Dyllan Harris flies up-field, ripping off chunks of yardage for Oak Harbor. (John Fisken photos)
AnnaBelle Whitefoot gets ready to tattoo the tennis ball.
Not our fight.
That was my first thought when the Everett Herald posted their polls for voters to help pick their prep athletes of the year.
They don’t care about us, why should we care about them?
From the moment Coupeville High School left the 1A/2A Cascade Conference and joined the all-new 1A Olympic League two years ago, Cow Town has been dead to the Herald.
They still report on two-thirds of Whidbey Island, running scores and such for Oak Harbor and South Whidbey.
But, in their minds, you might as well set the middle of the Island, the county seat, the heart of government and farming, on fire, and let it burn to the ground.
Course, if that happened, they still wouldn’t write about it, cause we’re dead to them.
So, when they posted their nominee list — with one girl and boy from each of the schools they choose to cover — no Makana Stone, no Wiley Hesselgrave.
Cause Coupeville is dead to the Herald.
Except, we can still be a royal pain in their ass. Just like we were a couple years back when we torpedoed one or two of their other polls.
There’s that.
And we can do it in two ways.
One, by rallying support behind Oak Harbor’s nominated athletes — AnnaBelle Whitefoot and Dyllan Harris — and maybe helping one Whidbey Island school shaft the Herald’s beloved ATM and King’s.
And, secondly, by dropping a hail-storm of emails on Herald prep sports bigwig David Krueger, just to remind him Wolf Nation is still here, no matter how much he tries to pretend we’re not.
So, let’s do this thing.
To vote for Whitefoot, jump over to:
Nominees for the Class of 2016 Kristi Bartz Memorial Girls Athlete of the Year
To vote for Harris, jump over to:
To harass the Herald and ask why they refuse to cover Coupeville, send emails (by the millions) to:
dkrueger@heraldnet.com
Coupeville Sports 