
Former CHS volleyball coach Kim Meche (left), first-ever inductee into the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame.
Welcome to the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame.
In the days, weeks, months and (possibly years) to come, we will be enshrining the best of the best in these hallowed digital walls.
Selection to the Hall is ruled over with an iron fist (clad in a velvet glove). I make the final decision. It’s my blog, so what ya gonna do?
BUT, it is a democracy, as well.
I want your input. Even if I don’t always listen to it.
Email me (davidsvien@hotmail.com), message me on Facebook, talk to me in person at a Wolf game. Let me know who you want to see in this Hall.
Who’s eligible? Anyone who has ever played a sport in Coupeville or is connected to Cow Town.
At least to start off, we’ll have six branches: Female Athlete, Male Athlete, Coach, Team, Contributors, and Moment.
The first five are fairly easy to comprehend.
The sixth is meant to be wide-ranging — it can be just about anything.
A great play. A defining act. An impassioned speech. Something big, something small but important.
Up to you to decide what about our shared Wolf sports heritage is worth remembering.
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The Hall o’ Fame:
Female Athlete:
**Maiden names are used, as that’s the name in the record books**
Amanda Allmer (soccer, basketball)
Payton Aparicio (volleyball, tennis)
Courtney Arnold (cheer, basketball)
McKayla Bailey (volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball)
McKenzie Bailey (volleyball, basketball, tennis)
Mollie Bailey (soccer, basketball, softball)
Natasha Bamberger (track, cross country)
Allyson Barker (track)
Heni Barnes (track)
Zenovia Barron (basketball, track)
Marnie Bartelson (basketball, soccer)
Ashleigh Battaglia (cheer)
Lauren Bayne (soccer, track)
Rose Bergdoll (track, cheer)
SarahRose Bernhardt (cheer)
Brittany Black (basketball)
Lexie Black (basketball, track)
Alita Blouin (volleyball, basketball)
Jessica Boling (volleyball, tennis)
Sherry Bonacci (volleyball, basketball)
Taya Boonstra (volleyball, basketball, softball, cheer)
Julia Borges (cheer, tennis)
Mekare Bowen (cheer)
Courtney Boyd (basketball, soccer)
Tiffany Briscoe (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Emily Burchfield (soccer, tennis, triathlon)
Kiara Burdge (cheer)
Kylie Burdge (cheer)
Jen Canfield (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Kylie Chernikoff (volleyball, basketball, track)
Linda Cheshier (volleyball, basketball)
Jodi Christensen (basketball)
Jennie Cross (basketball, volleyball, track)
Lizz Cross (track)
Veronica Crownover (softball)
Bree Daigneault (soccer, tennis)
Amanda d’Almeida (soccer, tennis)
Hannah Davidson (volleyball, basketball, track, softball)
Lily Doyle (swim)
Mikayla Elfrank (volleyball, basketball, softball)
April Ellsworth-Bagby (volleyball, softball, rugby)
Ashley Ellsworth-Bagby (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Marisa Etzell (soccer, track)
Shawn Evrard (cheer)
Amanda Fabrizi (volleyball, basketball, cheer)
Stacie Farmer (softball)
Christine Fields (golf)
Jazmine Franklin (cheer, tennis)
Corinne Gaddis (track, volleyball)
Maddie Georges (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Jacki Ginnings (soccer, tennis)
Marie Grasser (basketball)
Marlene Grasser (volleyball, basketball, softball, track)
Lauren Grove (soccer, basketball, track)
Carly Guillory (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Hailey Hammer (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Allie Hanigan (volleyball, tennis)
Marie Hesselgrave (basketball, tennis)
Mindy Horr (tennis, volleyball)
Jai’Lysa Hoskins (cheer, basketball, track)
Ja’Kenya Hoskins (basketball, track)
Ja’Tarya Hoskins (cheer, track)
Kristan Hurlburt (basketball, softball, tennis)
Sylvia Hurlburt (cheer, track, ballet)
Kyra Ilyankoff (volleyball, track)
Janiece Jenkins (basketball, track)
Nezi Keiper (football, soccer, basketball)
Kailey Kellner (basketball, softball)
Eileen Kennedy (cross country, track)
Kacie Kiel (volleyball, basketball)
Brianne King (basketball, track)
Yashmeen Knox (volleyball, basketball, track)
Mallory Kortuem (soccer, track)
Erica Lamb (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Taniel Lamb (tennis, basketball, volleyball)
Grace LaPoint (cheer, soccer, basketball, softball, track)
Emma Laurion (soccer)
Kassie Lawson (basketball)
Nicole Laxton (basketball, softball)
Jae LeVine (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Micky LeVine (soccer, tennis)
Catherine Lhamon (cross country, track)
Kalia Littlejohn (soccer, basketball)
Mia Littlejohn (soccer, basketball)
Hope Lodell (volleyball, softball)
Tina Lyness (basketball)
Linde Maertens (volleyball)
Ashley Manker (soccer, basketball)
Judy Marti (basketball)
Jaimee Masters (volleyball, tennis)
Emma Mathusek (volleyball, softball)
Kerry McCormick (cross country)
Katrina McGranahan (volleyball, softball)
Ashley Menges (volleyball, horse riding)
Breeanna Messner (volleyball, cheer, basketball, softball)
Mckenzie Meyer (cheer, tennis, soccer, track)
Megan Meyer (cheer, tennis)
Amy Mouw (volleyball, basketball, track)
Sarah Mouw (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Julia Myers (soccer, basketball, tennis)
Amanda Neitzel (cheer)
Maddy Neitzel (cheer)
Kendra O’Keefe (basketball)
Terry Perkins (basketball)
Ann Pettit (basketball)
Chelsea Prescott (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Emma Puharic (softball)
Jaime Rasmussen (basketball)
Avalon Renninger (soccer, basketball, tennis)
Sage Renninger (soccer, tennis)
Jessica Riddle (volleyball, tennis)
Ally Roberts (volleyball, equestrian sports)
Lindsey Roberts (soccer, basketball, track)
Madeline Roberts (softball)
Maria Rockwell (softball)
Emily Rose (soccer)
Lauren Rose (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Erin Rosenkranz (soccer, track)
Jess Roundy (volleyball, basketball, track)
Lucy Sandahl (volleyball, track)
Misty Sellgren (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Ashlie Shank (basketball, track)
Audrianna Shaw (soccer, basketball, soccer)
Haley Sherman (volleyball, softball)
Marilyn Sherman (cheer, tennis)
Mary Sherman (basketball)
Mica Shipley (cheer)
Julia Sierra Castano (tennis)
Cavan Simonson (cheer, bodybuilding)
Marissa Slater (soccer, track)
Natalie Slater (softball, volleyball)
Ema Smith (soccer, basketball)
Emma Smith (volleyball, track)
Joli Smith (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Katie Smith (volleyball, basketball, softball, track)
Megan Smith (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Scout Smith (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Jennifer Spark (soccer)
Makana Stone (soccer, basketball, track)
Madeline Strasburg (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Amanda Streubel (swim, cheer)
Julie Swankie (volleyball, softball)
Tracy Taylor (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Madison Tisa McPhee (track, horse sports)
Maya Toomey-Stout (volleyball, track)
Valen Trujillo (volleyball, tennis)
Zoe Trujillo (volleyball, tennis, track)
Alexis Trumbull (softball)
Raven Vick (volleyball, track)
Willow Vick (volleyball, track)
Maddie Vondrak (volleyball)
Emily Vracin (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Bessie Walstad (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Hayley Waterman (soccer)
Izzy Wells (softball, basketball, volleyball, soccer)
Allison Wenzel (volleyball, basketball, track)
Chloe Wheeler (softball)
Genna Wright (soccer, tennis)
Sarah Wright (volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball)
Tia Wurzrainer (soccer, basketball, tennis)
Suzy Zustiak (softball)
Male Athlete:
Mitch Aparicio (football, basketball, baseball)
Roy Armstrong (football, basketball, track)
Jason Bagby (football, basketball, baseball)
Mike Bagby (football, basketball, baseball)
Ian Barron (football)
Jakobi Baumann (tennis, track)
Josh Bayne (football, baseball)
Anthony Bergeron (basketball)
Ben Biskovich (football, basketball, track)
Allen Black (basketball)
Dick Bogardus (football)
Bennett Boyles (basketball)
Chad Brookhouse (football, basketball, baseball)
Barry Brown (football, basketball)
Zane Bundy (football, soccer)
Brian Casey (football, track)
Drew Chan (basketball, baseball)
Peter Charron (football, cheer, track)
Jon Chittim (track, soccer)
Denny Clark (basketball)
Danny Conlisk (cross country, track)
Ray Cook (football, basketball, baseball)
Mike Criscuola (basketball)
Corey Cross (football, basketball, baseball)
Matt Cross (football, baseball)
Murph Cross (football, basketball, baseball)
Aaron Curtin (tennis, basketball, baseball)
Sebastian Davis (tennis, soccer)
Sean Donley (soccer)
Hunter Downes (football, basketball, soccer)
Jack Elzinga (basketball)
Dalton Engle (football, basketball)
Mike Engle (football, basketball, baseball, track)
Robert “Fat” Engle (football, basketball, baseball, track)
John Engstrom (football, basketball, baseball)
Ben Etzell (tennis, basketball, baseball)
Alex Evans (football, basketball, baseball)
Brian Fakkema (football, basketball)
Foster Faris (football, basketball, baseball)
Jeff Fielding (cross country, track)
Austin Fields (golf)
David Ford (football, basketball, baseball)
Jordan Ford (football, basketball, track)
Tony Ford (football, basketball, baseball)
Chad Gale (football, basketball, track)
Arik Garthwaite (football, basketball)
Mason Grove (tennis, basketball, baseball)
Hunter Hammer (basketball, track)
Richard “Speed” Hammons (football, basketball, baseball)
Chuck Hardee (football, basketball, tennis)
Brad Haslam (football, basketball, baseball)
Zach Hauser (baseball)
Ben Hayes (tennis, basketball)
Jerry Helm (football, basketball, track)
Matt Helm (football, basketball, track)
Jared Helmstadter (tennis, basketball, track)
Wiley Hesselgrave (football, basketball)
Matt Hilborn (football, baseball)
Dawson Houston (football, cheer)
Clay Hughes (football)
Bill Jarrell (football, basketball, baseball)
Eldon Jenne (Coupeville native who pole vaulted at 1920 Olympics)
Risen Johnson (basketball)
Randy Keefe (football, basketball, baseball)
Ryan Keefe (baseball)
Joe Kelley (football)
Lathom Kelley (football, track)
Gavin Keohane (basketball)
Erik King (basketball, baseball)
Kyle King (cross country, track)
Ryan King (football)
Tyler King (cross country, basketball, track)
Gavin Knoblich (football, basketball, baseball)
Jordan Lamb (tennis, soccer)
Nathan Lamb (tennis, soccer)
Casey Larson (football, baseball)
Abraham Leyva (soccer)
Aram Leyva (soccer)
Derek Leyva (soccer)
Oscar Liquidano (football, soccer)
Uriel Liquidano (football, soccer)
Kit Manzanares (football, basketball, track)
Andrew Martin (football, track and field)
Dalton Martin (football, tennis, basketball, track)
Jacob Martin (football, track)
Logan Martin (basketball, track, tennis, soccer)
Daniel McDonald (football)
Jason McFadyen (football, basketball, baseball, track)
Gabe McMurray (football, basketball)
Paul Messner (football, track)
Mike Meyer (football)
Brad Miller (football, basketball, baseball)
Brian Miller (basketball, track)
Rich Morris (football, basketball, baseball)
Xavier Murdy (soccer, basketball, baseball)
William Nelson (tennis, soccer)
Gavin O’Keefe (basketball)
Kramer O’Keefe (basketball)
Cole Payne (football, tennis, baseball)
Morgan Payne (basketball, baseball)
Mitch Pelroy (football, basketball, track)
Cody Peters (basketball)
Petar Petrov (football, basketball)
Boom Phomvongkoth (football, basketball)
Bob Rea (football, basketball, baseball)
Clay Reilly (football, baseball)
Jeff Rhubottom (football, basketball, track)
Bill Riley (football, basketball, track)
Carson Risner (football, basketball, track, baseball)
Jay Roberts (football, basketball, track)
Jon Roberts (football, basketball, baseball)
David Rochin (baseball)
Kyle Rockwell (football, basketball, baseball)
Noah Roehl (football, basketball)
Virgil Roehl (football, basketball)
Tom Sahli (basketball)
Jack Sell (football)
Nick Sellgren (football, basketball, baseball)
Matt Shank (football, basketball, track)
Brad Sherman (football, basketball, baseball)
Roger Sherman (football, basketball, baseball, tennis)
Mike Smart (football, basketball)
CJ Smith (football, basketball, baseball)
Hunter Smith (football, basketball, baseball)
Ian Smith (football, basketball, baseball)
Jacob Smith (football, track)
James Smith (football, basketball, baseball)
Steve Smith (football, tennis)
Ethan Spark (basketball, soccer)
Jeff Stone (football, basketball, baseball)
Nick Streubel (football, basketball, track)
Connor Tasoff (tennis)
Cameron Toomey-Stout (football, basketball, track, baseball)
Sean Toomey-Stout (football, basketball, track)
David Torres (cheer)
Aaron Trumbull (basketball, baseball)
Jake Tumblin (football, baseball)
Caleb Valko (football, basketball)
Mike Vaughan (football, basketball, baseball)
Joel Walstad (football, basketball, soccer)
Greg White (football, basketball)
Joe Whitney (basketball)
Steve Whitney (basketball)
JD Wilcox (basketball, baseball)
Rich Wilson (football, track)
Hawthorne Wolfe (basketball, baseball)
Gabe Wynn (football, tennis, basketball, baseball)
Coach:
Sylvia Arnold (cheer)
Ron Bagby (football, basketball, track)
Bob Barker (basketball, baseball)
Elizabeth Bitting (cross country, track)
Orson Christensen (football)
Toni Crebbin (volleyball, softball)
Randy Dickson (football, softball)
Mike Etzell (baseball)
Larrie Ford (track)
Cliff Horr (tennis)
Jim Hosek (baseball)
Amy King (volleyball, basketball, softball)
David King (basketball, softball)
Randy King (basketball, track)
Steve Konek, Sr. (baseball)
Sean LeVine (soccer)
Tony Maggio (football)
Bob Martin (football, basketball, track)
Kim Meche (volleyball)
Paul Mendes (soccer)
Greg Oldham (basketball)
Sid Otton (football, baseball)
Craig Pedlar (cross country, track, basketball)
Sandy Roberts (basketball, little league)
Tom Roehl (football, youth basketball)
Scott Rosenkranz (soccer)
Chris Smith (volleyball, basketball, baseball)
Willie Smith (basketball, baseball, football)
Ken Stange (tennis)
Sarah Stuurmans (basketball)
Phyllis Textor (basketball, volleyball)
Chris Tumblin (baseball)
Dustin Van Velkinburgh (football, basketball)
Mert Waller (football, basketball, track, baseball)
Denny Zylstra (softball)
Team:
1917 CHS boys basketball (first hoops team in school history)
1924-1925 CHS boys basketball
1969-1970 CHS boys basketball
1974 CHS football
1974-1975 CHS girls basketball
1975-1976 CHS boys basketball
1981 CHS girls cross country
1986 CHS boys track 4 x 100 relay (Bill Carstensen, Tony Killgo, Rick Alexander, Jay Roberts)
1986-1987 CHS girls basketball
1987-1988 CHS boys basketball
1990 CHS football
1991 CHS baseball
1996 CHS football defense
1997-1998 CHS girls basketball
1998 CHS volleyball (1A state academic champions)
1999-2000 CHS girls basketball
2002 CHS softball
2004 CHS volleyball
2006 CHS boys track 4 x 400 relay (Chris Hutchinson, Jon Chittim, Kyle King, Steven McDonald)
2009 CHS boys tennis “District Tourney Sweep Crew”
2009-2010 CHS boys basketball
2010 CHS baseball, AKA “The Hit Machine”
2010 CHS boys soccer
2010 Central Whidbey Little League Juniors baseball (state champs)
2010-2011 CHS competitive cheer
2014-2015 CHS girls basketball (varsity and JV)
2016 CHS JV volleyball
2016-2017 CHS girls basketball
2017 CHS volleyball
2021 CHS softball
2021-2022 CHS boys basketball
Contributors:
Kim Andrews (Sports scheduler, voice of reason)
McKayla Bailey (Photo Bomb Queen)
Aimee Bishop (Athletic coordinatin’ like a boss)
Tom Black (Makin’ it happen)
Amy Briscoe (Den mother)
Will Butela (Fun Brothers)
Chris Chan (Alumni, coach, Wolf dad, School Board)
Jim Copenhaver (Dr. Soccer)
Mike Duke (Fun Brothers)
Bob Engle (Farmer, family man)
Dolores and Dave Engle (Mom and dad of Wolf Nation)
Bob Fasolo (Street baller, surf god, mack daddy)
John Fisken (Photo God)
Mimi Johnson (Little League legend, Ebey Bowl empress)
Steve and Elaina Kiel (Volleyball lifers)
Curtis Larson (Behind the scenes whiz)
Lisa and Eddie (Super Fans)
Mike Lodell (Groundskeepin’ god)
June Mazdra (Scorekeeper to the stars)
Jack McFadyen (Everyone’s #1 fan)
Moms (Every last one of them)
Robyn Myers (Booster Club bigwig)
Brian Norris and Kyle Bodamer (Bad Boys of Spirit)
Joel Norris (Scoreboard svengali)
Danny Savalza (King of spirit)
Lori Stolee (Athletic Director)
Shelli Trumbull (Photographer, Booster Club)
Dean Tucker (Father of the scorer’s table)
Jim Wheat (Dean of umpires)
Moments:
**CHS girls’ basketball star Madeline Strasburg steals the ball, whirls and banks in a three-pointer from the left side at half-court as the third quarter buzzer sounds. Two weeks later, Wolves return from Christmas break, and she does the same thing. Same spot, same moment, same shot, back-to-back games, 17 days apart.**
**Cameron Boyd takes a knee to the face and loses most of a tooth during a boys’ soccer game, but remains on the field, helping spark Coupeville to a stunning 2-1 upset of arch-rival South Whidbey.**
**CHS hoops sensation Makana Stone soars to the rafters, snatches a rebound, then fires it the length of the court to a breaking Kacie Kiel. A lone Klahowya defender gets back just in time to veer into Kiel’s lane, making her stumble as she goes in for the layup. Roaring up on the inside lane, Stone, who took off like a bat out of Hell the millisecond she let go of the pass, grabs the second rebound and puts it back up and in, as nine other players (and all the fans) stand slack-jawed.**
**The day the music died, as CHS brings an end to “The Wobble” being used as a cheerleader-led dance celebration after football games. Scoreboard operator Joel Norris has never been the same since its departure.**
**Nick “The Big Hurt” Streubel, a six-foot-three, 300-pound force of nature on the Wolf line, runs the hook and ladder, carrying seven screaming Chimacum would-be tacklers on his back as he leads a mad plunge towards the sidelines, finally disappearing into a mud puddle the size of a sink hole.**
**Coupeville scores three fourth-quarter touchdowns, then picks off a Hail Mary in the end zone at the final buzzer, turning a 21-6 deficit into a 25-21 Homecoming win over Foster on Oct. 30, 1992.**
**Jaime Rasmussen hits two free throws with seconds to play to lift Coupeville past Freeman 46-42 Mar. 2, 2000. The freebies cap a 20-5 Wolf fourth quarter run and give CHS girls’ basketball its first-ever victory at the state tourney, launching the closest thing the school has had to a sports dynasty.**
**Kole Kellison waits for the perfect moment, leaning out over the dark abyss on a rainy night, fixing the press box’s sound system, to inquire about the school’s insurance policy.**
**Aaron Trumbull and Beauman Davis sacrifice for their team, allowing other Wolf players to compete. After a fellow varsity baseball player refused to play a JV game, Trumbull, a higher-ranked player, took his spot so his young teammates could play. Davis switched up sides in a JV soccer game, playing for Port Townsend so the teams would be equal and the game could be played.**
**Wolf netter Ben Etzell shreds his knees, but makes the shot — twice — sliding face-first across cement tennis courts in pursuit of the tennis ball.**
**Makana Stone wins the first 28 races of her high school track career.**
**Tom Eller enlivens CHS football games by making a tradition of firing a starters pistol over the crowds head to signal the end of quarters in the early ’90s.**
**Georgie Smith and Chris Tumblin perfect the art of dropping quotes that live on for years.**
**Kassie Lawson banks in a buzzer-beating three-ball in OT Jan. 18, 2008, lifting the CHS girls’ basketball squad to a 33-32 home win over King’s and clinching the Cascade Conference’s #1 playoff seed.**
**Ian Smith scores the game’s final eight points, including dropping a trey at the buzzer, to lift the CHS boys’ basketball team to a 44-42 win at South Whidbey Jan. 25, 2011. The Falcons had been on a 10-game winning streak and were in first place in the Cascade Conference entering the game.**
**Lexie Black blocks 10 shots in a 45-41 win over Zillah at the state tourney on Mar. 4, 2005. Her mark, and the 14 total blocks recorded by Coupeville in the game, still stand as the best ever achieved in a 1A girls’ state basketball game.**
**Jodi Christensen records a near triple-double the hard way, scoring 13 points, grabbing 12 rebounds and making off with nine steals Jan. 11, 1994 in a girls’ basketball game against Meridian.**
**Hitting 23 free throws, including 14 in the fourth quarter, the CHS girls’ hoops squad stuns King’s 55-39 on Feb. 7, 1992. The Knights entered the game 16-1 and ranked #4 in the state.**
**Ray Cook strikes out 21 batters, while pitching 13 innings, lifting Coupeville to a win in the 1976 district baseball championship game.**
**Down by eight with 58 seconds to go on Dec. 13, 2014, the CHS girls’ basketball team pulls off the most improbable of rallies. Kacie Kiel hits a trey from the corner to force OT, and the Wolves hold 2A Sequim scoreless in the extra period for a 42-39 home win.**
**Jon Chittim wins four medals (and state titles in the 200, 400 and 4 x 400) May 25-27, 2006, the only Wolf in school history to achieve those feats in a single state track meet.**
**The CHS boys’ basketball squad is a perfect 22-22 at the free throw line, including 15-15 in the fourth quarter, Jan. 3, 2003. Casey Clark leads the way at 11-11 as the Wolves capture a wild 63-58 come-from-behind win at Friday Harbor.**
**Bob Rea goes the distance on the hill, whiffing 27 Darrington hitters in 1964 as CHS baseball outlasts its hosts to nab a 16-inning 2-1 victory. The K mark has stood as the school record for 50+ years.**
**Dalton Martin claims 2nd in discus and 8th in javelin and shot put at the 2016 1A state track and field meet. It’s the only time in CHS history a thrower has won three medals at one state meet.**
**The 2011 CHS softball squad, 0-17 in the regular season, upsets Meridian 5-1 in its playoff opener, collecting the most improbable postseason win in school history.**
**Feb. 9, 1979, Steve Whitney hits a soft 16-foot jumper, off a pass from Keith Jameson, to lift the CHS boys’ hoops squad to a 55-53 win over King’s Garden. The win clinches the Cascade League title for the Wolves, who advance to state, where they beat Montesano, one of two state wins in program history.**
**During a key tri-district girls’ basketball game in 2003, Samantha Roehl gives up her uniform to get Amy Mouw back in the game after Mouw’s jersey is soaked in blood from a cut finger. With Coupeville’s #2 scorer on the floor, the Wolves clinch a trip to state, where they finished 8th.**
**Freshman CHS quarterback Gabe Eck throws for 403 yards (the school’s single-game record) and three touchdowns in a 28-26 win at Chimacum Sept. 18, 2015. He completes 19 passes, spreading them among five receivers.**
**Mia Littlejohn scores 27 goals in 2016, shattering the school single-season soccer scoring record. Along the way, she leads the CHS girls team to its first winning season.**
**Hunter Smith racks up 915 yards and 11 touchdown as a receiver in 2016, breaking two CHS football single-season records.**
**Hope Lodell rips off 110 service aces as CHS volleyball goes 11-6 in 2016, posting its best record in 12 years. The aces are a single-season Wolf record and, by themselves, allow Lodell to also beat the previous CHS career ace record of 109.**
**Mason Grove hits seven three-point bombs, including three in the fourth quarter, Dec. 10, 2016, leading the CHS JV boys basketball squad to a 55-51 win over arch-rival South Whidbey.**
**Tyler King wins the 1A state cross country title Nov. 6, 2010. He finishes 31 seconds ahead of his nearest rival, joining fellow harrier Natasha Bamberger (1985) as the only Wolves to win a state title in a sport other than track.**
**CHS softball slugger Mikayla Elfrank hit back-to-back home runs to dead center, off the same Sequim pitcher, but in two different towns six days apart. The first blast (May 4, 2017) comes in Coupeville, then, after lightning forces a delay, Elfrank swats a shot that hits a carnival ride in her first at-bat on the road May 10.**
**Lindsey Roberts runs a 15.97 in the 100 hurdles at the 2017 district track meet, breaking a school record (16.06) set in 1999, before Roberts was born.**
**Mitchell Carroll breaks a 23-year-old school record in the triple jump at the 2017 district track meet, then re-shatters it by 8+ inches (43-11.75) a week later at state.**
**CHS freshman Maya Toomey-Stout becomes the first girl in school history to qualify for and compete (May 26-27, 2017) in four different events (100, 200, 4 x 100, 4 x 200) at the state track meet.**
**Wolf softball pitcher Katrina McGranahan throws 33 innings in 26 hours, firing every pitch as Coupeville plays four games, two which go to extra-innings, at the 2017 district softball tourney. She also smashes a home run over the wall against Seattle Christian.**
Boom Phomvongkoth did play Football for 3 years 🙂
Point taken. I will update your Hall o’ Fame credentials.
Does this site have an academic hall of fame? My son graduated in 1988 and has a doctorate in pharmacological neurotoxicology. Also played football for 4 years and was named to the all state team for 1987. Thanks Kathy Cox
Dang! That’s impressive.
Would you be willing to send me more info at davidsvien@hotmail.com?
I would love to include him in the Hall, for both his sports and academic accomplishments.
You should look at the 1977 and 78 baseball team with finished third in state in Coupeville also look at the 1977 and 78 football teams at Coupeville you had a linebacker Bill Boze and had a hundred and sixty-three tackles 16.3 game
Would love to. The biggest stumbling block with anything from before the 2000s is the school has held on to practically nothing from its athletic history and the Whidbey News-Times has shut off access to its archives, since they only have crumbling newspapers and never put anything on microfiche or digital. I would greatly appreciate any info you might have on that time period. My email address is davidsvien@hotmail.com.
Shame on the News-Times. If their archives are deteriorating, all the more reason to act now to preserve what’s left. My recollection is they were a merger of the Oak Harbor News and the Coupeville-based Island County Times. Time to save what’s left.
Hall of Fame recommendation, male athlete:
John Engstrom, CHS 1959, football , basketball, baseball, valedictorian
UofW Daily: reporter, editor
Seattle PI: sportswriter, travel editor, TV critic
Obituary: http://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/obituaries/john-engstrom/
John Engstrom: An appreciation, by Joel Connelly
https://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/01/22/john-engstrom-an-appreciation/
Hall of Fame “Moment” nomination:
Here’s a somewhat long winded item I wrote up in May 2007 on the occasion of an all-class reunion held in the old main school building that was built in 1943 and was now scheduled for demolition.
Blasting for goalposts
When I was in school in Coupeville (1956-61), the elementary school playfield and high school athletic fields were all part of one large undivided grassy area behind the school. During the fall, portable bleachers were set up beside the football field, which was laid out in the west part of the area, then, in the spring, they were moved to the baseball diamond, in the southeast corner. The entire area was used by high school students for physical education (PE) classes and as a playground by elementary school students during lunch and recess breaks. Supervision was sometimes spotty. For example, I dislocated my wrist while playing in an illegal tackle football game during lunch break while in the 8th grade. On another occasion, an elementary school student was severely injured when he was struck on the head by a lead shot-put thrown by a member of the high school track and field team.
A funnier incident (to some) occurred one afternoon during my freshman year, when I was out on the field during PE class. The football coaches, Mr. Boushey and Mr. Olmstead, were in the process of digging holes to accommodate new goal posts for the football field. But the ground was very hard and they weren’t making much progress. So, they had obtained some dynamite from somewhere and were using it to blast out the holes. We all stood around and watched as they cut dynamite sticks in half, then attached a fuse to a blasting cap and inserted it into one of the half-sticks of dynamite. Then, one of them would place the stick into the hole, light the fuse, and back off to wait for the explosion.
Except, one stick didn’t explode. So, they waited, and waited, and waited, and finally, one of them (I don’t remember which) carefully approached the hole and was reaching down when, all of a sudden, “BANG!”
Someone (who shall remain nameless – class of ’58, I believe) had set off a firecracker behind him. I never heard so many swear words come out of one teacher’s mouth in my life!
Any way to reach Paul Mendes? I played with him at UW in the 70s
I sent your email to his wife.
I saw the article on Makanna Stone in England. I did sports enhancement work on her from grade 7 through Whitman College. Where did the person go to get that information in England??
http://www.wbbl.org.uk/ is the home site for the Women’s British Basketball League. The Leicester Riders, Makana’s team, also have a regular presence on Twitter, and her games are usually broadcast on YouTube.