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On to the playoffs for former Wolf!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on February 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Monica Vidoni, repping Rainy River.

Former Wolf Monica Vidoni, now reppin’ Rainy River. (Photo courtesy Vidoni)

The regular season is in the books. Now comes the playoffs.

Former Coupeville High School basketball player Monica Vidoni and her Rainy River Community College women’s basketball squad will play in the Region 13B tourney next weekend.

The Voyageurs finished the regular season at 15-10 overall, 9-5 in Minnesota College Athletic Conference play.

They tied with Mesabi Range and Itasca for second place, but will be seeded fourth in the postseason.

That puts them up against top seed Northland, which is ranked third in the country, in a loser-out game Saturday, Feb. 27 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.

Pull off the upset and they play the winner of Mesabi and Itasca Feb. 28 for a berth in the NJCAA national tournament in New York Mar. 12-14.

During her freshman season Vidoni, who is also playing volleyball and softball at the college, saw action in 19 games.

She’s scored 16 points, snatched 24 rebounds, rejected three shots and pilfered two steals while racking up 118 minutes of floor time.

During her time at CHS Vidoni was a three-sport athlete and was on the Wolf softball team which went to state in 2014.

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Forever the King!!

Posted in Cross Country, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King, forever The Man. (Photo property of University of Washington)

Tyler King, always The Man. (Photo property of University of Washington)

The King has been crowned. Again.

Coupeville running legend Tyler King is in the final moments of his stellar college career at the University of Washington, but the Huskies aren’t done singing his praises just yet.

As 2015 winds down, the U-Dub is picking its top 15 sports achievements from the calendar year and hailing them as “Montlake Moments.”

The run-down started Dec. 17 and wraps Dec. 31.

King, a high school cross country and track state champ during his days in Cow Town, was the pick of the day Sunday, when he was hailed for leading Washington to its first-ever NCAA West Regional mens’ cross country title.

A pic of a muddy but jubilant, fleet-footed beast in purple (seen above) hit the university’s web site and was promptly met with the shrieks of running fans everywhere.

To fully marinate in the moment, pop over to:

http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&ATCLID=210592116&KEY=

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Twice the sports, twice the impact!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 21, 2015| 1 Comment »

Wolf grad Monica Vidoni (left) hangs out with college basketball teammate Maddie Filipiak. (Vidoni photo)

Wolf grad Monica Vidoni (left) hangs out with college basketball teammate Maddie Filipiak. (Vidoni photo)

Monica Vidoni is upping the ante.

The Coupeville High School grad is deep into her second sport at Rainy River Community College in Minnesota, making her one of the few Wolves in recent years to play multiple sports at the collegiate level.

Now 10 games into a 25-game womens’ basketball season, which comes on the heels of a volleyball season, Vidoni is back on Whidbey for winter break.

When she and her Voyageurs teammates return to the court Jan. 6, they will carry a 5-5 record into battle with Fond du Luc Tribal.

Rainy River will play nine games in Jan., then wrap up its regular season with six more in Feb.

The Voyaguers have been led by sophomore Shania Thompson, who is averaging 24.8 points per game.

Freshmen Cassie Tomczak (13.2) and Maddie Filipiak (13.1) round out a dangerous trio.

Vidoni has played in eight of her team’s 10 games, scoring 12 points and hauling down 14 rebounds.

Her best game came against Itasca, when she dropped in four points and corralled five rebounds.

Vidoni also came up big against Fond du Lac, when she snagged five boards, and Anoka-Ramsey, where she drilled all four of her free throw opportunities.

A 2015 CHS grad, she played volleyball, basketball and softball all four years she was a Wolf and was a key supporting player on the 2014-2015 girls’ basketball squad which won the school’s first league title in 13 years.

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Once were legends!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , , , on December 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King (John Fisken photos)

   Coupeville’s lone D1 scholarship athlete, U-Dub track/cross country whiz kid Tyler King, swung by to help dad Randy run his 7th grade basketball practice. (John Fisken photos)

Breeanna Messner

   Four-sport star Breeanna Messner dropped in to see parents Aimee and Robert Bishop (and give out hugs to the media).

Kacie Kiel (top)

   Kacie Kiel (top), imparting wisdom to the young ‘uns, in this case Wolf junior spiker Ally Roberts.

Joel, Curtin

   High school stars turned college athletes (l to r) Joel Walstad, Aaron Curtin and Ben Etzell catch up while being harassed by the paparazzi.

locks

The Nebraska air has been good to Walstad’s silky locks.

fords and messners

   Messner has a (partial) family reunion after watching cousin Jordan Ford (not shown) score 13 in a win over Concrete.

Julia

   “Elbows” returns. One-time hoops enforcer/photo queen Julia Myers checks out the new bleachers (and drives my page view count up 276%).

Aunt Judy hangs out with her lil' niece, Lydia, and gets bum-rushed by everyone in the crowd.

   Aunt Judy hangs out with her lil’ niece, Lydia, and gets bum-rushed by everyone in the crowd.

Tis the season for heroes to return.

As the holidays hit, former Coupeville High School hoops stars are prone to return to town to see family and check up on the “young punks” who now wear the uniforms they once did.

Travelin’ photo man John Fisken kept one eye cocked at Friday night’s Wolf boys’ hoops games and snagged the photos above to give us a brief visual reminder of the walkin’, talkin’, muggin’ for the camera glory days.

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Bayne Train makes stop at award podium!!

Posted in Football, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Josh Bayne, seen here on the way to one of his 25 touchdowns during his senior season at CHS. (John Fisklen photo)

   Josh Bayne, seen here on the way to one of his 25 touchdowns during his senior season at Coupeville High School. (John Fisken photo)

They like to give awards to Josh Bayne.

A year after he was tabbed as the 1A Olympic League MVP during his senior season at Coupeville High School, Awesome Joshsome was back at the podium this week.

This time he was being honored as the Rookie of the Year when the Simon Fraser University football team held its awards night.

Bayne played in eight games for the Clan as a true freshman, recording 13 solo tackles and five assists from his defensive back position. He also broke up three passes, defended three others and joined in on a tackle for a loss.

Fellow CHS alumni Jake Tumblin joined Bayne in Canada this season, recording four solo tackles, six assists and a tackle for a loss during his freshman campaign.

The duo faced off twice with former Wolf teammate Nick Streubel, who plays on the line for Central Washington, giving Coupeville five current college football players.

Mitch Pelroy (Montana Western) and Joel Walstad (Midland) round out that group.

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