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Josh Crebbin (in purple) and mom Toni Crebbin (far right).

Josh Crebbin (in purple) and mom Toni Crebbin (far right).

It’s simple.

Purchase photos, help fund scholarships for Coupeville High School student athletes.

John Fisken, who shoots sports locally, handed out $500 scholarships to Oak Harbor High School athletes Ciera Wiser and Josh Crebbin Friday. Next year, he’d like to do the same in Central Whidbey.

A portion of money raised when people purchase photos from Wolf sports events that Fisken shoots for CascadeAthletics.com next school year will go to fund the prospective scholarships.

They are designed to reward students who may not be their team’s star, but play year in and year out and participate in multiple sports.

Wiser competed in track and basketball for the Wildcats, while Crebbin, son of recently retired CHS volleyball coach Toni Crebbin, played football and soccer, ran track and wrestled.

Crebbin, who was also Oak Harbor’s Male Athlete of the Year and won the Cliff Gillies Award, will attend Washington State University, where he’ll study architecture, while Wiser is going to Western Washington University.

She plans to earn a law degree and specialize in environmental law.

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A wrestling beast and his mom.

A wrestling beast and his mom.

Now, we just need to do something about getting Crebbin's daughters back in red and black by the time they hit high school...

     Now, we just need to do something about getting Crebbin’s daughters back in red and black by the time they hit high school…

It’s all in how you look at it.

Since Toni Crebbin put in 20 years as a Coupeville High School volleyball coach, she is an integral part of Wolf Nation. Therefore, any of her offspring are technically Wolves.

So, even when they wear the purple and gold of Oak Harbor High School, they are, in their heart of hearts, really Wolves — just in disguise.

So when her son, ‘Cat wrestler Josh Crebbin, finished second in 3A in the 160-pound weight class at Mat Classic XXV at the Tacoma Dome Saturday night, it was really a win for Coupeville, as well.

Sure, they can say that Crebbin’s remarkable run on the mat, in which he knocked off the first and second-seeded grapplers before dropping a narrow 4-2 decision to a guy from Meadowdale in the championship bout, will stand as a shining example to future OHHS wrestlers.

Which it should, with Crebbin’s dad, Mike, having coached his ‘Cat squad to a 10th place finish in the team standings, one of the best showings by an Island squad since the early ’90s glory of Rich Linsenmayer.

An imposing, slightly scary guy for a 22-year old sports editor to talk to, Linsenmayer brought home a 2nd place team trophy Saturday, Feb. 20, 1993 and I ran the biggest headline in paper history four days later — “Sarpy Rules!”, but I digress…).

Back to the subject at hand. In his heart of hearts, Josh Crebbin is a Wolf. He knows it, whether he wants to accept it or not. Once you’re born into Wolf Nation, you can’t escape.

So two fan bases celebrate this morning.

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Josh Crebbin and mom Toni, the (relatively young) ol' ball coach herself.

Josh Crebbin and mom Toni, the (relatively young) ol’ ball coach herself.

Forget for a moment he wears the purple and gold of Oak Harbor.

Tonight at about 7:40 PM, Josh Crebbin, the son of recently retired Coupeville High School volleyball guru Toni Crebbin, will step on to the mat in the Tacoma Dome to wrestle for a state title. The 160-pound Wildcat senior upset the top-seeded grappler in the quarterfinals, then won his semifinal match earlier today.

Oak Harbor is coached by Josh’s dad (and Toni’s husband) Mike Crebbin, and stands on the edge of finishing in the top 10 in the team standings, as well.

To watch Crebbin’s bout live on the internet, go to http://wiaa.com/

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