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Fortunes fall, fortunes rise!!

October 22, 2017 by David Svien

   Joy abounds in Coupeville, where the volleyball squad is one win away from clinching back-to-back Olympic League titles. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Color me genuinely shocked.

If you need proof that any team can beat any other team on a given day, look no further than Vashon Island football stunning Port Townsend 27-21 Friday in overtime.

The Pirates, who started the season 0-6, entered that game having been outscored 303-60, while the RedHawks, even after a one-point loss to Klahowya, entertained playoff hopes.

To which I say, no more.

Over here in Coupeville, where we continue to lose football players to injuries at a staggering rate, there was no miracle on the gridiron.

But our other sports are looking pretty good, so life is balanced out.

Wolf volleyball, in particular, is flying high, needing just one win in its final three matches to clinch back-to-back league titles.

Plus, if you add up the varsity (9-2), JV (9-1) and C-Team (3-0) records, the Coupeville spikers are an astonishing 21-3 under the guidance of Cory Whitmore, Chris Smith and Ashley Herndon.

Regular season play wraps up in both volleyball and soccer this coming week, with postseason action for tennis and soccer kicking off.

The Coupeville booters host their playoff opener Oct. 28 in Oak Harbor, while weather issues have jammed both the league tourney and districts into the same week for the netters.

As we head down the stretch run for fall sports, a look at the league standings, through Oct. 22:

Olympic/Nisqually League football:

School League Overall
Cascade Christian 5-0 7-1
Charles Wright 4-1 6-2
Klahowya 3-2 3-5
Port Townsend 3-2 3-5
Bellevue Christian 2-3 2-6
Vashon Island 2-3 2-6
COUPEVILLE 1-4 3-5
Chimacum 0-5 2-6

Olympic League volleyball:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 6-0 9-2
Klahowya 4-2 6-6
Chimacum 1-5 1-8
Port Townsend 1-5 3-10

Olympic League girls soccer:

School League Overall
Klahowya 7-0 13-1
COUPEVILLE 5-2 7-7
Chimacum 1-6 1-9-1
Port Townsend 1-6 2-11

Olympic League boys tennis:

School League Overall
Klahowya 4-1 12-2
COUPEVILLE 4-2 6-7
Chimacum 0-5 0-11

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The students become the teachers!!

October 21, 2017 by David Svien

   Oak Harbor grad Adrianna Royal is in her second season as a cross country and track coach at Southern Oregon University. (Dena Royal photo)

   Tyler King, who has the most state track meet medals in Coupeville High school history, has joined the coaching staff at Seattle University. (Photo property of SU Track and Field)

Two of the best runners to spring from Whidbey Island, Tyler King and Adrianna Royal, have finished their days as college standouts.

But that doesn’t mean they’ve left the track and trails too far behind.

King, who won three state titles for Coupeville High School, two in track (1600 and 3200) and one in cross country, finished his prep career with 11 state meet medals, the most in school history.

That attracted the interest of the University of Washington, where he went on to become an NCAA All-American while competing in both sports for the Huskies.

King was the captain of the 2016 U-Dub harriers, who placed 8th at the national meet, and graduated in 2016.

These days, he’s an assistant coach in both sports for Seattle University, having joined the staff of first-year Redhawk coach Kelly Sullivan.

While it might be his debut at SU, the head coach has a distinguished career, giving King an opportunity to learn from a legend.

A longtime track and cross country coach at Oregon State, after stints at Willamette and Auburn, Sullivan owns 24 Coach of the Year awards.

Royal, who competed for Oak Harbor High School and Sacramento State, has a prominent place on the list of “Wolves who could have been.”

After running in Coupeville during her early days, she took her sterling skills off to the bright lights of Oak Town, where she went to state in the 800 and 1600.

Steeplechase was Royal’s prime sport, however, and she twice placed second in the nation at the Junior Olympics.

When college swung around, she joined premier programs at Sacramento State, where she was a vital part of four straight Big Sky Conference outdoor track and field titles.

Royal graduated in 2016 holding the seventh-best 3,000 meter steeplechase time in school history.

As a coach, she’s a year ahead of King, having accepted a position at Southern Oregon University last year, where she’s an assistant distance running and steeplechase coach.

In Royal’s first year, the Raiders men’s cross country squad won the NAIA title. During track season, four of her distance runners hit All-American times, while one captured a title at 5,000 meters.

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Big Hurt finds big success!!

October 21, 2017 by David Svien

   Coupeville grad Nick Streubel hangs out with family after a game. (Photo courtesy Nanette Streubel)

   He’s like a Greek god, he is. (Photo property of Central Washington University football)

Nick Streubel is healthy and the college football world trembles.

After missing all but one game last year thanks to an injury, The Big Hurt is back in the lineup for the Central Washington University football squad and the Wildcats can not be beaten.

A 17-10 come-from-behind win over North Alabama Saturday lifts CWU, ranked #9 in the last NCAA D-II poll, to a crisp 8-0.

The Wildcats have three regular season games left, all against league foes who they beat the first time around.

Central hosts Azusa Pacific for Senior Night Oct. 28 in a game which will be streamed by ESPN3, then hits the road to face Simon Fraser and Humboldt State the next two weeks.

Streubel, a three-sport star (football, basketball, track and field) during his days wandering Coupeville’s campus, is a red-shirt sophomore.

With six games under his belt this season, he has logged time as a lineman in 13 college games during his career.

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Pay the man!!

October 21, 2017 by David Svien

   Former Wolf gridiron star Mitch Pelroy, seen here while playing for Montana Western, has earned a chance to get paid for playing football. (Haylee Sauer photo)

   Hanging out with lil’ sis Kirsten, a soccer and track star who taught him everything he knows. (Photo courtesy Kirsten Pelroy)

The kid who once thrilled Coupeville football fans is about to become a man who gets paid for doing what he loves.

Former Wolf legend Mitch Pelroy, a two-way star during his time in Cow Town, has been notified he will be drafted by the Rivals Professional Football League Dec. 2.

The eight-team league, based in Florida and Michigan, plays an eight-game schedule, and is a great way for players to pile up high-quality game film and attract notice from the marquee leagues — the NFL, CFL and AFL.

Pelroy, who was an All-Cascade Conference player at Coupeville, finished a stellar run at Montana Western last season, where he was a defensive back and kick returner.

After a red-shirt season, he played in 36 games across four seasons for the Bulldogs, piling up 1,122 yards returning punts and kickoffs.

Pelroy also had 55 tackles, 14 assists, two sacks, four tackles for a loss and broke up six passes while playing in the Montana Western secondary.

To prepare for the RPL combine, he trained four times a week in Bozeman with former New England Patriots linebacker Dane Fletcher.

Once at the combine, Pelroy competed in the 40 yard dash, broad jump, vertical jump, shuttle run and L-cone speed and agility drill.

He impressed the scouts and coaches on hand, earning his ticket to the draft, where he’s guaranteed of being selected.

Once he finds out his team, Pelroy will be given a performance-based incentive contract, with the possibility of guaranteed money from signing or roster bonuses.

“Getting paid to play football has been a dream since I could walk,” he wrote on Facebook. “Only time and hard work will tell.”

During his time at CHS, Pelroy was an All-Conference football player on both sides of the ball, while also playing basketball and running track for the Wolves.

He went to the state track meet in five different events and held the school record in the 200 at graduation.

 

For more info on the Rivals Professional Football League, hop over to:

http://www.rivalsnation.com/

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Tee it up and click away!!

October 21, 2017 by David Svien

   A season of pain summed up in one photo, as Matt Hilborn (on crutches) talks to Hunter Smith, who was lost three weeks ago. (David Stern photos)

Dawson Houston (2) and James Vidoni prepare for action.

A rainy day gave way to gorgeous skies come game time.

Dane Lucero (55) and Co. hit the water bottles during a timeout.

Every base covered.

   Today’s cheerleaders shepherd tomorrow’s rally leaders on the field for a halftime performance.

O’er the land of the free and the home of the Wolves.

“I … can’t … stop my leg from dancing!!”

   Cameron Toomey-Stout (11), noted ball-hawk, gets ready to shut down his side of the field.

Andrew Martin (32) refuses to go down, even if it is 1-on-4 at this point.

It was a lovely night for a game.

After rain earlier in the day, Friday night boasted clear skies, little wind and mildly nippy temps on the prairie as Coupeville hosted Klahowya on the gridiron.

While the final score, and the number of Wolf players headed to the MASH unit, were on the depressing side, we can balance that out a bit with some snappy pics.

They come to us courtesy David Stern, who worked the sidelines all night.

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