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Let your voice be heard!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Basketball, Boys Tennis, Cheer, Football, Girls Basketball, Girls Soccer, Golf, Softball, Track on May 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »

We really broke the budget on our trophy…

Thursday night Coupeville High School will hand out its Male and Female Athletes of the Year. A week later we’re gonna top ’em.

Over the next week, you, my fervent followers, are being called on to vote for the first-ever winner of the “Coupevillesports.com Athlete Supreme.”

To be eligible, you had to play for Coupeville High School in 2012-2013, and, after much heated debate (between me, myself and I, and yes, fisticuffs were involved…), here are your 12 candidates. But, just in case you think I’m a complete moron, I also am offering a 13th slot for write-ins.

So, think I was wrong to leave out Amanda d’Almeida, Madeline Strasburg, McKayla Bailey, Brett Arnold or someone else? Your voice can still be heard.

The winner will be announced Friday, June 7 at 10 AM. Why? I don’t know, it just sounds official that way.

The nominees:

Aaron Curtin — #1 player on tennis team. Key basketball player. All-Conference honorable mention as baseball pitcher.

Ben Etzell — Went to districts in tennis. Second leading scorer in basketball, despite missing a chunk of time at start and end of season. First Team All-Conference as a baseball pitcher.

Austin Fields — Medalist five times during golf season. Went to state for third straight season.

Christine Fields — Strong soccer player. Claimed 15th at state golf tourney, a year after finishing 8th as a freshman.

Hailey Hammer — Starter in volleyball, basketball and softball. First Team All-Conference for softball, Second Team for volleyball.

Breeanna Messner — School’s only four-sport athlete (volleyball, cheer, basketball, softball) and a star in all of them.

Makana Stone — Strong soccer player. Battled for team scoring title in basketball despite missing games with illness. Made her high school track debut by winning first 32 races. Broke school records in 200 and as part of two different relay teams. Finished 5th at state in 4 x 200. Named First Team All-Conference in four separate track events.

Nick Streubel — One of two best offensive linemen in league during football. Team’s leading scorer in basketball. Went to tri-districts as a track thrower.

Madison Tisa McPhee — Strong soccer player who battled injuries. Undefeated in 100 and 300 hurdles all the way up through two final postseason track meets. Broke school records in 300 hurdles and as part of 4 x 200 relay team. Only Wolf to win two medals at state track meet. First Team All-Conference in three events.

Jake Tumblin — Led football team in virtually every offensive category; led baseball team in steals while anchoring defense as catcher.

Caleb Valko — Team leader and captain in football and basketball. Threw shot put and discus in track. Gave great smack talk.

Bessie Walstad — Captain for all three of her sports (volleyball, basketball, softball). Leading scorer in basketball. Second Team All-Conference in volleyball.

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I am … Iron Woman!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Basketball, Boys Soccer, Boys Tennis, Cheer, Football, Girls Basketball, Girls Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, Track, Volleyball on May 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Breeanna Messner, Coupeville High School’s only four-sport athlete. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Nick “The Big Hurt” Streubel (Nanette Streubel photo)

Madeline Strasburg (Shelli Trumbull photos)

McKayla Bailey

Breeanna Messner was the hardest-working athlete at Coupeville High School this year.

Unlike the olden days (say, the ’80s and ’90s), when virtually everyone played three sports, only 18 Wolves played for three sports teams in 2012-2013.

Heading that list was Messner, the only three-sport athlete to also be on the CHS cheer squad, which meant she juggled two teams in the fall. A key contributor for every one of her teams, the junior proved you can be good at a lot of things (old school style) as opposed to fanatically playing just one sport (new school style).

At a small school like Coupeville, you wish more athletes would make that all-year commitment.

But, proving 2013 is a lot different than 1983, only TWO seniors played three sports, and not a single male athlete completed what used to be viewed as the “standard” season — football, basketball, baseball.

While there are legitimate reasons some couldn’t, or wouldn’t, do so (injuries, academic issues, no desire to play basketball, Coupeville’s only winter sport), we have come here today to hail those who did put out the effort, season after season.

With an eye to the future, the fact 13 of the 18 athletes were freshmen or sophomores speaks well for a possible resurgence of what was once taken for granted — the multi-sport athlete. Or it just means they haven’t burnt out yet.

The 2012-2013 Iron Men and Women of CHS:

Seniors:

Caleb Valko (football, basketball, track)
Bessie Walstad (volleyball, basketball, softball)

Juniors:

Ben Etzell (tennis, basketball, baseball)
Breeanna Messner (volleyball, cheer, basketball, softball)
Nick Streubel (football, basketball, track)

Sophomores:

McKayla Bailey (soccer, basketball, softball)
Aaron Curtin (tennis, basketball, baseball)
Hailey Hammer (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Oscar Liquidano (football, basketball, soccer)
Carson Risner (football, basketball, track)
Madeline Strasburg (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Monica Vidoni (volleyball, basketball, softball)

Freshmen:

McKenzie Bailey (volleyball, basketball, tennis)
Miranda Engle (volleyball, basketball, tennis)
Jared Helmstadter (tennis, basketball, track)
Dalton Martin (football, basketball, track)
Samantha Martin (volleyball, basketball, tennis)
Makana Stone (soccer, basketball, track)

P.S. — If Coupeville considered cheer a sport (which it should, but doesn’t), six girls would join the three-sport club:

Sydney Aparicio (cheer, volleyball, softball)
Lauren Escalle (cheer, volleyball, basketball)
Amanda Fabrizi (cheer, volleyball, basketball)
Julia Felici (cheer, basketball, softball)
Jai’Lysa Hoskins (cheer, basketball, track)
Iris Ryckaert (cheer, volleyball, tennis)

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Korzan says no to football, yes to new adventures!!

Posted in Baseball, Bowling, Boys Tennis, Football on May 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Korbin Korzan and Iris Ryckaert

Things are changing for Korbin Korzan.

When he returns to Coupeville High School in the fall for his junior year, Korzan will be a world-traveler and a former football player.

After playing linebacker and seeing some action at quarterback for the Wolves, he’s decided it’s time to leave the gridiron behind.

Drawing his attention first is a trip to Belgium, where he’ll be joining girlfriend Iris Ryckaert when she returns to her native country after a year on Whidbey Island as a foreign exchange student.

Since the trip will be in August and September, Korzan would miss a key chunk of time as Coupeville preps for a new season.

“It is truth. I will miss a lot of valuable camps, practices, and other football-related events, that when I come back I will be too far behind to play and would miss a lot of games due to the “10 practices before you play” rule,” Korzan said. “No more football for me.”

Instead, he’s considering picking up two other sports to go along with his eternal love, baseball.

He may replace football with tennis (“I really enjoy playing it”), where he could see court time with fellow baseball vets like Aaron Curtin, Ben Etzell, Brian Norris and Kyle Bodamer.

He also plans to pursue a chance to bowl with the Oak Harbor High School team.

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I played tennis with a genius!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, Memories on March 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Colin Macduff came from Tumwater, but never let that stop him.

Who knew?

From the outside, my tennis teams at Tumwater High School looked like 30+ idiots who took great delight in hitting each other in the groin as often as possible.

When we weren’t starting riots in Aberdeen, pilfering school entrance rugs from Clover Valley Academy or being mercilessly run up and down staircases (“One more, gentlemen! And by that, I mean 27 more…”) by legendary coach Lionel Barona, we lived to hit each other with a well-timed shot.

The sight of a young man rocking in the fetal position, wailing like a castrato singer, was like nirvana to us as we giggled in the return line, and this was before Kurt Cobain and Co. escaped from the blighted hellscape of Aberdeen.

Little did we know at the time that we had a genius among us.

Colin Macduff, who played with us for two seasons, is just that.

Don’t believe me?

Go check out this piece by KOMO-4, which talks about how Colin has used his love of bicycling and tinkering to craft a brand-new style of prosthetic.

Less than three years after he lost part of his own finger in an accident, he has crafted hope for fellow amputees, and done it in a truly remarkable way.

Apparently genius can bloom in the midst of stupidity.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Thurston-Co-man-uses-bike-parts-to-create-unique-prosthetic–198871001.html?tab=video&c=y

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Jump! Jump! Low-key Wolf star aims for long leaps!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, Track on February 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Stephen Edwards

Edwards listens to some advice from Wolf coach Randy King.

Stephen Edwards is jumping into a new track season. Literally.

The Coupeville High School junior will return to the disciplines that he has excelled in — the long jump and triple jump — while also finding himself running a few legs on relay squads, as well.

Now in his fifth year of track and field (“I started it because I like to run and be active and track just caught my eye”), the speedy Edwards made an immediate impact at the high school level. Two seasons ago, the then-freshman hooked up with a trio of older teammates to form a formidable 4 x 400 relay squad.

“My highlights was where I ran with Mitch Pelroy, Tyler King and Will Hoskins and how I almost made it to state that year,” Edwards said.

A two-sport athlete who also plays tennis (“Track is the sport I look more forward to”), Edwards would like to increase his distance in both of his marquee events.

He won the triple jump in a home meet against powerhouse King’s, and finished in the top five in every one of his regular season meets as a sophomore.

He’ll continue to shuttle between jumping and running events, something he is able to do because of a quick recovery time.

“My strengths are how I regain back my energy and my jumping and my durability between running distance and sprints,” Edwards said. “An area I need to work on is my endurance.”

Edwards, who enjoys hanging out with friends, listening to music and playing paintball, credits many people for his success.

“My parents have been a big help,” Edwards said. “My coaches and Mitch helped keep me motivated and pushed me to get stronger.”

“I’m able to do what I love to do,” he added. “And that is to run and be around my friends.”

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