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Is Iowa ready for Valkomania?!?!

Posted in Football, Wolves in college on February 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A young Caleb Valko (left) pledges, “One day I’ll be a football star and everyone will scream for me!!”

Today.

The Beatles invaded America. Now The Page Hit King is invading Iowa.

Having signed to play football at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, the mop-topped heartthrob of Wolf sports, the one man wrecking crew that is Caleb Valko is mere months away from bringing his act to the Midwest.

Cue the screaming mobs of fans as they to find out what plane he will arrive on. Chaos may reign at the Sioux Gateway Airport (thank you, Google!), as Valko descends from his plane and into local sainthood.

Northwestern is a private Christian liberal arts college affiliated with the Reformed Church in America. It was founded in 1882. (Thank you, Wikipedia!)

Recruited to play on the offensive line for the Red Raiders, who went 9-3 in 2012, Valko received the following top-secret communication from his future line coach:

Caleb, thanks for the film! We’re excited that you’ll be on campus too! We are interested in having you play OL for us. That is one position we are in need of right now. You would be a great fit for how we play here. Our OL is aggressive, knockdown oriented position. Plus they have a lot of fun together too! Looking forward to meeting with you.”

Rumors that the line coach screamed like a little girl with a new pony and then passed out after meeting the Coupeville legend are unconfirmed. But believable.

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Tyler to Kyle: “There can only be one King!!”

Posted in Track, Wolves in college on February 10, 2013| 1 Comment »

Tyler (left) and Kyle King (right) pose with the best athlete in the family, older sister Brianne. (Angela Chenoweth photo)

Tyler (left) and Kyle King pose with the best athlete in the family, older sister Brianne. (Angela Chenoweth photo)

The protege has become the master.

On a day when they both set personal records, little brother Tyler King waved at older brother Kyle as he sped past him in the 3,000 meter race at the Husky Classic in Seattle Saturday.

The former Coupeville High School stars, who entered college bearing the weight of multiple state title medals on their chests, have blazed through the Division 1 cross country and track worlds.

Kyle, who ran for three strong years at Eastern Washington, is now a senior at Oklahoma, while Tyler, a redshirt freshman, reps the purple and gold for Washington.

Running against some of the best of the best Saturday, Tyler blew across the finish line in a hair over eight minutes (8:07.38), nipping Kyle, who “straggled” in at 8:12, possibly slowed by his aging bones.

Ryan Hill of North Carolina State won the event, not that anyone on Whidbey Island cares one little bit.

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It’s good to be the King!!

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

Kyle King (left) and lil’ bro Tyler (center) celebrate America and their own awesomeness.

Someone call the cops — the King boys are beatin’ up on people again.

Of course, since they’re doing it on the track oval, it’s probably OK. I’m sure their college coaches are just fine with it.

Running at the highest level of Division 1, former Coupeville High School stars Kyle and Tyler King kicked off their indoor track seasons with a bang.

Kyle, a redshirt senior at the University of Oklahoma, finished third in the 3,000 meter race at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas Jan. 26. His time of eight minutes, 12.09 seconds was barely a half of a second behind race winner Trevor Vidlak of Nebraska (8:11.58) and was the ninth-fastest time in school history.

That followed on the heels of a second place finish in the mile (4:17.69) at the J.D. Martin Invitational in Norman, Oklahoma Jan. 19.

Tyler, a redshirt sophomore running for the University of Washington, got things started with a ninth place finish in the 3,000 at the UW Invitational Jan. 26. His time of 8:09.47 was a personal record.

Both Kings are also hitting the books, as well, much to the relief of parents Randy and Laurie King. Tyler was a Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention selection during his cross country season, while it’s rumored that Kyle scored straight A’s in the first semester of the school year.

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Lily Doyle trades water wings for Caffè con panna!!

Posted in Swim, Wolves in college on January 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Lily Doyle, out seeing the world.

Doyle (right), when she was ruling the pool as a high school swimmer.

Doyle (right), when she ruled the pool as a high school swimmer.

Did anyone stop to think about me?

Lily Doyle is off to Italy, to study and eat and drink and sight-see her way across the countryside. Proud mom Barbara Ballard gets a lot of great stories to tell her Coupeville High School students.

But me? The guy who waits patiently to hand transcribe Doyle’s swim results at Vassar and pass them on to the 1,892,252 members of the Lily Doyle Fan Club week in and week out — did anyone think about what this kind of break would mean to me?!?!

Yeah, probably not…

Anyway, I shall overcome my lost semester (though tears will be shed as my page views take a noticeable decline) and wish Ms. Doyle the best.

The CHS grad, who is now swimming and studying at Vassar, where she’s a junior, is off on an adventure right now. She’s taking a semester off from American school and swimming to travel abroad.

“Poor child is studying in Italy for a semester. This includes cooking classes, trips to Venice for carnival, and other tiresome activities,” Ballard said. “She’s had three years of Italian, and will be taking classes at the University of Bologna. Side trips to visit friends in France, Spain, and England. Apparently the Italians know how to cook, too.”

And for those of us left behind? I shall go eat some pasta in her honor and stop haunting the Vassar womens’ swim page for a bit.

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Wolves invade Yakima!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Where are they now?, Wolves in college on January 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The Wolf hoops honor roll: left to right, Mike Bagby, Jason Bagby, Ron Bagby and Brad Sherman.

Greg Oldham

Wolf Nation is spreading to Eastern Washington, bit by bit.

Former Coupeville High School girls’ basketball coach Greg Oldham is now calling the shots at Yakima Valley Community College, while former Wolf sensation Jason Bagby is suiting up for the same school’s mens’ basketball squad.

Oldham, who led Coupeville to the state tourney on a regular basis, is in his first year in the lead chair. After coaching high school ball at White Swan, Coupeville and West Valley, he became an assistant with the YVCC mens’ team, then bounced into the womens’ job when head coach Cody Butler accepted a position at Boise State.

The Yaks are 9-8 overall, 2-2 in league play under Oldham.

Bagby, a six-foot-four dunking machine, is a sophomore forward at the two-year college. He’s played in 16 games for a 13-5 Yak team that is ranked #8 in the most recent Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges poll.

He’s made 19 of 36 field goals (including swishing his lone three-point try) and 14 of 23 free throws. Bagby is averaging 3.3 points per game (53 total), with a high of 12, and has amassed 183 minutes of playing time, 22 rebounds, 22 personal fouls, 11 steals, four blocks and three assists.

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