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Makana Stone finished second in the 400 at the 1A state meet last season. (John Fisken photos)

   Makana Stone finished second in the 400 at the 1A state meet last season. (John Fisken photos)

Jonathan Thurston is one of many young Wolves who could be competing for spots on the baseball squad this year.

   Jonathan Thurston is one of many young Wolves who could be competing for spots on the baseball squad this year.

CHS senior Christine Fields is looking for her fourth straight trip to state.

CHS senior Christine Fields is looking for her fourth straight trip to state.

Nothing is set in stone.

With that said, here’s a peek at what we, kinda, sorta, think might (possibly) be the spring sports schedules for Coupeville High School and its five athletic teams (plus lone Wolf golfer Christine Fields, who practices and travels with South Whidbey.)

And yes, the first day of practice (Monday, March 2) is just five days away, with games set to start about two weeks later, but don’t expect the schedules to be 100% all there.

What we’re currently seeing is 17 games for softball and 19 for baseball, and both squads can go 20 games, so it’s possible deals are still being worked out.

And boys’ soccer? There’s currently a four-week stretch between Mar. 25 and Apr. 23 where the Wolves have exactly ONE GAME scheduled.

As always in recent years, what might seem a misprint is not — CHS track will spend its entire season on the road, as the school’s track oval awaits an upgrade.

So, keeping all of that in mind (and also realizing that spring, with potential rain, is the trickiest of all seasons in which to keep a schedule intact), here’s what we know as of this morning:

BASEBALL:

Sat-(3/14) Blaine
Mon-(3/16) Sultan
Wed-(3/18) @ Sequim
Mon-(3/23) @ Cedarcrest
Sat(3/28) @ ATM
Tue-(3/31) Lynden Christian
Thu-(4/2) @ Port Townsend
Mon-(4/6) Concrete
Fri-(4/10) LaConner
Thu-(4/16) Chimacum
Sat-(4/18) Friday Harbor
Tue-(4/21) @ Klahowya
Thu-(4/23) Port Townsend
Sat-(4/25) @ Meridian
Mon-(4/27) @ Chimacum
Wed-(4/29) Klahowya
Fri-(5/1) @ Port Townsend
Tue-(5/5) Chimacum
Thu-(5/7) @ Klahowya

BOYS SOCCER:

Sat-(3/14) Jamboree
Tue-(3/17) @ Sequim
Thu-(3/19) South Whidbey
Sat-(3/21) @ Kingston
Wed-(3/25) Cascade Christian
Sat-(4/11) @ Vashon Island
Thu-(4/23) Chimacum
Sat-(4/25) Charles Wright
Tue-(4/28) @ Klahowya
Thu-(4/30) Port Townsend
Sat-(5/2) @ Chimacum
Mon-(5/4) Klahowya
Fri-(5/8) @ Port Townsend

GIRLS TENNIS:

Thu-(3/19) @ South Whidbey
Thu-(3/26) Klahowya
Fri-(3/27) @ Granite Falls
Fri-(4/3) @ Friday Harbor
Sat-(4/11) @ Charles Wright
Mon-(4/13) Lakewood
Wed-(4/15) @ South Whidbey
Fri-(4/17) Port Townsend
Tue-(4/21) Klahowya
Wed-(4/22) Granite Falls
Fri-(4/24) Friday Harbor
Tue-(4/28) Port Townsend
Thu-(4/30) @ Klahowya
Tue-(5/5) @ Sequim
Thu-(5/7) @ Port Townsend
Tue-(5/12) @ Olympic League Championships (North Kitsap)

GOLF:

Thu-(3/12) South Whidbey Jamboree
Thu-(3/19) Cedarcrest
Mon-(3/23) @ King’s
Thu-(4/2) @ Cedar Park Christian
Thu-(4/16) Lakewood
Mon-(4/20) @ ATM
Mon-(5/4) King’s
Wed-(5/6) Sultan
Mon-(5/11) @ Cascade Conference Championships
Thu-(5/14) @ Districts
Mon/Tue-(5/18-19) @ Bi-Districts
Tue/Wed-(5/26-27) @ State

SOFTBALL:

Mon-(3/16) Sultan
Wed-(3/18) @ Sequim
Fri-(3/20) @ South Whidbey
Wed-(4/1) Lynden Christian
Thu-(4/2) @ Port Townsend
Mon-(4/6) Concrete
Fri-(4/10) LaConner
Wed-(4/15) @ South Whidbey
Thu-(4/16) Chimacum
Tue-(4/21) @ Klahowya
Thu-(4/23) Port Townsend
Sat-(4/25) @ Meridian
Mon-(4/27) @ Chimacum
Wed-(4/29) Klahowya
Fri-(5/1) @ Port Townsend
Tue-(5/5) Chimacum
Thu-(5/7) @ Klahowya

TRACK:

Thu-(3/19) @ Island Jamboree (Oak Harbor)
Sat-(3/21) @ Port Angeles Invitational
Thu-(3/26) @ Kingston
Sat-(4/11) @ Cashmere Invitational
Thu-(4/16) @ Port Townsend
Thu-(4/23) @ Sequim
Thu-(4/30) @ Port Townsend
Sat-(5/2) @ BCS Invitational
Sat-(5/9) @ Olympic League Championships (North Kitsap)
Mon-(5/11) @ Olympic League JV Championships
Sat-(5/16) @ Olympic League Sub-Districts (Bremerton)
Fri/Sat-(5/29-30) @ State meet (Cheney)

To keep up to date with the schedules (and the many, many changes ahead) pop over to the Olympic League website or the school district’s schedule:

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

or

http://coupeville.tandemcal.com/

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James Wood scored a goal in his team's win Saturday. (Photo courtesy Pat Kelley)

James Wood scored a goal in his team’s win Saturday. (Pat Kelley photo)

Coupeville’s young guns continue to sparkle on the soccer pitch.

This time around it was CMS 7th grader James Wood, who blasted home a goal in his team’s victory Saturday.

Paced by scores from Wood and Oak Harbor duo Jadyn and Alex Johnston, the North Whidbey Islanders Boys FC-01 squad bounced rival South Whidbey 3-1 for its first win of the spring.

The Islanders bring together the best of Central and North Whidbey, with eight players hailing from Coupeville (six 6th graders and two 7th graders) and eight from Oak Harbor.

Coached by Ryan Baker of Oak Harbor, the booters are playing in a league that runs through April 4.

The Islanders get right back at it this Saturday, Feb. 28, when they host Kent Black 1:30 PM at Wildcat Stadium in Oak Harbor.

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

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

Abraham Leyva

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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Abraham Leyva (John Fisken photos)

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

Runnin' and gunnin'.

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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