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Hark! Is that spring sports that doth approach?!?!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Golf, Softball, Track on February 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Nothing says spring like a new golf bag.

Fear the Wolf.

It’s cold. It’s wet. It’s windy.

So, of course, that means spring sports are about to begin on Whidbey Island.

Less than 36 hours from now, when school lets out Monday afternoon, hurlers, sluggers, booters, netters, links legends and track and field athletes of all sizes and shapes will flood out of Coupeville High School and try to seize the day.

The first games hit Tuesday, March 12, with the first home contests the next afternoon. Until then, anything is possible.

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We’re never leavin’ town, suckers!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Golf, Softball, Stange has Moves, Track on February 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »

“Why is Stange dancing over there?!?!”

“No livin’ on a school bus for this guy! No McDonald’s twice a week! Wahoo!!”

“Wait … track has to go to Sultan … TWICE?!?!”

So who did Ken Stange pay off?

I kid. I kid. But, seriously, who did he pay off, because the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team is rarely going to see the inside of a school bus this season.

Want to enjoy the thrill of playing in front of your home fans? Be a netter, because they’re scheduled to play an astonishing 10 of their 14 matches on the courts at CHS.

With one of their four road trips just a short jaunt to Langley, and another a hop across the ferry to play Chimacum in Port Townsend, Stange will laugh and laugh when other coaches talk about epic trips to the wilds of Sultan.

Having wrested the semi-mostly-kinda-finished spring sports schedules from Wolf scheduling maestro Kim Andrews (who didn’t give them up easily), I was able to quickly look at them and pick up little tidbits of interest. All while fending off Andrews, who kept on screaming “The ink hasn’t even dried yet, you heathen!!”

Of note, after a basketball season in which Coupeville spent a LARGE chunk of time on the road, is a return to balanced scheduling.

Well, except for track, which never gets to host more than one meet in a season. Randy King will have plenty of Sultan stories, as his squad visits that town twice.

Softball and boys’ soccer have balanced schedules, while baseball hosts 11 of its 20 games.

The record for traveling, however, won’t go to the track squad. Instead, that honor falls to Wolf golfers Austin and Christine Fields, who will trek to Langley every single day. With Coupeville not having its own links squad, the Fields will train and travel with South Whidbey, while still repping the black and red of their home school.

Schedules:

P.S. — check http://coupeville.tandemcal.com/ for updates, because as Andrews will tell you, “Nothing is written in permanent ink, buddy!!!”

BASEBALL:

Wed-Mar. 13 @ Lakewood
Fri-15 Lakewood
Sat-16 Nooksack Valley
Sat-23 Port Townsend
Mon-25 South Whidbey
Wed-27 @ South Whidbey
Fri-29 South Whidbey
Mon-April 1 @ Cedarcrest (DH)
Wed-3 Cedarcrest
Mon-8 ATM
Wed-10 @ ATM
Fri-12 ATM
Mon-15 @ Granite Falls
Wed-17 Granite Falls
Fri-19 @ Granite Falls
Mon-22 Sultan
Wed-24 @ Sultan
Fri-26 Sultan
Mon-29 @ Lakewood

BOYS SOCCER:

Tue-Mar. 12 @ Friday Harbor
Tue-19 @ Cedarcrest
Fri-22 @ Lakewood
Tue-26 South Whidbey
Fri-29 @ Sultan
Tues-April 2 ATM
Fri-5 @ Granite Falls
Mon-8 King’s
Wed-10 Cedarcrest
Fri-12 Lakewood
Tue-16 @ South Whidbey
Wed-17 Friday Harbor
Fri-19 Sultan
Mon-22 @ ATM
Wed-24 Granite Falls
Fri-26 @ King’s

GIRLS TENNIS:

Tue-Mar. 12 @ Friday Harbor
Wed-13 ATM
Mon-18 Lakewood
Wed-20 @ South Whidbey
Fri-22 Chimacum
Tue-26 ATM
Wed-27 South Whidbey
Thur-28 Blaine
Tues-April 9 @ Granite Falls
Fri-12 Lakewood
Wed-17 Friday Harbor
Tue-23 Lakewood
Thur-25 Granite Falls
Fri-26 @ Chimacum

SOFTBALL:

Wed-Mar. 13 @ Lakewood
Thur-14 @ Meridian
Tue-19 South Whidbey
Thur-21 @ Cedarcrest
Sat-23 Port Townsend
Mon-25 ATM
Wed-27 @ Granite Falls
Fri-29 Sultan
Mon-April 1 @ Lakewood
Mon-8 South Whidbey
Wed-10 @ Cedarcrest
Fri-12 ATM
Tue-16 @ Granite Falls
Thur-18 Sultan
Tue-23 Lakewood
Mon-29 @ South Whidbey
Wed-May 1 Cedarcrest
Fri-3 @ ATM
Tue-7 Granite Falls
Thur-9 @ Sultan

TRACK:

Thur-Mar. 14 @ Island Jamboree (Oak Harbor)
Thur-21 @ Sultan w/ Granite Falls
Sat-23 @ Tri-District previews (King’s)
Thur-28 @ Granite Falls w/ South Whidbey
Thur-April 11 @ Sultan w/ Cedarcrest and King’s
Thur-18 South Whidbey
Thur-25 @ South Whidbey w/ ATM

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It’s only raining in your mind!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Golf, Softball, Track on February 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »

220 hours until Aaron Trumbull brings the heat… (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Nicole Becker unleashes her speedy feet…

and McKayla Bailey starts whippin’ frozen b-b’s at batters.

Ignore the weather outside.

We stand nine days (about 220 hours, give or take an hour) away from the start of spring sports in Coupeville.

Monday, Feb. 25 brings the first day of practice for baseball, softball, boys’ soccer, girls’ tennis, track and golf. Story lines abound.

Will a baseball team headed up by the players who won a state little league crown in 2010 make a run in the Cascade Conference and give ATM and the big boys a wedgie?

Will Maria Rockwell join McKayla Bailey to give the Wolf softball team a wicked one-two combo of flamethrowers?

Will Mendes‘ marauders return to state in soccer? Will any of Ken Stange’s netters emulate their male counterparts and go full-Etzell, diving on the cement court in pursuit of a loose ball?

How fast is Makana Stone? How hungry for redemption is Madison Tisa McPhee? Will Caleb Valko be goofing off and drop the shot put on his foot at any point this season?

And last, but certainly least, will the Fields family (senior Austin and sophomore Christine) scorch the field at the state golf meet once again? Christine was the 8th best golfer in 1A last year as a freshman, largely based on a great 2nd day.

Of course, as we gaze out into a muddy February morning at the moment, the only question that really resonates is — when will the rain go away?

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Spring approaches … sort of!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Golf, Softball, Track on February 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »

“I stare into the abyss. I need a miracle to prove that spring approaches…”

“I got you, Messner! I’ll throw this ball out of winter…”

“And catch it in spring!!”

“Hot dang!!”

As you stare out into a gray, rainy February afternoon, the thought that baseball and softball and track and all the other spring sports will soon be upon us probably seems slightly ridiculous.

But it’s true. 16 days from now (Monday, Feb. 25 — the day after the Oscars), Wolf athletes will hit the great outdoors for the first day of practice.

Led by Paul Mendes (boys’ soccer), Willie Smith (baseball), Randy King (track), Ken Stange (girls’ tennis) and David and Amy King (softball), CHS athletes will head into a new season, full of promise and hope.

At the same time, Wolf golfers Austin and Christine Fields will pack their clubs in the family car and head South, as they will train and travel with South Whidbey, since Coupeville doesn’t have a links program.

Storylines abound.

Will Madison Tisa McPhee return to dominating in the hurdles? Just how fast is Makana Stone? Can the Fields return to the state meet (senior Austin has been twice, sophomore Christine is 1-for-1)? Will a baseball team led by the players who won a state title in little league make a splash at the high school level?

But, that’s why they play the games.

First home contest is a girls’ tennis match Wednesday, March 13, followed by baseball games Friday and Saturday, March 15-16.

Hopefully Whidbey will have rained itself out by then.

P.S. — I didn’t want to ruin the flow of the photos above with extra words. Picture #1 is by Shelli Trumbull, #3 by Chris Chan and #2 and #4 by John Fisken.

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Austin Fields is (officially) The Man!!

Posted in Golf on January 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »

“Go play golf for the next four years? Well … only if you insist.”

Paperwork.

Austin Fields has always been big time. Now it’s just official.

The Coupeville High School senior, a two-time qualifier for the state golf tournament who will make a run at a third bid this spring, has been officially accepted to New Mexico State University’s PGA golf management course.

Son of a professional golfer (Mike Fields) and older brother to the 8th best female golfer in 1A last season (Christine Fields), Austin swings a mean stick on the course. Now he’ll take his love of golf inside the classroom, as well.

“Yes sir. It has been a dream of mine since I started playing the game of golf,” Fields said. “Now that it is a reality, hopefully I can become just as good of a golf professional as my dad.”

New Mexico State, which in 1987 became the third university to be endorsed by the Professional Golfers Association of America, boasts an impressive golf course that has hosted NCAA championships, Callaway PGA Junior Series tournaments, USGA and Section PGA Championships.

The PGA management course is a 4½-year program which leads to a Bachelor in Business Administration with a major in Marketing and a specialization in Golf Management.

Plus, you spend a lot of class time on the course. So you got that going for you, which is nice.

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