Coupeville Sports

One year, a billion images

December 31, 2019 by David Svien

Wolf cheerleaders Julie Bucio (back) and Coral Caveness pass on the legacy to a new generation. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Get you someone who looks at you the way Sarah Wright looks at confetti.

Jada Heaton makes the snag of the spring. (Jackie Saia photo)

Kai Wong celebrates a fumble recovery. (Photo property CHS football twitter account)

Zoe Trujillo (front) and Maddie Vondrak get down with their bad selves. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Ulrik Wells comes crashin’ home. (Karen Carlson photo)

Izzy Wells gives lil’ sister Savina a lift. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Carolyn Lhamon denies you.

Ben Smith (left) and Sean Toomey-Stout hug it out. (Deb Smith photo)

Emily Fiedler celebrates after the Wolves won a team competition at cheer camp. (BreAnna Boon photo)

Mid-match black eyes can’t stop the stone-cold killer that is Scout Smith. (Charlotte Young photo)

Lindsey Roberts directs traffic. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Lucy Sandahl inspires Avery Parker. (Photo courtesy Cory Whitmore)

CHS football coaches Kwamane Bowens (left) and Bennett Richter, caught up in the excitement of a winning season. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Natalie Hollrigel, wrecking ball.

Bound for the state tourney. (Jackie Saia photo)

Mason Grove’s defense is so strong it knocks off rival player’s shoes. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Avalon Renninger pops in for some photo love with the grandparents.

Maya Toomey-Stout rises up and destroys. (Brian Vick photo)

The (very talented) future of Wolf athletics. (Sherine Wenzel photo)

We published 100’s of photos on Coupeville Sports in 2019, but these were the ones whose impact lasted the longest.

It’s not scientific. It’s just me going back through the files and seeing what, to my mind, still pops.

So click away.

Posted in 2019: Looking Back | Tagged 2019, CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, Maya Toomey-Stout, Sean Toomey-Stout | Leave a Comment »

Help fuel Wolf cheer dreams

December 30, 2019 by David Svien

Emily Fiedler and friends will compete at the national championships in Florida, if Wolf fans help them get there. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Your dollar bills, plus their sterling work ethic, can equal cheer nirvana.

Having found out late in the game that they qualified for nationals, the Coupeville High School cheer squad is in scramble mode right now.

The Wolves, in just their second year back on the competition cheer mats, are hitting big heights under second-year coach BreAnna Boon.

CHS, which fielded only a sideline cheer squad between 2012-2017, claimed 3rd place at the 1A state meet in 2018, giving the program its fourth top-four finish at the big dance.

Wolf cheer won a state title in 2006, then finished 2nd in 2007, and 4th in 2011, all under legendary coach Sylvia Arnold.

Now, Coupeville has an invite to Florida, having qualified for the National High School Cheerleading Championship.

That event runs Feb. 7-9, 2020 at the Walt Disney World Resort’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, and is televised on ESPN2 and ESPNU.

The Wolves could be seen in 32 countries and 100 million homes.

But, they need some help getting from Cow Town to Trophy Town.

Or, more specifically, they need to raise $8,000 to cover expenses for the trip, and are looking for sponsorship help from Wolf fans.

Individuals or businesses, cheer addicts or people who have no clue what a back spot, bow and arrow, or straight cradle might be – doesn’t matter.

If you’re loyal to the red and black, and want to see 12 extremely hard-working Wolf athletes and their coaches rewarded for their efforts, now is the time.

You’d be helping Ashleigh Battaglia, Ella Bueler, Karyme Castro, Coral Caveness, Emily Fiedler, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Dawson Houston, Marenna Rebischke-Smith, Mica Shipley, Gavin St Onge, Bella Velasco, and Melia Welling, as well as CHS coaches Boon and Sarah Reinstra.

To donate, you can swing by Peoples Bank (107 S. Main) or contact Boon at Chscheer@outlook.com.

CHS cheer has a 501(c)(3) number, so any and all donations can be used as a tax write-off, with receipt provided.

Whether you’re Bill Gates or merely someone willing to shake out the couch cushions, everything helps.

“No donation is too big or too small,” Boon said, with her customary … cheery … outlook.

The Wolves at work:

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He’s king of the gym

December 30, 2019 by David Svien

Coupeville High School boys basketball coach Brad Sherman is our winter poll winner. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was the last poll of the decade, and it came down to a mere handful of votes.

In the end, Coupeville High School boys basketball coach Brad Sherman rallied to edge out CMS boys hoops guru Greg White and lay claim to the “much-coveted” title of “Top Coach of the Winter 2019.”

Sherman finished with 176 votes in our 13-coach, 50-hour poll, which wrapped Monday morning, while White racked up 172 tallies.

Rounding out the top five were Alex Evans (154), Arik Garthwaite (108), and Megan Smith (43).

Posted in Basketball, Cheer, Polls | Tagged Alex Evans, Basketball, Brad Sherman, Cheer, CHS Wolves, coaches, polls | Leave a Comment »

Up the charts they go

December 29, 2019 by David Svien

Hawthorne Wolfe tosses in another bucket. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s a living, breathing thing.

Sort of.

Over the last couple of years, one of my obsessions has been trying to track down and document a definitive career scoring chart for both Coupeville High School basketball programs.

With the Wolf boys having started play way back in 1917, and the CHS girls joining them in 1974, there’s a lot of moving parts.

I’ve managed to pull together a list which I feel is fairly solid, while also (sort of, kind of) accepting there are some road blocks which may never be fully overcome.

We may never have scoring stats for that first Wolf girls team in 1974-1975, and old school stars Mike Criscuola, Jack Elzinga, and Tom Sahli may not get full credit for their complete stats.

Barring the creation of a time machine, or someone finding missing score books buried in an attic or barn, that’s just reality.

Frustrating as it is.

But, the positive side of this is I have documented the (mostly complete) scoring stats for 392 Wolf boys and 229 girls.

If I was normal, I’d wait until the end of the season, then take the 2019-2020 totals and add them in, updating the list at that point.

Instead, I tweak things after every game, so I can watch history unfold in real time, current players moving upwards, passing the stars of previous eras.

As we depart 2019, here’s all active Wolf players with varsity points to their credit.

That includes sophomores Ja’Kenya Hoskins and Xavier Murdy. Both are injured and yet to see action this season, but have multiple seasons ahead of them.

GIRLS:

Scout Smith (Senior)
221 points
#51 all-time
Next up: Annette Jameson (223), Mikayla Elfrank (227), Ema Smith (228)

Chelsea Prescott (Junior)
192 points
#58 all-time
Next up: Kim Warder (193), Julia Myers (202), Pam Jampsa (202)

Avalon Renninger (Senior)
87 points
#105 all-time
Next up: Toni Thiefault (92), Babette Owensby (93), Lauren Grove (95)

Hannah Davidson (Senior)
75 points
#112 all-time
Next up: Tonnalea Rasmussen (78), Courtney Arnold (78), Cheryl Pangburn (79)

Izzy Wells (Sophomore)
38 points
#141 all-time (tie)
Next up: Jill Keeney (39), Jennifer Meyer (40), Karen Jampsa (40)

Maddie Georges (Freshman)
31 points
#147 all-time (tie)
Next up: Lauren Rose (32), Min Powell (35), Shawn Diem (35)

Tia Wurzrainer (Senior)
25 points
#157 all-time (tie)
Next up: Kim Stuurmans (26), Tina Jansen (26), Sarah Vass (27)

Carolyn Lhamon (Freshman)
15 points
#171 all-time (tie)
Next up: Kristina Clark (16), Carol Estes (17), McKenzie Bailey (17)

Mollie Bailey (Sophomore)
12 points
#175 all-time (tie)
Next up: Lindsey Tucker (13), Carolyn Lhamon (15), Nicole Laxton (15)

Anya Leavell (Sophomore)
12 points
#175 all-time (tie)
Next up: Lindsey Tucker (13), Carolyn Lhamon (15), Nicole Laxton (15)

Kylie Van Velkinburgh (Sophomore)
10 points
#184 all-time
Next up: Emily Wodjenski (11), Michelle Riddle (11), Naomi Prater (11)

Audrianna Shaw (Sophomore)
6 points
#197 all-time (tie)
Next up: Carlie Rosenkrance (7), Michelle Smith (8), Kristine Macnab (8)

Ja’Kenya Hoskins (Sophomore)
5 points
#206 all-time (tie)
Next up: Janie Wilson (6), Corrin Skvarla (6), Audrianna Shaw (6)

Nezi Keiper (Freshman)
2 points
#217 all-time (tie)
Next up: Jaime Townsdin (3), Ashlie Shank (3), Samantha Roehl (3)

BOYS:

Hawthorne Wolfe (Sophomore)
285 points
#98 all-time
Next up: Matt Frost (290), Brian Fakkema (290), Risen Johnson (291)

Mason Grove (Senior)
249 points
#114 all-time
Next up: Sean Callahan (256), Troy Blouin (256), Rick Keefe (259)

Sean Toomey-Stout (Senior)
183 points
#140 all-time
Next up: Scott Stuurmans (188), Dale Sherman (188), Roy Mattox (191)

Jered Brown (Senior)
138 points
#166 all-time
Next up: George Libbey (142), Hugh Abell (145), Ryan Griggs (147)

Ulrik Wells (Senior)
121 points
#172 all-time (tie)
Next up: Brian Shank (125), Ben Etzell (127), Scott Franzen (129)

Gavin Knoblich (Senior)
90 points
#190 all-time
Next up: Ted Weber (91), Christian Lyness (95), Morgan Payne (96)

Jacobi Pilgrim (Senior)
80 points
#199 all-time (tie)
Next up: Nick Morris (83), John Sinema (86), Carson Risner (86)

Koa Davison (Senior)
41 points
#256 all-time
Next Up: Dave Stoddard (42), Keith Dunnagan (42), Banky Fisher (44)

Jean Lund-Olsen (Senior)
17 points
#312 all-time
Next Up: Guy Walker (18), Marvin Mitchell (18), Rick Keith (18)

Tucker Hall (Senior)
6 points
#354 all-time (tie)
Next up: Wayne Hesselgrave (7), Brian Folkestad (7), Bobby Engle (7)

Daniel Olson (Junior)
5 points
#359 all-time (tie)
Next up: George Smith (6), Robert Kirkwood (6), Kevin King (6)

Xavier Murdy (Sophomore)
4 points
#366 all-time (tie)
Next up: Nate Steele (5), Daniel Olson (5), JD Myers (5)

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Bide your time, watch the standings

December 29, 2019 by David Svien

Jered Brown returns to action January 3. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

There were basketball games this week, just none involving Coupeville.

The Wolves are on Day 8 of a 12-day break between contests, not returning to action until Friday, January 3, when they travel to Chimacum.

But other North Sound Conference teams did lace up the shoes and head to the hardwood, so we’re back to provide a look at where everyone’s win/loss record sits.

Have to fill the time somehow, so here’s where things sit:

North Sound Conference girls basketball: