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The Mouse has left the house, as Wolf sophomore Lauren Rose and her teammates hit the softball diamond. (John Fisken photos)

   The Mouse has left the house, as sophomore third baseman Lauren Rose and her teammates hit the softball diamond. (John Fisken photos)

Aiden Crimmins debates whether to steal a base, or wait for his hamstrings to warm up first.

   Aiden Crimmins debates whether to steal a base, or wait for his hamstrings to warm up first.

Zane Bundy

Soccer sensation Zane Bundy, scorin’ goals and rockin’ stylish head gear.

Lauren Grove

   Mere moments ago Lauren Grove was flying around a basketball court. Now she’s taken her mad hops outdoors.

CJ Smith

CJ Smith, setting the style standard on the diamond.

softball

   South Whidbey’s loss is Coupeville’s gain, as Mikayla Elfrank brings her skill set to Wolf Nation. 

Dalton Martin

   Dalton Martin, who finished 5th at state in the discus last year, works on fine-tuning his throwing motion.

Emma Smith

  Freshman phenom Emma Smith puts her whole body and soul into launching the shot put.

The weather is fluctuating (as usual) but the enthusiasm is not being dampened.

Coupeville High School athletes officially slid into a new season Monday, with the first day of practice for spring sports.

Basketballs are put away (for the most part) and the focus is now on tennis, soccer, baseball, track and softball, with the Wolves plowing through the beginning of two weeks of prep work before they start playing games that count again.

Wandering around outside Thursday, travelin’ photo man John Fisken snapped pics of four of those sports in action for us, and we’ll try and catch up to tennis as soon as possible.

For now, marinate in your first glimpses of spring, in all its athletic glory.

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Beauman

  Beauman Davis lines up a shot during his senior basketball season. (John Fisken photos)

Davis

Davis, putting in work on the pitch last spring.

Pluck.

That’s the word which I think best describes Coupeville High School senior Beauman Davis, who celebrates a birthday today.

Regardless of the sport (tennis, basketball, soccer) or activity (he’s also been extremely active in band), Davis never stops striving.

He’s a hard worker, shows up every day and puts his time in, and has remained upbeat and a good teammate every step of the way.

So far, my enduring memory of him is watching Beauman sacrifice for both his team and his rivals.

With Port Townsend in town last year, the RedHawks needed another man to pull together even a limited JV team, and one Wolf was going to need to flip jerseys to make it happen.

Up stepped Davis, who pulled on PT red and, despite the catcalls of his teammates in the stands, played all-out in support of his team-for-a-day.

It was a class act by a humble young man and allowed players on both sides of the ball to see action that day.

As Davis heads towards graduation, we should take a moment to appreciate what this unsung student/athlete has accomplished in his time at CHS.

Every program, sports or academic or activity-based, needs a Beauman or two to keep things clicking.

He is just a solid dude across the board, and I hope he realizes that Wolf fans, as well as his coaches and teammates, appreciate what he has given to his school.

Happy cake day, Mr. Davis! Thank you for letting us be a part of your journey.

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Valen Trujillo and the CHS girls' tennis squad are defending league champs/ (John Fisken photos)

   Wolf junior Valen Trujillo and the CHS girls’ tennis squad are defending league champs. (John Fisken photos)

Sophomore Julian Welling

   Sophomore Julian Welling is one of several returning starters new baseball coach Marc Aparicio hopes to inherit.

track

   Everyone in this pyramid can return this season. Top: Sylvia Hurlburt. Middle: Jared Helmstadter, Makana Stone. Bottom: (l to r) Lathom Kelley, Dalton Martin, Mitchell Losey.

These might be the Coupeville High School schedules you’re looking for.

Maybe.

You never know, as high school sports schedules, especially in the spring, are notorious for being ever-changing beasts.

As we sit six days out from the first day of practice for a new season (Monday, Feb. 29), I can say I’m at least 84.7% confident in what’s below.

Of course, even if these schedules stay exactly as they look now, weather is likely to play its usual role in reshaping things as we go forward.

But, as we wait for everything to play out, this is at least a start.

Maybe don’t laminate the schedules yet, though…

* = league game

BASEBALL

Sat-Mar. 12 @ Jamboree (Oak Harbor)
Mon-Mar. 14 @ Sultan
Wed-Mar. 16 Concrete
Fri-Mar. 18 @ Concrete
Mon-Mar. 21 Cedarcrest
Tue-Mar. 22 Sequim
Sat-Mar. 26 @ Friday Harbor
Tue-Mar. 29 @ Lynden Christian
Thur-Mar. 31 Port Townsend (*)
Sat-Apr. 2 @ South Whidbey
Fri-Apr. 8 @ La Conner
Mon-Apr. 11 @ Blaine
Thur-Apr. 14 @ Chimacum (*)
Tue-Apr. 19 Klahowya (*)
Thur-Apr. 21 @ Port Townsend (*)
Sat-Apr. 23 Meridian
Mon-Apr. 25 Chimacum (*)
Wed-Apr. 27 @ Klahowya (*)
Fri-Apr. 29 Port Townsend (*)
Tue-May 3 @ Chimacum (*)
Thur-May 5 Klahowya (*)

BOYS SOCCER

Fri-Mar. 11 Jamboree (South Whidbey, Skyline, Lake Stevens)
Tue-Mar. 15 @ Granite Falls
Sat-Mar. 19 @ South Whidbey
Tue-Mar. 22 Sequim
Tue-Mar. 29 Vashon Island
Wed-Mar. 30 Bellevue Christian
Mon-Apr. 4 Forks
Fri-Apr. 8 @ Cascade Christian
Mon-Apr. 11 @ Forks
Thu-Apr. 21 @ Chimacum (*)
Tue-Apr. 26 Klahowya (*)
Thur-Apr. 28 @ Port Townsend (*)
Sat-Apr. 30 Chimacum (*)
Tue-May 3 @ Klahowya (*)
Thu-May 5 Port Townsend (*)

GIRLS TENNIS

Mon-Mar. 14 Granite Falls
Mon-Mar. 21 @ South Whidbey
Thur-Mar. 24 @ Klahowya (*)
Thur-Apr. 14 @ South Whidbey
Fri-Apr. 15 Chimacum (*)
Tue-Apr. 19 @ Klahowya (*)
Fri-Apr. 22 @ Granite Falls
Tue-Apr. 26 @ Chimacum (*)
Thur-Apr. 28 Klahowya (*)
Mon-May 2 Sequim
Wed-May 4 Chimacum (*)

SOFTBALL

Sat-Mar. 12 South Whidbey
Mon-Mar. 14 @ Sultan
Wed-Mar. 16 Concrete
Fri-Mar. 18 @ Concrete
Wed-Mar. 23 Bellevue Christian
Sat-Mar. 26 @ Friday Harbor
Thur-Mar. 31 Port Townsend (*)
Tue-Apr. 12 @ Lynden Christian
Thur-Apr. 14 @ Chimacum (*)
Tue-Apr. 19 Klahowya (*)
Thur-Apr. 21 @ Port Townsend (*)
Sat-Apr. 23 Meridian
Mon-Apr. 25 Chimacum (*)
Wed-Apr. 27 @ Klahowya (*)
Fri-Apr. 29 Port Townsend (*)
Tue-May 3 @ Chimacum (*)
Thur-May 5 Klahowya (*)
Tue-May 10 @ Bellevue Christian
Mon-May 16 @ La Conner

TRACK

Thur-Mar. 17 @ Island Jamboree (Oak Harbor)
Sat-Mar. 19 @ Port Angeles Invitational
Thur-Mar. 24 @ North Kitsap (Olympic, Sequim)
Thur-Mar. 31 @ South Whidbey (Granite Falls, Sultan)
Thur-Apr. 14 @ Port Townsend (Port Angeles, Sequim)
Sat-Apr. 16 @ Cashmere Invitational
Thur-Apr. 21 @ Olympic (North Mason, Port Townsend)
Thur-Apr. 28 @ Kingston (Port Angeles, Olympic)
Sat-Apr. 30 @ Shelton Invitational
Mon-May 9 @ Olympic League JV Championships (Klahowya)
Sat-May 14 @ 1A Olympic League Championships (Bremerton)
Fri-May 20-Sat. May 21 @ District 3 Championships (Bremerton)
Thur-May 26-Sat. May 28 @ State (Cheney)

To check start times, stay up to date and keep an eagle eye out for changes, bookmark these two pages:

Olympic League — http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?league=21&page_name=school_home&school=0&sport=0

Coupeville Schools — http://coupeville.tandemcal.com/

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Will Nelson (John Fisken photo)

   William “Dead-Eye” Nelson prepares to bank home a half-court shot at halftime of a recent CHS girls basketball game. (John Fisken photo)

Tyler Cermak: "I was told there would be cake!!"

Tyler Cermak: “I was told there would be cake!!”

It’s cake day, times two.

Coupeville High School athletes Tyler Cermak and William Nelson share a birthday, and a sense of easy-going cool.

For Nelson, he shows it as he glides across the tennis court and soccer pitch, rarely looking flustered, but always leaving his foes looking downright baffled.

In Cermak’s case, the football player who has had to adapt into becoming perhaps the best manager in the world as he deals with health issues, he never breaks a sweat as well.

Whether it’s scooping up vital info from the gridiron and slipping it my way while never letting the camera bobble as he shoots action, or staying above it all as the longtime Patriots fan is verbally harassed by jealous Seahawk “fans,” he, like Nelson, is one cool dude.

The duo also excel at supporting their classmates, and can be seen at almost every CHS game, knee-deep in the action of the Wolf student section.

As both celebrate their birthday, we just want to send them our best.

Both you guys come across as top-quality dudes, on and off the field, and it’s an honor to have you front and center in Wolf Nation.

Now, did someone say something about cake?!?!

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Abraham Leyva wants all the goals. All of them. (John Fisken and Dan d'Almeida photos)

   Abraham Leyva wants all the goals. All of them. (John Fisken and Dan d’Almeida photos)

Abraham Leyva is the very definition of laid-back.

I swear, before every Coupeville High School boys’ soccer game last year, the same question was always asked, with the very same answer.

“It’s almost game time, where’s Abraham? Where’s Abraaaaaaahaaaaammm!?!?”

“He’s taking a nap, man. He’ll be here…”

And then, sure enough, the most efficient goal-scoring machine in Wolf soccer history would come ambling across the field at the last second, not a single moment of concern or nerves on his relaxed face.

Flip a switch and he would pound home a goal or two (or three), smile spreading slowly across his face, and you would realize not everyone needs to get stressed out in pre-game warm-ups.

When you’re the man, you’re the man, and you just need some Z’s to prep for battle on the pitch.

As Abraham celebrates a birthday today, several months away from his final season of gracefully punching home goals for Coupeville, we should take a moment to celebrate all he’s done.

From the moment he stepped on the pitch at CHS, he has been, as I said previously, a goal-scoring machine.

In his first game as a sophomore, he knocked in a pair of scores in a 3-0 win over Friday Harbor, and he hasn’t stopped finding the back of the net since.

Leyva has 25 goals in two seasons, 11 as a freshman and a school-record 14 last year as a junior.

The one unifying factor about almost all of his goals? They’re pretty.

Abraham plays with flair, gliding across the pitch, and rarely seems to be out of place. He can beat you 10,001 different ways and has repeatedly embarrassed rival defenders and goalies at every level he’s played at.

He’s also a very smart, well-spoken guy, who in between teaching the finer points of the game to his successor, younger brother Aram, is already preparing for the next stage in his life.

After graduation from CHS, Leyva plans to return to his native Mexico and become a doctor and I have little doubt he will just as successful at that as he is operating on the pitch.

So happy birthday, Abraham, enjoy your day and the rest of your senior year.

I look forward to seeing you tear up the pitch one last time, and, like all your fans, simply want to say thank you — for the player you are, and the man you are.

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