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LeVine pins another award

Posted in Wrestling, tagged , , , , , , on February 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Izzy LeVine (center), ready to dominate on the mat. (Photo courtesy Sean LeVine)

One more award before the season is officially done.

Former Coupeville supernova Izzy LeVine, now a top-level high school grappler in Arizona, was named to the All-Chandler United School District girls’ wrestling team.

Micky and Jae’s lil’ sis, who placed fourth at the state meet during her sophomore season at Casteel High School, was honored as the best in the 126-pound class.

CUSD, the second-largest school district in Arizona, serves 43,000+ students from K-12 and boasts six high schools.

LeVine, who grew up haunting the ballfields and gyms in Cow Town before a family move plucked her from Whidbey prior to high school, went 47-5 during her most-recent season.

She won three of five matches at the state tourney, including a narrow loss to eventual state champ Brianna Reyes, a senior.

Both of her sisters, and dad Sean, are all members of the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame, and mom Joline should probably be in there too.

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Dynamic duo shine in spotlight

Posted in Swim, Wrestling, tagged , , , , , on February 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Water wizard Finn Price (left) and mat masher Jaje Drake prepare for their send-off to the state championships. (Karissa Swain photos)

Time for a quick flashback.

Coupeville’s Finn Price and Jaje Drake have returned from the state swim and wrestling championships, respectively.

But ace photographer Karissa Swain, who snapped pics at last week’s send-off for the dynamic duo, was out sick for several days.

Now she’s back in the district office and doing all the work that keeps the joint humming and was nice enough to share her photos with us.

Living large in the CHS hallways.

Off to the big dance.

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One-man wrecking crews make statement

Posted in Swim, Wrestling, tagged , , , , , , on February 17, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Finn Price, reppin’ the red and black at the year’s biggest swim event. (Photo courtesy Paul Lagerstedt)

One athlete. No teams. Big results.

Coupeville’s Finn Price and Jaje Drake closed out their respective state meets Saturday with strong finishes, standing tall as lone Wolves.

CHS doesn’t field swimming or wrestling programs, so the duo persevered, training and traveling with other schools during the regular season, than forging their own paths in the postseason.

Price, a sophomore, won the consolation finals in the 200 free Saturday at the 2A state championships at the King County Aquatic Center, while also claiming fifth in the 100 free.

His times of one minute, 55.06 seconds in the 200, and 52.41 in the 100 were both better than his results in Friday’s prelims.

Overall, 2B Coupeville (which is just Price, remember) finished 30th out of 34 schools in the team standings.

Jaje Drake (right) brings the gun show to Cow Town. (Sophia Broderick photo)

Drake lost a close match with Rainier’s Matthew Kenney Saturday, ending his run at Mat Classic XXXV at the Tacoma Dome.

The Wolf senior, competing in the 2B/1B boys 215-pound class, finished his tourney with a 2-2 record.

That ties him with current CHS football coach Alex Turner, who also went 2-2 at state in 2019 during his own senior season.

Drake, a one-man demolition crew hefting the torch for the Wolves by himself, carried Coupeville to a 33rd-place performance (out of 50 schools) in the team standings.

“I’ll be back!” (Jackie Saia photo)

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Step on her mat? Get mashed!!

Posted in Wrestling, tagged , , , , on February 17, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Izzy LeVine, who chews up foes on the wrestling mat, gets her props for qualifying for the state tourney. (Photo courtesy Sean LeVine)

Izzy LeVine took a chomp out of Arizona wrestling.

The Casteel High School sophomore, who grew up haunting the ballfields and gyms of Coupeville, claimed fourth place at the state wrestling meet Saturday in Phoenix.

Izzy, the rampaging “lil’ sis” of Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame inductees Micky and Jae LeVine, won three of five matches.

Competing in the 126-pound class, the tenacious one opened with two wins Friday, before losing a close one to eventual state champ Brianna Reyes, a senior.

LeVine bounced back Saturday during action at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, pinning her first foe before being edged out in the 3rd/4th place bout.

She finishes the high school season with a sterling 47-5 mark.

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CHS grappler shines at Mat Classic

Posted in Wrestling, tagged , , , , on February 16, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“Mama said knock you out!” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

On to day two!

Coupeville’s Jaje Drake won two of three matches Friday at Mat Classic XXXV in Tacoma, keeping alive his bid to bring home some hardware.

The Wolf senior, who is wrestling in the 215-pound class in the 2B/1B classification, opened with a win over Jacob Randall of Okanogan.

That moved Drake into the quarterfinals, where he put up a strong fight before falling to Gabriel Smith of Ritzville, one of four contestants in the 12-man field who had a first-round bye.

Springing right back into action, Coupeville’s lone grappler, who trained and traveled with South Whidbey during the regular season, roared back with a victory against Preston Stingley of Kittitas.

That pushes Drake into a showdown with Matthew Kenney of Rainier Saturday, the second time this season the duo have clashed.

The winner of that match is guaranteed to finish at least 6th, and could go as high as 3rd, while the loser is eliminated.

Drake, who was an All-Conference lineman for Coupeville football this fall, is the second Wolf in recent years to rep the red and black on the wrestling mat.

Current CHS football assistant coach Alex Turner also advanced to state in 2019 while following a similar path.

Coupeville is one of the few schools in the state not to have its own wrestling program, necessitating the agreement with South Whidbey.

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