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Wolf linemen wage epic war for Athlete Supreme honors!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Basketball, Boys Tennis, Football, Girls Basketball, Girls Soccer, Golf, Softball, Track, Volleyball on June 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The leaders of the pack, Nick Streubel (left) and Caleb Valko (right) with Wolf football coach Tony Maggio. (Rebecca Lord photo)

Breeanna Messner (left) and one of next year’s strongest contenders for Athlete Supreme, Amanda Fabrizi. (Robert Bishop photo)

You knew Caleb Valko wasn’t going down without a fight.

But not even a considerable rally late in the game from Team Valko, which marshaled its voting bloc in the late hours Thursday night, could upend Nick Streubel, who started strong and finished even stronger.

By the time the week-long voting for our inaugural 2012-2013 Athlete Supreme had reached the finish line Friday morning, 429 votes had been cast, with nearly 200 coming after I went to bed Thursday night.

What had been a two-person battle between Streubel, a junior who starred on the Coupeville High School football, boys’ basketball and track teams and Breeanna Messner, the school’s only four-sport (volleyball, cheer, basketball, softball) athlete turned into a three-way tussle.

Valko, a senior captain on the football and basketball squads, rallied his troops hard and he shot past Messner and made a run at Streubel, pulling within three votes.

Then The Big Hurt surged, spurred by a campaign led by big sis Amanda Streubel, and crushed everyone in sight, garnering 40.56% of the vote total in a 12-athlete field.

There was actually a 13th option, to vote for Other, which didn’t work the way I thought it would, as the results didn’t actually show the names people typed in for those votes. Which would have been awkward if Other had won.

But, in the end, NO ONE beats Team Streubel. NO ONE.

Final vote totals:

Streubel (174)
Valko (111)
Messner (72)
Bessie Walstad (13)
Makana Stone (12)
Madison Tisa McPhee (10)
Other (10)
Jake Tumblin (6)
Aaron Curtin (5)
Austin Fields (5)
Hailey Hammer (5)
Ben Etzell (4)
Christine Fields (2)

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Ten-Hut! Military honors Wolf senior athletes!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, Boys Tennis, Girls Basketball, Girls Soccer, Track on June 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Haley Marx (left) and Madison Tisa McPhee

Nathan Lamb

Luke Pelant

Awards season neared an end Tuesday night.

Somewhere out there in the near future, there’s still letters and team awards to be handed out to the track and field team, but, as graduation roars up on Coupeville High School, all the big trophies, plaques and handshakes have been delivered.

Among the awards handed out Tuesday were four aimed at senior athletes.

Sponsored by military branches, they’re a semi-sneaky way for the armed services to get their name on campus, while not requiring any administrators or athletes to officially endorse the military.

Madison Tisa McPhee and Nathan Lamb were picked for the U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award, while the U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award went to Haley Marx and Luke Pelant.

Weird coincidence: all four played soccer.

Tisa McPhee was also a sensational track star, bringing home two medals from the 1A state track meet (3rd in the 100 hurdles, 5th in the 4 x 200).

Lamb was the #1 player on the Wolf boys’ tennis squad and Marx was a co-captain on the girls’ basketball team.

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Happy Birthday: Episode 2 — A Woman for all Seasons!!

Posted in Cheer, Girls Basketball, Happy birthday, Softball, Volleyball on June 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Breeanna Messner (left) and Iris Ryckaert.

Messner and Jae LeVine.

Quiet intensity.

Volleyball veteran.

Breeanna Messner is a quiet star.

But she is a star, without a doubt.

The Coupeville High School junior excels at whatever sport you put in front of her, and, in 2012-2013, she was the only Wolf to play four sports, with volleyball, cheer (it’s a sport, so suck it!), basketball and softball.

Before basketball games, as her teammates bounced around in the stands, Messner always seemed to be locked-in on her school work. She seems naturally smart, but it’s obvious she puts a lot of work in as well.

Which would also describe her on the playing field, where her talent is only topped by her work ethic and an utter commitment to her teammates. From starter to fringe bench player, she reaches out to them all.

If she is not a captain in all of her sports as a senior, I will be shocked. Who would you want to lead your team more?

The daughter of a legendary Wolf athlete (Aimee Bishop), Breeanna has a large cheering section of family and friends at all of her games, and she deserves it.

At 17 she is a great athlete, a strong scholar and, most of all, as classy as they come.

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Seniors sweep CHS athletic awards!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Basketball, Boys Soccer, Football, Girls Basketball, Girls Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, Volleyball on May 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Danny Savalza and Kena Knott celebrate Coupeville beating South Whidbey this season and bringing The Bucket home.

Amanda d'Almeida gets some tips from Wofl tennis guru Ken Stange during her final district tennis tourney. (Dan d'Almeida photo)

Amanda d’Almeida gets tips from Wolf tennis guru Ken Stange during districts. (Dan d’Almeida photo)

Bessie Walstad (left), one of two CHS seniors with Maria Rockwell, delivered two huge doubles Friday. (John Fisken photo)

Bessie Walstad (left), seen here with fellow senior Maria Rockwell, was a captain in all her sports. (John Fisken photo)

Drew Chan swingin’ for the cheap seats. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

It was a banner night for the seniors.

The Class of 2013 claimed all four major sports-related honors announced Thursday night by Coupeville High School Athletic Director Lori Stolee.

The memory of Danny Savalza and Amanda d’Almeida will live on in the hallway leading into the CHS gym, where their framed photos will join past winners of the school’s highest athletic honor, the Athlete of the Year.

d’Almeida was a three-time district doubles champ in tennis and made a great final run as a singles player this spring, while also leading the Wolf girls’ soccer team in the fall.

A 4.0 student, she has accepted a scholarship to play soccer at Carleton College in Minnesota.

Savalza played football and soccer, but his impact was also felt off the field. The leader of the Wolf student cheering section, he could rally an entire gym, clad in his (unwashed) thrift store dress and Bow Down hat.

Joining them in hauling away awards were Bessie Walstad and Drew Chan, who were selected for the Cliff Gillies Student Awards.

The honor, named for a longtime principal and executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, go to student/athletes who combine “scholarship, citizenship and participation.”

Walstad was a team captain in volleyball, basketball and softball, while Chan performed the same duties in basketball and baseball.

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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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