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Spring sports just around the corner!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Golf, Softball, Track, tagged baseball, boys soccer, CHS Wolves, girls tennis, golf, Softball, spring sports on February 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Softball coaches Amy and David King survey the action last season. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Softball coaches Amy and David King wait for the rain to come back. It always does. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Four of the six Coupeville girls who went to the state track meet last year can return in 2014.

The state track meet contingent in 2013 was (l to r) Kirsten Pelroy, Marisa Etzell, Jai’Lysa Hoskins, Sylvia Hurlburt, Madison Tisa McPhee and Makana Stone. Only Hoskins and Tisa McPhee graduated. (Kristin Hurlburt photo)

Saint Patricks’s Day is opening day.

Coupeville High School kicks off its spring sports season — its last as a member of the 1A/2A Cascade Conference — with baseball and softball games and a girls’ tennis match Monday, Mar. 17.

Boys’ soccer and track join the battle a day or two later, and the season runs into early May, when the postseason will start to play out.

Below are the schedules, as they sit today.

Baseball and softball schedules are still being tweaked, and a 20th game will be added to both schedules shortly.

Also, as we go forward, expect weather to play havoc with things (the sun will come out just as the season winds down…), so keep an eye on the schedule at http://coupeville.tandemcal.com/.

Things to keep in mind:

*If boys’ soccer has enough players for a JV squad, they will play the same dates and locations as the varsity, with their games kicking off two hours earlier.

*There is a chance baseball will field a JV team this season. If they do, that schedule will be announced later.

*There is no JV for softball or track and tennis matches are one big mash-up. Varsity netters go first, but JV players then hit the courts as they open up, meaning often varsity and JV are playing at the same time.

*There are no home meets for track this season.

*Coupeville has one golfer — junior Christine Fields, a two-time state meet qualifier (she placed 8th as a freshman, 15th as a sophomore). She practices and travels with South Whidbey, since CHS does not have a team, but competes as a one-woman Wolf squad.

Of the eight teams in the Cascade Conference, three (South Whidbey, King’s and Coupeville) are 1A, but King’s does not field baseball, softball or girls’ tennis teams.

*Coupeville, the smallest 1A school in the state, is jumping to an all-1A division of the Olympic League next school year, where its counterparts will be Port Townsend, Chimacum and Klahowya. Softball and girls’ tennis both play Port Townsend this spring, giving them an early look at their future rivals.

BASEBALL

(Home games — 4 PM)

Mon-Mar. 17 @ South Whidbey
Wed-Mar. 19 South Whidbey
Fri-Mar. 21 @ South Whidbey
Sat-Mar. 29 @ Nooksack Valley
Mon-Mar. 31 @ ATM
Wed-April 2 ATM
Fri-April 4 @ ATM
Mon-April 7 Cedarcrest
Wed-April 9 @ Cedarcrest
Fri-April 11 Cedarcrest
Mon-April 14 Lakewood
Wed-April 16 @ Lakewood
Fri-April 18 Lakewood
Mon-April 21 Granite Falls
Wed-April 23 @ Granite Falls
Fri-April 25 Granite Falls
Mon-April 28 @ Sultan
Wed-April 30 Sultan
Fri-May 2 @ Sultan

BOYS SOCCER

(Home games — 6 PM)

Tue-Mar. 18 Friday Harbor
Tue-Mar. 25 Cedarcrest
Fri-Mar. 28 South Whidbey
Tues-April 1 @ Lakewood
Fri-April 4 Sultan
Tues-April 8 @ ATM
Fri-April 11 Granite Falls
Mon-April 14 @ King’s
Wed-April 16 @ Cedarcrest
Fri-April 18 @ South Whidbey
Mon-April 21 @ Friday Harbor
Tues-April 22 Lakewood
Fri-April 25 @ Sultan
Tues-April 29 ATM
Fri-May 2 @ Granite Falls
Mon-May 5 King’s

GIRLS TENNIS

(Home matches — 3:30 PM)

Mon-Mar. 17 Port Townsend
Tues-Mar. 18 Friday Harbor
Fri-Mar. 20 @ Blaine
Mon-Mar. 24 @ South Whidbey
Wed-Mar. 26 Lakewood
Tue-April 15 ATM
Thur-April 17 @ Granite Falls
Mon-April 21 @ Friday Harbor
Tues-April 22 South Whidbey
Thur-April 24 Lakewood
Mon-April 28 @ Port Townsend
Tues-April 29 Granite Falls
Thur-May 1 @ ATM

SOFTBALL

(Home games — 4 PM)

Mon-Mar. 17 @ Port Townsend
Tues-Mar. 18 South Whidbey
Wed-Mar. 19 @ ATM
Tues-Mar. 25 @ Sultan
Thur-Mar. 27 Cedarcrest
Mon-Mar. 31 Lakewood
Wed-April 2 Granite Falls
Fri-April 4 @ South Whidbey
Tues-April 8 @ ATM
Mon-April 14 @ Sultan
Wed-April 16 Cedarcrest
Fri-April 18 Lakewood
Tues-April 22 Granite Falls
Thur-April 24 @ South Whidbey
Tues-April 29 ATM
Mon-May 5 South Whidbey
Wed-May 7 @ Cedarcrest
Fri-May 9 @ Lakewood
Tues-May 13 @ Granite Falls

TRACK

Thur-Mar. 20 @ Oak Harbor Jamboree
Sat-Mar. 22 @ Seattle Academy Relays
Thur-Mar. 27 @ Sultan
Thur-April 10 @ Cedarcrest
Thur-April 17 @ King’s
Thur-April 24 @ Cedarcrest
Sat-April 26 @ Mountlake Terrace Invite
Thur-May 1 @ Granite Falls
Thur-May 8/Fri-May 9 @ Cascade Conference League Meet (King’s)
Wed-May 14/Fri-May 16 @ Districts (Lynden Christian)
Thur-May 22/Fri-May 23 @ Tri-Districts (King’s)
Fri-May 30/Sat-May 31 @ State (Cheney)

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Big city native embraces laid-back Island life!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Girls Tennis, Volleyball on November 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Aura Corredor (on the right in both pictures) has jumped from an area of two million plus to a town of less than two thousand, and never missed a beat.

OK, there’s a few less people here.

When foreign exchange student Aura Corredor arrived in Coupeville from Cali, Colombia, she went from a place that has more than two million inhabitants to one that has less than two thousand.

“It is very different from where I live, mostly because I live in a city with malls and a lot of traffic,” Corredor said. “We don’t have the landscapes you do.

“I love how I see the beach every day here and the mountains with snow just behind it,” she added. “It’s definitely more peaceful here.”

Corredor, an 18-year-old who is considered a senior at CHS, played volleyball in the fall and is currently training with the Wolf basketball team. Picking up a sport she has never played before is part of the fun of accepting the challenges in a different environment.

In Colombia, she was a speed skater, a sport that the Wolves have failed to add to their repertoire.

“This is the first time in my whole life that I play basketball, and I decided to play because it’s something new; I see it as a challenge,” Corredor said. “I think I’ll be playing tennis next season; I have played tennis before so it’s going to be easier.”

Her host family has three young children ages 6-8 (“they are the most sweet kids”), while Corredor has a 15-year-old brother who is at home with her parents.

“I think my mom and my dad, they have both been my guide and my role model,” she said. “They are my motivation.”

She became an exchange student for the chance to experience a different part of the world, while working on her English. Corredor plans to attend medical school after her return to Colombia, with the possibility of bringing back her skills to this part of the world.

“I’ve always loved learning about new cultures,” Corredor said. “I want my English to be more then just good because one of my future goals is to come and make my (medical) specialization in the United States.

“This is a great opportunity to do things on my own as I don’t have anyone here,” she added. “Back home I have every thing and I needed to struggle a little bit.”

Whether on her sports teams or in every day life, Corredor has felt welcomed from the very start.

“It’s been not very difficult; everything here is quiet,” she said. “People have made it easy to adjust.”

A huge fan of the Tom Hanks film “Cloud Atlas,” which she has seen 10 times, Corredor also enjoys reading and taking long walks on the local beaches. If there is one thing she misses most about her homeland, it’s the chance to dance.

“I love dancing,” Corredor said. “I can not do it a lot here, but in my country there are a lot of good salsa clubs!

“I would say that I’m a music addict; I love almost every kind of music,” she added. “I love Bachata, it is the rhythm I enjoy to dance to the most; I grew in the Dominican Republic until I was 11 and that’s the music from there, so I think that’s why.”

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McKenzie Rice plays a memorable tune!!

Posted in Band, CHS drama, Girls Tennis on November 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »

McKenzie Rice lays down some tunes. (? ? photo)

McKenzie Rice lays down some tunes. (Wendi Yang photo)

McKenzie Rice can wail.

The Coupeville High School sophomore, who has a busy schedule with tennis, drama, Leo’s Club and band, is inspired by a legend when she picks up her saxophone.

“I think my strength is my tone and how well I can manipulate the sound of my instrument, but I could definitely improve on almost everything there,” Rice said. “My goal is to be able to get as close as I can to playing like Charlie Parker on the saxophone. He is amazing!”

A four-year veteran of band (“I joined because I was given the option to join either band or choir, and at the time, not having any idea what either completely were, I chose band and have not regretted the decision once”) she also plays the flute.

Regardless of which instrument she has at a given moment, she delights in the audience response she and her bandmates receive.

“I enjoy getting to hear all the cool music we play,” Rice said. “I like playing for everyone at our concerts.”

While the legend of Charlie Parker inspires her, two more close-to-home players helped fire her interest in the sax.

“Shelby and Anna (graduates from two years ago/amazing saxophone players) had a huge impact on me,” Rice said. “They made me challenge myself and try to improve as much as I could so I could prove that I was good enough to play with the high school band.

“Without them I wouldn’t have had anyone who proved that great saxophone players can exist in small towns,” she added.

A big fan of her pre-cal class, Rice is fond of the Leonardo Di Caprio film “Inception” and Maroon 5 (they’re an amazing band”). She was also just in the CHS stage production of “Christmas Belles.”

“My primary interest is pretty much just acting and drawing,” Rice said. “I mostly spend my time with family and/or friends, or catching up on all the work my teachers give me.”

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Kelsey Simmons just got Oprah famous!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, Girls Tennis, Whidbey's Best on October 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The future is so bright for Kelsey Simmons, she needs sunglasses.

We started the fire.

A couple of months back, I ran a feature story on Kelsey Simmons, former South Whidbey High School soccer and tennis star, Christopher’s on Whidbey manager and fast-rising star in the world of design.

Since then you, the readers, made it the 28th most viewed story of all time on here (out of 1,412 articles.) Not bad.

Based on that article, and a little harassment, Kelsey has now taken a step past lil’ ol’ Coupevillesports.com.

Today, a cover story on her debuted in Window Coverings News Magazine, which has a circulation of 50-freakin’-thousand.

Well, we can say we knew her when.

The big-time: http://windowcoveringsnews.com/ (Click on the September/October issue)

My original story: https://coupevillesports.com/2013/06/22/kelsey-simmons-is-awesome-by-design/

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Bella Cedillo blossoms in new role as cheerleader!!

Posted in Cheer, Girls Tennis on September 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Bella Cedillo (right) and younger sister Robin share a moment.

Sisters are big on this year’s Coupeville High School cheer squad.

At least three sets of siblings are included on a Wolf roster that is almost 40 girls deep. And two of the most spirited are Robin and Bella Cedillo.

Despite being the older of the duo, Bella, a junior, actually has the least sideline experience, having only picked up the sport this season. That hasn’t slowed her down, however, as she has quickly become a key part of the team.

“I hadn’t really been into cheering, but after moving here I met a lot of the girls who did cheer,” Cedillo said. “I would go to a few games and watch them cheer and a lot of my friends last year had told and asked me to join cheer so this year I did and I love it.

“My favorite things about cheering is getting the crowd of people excited and full of spirit and pride in our teams,” she added.

Cedillo had already been involved in her school, performing with the drama troupe and being an ASB representative. But this is her first time as a Wolf athlete, something she intends to double in the spring by joining the tennis team along with her younger sister.

Her first go-around has convinced her that cheer should be viewed as exactly that — a sport, and not merely an activity.

“I think it should be considered a sport because you have to be at your strongest to be able to hold girls in the air and keep them safe,” Cedillo said. “It’s a very active sport, if you ask me.”

A strong student who enjoys music, reading and writing, Cedillo picks English as her favorite class. Away from school, she listens to a wide variety of music and is a big movie fan.

“I love watching movies that can make you laugh and cry at the same time, while also being packed full of action and drama,” she said.

Her younger sister and her friends have impacted Cedillo, but she reserves her biggest thanks for her and Robin’s parents, who will be in the stands when the girls debut with their squad Friday, Sept. 6 when Coupeville hosts Bellevue Christian.

“My mom has been a constant supporter for me and essentially made me who I am today, by teaching me how to show respect and kindness, and taught me right from wrong,” Cedillo said. “And my dad has really impacted me by always having helpful advice.”

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