Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Happy birthday on February 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Today is the day Brian Norris was born, so it’s hard to say no to the guy.
Therefore, at his request, and after much shameless pleading by the Coupeville High School baseball star, we present the first group photo of “The Shower Boys.”
Left to right, they are Kurtis Smith, Jake Tumblin, Tim Quinn, Oscar Liquidano, Luke Pelant, Norris, Danny Savalza and Jacob Lovell.
And I remind you, this was NOT my idea. This was all Brian Norris!!
And my phone call from Lori Stolee comes in three, two, one…
Posted in Baseball, Happy birthday on February 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Brian Norris, national spokesman for feline AIDS awareness. (Shelli Trumbull photos)
He also plays a little baseball.
And wins state titles, too.
According to Facebook, Brian Norris is 23 years old today.
Which makes it kind of awkward that he’s still playing first base for the Coupeville High School baseball team. You would have thought he would have graduated by now.
Unless, of course, the master of Facebook status update bombing, a man who lives for the chance to suddenly pop up on innocuous posts about Tolo dresses and drop some serious feline AIDS knowledge on the world before scampering away, is messing with us all.
Hmmm…
Well, either way, we take a moment to pay tribute to the rapidly-aging leader of the now-banned vuvuzela horn movement. Party on, Mr. Norris.
Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Golf, Softball, Track on February 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Nothing says spring like a new golf bag.
Fear the Wolf.
It’s cold. It’s wet. It’s windy.
So, of course, that means spring sports are about to begin on Whidbey Island.
Less than 36 hours from now, when school lets out Monday afternoon, hurlers, sluggers, booters, netters, links legends and track and field athletes of all sizes and shapes will flood out of Coupeville High School and try to seize the day.
The first games hit Tuesday, March 12, with the first home contests the next afternoon. Until then, anything is possible.
Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Golf, Softball, Stange has Moves, Track on February 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »
“Why is Stange dancing over there?!?!”
“No livin’ on a school bus for this guy! No McDonald’s twice a week! Wahoo!!”
“Wait … track has to go to Sultan … TWICE?!?!”
So who did Ken Stange pay off?
I kid. I kid. But, seriously, who did he pay off, because the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team is rarely going to see the inside of a school bus this season.
Want to enjoy the thrill of playing in front of your home fans? Be a netter, because they’re scheduled to play an astonishing 10 of their 14 matches on the courts at CHS.
With one of their four road trips just a short jaunt to Langley, and another a hop across the ferry to play Chimacum in Port Townsend, Stange will laugh and laugh when other coaches talk about epic trips to the wilds of Sultan.
Having wrested the semi-mostly-kinda-finished spring sports schedules from Wolf scheduling maestro Kim Andrews (who didn’t give them up easily), I was able to quickly look at them and pick up little tidbits of interest. All while fending off Andrews, who kept on screaming “The ink hasn’t even dried yet, you heathen!!”
Of note, after a basketball season in which Coupeville spent a LARGE chunk of time on the road, is a return to balanced scheduling.
Well, except for track, which never gets to host more than one meet in a season. Randy King will have plenty of Sultan stories, as his squad visits that town twice.
Softball and boys’ soccer have balanced schedules, while baseball hosts 11 of its 20 games.
The record for traveling, however, won’t go to the track squad. Instead, that honor falls to Wolf golfers Austin and Christine Fields, who will trek to Langley every single day. With Coupeville not having its own links squad, the Fields will train and travel with South Whidbey, while still repping the black and red of their home school.
Schedules:
P.S. — check http://coupeville.tandemcal.com/ for updates, because as Andrews will tell you, “Nothing is written in permanent ink, buddy!!!”
BASEBALL:
Wed-Mar. 13 @ Lakewood
Fri-15 Lakewood
Sat-16 Nooksack Valley
Sat-23 Port Townsend
Mon-25 South Whidbey
Wed-27 @ South Whidbey
Fri-29 South Whidbey
Mon-April 1 @ Cedarcrest (DH)
Wed-3 Cedarcrest
Mon-8 ATM
Wed-10 @ ATM
Fri-12 ATM
Mon-15 @ Granite Falls
Wed-17 Granite Falls
Fri-19 @ Granite Falls
Mon-22 Sultan
Wed-24 @ Sultan
Fri-26 Sultan
Mon-29 @ Lakewood
BOYS SOCCER:
Tue-Mar. 12 @ Friday Harbor
Tue-19 @ Cedarcrest
Fri-22 @ Lakewood
Tue-26 South Whidbey
Fri-29 @ Sultan
Tues-April 2 ATM
Fri-5 @ Granite Falls
Mon-8 King’s
Wed-10 Cedarcrest
Fri-12 Lakewood
Tue-16 @ South Whidbey
Wed-17 Friday Harbor
Fri-19 Sultan
Mon-22 @ ATM
Wed-24 Granite Falls
Fri-26 @ King’s
GIRLS TENNIS:
Tue-Mar. 12 @ Friday Harbor
Wed-13 ATM
Mon-18 Lakewood
Wed-20 @ South Whidbey
Fri-22 Chimacum
Tue-26 ATM
Wed-27 South Whidbey
Thur-28 Blaine
Tues-April 9 @ Granite Falls
Fri-12 Lakewood
Wed-17 Friday Harbor
Tue-23 Lakewood
Thur-25 Granite Falls
Fri-26 @ Chimacum
SOFTBALL:
Wed-Mar. 13 @ Lakewood
Thur-14 @ Meridian
Tue-19 South Whidbey
Thur-21 @ Cedarcrest
Sat-23 Port Townsend
Mon-25 ATM
Wed-27 @ Granite Falls
Fri-29 Sultan
Mon-April 1 @ Lakewood
Mon-8 South Whidbey
Wed-10 @ Cedarcrest
Fri-12 ATM
Tue-16 @ Granite Falls
Thur-18 Sultan
Tue-23 Lakewood
Mon-29 @ South Whidbey
Wed-May 1 Cedarcrest
Fri-3 @ ATM
Tue-7 Granite Falls
Thur-9 @ Sultan
TRACK:
Thur-Mar. 14 @ Island Jamboree (Oak Harbor)
Thur-21 @ Sultan w/ Granite Falls
Sat-23 @ Tri-District previews (King’s)
Thur-28 @ Granite Falls w/ South Whidbey
Thur-April 11 @ Sultan w/ Cedarcrest and King’s
Thur-18 South Whidbey
Thur-25 @ South Whidbey w/ ATM
Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Golf, Softball, Track on February 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
220 hours until Aaron Trumbull brings the heat… (Shelli Trumbull photos)
Nicole Becker unleashes her speedy feet…
and McKayla Bailey starts whippin’ frozen b-b’s at batters.
Ignore the weather outside.
We stand nine days (about 220 hours, give or take an hour) away from the start of spring sports in Coupeville.
Monday, Feb. 25 brings the first day of practice for baseball, softball, boys’ soccer, girls’ tennis, track and golf. Story lines abound.
Will a baseball team headed up by the players who won a state little league crown in 2010 make a run in the Cascade Conference and give ATM and the big boys a wedgie?
Will Maria Rockwell join McKayla Bailey to give the Wolf softball team a wicked one-two combo of flamethrowers?
Will Mendes‘ marauders return to state in soccer? Will any of Ken Stange’s netters emulate their male counterparts and go full-Etzell, diving on the cement court in pursuit of a loose ball?
How fast is Makana Stone? How hungry for redemption is Madison Tisa McPhee? Will Caleb Valko be goofing off and drop the shot put on his foot at any point this season?
And last, but certainly least, will the Fields family (senior Austin and sophomore Christine) scorch the field at the state golf meet once again? Christine was the 8th best golfer in 1A last year as a freshman, largely based on a great 2nd day.
Of course, as we gaze out into a muddy February morning at the moment, the only question that really resonates is — when will the rain go away?
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