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Sweet sounds, snappy pics!!

Posted in Band, Cheer, Fashionable Fans, tagged , , , , , , on December 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf cheerleader Mica Shipley touches the heavens. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   “Who knew they could play the sweet, sweet sounds of Chicago this FREAKIN’ LOUD???”

Mckenzie Meyer, Renaissance Woman.

Amanda Neitzel and Kory Score enjoy an evening on the town.

   Skyy Lippo, soon to be seen dancing the lead role in the ballet she’s reppin’ on her sweatshirt.

   Ja’Kenya Hoskins just wants to eat her popcorn and check her updates, but the paparazzi is always gettin’ up in her face.

   CHS volleyball stars (l to r) Emma Smith, Lucy Sandahl and Ashley Menges swing by to see if the gym still looks the same.

Melia Welling gives Ashleigh Battaglia a leg (or two) up.

In his later years, Harris Sinclair got really, really into his music.

Softball sensation Tamika Nastali lays down some sweet air guitar riffs.

There’s the game, and then there’s the universe around the game.

On the court, basketball plays out. Meanwhile, around the sides, cheerleaders fly high, band members wail, and fans look for a chance to get their photos snapped.

Wanderin’ camera clicker John Fisken is always a busy bee at games, and he doesn’t disappoint, delivering a mix of off-court pics for your light Saturday reading enjoyment.

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Prairie nights under the lights!!

Posted in Band, Fashionable Fans, tagged , , , , , on October 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville cheerleader/band member Mckenzie Meyer slows down just long enough to get a hug from mom Sarah. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   Wolf spikers Ashley Menges (left) and Scout Smith swing by to support their classmates.

Security has been alerted that these three scamps are in the stadium.

Daniel Olson disappears into the Drum Zone.

Steve and Wendi Hilborn enjoy a night on the prairie.

   The snack shack hums along with (l to r) Kyla Briscoe, Connie Lippo and Katrina McGranahan running things.

The CHS Musician of the Year, Allison Wenzel, lays down a funky beat.

Yes, Ben Olson is taking requests. Thanks for asking.

   Kathy Bayne (right) magically appears, bearing beverages for all, to the delight of Tami (left) and Payton Aparicio.

Sometimes there’s more action off the field.

Whenever he hits a game, like he did Friday night when he prowled the sidelines as Coupeville football played, John Fisken likes to swing his camera around to the audience as well.

The pics above, a mix of fans, snack shop operators and CHS band members, remind you why life under the Friday Night Lights is a prep sports experience like none other.

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Play that funky music!!

Posted in Band, tagged , , , , on October 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Ben Olson lays down a sweet beat on his drum set. (David Stern photos)

“Screw this! I’m playing “Crazy Train” the whole night!!!”

Friday Night Lights are about more than just football.

While the primary action is down on the gridiron, the support crew is a large and diverse one.

From ticket sellers to hot dog hawkers in the snack shack, home games at Mickey Clark Field use the talents of a ton of folks.

Today, we’re turning the spotlight to the CHS band, which bounces from the national anthem to “On Wisconsin” to jazzy covers of Chicago songs under the direction of Jamar Jenkins.

His ace crew (some of whom do double duty as football players or cheerleaders):

Connie Armitage-Buckley
Mollie Bailey
Jakobi Baumann
Jaschon Baumann
Laurence Boado
Heidi Clinkscales
Mackenzie Davis
Kaley Grigsby
Jesse Hester
Jake Hoagland
Samuel Lockwood
Nikolai Lyngra
Andrew Martin
Mckenzie Meyer
Claire Mietus
Cassidy Moody
Ben Olson
Daniel Olson
Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim
Koby Schreiber
Harris Sinclair
Sean Toomey-Stout
Raven Vick
Allison Wenzel

And, a 10-hour loop of the opening guitar riff from “Crazy Train,” cause, why not?

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Let’s make some noise!!

Posted in Band, tagged , , , , on January 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »

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   Coupeville ace Mckenzie Meyer slips on a purple shirt and slides in to help out the Oak Harbor High School music crew. (John Fisken photos)

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Jaschon Baumann shows off his laser focus.

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   A trio of CHS athletes (l to r, Connor Thompson, Joseph Wedekind and Steven Cope) pull double duty as musicians.

Laurence Boado

Laurence Boado lays down the beat.

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  “We’re gonna huff, and we’re gonna puff, and we’re gonna blow this joint down…”

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   Madison Rixe (with epically-sized beverage) watches as fellow track star Meyer takes time to ruffle Baumann’s hair.

Strike up the band and let’s celebrate … the band.

Coupeville High School’s musical maestros are there at every home basketball game (and sometimes pop up down in Oak Harbor as well), putting in time and effort to keep things swinging.

Thanks to the ever-clicking camera of John Fisken, let’s take a moment to swing the spotlight on the guys and gals who keep the tunes cranked up to 11 all night.

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Happy birthday, you little traitor!!

Posted in Band, Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , , on June 29, 2016| 1 Comment »

Oliana

   Oliana Stange, back when she was still wearing the right colors. (John Fisken photos)

Playing with the Coupeville band.

Playing with the Coupeville band.

Oliana Stange has a great sense of humor.

That’s important, because I know she’ll know I’m joking (mostly) with that headline.

Miss Stange, who celebrates a birthday today, is one of the kindest, most talented, most gonna-change-the-freakin-world young women I know.

Course, since she’ll be a freshman this fall at South Whidbey High School and not Coupeville, as we once all assumed, she’s also a dirty, dirty traitor!

I kid, I kid.

A family move pulled Oliana and younger brother Fletcher down to the far end of the Island, but just because she’ll be wearing the wrong colors when she makes her high school tennis debut, I can’t forsake her.

She may be a Falcon now and not a Wolf, as she once was, but she will always, forever and ever, be extremely well-liked on the prairie.

There is whip-smart and then there is Oliana, who goes about a billion miles past that.

She’s the kind of intelligent that makes Stephen Hawking sit up and say “Dang!”

But Stange is much more than book smart.

She is a strong writer (her work has run here on Coupeville Sports) who deeply cares about the world around her, and wants to be one of the ones who makes things better.

She’s also a hard-working athlete, and, back in the day, popped up on CMS basketball and track squads.

Now she’ll follow dad Ken (the longtime CHS tennis coach) into the family business, just on fancier South-end courts.

I wish her the best, always, because Oliana is pure sunshine and brilliance.

Happy birthday, you traitor, you!

He said with a smile.

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