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Panic city!!

Posted in What the what, tagged , , , , on March 21, 2017| 1 Comment »

   Coupeville Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim Shank enjoys a Wolf volleyball match with daughter Ashlie. (John Fisken photo)

This means war.

Idaho is coming for our leader, as multiple media outlets are reporting Coupeville Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim Shank is one of three finalists for a similar job in Twin Falls.

Trustees narrowed their choices and announced them Saturday.

The finalists are Brady Dickinson, Twin Falls’ current director of operations, Monte Wollstenhulme, Superintendent of the Teton School District in Driggs, Idaho and Shank, the silver-haired, silver-tongued sage of the prairie.

Father to two current Coupeville High School students, Brian, a senior, and Ashlie, a sophomore, Dr. Shank came to Whidbey in 2013 after previously running the Juab School District in Utah.

During his tenure in Cow Town, he has spearheaded numerous improvements and been unfailingly polite, friendly and willing to work with the community in a manner some previous Superintendents were not.

From a sports angle, Dr. Shank was the driving force behind Coupeville passing a levy which has paid for new bleachers in the gym, improvements on the baseball and softball fields, a shiny new modern track oval (and accompanying facilities) and the upcoming new football bleachers.

The final round of interviews in Twin Falls are set for later this month, with a meet and greet Mar. 31. Trustees are expected to choose a replacement for the retiring Wiley Dobbs Apr. 3.

If you’ve been reading Coupeville Sports for any length of time (like, say … a day) you know I am not impartial.

So let me just say this — if Dr. Shank gets the new job and we lose my matinee idol (and his family) to the wilds of Idaho, I will congratulate him and wish him the best.

And then cry for three days straight.

Is that what you want, Dr. Shank? Is it?

Cause I will buy you more desserts at Christopher’s on Whidbey, if that tilts anything in our favor. Just sayin’.

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Here it is, your (freaky) moment of Zen!!

Posted in Halloween, Volleyball, What the what on November 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Jae LeVine

Jae LeVine gets creepy.

Dang, that is … gross. In a good way.

The Halloween night face above belongs to the normally quite happy and upbeat Jae LeVine, freshman Coupeville High School volleyball player and perpetual ball of fire.

The special effects are courtesy dad Sean LeVine, who was probably leaning more on his expertise as a paramedic than his skills as a soccer coach when he created this masterpiece.

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Kim Andrews has forsaken me!!

Posted in What the what, Whidbey's Best on August 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Kim Andrews (second from left) and her family.

Kim Andrews (second from left) and her family.

Who will I harass now with my endless questions?

Kim Andrews, the woman who held the Coupeville High School athletic schedules together with Scotch tape, the maestro who made sure everything ran smoothly on the athletic field and beyond, the shining example of fair play and tolerance who tried to get me to stop poking South Whidbey so much, is no more.

Well, she’s still around, to be sure. But having left her duties as athletic secretary at CHS to take a position with the Whidbey Law Group, she will no longer be the focal point of my stream of emails.

“Why?” “Why?” “Why? “Why not…”

Who will be there to cock an eyebrow at the next Kole Kellison, when they’re leaning way too far out of the dilapidated CHS press box, high above the ground, trying to unhook electric cords in the rain while muttering “Does this school have good insurance?”

Who will apply a gentle, yet firm hand, to the removal of renegade vuvuzela horns from cheeky buggers in the stands at Wolf games?

And yes, her new job means she’ll be home by 4 every day and have Fridays off. Which is great for her, but how does that help me?

I kid, I kid.

But seriously, woman. Did you give any thought to me when you made this decision?!?!?!

Just for that, I’m going to go out and buy some vuvuzela horns, write “Property of Kim Andrews” on them and distribute them to Wolf fans.

That way, every time a wayward toot is heard, it’ll be like Kim is still in the facility. In spirit, at least, if not in body.

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I got your ‘Han Solo Finger’ right here!!

Posted in What the what on May 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Truth.

Truth.

One of the many images I get when I Google "Han Solo finger." Lesson to self: DON'T Google "shower boys!"

    One of many images I get when I Google “Han Solo finger.” Lesson to self: DON’T Google “shower boys” next time.

What exactly is a “Han Solo finger?”

I ask because, as part of the many stats my site tracks, one is search engine terms. And, according to my stats, the term “Han Solo finger” has brought people to coupevillesports.com FOUR TIMES.

That disturbs me on several levels. One, that people are googling “Han Solo finger” in the first place, and two, that it brings them to me. FOUR TIMES.

Of course, even more disturbing is the many times that some variation of “shower boys” pops up. Let’s just it’s WAY more than four times…

You let Brian Norris celebrate his birthday by posting a picture of eight towel-clad Wolf baseball and soccer players doing the group shot thing in the CHS locker room, and next thing you know you get a lot of traffic from people who I’m probably sure are looking for … something else than what I’m producing.

Some of it makes sense. There are a million variations on people looking up my biggest stories of all time — a fisherman who went missing in town and Hayley Newman quitting the South Whidbey girls’ basketball team.

Then there’s Jai’Lysa Hoskins, a superb Wolf athlete whose name can apparently be spelled 2,609 different ways.

The most frequently searched athlete, if you don’t take days to add up Jai’Lysa’s totals, is Wolf sophomore, and three-sport star, Aaron Curtin.

Rounding out the top five: Ana and Ivy Luvera, Wiley Hesselgrave, Allie Hanigan and Makana Stone. Jae LeVine tops middle school athletes.

But it’s the weird search terms that intrigue.

Apparently typing in “grandmas playing sports,” “dogs and cats living together,” “puppy eyes man,” “ol’ fattie” and, my favorite, “spike balls smell” all bring you to me.

He said, with just a hint of pride in his voice…

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