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The dude abides, every day!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, Football, Happy birthday, tagged Big Lebowski, CHS Wolves, Colin Belliveau, Happy birthday, Republic High School on February 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Colin Belliveau: The Dude abides. (John Fisken photos)

Colin Belliveau: Man of many faces. (John Fisken photos)

Colin Belliveau just seems like a good dude.

A friendly, easy-going guy, he fit right in after moving to Cow Town from Republic High School in Eastern Washington during his junior year.

Since becoming a Wolf, he’s tried his hand at football (transitioning from the 8-man game to the 11-man game) and soccer, and is a frequent presence at CHS events, loudly and proudly rooting for his classmates.

Belliveau also holds a place of distinction for the fact he’s VERY animated in the photos he pops up in. Take a look at the collage above and you’ll see what I mean.

That alone makes him a huge favorite here at Coupeville Sports headquarters.

After the basketball photo ran, he walked past me at a game, grinned broadly and said “Man, that camera knows just when to go off with me.”

Some guys try to be cool. Others just are.

Colin, who celebrates a birthday today, is obviously one of the latter kind.

So, a quick shout-out to our version of The Dude in “The Big Lebowski.”

Like Jeff Bridges, Belliveau abides and makes it all look easy-peasy.

I know Republic misses him, but he’s a part of Wolf Nation now, and we’re very happy we got the chance to meet him.

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We don’t visit the soccer pitch, we live there!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Abraham Leyva, CHS Wolves, pitch life, President's Cup, Soccer, Zane Bundy on January 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Zane Bundy, taking the less-traveled route. (John Fisken photo)

Zane Bundy (7), taking the less-traveled route. (John Fisken photos)

Abraham Leyva prepares to slice ‘n dice the defense.

“Soccer season is on its way!!”

The start of the high school pitch season is still a ways off, but, as soccer mom Janine Bundy can attest to, the sport is truly year round.

“Soccer never ends for these guys,” she said. “They played at a college deal in the rain and hail.”

Regardless of the fact we’re still technically in winter — though the weather is cooperating more than in some previous years — guys in shorts and cleats are hard at work.

Among them are Coupeville High School juniors Zane Bundy and Abraham Leyva, who are currently playing in the President’s Cup with their select soccer squad.

Over the weekend they and their teammates fought to a pair of hard-earned ties against top-level competition.

Leyva connected on a goal Saturday, while Bundy has been his usual hard-charging bundle of electric highlights.

Rain or shine, hail or summer heat, it’s the pitch life for them, and it’s a good life.

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Net burner notches another year!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, Happy birthday, tagged Abraham Leyva, CHS Wolves, Happy birthday, Soccer, Zane Bundy on December 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Abraham Leyva operates like a surgeon in the open field. (John Fisken photos)

Runnin’ and gunnin’.

I have been ferociously sick for several days, so this is gonna be quick.

You caught me out of bed for a sec, and I just noticed one of Coupeville High School’s most dynamic young stars has a birthday today.

Abraham Leyva torched the net during last year’s boys’ soccer season, teaming with running mate Zane Bundy to give the Wolves one of the more dangerous goal-scoring combos in the 1A/2A Cascade Conference.

Now, as the duo prepare for the move into a new challenge — the 1A Olympic League — I’m thinking things like league titles and MVP awards.

To which I say, make it so.

And then I say, I’m going back to bed.

But first, a very big HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mr. Leyva! May all your goals come true in this next year.

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Josh Datin engineers bright soccer future!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged CHS Wolves, Josh Datin, Kyle Nelson, mechanical engineer, Soccer on December 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Josh Datin gets dangerous on the pitch. (John Fisken photos)

Datin’s fan club.

The journey is not yet complete.

Coupeville High School senior Josh Datin will be playing his third year of soccer in the spring (fifth overall), and, even though his season is several months away, he’s already primed for a return to the pitch.

“I started because it seemed fun doing rec soccer and it turned out to be, and I recently found skill in it over the past couple of years,” Datin said. “I enjoy soccer because its good exercise, something fun to do that I am fairly good at (I assume … haha) and a bunch of my friends play, too.

“My goals are just to work on my overall skill and keep a definite spot on varsity, not just because I’m a senior,” he added. “I also want to have a fun season with my friends and coaches.”

Datin excels on the defensive side of the ball, but is working hard at being a fully-rounded weapon whenever he plays.

“My strengths are being able to recover from a defeat, either while playing or a result of the entire game,” he said. “I also think defense is my strong suit because that’s my style of play.

“I need work on a a lot of things,” Datin added. “Especially control and possession, as well as playing my defensive part.”

Away from the beautiful game, he enjoys the outdoors, listening to music and his calculus and physics classes. He plans to be a mechanical engineer.

Whether on the pitch or in every day life, Datin draws support and encouragement from those around him.

“In soccer, my friends (are big) because they teach and guide me,” Datin said. “My coach (also teacher), Kyle Nelson, because of the same reason.

“Outside of sports, it’s definitely my friends and family because of the support and guidance.”

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Bootin’ in the rain!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Aram Leyva, BU13, Jake Mitten, John Fisken photos, Logan Downes, Matthew Kelley, Soccer on December 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Jake Mitten perfects his Blue Steel gaze while playing in the rain. (John Fisken photos)

“Dude! Don’t hurt me!!” The defense wants no part of Coupeville’s Aram Leyva (17).

Matthew Kelley wheels and deals.

Wolves on the attack (l to r, Leyva, Logan Downes and Kelley).

“Muscles, don’t fail me now!!”

“Jagger? I got moves like Messi!!”

“Singin’ in the rain? More like mumbling to myself while freezin’ my rear in the rain…”

The calendar says it’s basketball season, but soccer wasn’t quite done just yet.

Kickin’ in the rain, the BU13 Whidbey Islanders soccer squad, which includes a number of guys from Coupeville, played its season finale Saturday and John Fisken braved the drops to capture the pics above.

While I’ve ID’d the Wolves (hopefully correctly) I have no roster and no freakin’ idea who the other kids might be.

I assume you’re all from Oak Harbor.

If that’s true and you want to be ID’d on a blog called Coupeville Sports, maybe get your parents to move.

Otherwise, well, you got your picture on the internet, so … partial win for you.

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