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King kicks up his heels in Eugene!!

Posted in Cross Country, Wolves in college on October 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King

Tyler King faced down some of the baddest dudes in the Northwest Saturday and acquitted himself quite nicely.

Running at the prestigious Bill Dellinger Invitational in Eugene, the Coupeville High School grad finished 26th in a field of 115 runners.

His time of 24 minutes, 52 seconds made him the third fastest runner on the University of Washington squad, as they competed at an event named in honor of a Hall of Fame runner.

Fellow Husky Aaron Nelson won the individual title, while highly-ranked hosts University of Oregon took the team title. Boise State claimed second and the U-Dub and Portland tied for third overall.

The Husky women, led by Amy-Eloise Neal, ran away with the team title. Neal, a ten-time state champ at Glacier Peak High School, made her college debut and busted out a third place finish.

King, a redshirt sophomore, and his teammates now have two weeks off before heading to Wisconsin for the Adidas Invitational Oct. 19.

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Amanda d’Almeida still has a magic toe!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, Wolves in college on September 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Amanda d’Almeida

She hasn’t lost her touch.

Having jumped up a level, Coupeville High School grad Amanda d’Almeida is now bringing her considerable soccer skills to play at the collegiate level.

The former Wolf star is a key member of a surging Carleton College (Minnesota) pitch squad which has reeled off four straight wins and is looking for more.

Now 5-3-1 overall, 3-0 in conference play, the Knights struggled a bit at the start of the season before finding their rhythm.

They broke through with a 1-1 double overtime tie against Wisconsin-Stevens Point, in which d’Almedia assisted on her team’s lone goal. Then the winning kicked off, big-time, spurred by a 2-1 victory over Gustavus Adolphus in which d’Almeida again set up a score.

Since then, Carleton has rolled Saint Mary’s University, Wartburg College and Bethel University by a combined score of 9-2.

d’Almeida has played in eight of her team’s games, starting twice, and has racked up 322 minutes on the field. She’s tied for second on the team in assists, and while she hasn’t scored (yet), she has had two shots on goal.

“Soccer has been amazing!,” d’Almeida said. “I love my team; they are so supportive and everyone shows up to each and every game and practice with so much heart and passion. We all work so hard and even enjoy the fitness because it makes us better.

“We had four-a-days in preseason, which is killer, but we are more fit than many of our opponents.”

While recent foot injuries have slowed her down a bit, she wouldn’t trade the experience for any other.

“I love the choice I have made to come here,” d’Almeida said. “I am so happy I can continue playing soccer with all these amazing women!”

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Tyler King: Older? Maybe. Faster? Absolutely!!

Posted in Cross Country, Wolves in college on September 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King: American Hero

Glossy. So glossy… So that’s what all that alumni money goes to pay for. (Photo courtesy Jay Roberts)

New season, same old Tyler King.

The let’s-go-run-in-the-snow-shirtless beast of Coupeville High School track and cross country legend continues to churn along under scholarship at the University of Washington.

Opening a new collegiate cross country season, he graced a spread in Dawg Digest, the bible for U-Dub sports fans, and busted out an impressive run in the season opener.

Running at the Sundodger Men’s Invitational Sept. 14 in Seattle, King finished third in 24 minutes, five seconds, helping to propel the Huskies to a team title.

Washington won both the mens’ and womens’ titles at the event, the seventh straight season the Huskies have pulled off the feat.

King and his teammates next compete at the Bill Dellinger Invitational in Oregon Oct. 5.

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Mitch Pelroy a Man of Steel!!

Posted in Football, Wolves in college on August 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Mitch Pelroy (right) and Montana Western teammate ? compare arm slings. (Haylee Sauer photo)

Mitch Pelroy (right) and Montana Western teammate Connor Langel compare arm slings. (Haylee Sauer photo)

He is indestructible, apparently.

Despite an assassination attempt on his arm, former Coupeville High School football star Mitch Pelroy is still spry and moving up the depth chart at the University of Montana Western.

Pelroy, who had just been moved to being a starter as a cornerback and kick and punt returner for the Bulldogs, got trapped in a play gone wrong during practice and ended up in a sling.

The good news is, no surgery will be needed and he expects to be back on the field in two weeks.

“I fell and my arm was straight and someone else fell through the back of my elbow, completely dislocating it and my arm was like facing the wrong way,” Pelroy said. “I’m doing good though.

“Grades are good, football was doin’ good and I should be good to go after the 10th to work my way back up.”

**Much thanks to Haylee Sauer for letting me use her photo. To see more of her amazing work shooting the Montana Western team, head over to https://www.facebook.com/hayleesauerphotography.

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Move over, Hasselhoff! Kyle King has this beach!!

Posted in A freakin' American hero, Cross Country, Track, Wolves in college on July 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Kyle King, American Hero (Katerina Koeva photo)

The Dude abides.

Faster than you can cue up the theme from “Baywatch,” Kyle King is there to save the day.

The Coupeville High School grad, now a standout college track and cross country runner who ran on scholarship for national power Oklahoma this past season, is also working as a life guard. And he’s doing pretty darn well at his secondary vocation.

Though he’s characteristically modest about his accomplishments, he recently helped save a group of swimmers, including three young children, who were caught in a rip tide at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

King’s recollection of the day:

“We were breaking our chairs and umbrellas down at the end of the day when I heard on the radio we had a Code 2, which is a water emergency. I was a couple hundred yards away so I sprinted down with my buoy.

There were about a total of ten people pulled out in a rip and three little kids, with all the adults trying to hold the kids above the water, so we grabbed the little kids first, all around four years old, and pulled them in.

Most of the adults could make it in once they didn’t have to swim for the kids and themselves. We had to pull one adult in who was completely exhausted from holding his child up.

The whole beach ended up clapping for us once it was all said and done. It was honestly pretty crazy; definitely the craziest moments of my life.

The rip current was so tough it felt like a river.

We didn’t have time to swim out of it though, because there were so many people that needed to be rescued, so we pulled straight against it and handed the kids off to the third lifeguard who was wading in at chest deep. Just two of us were out swimming with the victims.

Everything ended up being 10-4 though.

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