Four Wolves have played three sports each of the last three years. Clockwise, from top left, McKenzie Bailey, Hailey Hammer, Jared Helmstadter, Monica Vidoni. (John Fisken photos)
There is no off-season.
Playing for the smallest 1A school in the state, 20 Coupeville High School athletes (12 boys and eight girls) made themselves invaluable by playing a full three sports this year.
That’s down slightly from last year, when 23 completed the task, but up from the first year of Coupeville Sports (2012-2013), when the number stood at 18.
There were a couple of quirks this year, as well.
After back-to-back years that saw only two seniors finish as three-sport athletes, five did so this year.
Also, for the first time in the three years I’ve been documenting stuff on this here blog, a Wolf boy played the three traditional sports — football, basketball and baseball. And not just one, but five of them.
Three of those five are freshmen, and the ninth graders, full of enthusiasm, had the most three-sport athletes with nine.
Overall, eight athletes were repeaters from last year’s list, with a few prominent names no-shows for a variety of reasons.
The ultimate warriors?
Seniors Hailey Hammer and Monica Vidoni and juniors McKenzie Bailey and Jared Helmstadter, the only four who have been three-sport athletes every year that Coupeville Sports has been around.
With the pool of athletes such a small one at CHS, I have the greatest admiration for those who are playing three sports.
It’s easy to come in for one sport a year.
It’s much more of an accomplishment to spend the entire year doing homework on buses and ferries, going to practice every day, and, sometimes, playing a sport that’s not your personal favorite to be there for your teammates and coaches.
I applaud you all, and expect to see most of you right back here next year.
Girls:
McKenzie Bailey — Volleyball, basketball, tennis
Kyla Briscoe — Volleyball, basketball, softball
Tiffany Briscoe — Volleyball, basketball, softball
Lauren Grove — Volleyball, basketball, track
Hailey Hammer — Volleyball, basketball, softball
Lauren Rose — Volleyball, basketball, softball
Monica Vidoni — Volleyball, basketball, softball
Allison Wenzel — Volleyball, basketball, track
Boys:
Aaron Curtin — Tennis, basketball, baseball
Nick Etzell — Tennis, basketball, baseball
Jared Helmstadter — Tennis, basketball, track
Joey Lippo — Tennis, basketball, baseball
CJ Smith — Football, basketball, baseball
Hunter Smith — Football, basketball, baseball
Ethan Spark — Tennis, basketball, soccer
Cameron Toomey-Stout — Football, basketball, baseball
Isaac Vargas — Football, basketball, soccer
James Vidoni — Football, basketball, baseball
Joel Walstad — Football, basketball, soccer
Gabe Wynn — Football, basketball, baseball
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