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Former Wolf ace caps strong college soccer season!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, Wolves in college on November 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Amanda d’Almeida

She’s a veteran now.

Having completed her first season of college soccer, former Wolf star Amanda d’Almeida is no longer one of the green rookies. Now, she’s a seasoned pro.

d’Almeida, who was Coupeville High School’s female athlete of the year as a senior, is attending Carleton College in Minnesota and saw action in 14 games as a freshman.

While foot injuries slowed her down a bit in the second half of the season, she only missed four games for the Knights, who finished 8-9-1 overall, 5-3-1 in conference play. d’Almeida started three games and racked up 388 minutes on the pitch.

Carleton lost a 2-0 heart-breaker to St. Olaf Nov. 2, preventing it from making a long postseason run, but prospects for the future remain bright.

One of the brightest of those is the former Wolf ace, who collected two assists and played a key role on a team that put together a five-game unbeaten streak at one point.

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King runs up in the clouds!!

Posted in Cross Country, Wolves in college on November 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King contemplates his future. “I shall run, son. I shall run fast.”

Tyler King went up 5,000 feet to run 8,000 meters Saturday.

Competing in the rarefied air in Colorado, the University of Washington sophomore placed 31st at the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships to help spark the Huskies to their best team finish in four years.

Competing against three of the top 13 teams in the nation — #1 Colorado, #4 Oregon and #13 Stanford — Washington finished fifth, being edged out at the very end by Arizona State. It was the best results for the Husky men since 2009.

King, a state champion during his time in the red and black of Coupeville High School, was the third-fastest Husky on the afternoon, clocking in at 26 minutes, two seconds.

He and his teammates next travel to Sacramento, where they will run in the NCAA West Regionals Friday, Nov. 15 in a bid to qualify for the national championships.

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Pelroy gets some props!!

Posted in Football, Wolves in college on October 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Mitch Pelroy has bounced back from injury to have a huge impact on the field for Montana Western. (Haylee Sauer photo)

Mitch Pelroy is making a name for himself.

The Coupeville High School grad continues to get notice as he plays football at the next level, and this week it came from his coaches at Montana Western University.

Bulldog coaches selected the freshman defensive back as their Defensive Player of the Week coming off of a game against Southern Oregon.

Pelroy was the only out-of-town player to be named, as the Offensive and Special Teams Player of the Week selections hail from Laurel and Great Falls, Montana.

Montana Western is 3-4.

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Tyler King goes for a run (with 287 other dudes)!!

Posted in Cross Country, Wolves in college on October 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King: cross country runner by day, fashion model by night. (Katie Flood photo)

Tyler King went running with a few friends Saturday morning.

Competing in the 8K at the prestigious Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, the Coupeville High School grad finished 180th in a field of nearly 300 runners.

The University of Washington redshirt sophomore was just ten seconds off the pace of eventual winner Kemoy Campbell of Arkansas at the mile mark as they ran at the Thomas Zimmer Cross Country course.

King eventually crossed the line in 24 minutes, 51 seconds, while Kemoy held off several challengers at the end to win in 23:12.

Northern Arizona, ranked third in the country, won the team title. 35 teams competed, including 19 ranked squads. The unranked Huskies did better than expected, finishing 15th.

King and his teammates return to competition Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Pac-12 Championships in Colorado.

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Former Wolf cheer captain looks back with fondness!!

Posted in Cheer, Wolves in college on October 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Nicole Becker

Becker during her senior season, with fellow cheerleaders Iris Ryckaert (middle) and Emily Clay. (Robert Bishop photo)

Walking away is never easy to do.

But one of the nice things about the Coupeville High School cheer squad is that once you’ve been a part of the team, you never really leave the squad. You move on with life, to college, work and beyond, but you can always come home and be welcomed back.

For Nicole Becker, this football season has been a new experience, one of being on the outside looking in at what she used to be a huge part of.

Last year she was a senior captain for the Wolves, capping a long run that started in elementary school. This season she’s in the stands as a fan, but will always be a part of something bigger than herself, something she will look back on fondly.

Becker’s thoughts on the transition:

When I moved to Coupeville in fourth grade I knew I wanted to be one of those cheerleaders you saw on those red and white boxes Friday night.

I cheered elementary school and a middle school program; that secured my thoughts to be a Coupeville High School cheerleader. Cheering four years and over eight seasons gives you a big family.

While I spent my time on one of those boxes for two years and constantly having football guys turn around to tell me to “shut up” was comforting, also knowing that those girls that stood beside me had my back was the icing on the cake to me.

Now being graduated and going to home football games is weird to me; I’m used to showing up at 6:15 PM and prepping for the game, but this time I showed up at 7. Wow, was that different.

Seeing familiar faces and hugging everyone was still the same, but I wasn’t in a uniform with sparkly eye shadow all over my face. I was me.

I have a loud voice that carries, so still being loud enough to have some of the football players turn around was a great feeling, but not being around a family was kind of lonely.

I have no doubt in my mind that those girls on the sideline are doing CHS proud.

Do I wish to be back up on a box under those Friday night lights? No, not really, I had my time. I’m needed elsewhere.

I have good memories being a part of the CHS cheer team, which will never be forgotten.

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