team All-Conference player three years running.

When spring rolled around, she returned to the court for another season as Coupeville’s #1 singles player and went on to win a second-straight individual league title.

She followed that up by placing third at districts, winning the final three matches of her prep career.

Led by her play, and her quiet but very effective leadership (Trujillo never left a match until all of her teammates had finished playing), the Wolves won their third consecutive regular season team title, remaining unbeaten in Olympic League action.

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Lawrence, Rische nab photo money!!

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on June 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   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.

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