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Give it up for Chase Barthbelt while we’re waiting!!

Posted in Middle School, Track on April 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Wolf track stars, l to r, Lauren Grove, Mattea Miller, Carlie Rosenkrance and Valen Trujillo.

Wolf track stars, l to r, Lauren Grove, Mattea Miller, Carlie Rosenkrance and Valen Trujillo. (Photo courtesy Valen Trujillo)

It’s gonna be a bit.

The one thing I have learned this week is that middle school track results will NOT be posted as quickly as high school results are.

Whether track guru Randy King is simply a faster typist or he’s some sort of streamlined, stat-spewing cyborg, Coupeville High School results are fresh and steaming hot on athletic.net mere hours after a meet wraps.

For the people out there hankering for Coupeville Middle School results from Tuesday’s meet in Langley (Luke Merriman shout-out!), well, it’s Thursday PM and nope, not there.

Lakewood and Langley have posted their results, but I don’t think many in Coupeville were wondering if Langley 8th grader Chase Barthbelt won the shot put.

He did.

If you do know Mr. Barthbelt, tell him two things — congrats, and with a name like that (second only to, and I’m not making this up, Lakewood’s Elena Everybodytalksabout), you would get SO much ink on this web site if you moved to Coupeville.

Talk to your parents.

Oh yes, and Coupeville’s results? They are coming and they will be posted here, some day. Probably about the same time Mr. Barthbelt is in his third meet.

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Oh, it just got real!!

Posted in Track on April 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone in full stride. (John Fisken photos)

Makana Stone in full stride. (John Fisken photos)

Madison Tisa McPhee, middle, blitzes the field in the hurdles.

Madison Tisa McPhee, middle, blitzes the field in the hurdles.

Madison Tisa McPhee and Makana Stone have been nearly flawless this track season.

Well, Stone, a freshman, IS flawless, 25-0 heading into Coupeville High School’s final regular-season meet today at Lakewood. And Tisa-McPhee, a senior, isn’t far behind, with 17 wins and an unblemished mark in hurdles and relay races.

But two days from now they’ll step into the truly big time when the duo competes in the 37th annual Lake Washington Invitational, the premier all-girls track meet in the state.

Drawing runners from across Washington and from all class levels, it’ll be a huge test for the two 1A runners.

Nationally-ranked athletes like Amy-Eloise Neal of Glacier Peak headline the event, and 10 of the 19 events are expected to feature the #1 ranked girl in the state.

Stone is guaranteed of running in the 100 and is near the top of the alternates in the 200 and 400 while Tisa McPhee is slotted in the 100 hurdles and is the first alternate in the 300 hurdles.

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Next generation track stars debut!!

Posted in Middle School, Track on April 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Valen Trujillo (left) and Lauren Grove.

Valen Trujillo (left) and Lauren Grove.

Action is fast and furious in the hurdles.

Action is fast and furious in the hurdles.

Tiffany Briscoe stares down the competition before the discus.

Tiffany Briscoe stares down the competition before the shot put and discus.

Mckenzie Meyer, second from left, ready to race.

Mckenzie Meyer, second from left, ready to race.

Briscoe lets rip.

Briscoe lets rip.

Is one of them the next Makana Stone?

Only time will tell, but a new batch of Coupeville Middle School track and field athletes saw their first action of the spring season Tuesday at a three-team meet in Langley.

Amy Briscoe was on the scene and provides us with the photos above, which naturally skew heavily to the girls side of the action, since she has two daughters, Tiffany and Kyla.

If you have a son or daughter involved, or just want to be helpful, there are five more meets at which a person could snap photos and send them my way.

The schedule (all meets start at 3:15 PM):

Wednesday, May 1 — vs. Lopez and Langley in Coupeville
Wednesday, May 8 — at Granite Falls
Wednesday, May 15 — at Northshore (King’s)
Wednesday, May 22 — at Langley
Tuesday, May 28 & Thursday, May 30 — at Cascade Conference Prelims/Finals (King’s)

And, if you were hoping to see results here, you need to convince your coaches to post results at athletic.net, like the other schools involved have done. And like CMS did in years past.

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Kids today, with their book smarts and all!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, Track on April 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Josh Bayne heads home in a hurry. Carrying a GPA above 3.5, he's probably on his way to do some homework. (John Fisken photos)

   Josh Bayne heads home in a hurry. With a GPA above 3.5, he’s probably on his way to do some homework. (John Fisken photos)

Emily Gallahar is one of 20 tennis players to carry a 3.0 GPA or better.

Emily Gallahar is one of 20 tennis players to carry a 3.0 GPA or better.

If you’re smart, you play tennis.

That’s what our exclusive, in-depth analysis of the five Coupeville High School spring sports teams reveals.

Of course, by in-depth, I mean I scanned the program they gave out at the start of the season, which has little stars next to each athlete’s names to tell you who has GPA’s between 3.0 and 4.0. Then I counted them up and did as little math as possible.

And let me add, when I graduated Tumwater High School and ended my stunning three-year tennis career, I did so with a GPA as far under 3.0 as I could push it. And look where I am now! Um, yes…

Anyway, Wolf girls’ tennis coach Ken Stange is like the Pied Piper of well-educated student/athletes, with 20 of his 28 players (71%) boasting a 3.0 or higher, with 13 at 3.5 or better. Amanda d’Almeida tops the list with a 4.0 as an about-to-graduate senior.

Not that the other Wolf coaches have anything to be ashamed about. All five teams have more than 50% of their team staffed by players with 3.0 or better GPA’s, with baseball (9 of 14 for 64%) second-best overall.

But, if we move up a step and talk about 3.5 or better, softball (43%) almost topples tennis (46%).

Track and boys’ soccer, which had the biggest rosters when the program was printed (34 and 28 athletes), tie for the most 4.0 athletes, with three apiece.

We’ll give that race to track, by a hair, since two of the three soccer players are freshmen (Dawson d’Almeida and Loren Nelson join junior Jared Dickson) and have held on to their GPA’s a shorter time.

Two of the three track 4.0’s are held by veterans (junior Heni Barnes and sophomore Erin Rosenkranz) with freshman Makana Stone still in her first year of taking classes.

In the end, there are no spring scandals, no teams with a bunch of “dumb jocks.” 71 of 118 spring athletes (60%) carry a 3.0 or better and manage to combine class time with athletic success.

If I was prone to jumping to conclusions (I am, I am), I would say it proves one thing — the kids are alright.

Oh, and that they care a lot more about their GPA than I ever did.

Which is two things…

Yep, well, remember, this is being written by someone who finished off his math credits by signing up for remedial math as a senior, doing the entire workbook in one night, then pretending to do work each day while actually doodling cartoons.

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Wolf track squad piles up top times!!

Posted in Track on April 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Josiah Campbell is ranked in the Top 10 in District 1 in four events. (Photo courtesy Coupeville Booster Club)

   Wolf junior Josiah Campbell is ranked in the Top 10 in District 1 in four events. (Photo courtesy Coupeville Booster Club)

They are the face (and feet) of Wolf track.

While every meet provides its own highlights, with PR’s and unexpected, thrilling performances (Rachel Wenzel beating South Whidbey’s unstoppable force of nature Angelina Berger in the javelin), it is Madison Tisa McPhee and Makana Stone who are the standard-bearers for Coupeville High School this season.

Stone, a freshman, is 25-0 and currently ranked in the Top 10 in District 1 in six different events. Tisa McPhee, a senior, has won 17 times (while missing one meet due to a vacation) and is also ranked in the Top 10 in six events, including having the #1 time in the 100 hurdles (9th best in the state for 1A runners).

Tisa McPhee also has the fourth fastest time in the 300 hurdles and fifth best performance in the high jump, while Stone hits in the 100 (4th), 200 (3rd) and 400 (4th).

Both girls are part of three Wolf relay teams that are highly ranked, as well.

The 4 x 100 (4th), 4 x 200 (2nd in District 1, 5th in the state) and 4 x 400 (3rd in the district, 7th in the state), which also include, in various formations, senior Jai’Lysa Hoskins, freshman Sylvia Hurlburt and sophomore Marisa Etzell, are all in the mix for post-season honors.

Hoskins (6th in the 100), Hurlburt (9th in the 200) and junior Heni Barnes (10th in the shot put) round out the Wolf girls currently holding spots in District 1’s Top Ten.

On the boys side, junior Josiah Campbell is The Man, with four Top 10 performances. He is 7th in the triple jump, 10th in the high jump and runs a leg on both the 4 x 100 (6th) and 4 x 400 (8th).

Senior Sam Landau (4 x 100, 4 x 400) and juniors Brandon Kelley (8th in the 300 hurdles, 4 x 100) and Nick Streubel (4th in the discus, 8th in the shot put) each have two Top 10 performances to their credit.

Freshmen Lathom Kelley (4 x 100) and Jared Helmstadter (4 x 400) and sophomore Matthew Hampton (4 x 400) also have their names on the current leader-board.

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