A small smidgen of those Wolves whose athletic accomplishments will be honored when our title board project is a success.
We can see the goal line approaching.
A project which has taken months of effort and the combined talents of many is about to come to fruition, but it just needs one more little push.
No, I’m not talking about the new track oval being installed for Coupeville High School, but nice thought.
What I am talking about is my great white whale, the idea to slap 116 years of athletic success up on the CHS gym wall in time for the start of a new school year.
As you may know, there are currently just a handful of title banners hanging in a corner of our gym, and the oldest one is from 1990.
Which means every time a Wolf alumni who played on the ’69 Northwest League champion baseball squad (coached by future football legend Sid Otton) or ran with the ’81 girls cross country squad that finished fourth at state enters the gym, there is no acknowledgement of what they accomplished.
But that’s changing.
Having obtained rare access to the Whidbey News-Times archives, thanks to Keven R. Graves and Jim Waller, I combed through history and came up with a list of 109 titles which should be hanging on the wall.
This includes all team league and district titles, top 10 team finishes at state and individual state titles (there’s 17 of those).
School officials have signed off on the project, Whidbey Signs has been selected to produce and install the signs and the Coupeville Booster Club ponied up the first $2,500.
The club also agreed to set aside funds for adding new title boards in the coming years.
Which won’t be too much of an issue, as once we get past that first 116-year step, it’ll be fairly inexpensive and the boards, while looking all glossy and historical on the wall, require little to no upkeep.
But, that first step is a big one, and I need to come up with $3,000 to add to the Booster Club’s outlay to make this a reality.
To get there I launched a GoFundMe Sunday night and we’ve already cleared 70%, sitting at $2,125 this morning.
All we need to is one final push to get over the top.
Whether you skip a day at Starbucks and give that $5 to honor your Pop-Pop’s legacy instead or come in big-time, every dollar truly counts.
The link to our fundraiser:
https://www.gofundme.com/2bzt6x76
PS — There are some who can’t or won’t use GoFundMe, but still want to contribute.
If so, I can be reached at 165 N. Sherman, Coupeville, WA 98239 or at davidsvien@hotmail.com.
I am a beach bum these days and have no phone of any kind, but don’t let that stop you.
Onward to the top, Wolf Nation!
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