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Well, nice try, Cascade Conference!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , on June 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone, she's quick. (John Fisken photos)

Makana Stone, she’s quick. (John Fisken photos)

Eileen

“That’s my baby girl!!”

The Cascade Conference spoke. Then Makana Stone overruled them.

When All-Conference teams were announced for track and field, Stone was the lone Wolf to make the squad, being tabbed as a Second-Team pick in the 400.

Which is nice, but the speedy sophomore then went out and beat the girl who was ranked ahead of her in the biggest race of the season.

Anna Parker of King’s earned First-Team All-Conference honors for the regular season, but Stone bested her in Cheney at the 1A state meet, finishing second to Maya Jackson of Northwest.

Parker coasted across the line in third, more than a second off of Stone.

Jumping sports, let’s just say … game, set, match, Miss Stone.

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Our favorite Falcon soars!!

Posted in South Whidbey: Not the Antichrist, Track, tagged , , , on June 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Exploding on the takeoff in the long jump.

Maia Sparkman explodes on the takeoff in the long jump. (John Fisken photos)

Maia Sparkman, bein' really, really fast. (John Fisken photos)

“I must destroy you!!”

Stickin' the landing.

Stickin’ the landing.

Yes, this is Coupeville Sports, but, let’s take one last moment to pay honor to our favorite Falcon.

South Whidbey High School senior Maia Sparkman, who was the first athlete from her school to agree to an interview with me back in the days when I picked on the Falcons a lot, is a class act through and through.

So it’s nice to see her do so well in her final moments as a high school athlete.

Competing at the 1A state track meet in Cheney Friday and Saturday, Sparkman brought home three medals, the most of any Whidbey Island athlete this spring.

She opened state by placing 7th in the long jump, hitting the sand at sixteen feet, 8.50 inches, then ran legs on two Falcon relay teams that brought home medals.

Her 4 x 100 relay squad, which included Anna Leski, Bailey Forsyth and Madi Boyd, claimed 7th in 50.75 seconds, while her 4 x 400 unit (Boyd, Jaime Rodden, Mackenzie Hezel and Sparkman) finished 4th in 4:03.34.

Well done, Miss Sparkman. Well done.

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Stone cold (and red hot)!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone (right) crushes the field. (John Fisken photos)

Makana Stone (right) crushes the field. (John Fisken photo)

Boom, baby!

Throwing down in the heat of Cheney Saturday at the 1A state track meet, Coupeville High School sophomore Makana Stone claimed second-place in an ultra-competitive 400.

Crossing the finish line in 58.65 seconds, Stone beat her arch-rival, fellow sophomore Anna Parker of King’s (59.75), to be officially anointed as the fastest female runner out of the Cascade Conference.

Stone had been in third, Parker second after Friday’s prelims.

Sophomore Maya Jackson of Northwest, who has been the fastest 400 runner in 1A all season, narrowly held on for the title, edging Stone by less than half a second at 58.23.

It was the second medal in as many seasons for Stone.

As a freshman, she ran a leg on a 4 x 200 relay squad with Madison Tisa McPhee, Sylvia Hurlburt and Jai’Lysa Hoskins that finished fifth at state.

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Saturday showdown looms!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on May 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone (John Fisken photo)

The sunny Makana Stone. (John Fisken photos)

Makana Stone: An unstoppable force of nature. (John Fisken photo)

The gunfighter.

They are like three gunfighters, circling each other.

Maya Jackson of Northwest, Anna Parker of King’s and Makana Stone of Coupeville have had the three fastest times among 1A girls in the 400 all season, and nothing changed Friday.

Running in the prelims at the state track meet in Cheney, the trio of sophomores went 1-2-3, setting up a showdown for a state title Saturday.

Jackson (58.25 seconds) and Stone (59.35) ran together in Heat 1 Friday, while Parker (59.54) headlined Heat 2.

All three were slightly off their season bests, holding back just a bit as they eased through the first day. No other runner broke a minute.

On the season, their best marks are 57.23 (Jackson), 57.98 (Parker) and 58.13 (Stone). The school record holder in the event, Stone has steadily brought her time down each meet this season.

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Messner, Streubel get legendary!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Football, Girls Basketball, Softball, Track, Volleyball, tagged , , , on May 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Breeanna Messner

Breeanna Messner

Nick Streubel

Nick Streubel

Nick Streubel and Breeanna Messner have a lot in common.

They’re both Coupeville High School seniors who play three sports (four for Messner, if you count cheer, which I do no matter what the school says).

They’re both smart, hard-working, outgoing, quiet team leaders who get more accomplished with a few words than a lot of over-the-top screaming.

Through tough times and great success, they both remain on an even keel and are the very epitome of what you hope a student/athlete will be.

And now, regardless of the passage of time, they will always share wall space in the hallway of the CHS gym after being honored as the 2013-2014 Athlete of the Year winners.

Messner was a team captain in volleyball, basketball and softball, sports she played all four years as a Wolf.

She missed the awards night to be with her softball team in Richland, where CHS will play in the state tournament for the first time in 12 seasons starting Friday.

Streubel was a First-Team All-State player as a football lineman (the only player from the 1A/2A Cascade Conference to be honored), anchored the boys’ basketball team at center and threw shot put and discus for the Wolf track squad.

By winning the school’s highest athletic honor, they join a list of Wolf greats that includes names such as Megan Smith, Ashley Ellsworth-Bagby, Brad Sherman and Jennie Cross.

The awards, handed out Thursday night, were the big ones, but several other Wolf athletes took home other honors.

Senior Ben Etzell (tennis, baseball) and junior Madeline Strasburg (volleyball, basketball, softball) were honored by the Marine Corps with their Distinguished Athlete Award.

Seniors Brett Arnold (football, soccer) and Amanda Fabrizi (volleyball, basketball) received The United States Army Reserve Scholar/Athlete Award.

Messner and fellow senior Jake Tumblin (football, baseball) brought home the Cliff Gillies Award, which is named in honor of the former head of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

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