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Hark, some hardball pics to fill your day

May 9, 2024 by David Svien

Dylan Robinett leads off a fresh pack of CHS baseball pics. (Parker Hammons photos)

Countdown to the playoffs.

It’s two days until the Coupeville High School baseball squad opens postseason action with a winner-to-state, loser-goes-home game.

That rumble goes down Saturday at Lakewood High School, when the Wolves square off with the winner of an earlier Friday Harbor vs. Northwest Christian (Lacey) contest.

As the CHS diamond squad wiles away the time until the first pitch, we present a photographic look at some of its players and coaches, as seen through the lens of Parker Hammons.

Morgan Payne

Peyton Caveness

Jack Farrell

Cole White

Johnny Porter

Easton Green

Carson Grove

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PRs rain down on a sunny day

May 8, 2024 by David Svien

Ari Cunningham flies for the finish. (Ana Mc Fetridge photo)

The sun was shining, the PRs were popping, and the rivalry was raging.

Coupeville Middle School welcomed next-door neighbor South Whidbey to Cow Town Wednesday, with athletes from the two schools lighting up the oval.

While the Falcons finished atop the team standings, the Wolves held up well against the powerhouse Falcons, claiming 11 wins.

Eighth grader Beckett Green topped CMS, claiming victory in the 100 and 200, while also running a leg on a triumphant 4 x 100 relay squad.

Joining him as dual winners were 7th grade supernovas Brooklyn Pope (High Jump, Long Jump) and Tamsin Ward (100, Shot Put).

Ward, who claimed 11 victories in her middle school track debut a year ago, has a team-high seven wins through the first three meets this season, all in individual events.

With two relay wins and four individual titles so far this time around, Green is hot on her heels, while Pope has racked up five wins in her first season of track.

Along with the wins, Coupeville collected 88 PRs Wednesday.

“Our athletes have been working hard to sharpen their skills and reach even higher speeds,” said CMS coach Jon Gabelein.

“Extra efforts allowed many of them to enjoy earning impressive PR’s tonight!

“With our season already at the halfway point, we look forward to helping them stay focused and moving forward so they can achieve even more during the coming weeks.”

The Wolves get back at it next Thursday, May 16, when they travel to Langley for a rematch with South Whidbey.

 

Wednesday results:

 

GIRLS:

8th grade:

100 — Isa Mc Fetridge (4th) 14.96 *PR*; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (8th) 15.31; Amaiya Curry (11th) 15.91; Niella Bryan (14th) 16.61 *PR*; Delilah Castellanos (18th) 17.13 *PR*; Denali Kalwies (19th) 17.36; Inara Maund (20th) 17.53; Kayla Moch (21st) 17.92

200 — Laken Simpson (2nd) 31.17; Olivia Hall (4th) 31.95; Castellanos (7th) 35.81 *PR*

400 — Marin Winger (2nd) 1:16.02

800 — Mikayla Wagner (2nd) 2:57.26 *PR*

1600 — M. Wagner (1st) 6:26.80 *PR*; Devon Wyman (2nd) 6:41.35 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Amelia Crowder (5th) 22.49 *PR*; Bryan (6th) 23.28

4 x 100 Relay — Ari Cunningham, Mc Fetridge, Leedy-Bonifas, Curry (2nd) 59.79

4 x 200 Relay — Hall, Wagner, Wyman, L. Simpson (2nd) 2:13.60

Shot Put — Taylor Marrs (4th) 25-01 *PR*; Winger (5th) 21-07; L. Simpson (6th) 21-05; Emma McFadden (9th) 20-09 *PR*; Maund (11th) 19-07.50 *PR*; Moch (12th) 16-05 *PR*; Castellanos (14th) 14-11 *PR*

Discus — Crowder (4th) 42-05

High Jump — Crowder (4th) 4-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Leedy-Bonifas (2nd) 14-02 *PR*; Hall (11th) 11-11.50 *PR*; Mc Fetridge (13th) 11-04 *PR*; M. Wagner (14th) 11-03; Kalwies (16th) 10-02 *PR*; Wyman (17th) 9-09

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Tamsin Ward (1st) 14.07; Andrea Gonzalez (10th) 15.24 *PR*; Ava Alford (11th) 15.86 *PR*; Finley Helm (14th) 16.28 *PR*; Autumn Rubin (19th) 16.60; Kaleigha Millison (20th) 16.68; Emma Cushman (22nd) 16.98; Claire Lachnit (23rd) 17.22; Eleanor Peterson (28th) 17.55 *PR*; Sabrina Judnich (29th) 17.90; Annabelle Cundiff (33rd) 18.78 *PR*

200 — Anmarie Solis (4th) 35.08; Bettie Woolworth (7th) 36.04 *PR*; Emma Green (9th) 36.77 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Kennedy O’Neill (3rd) 20.38 *PR*; Elizabeth Marshall (7th) 21.31; Rubin (8th) 22.07 *PR*; Lily Fisher (10th) 22.61 *PR*; Millison (11th) 22.63; Helm (12th) 22.75 *PR*; Annaliese Powers (15th) 23.45 *PR*; Alford (16th) 23.62; E. Green (17th) 23.64 *PR*; Zariyah Allen (18th) 23.81; Woolworth (20th) 23.87 *PR*; Pria Powell (22nd) 26.10

4 x 100 Relay — Brooklyn Pope, Hyley Farrell, Cushman, Powers (2nd) 1:03.59; Judnich, A. Gonzalez, Lachnit, Powell (3rd) 1:06.77

4 x 200 Relay — Farrell, Sage Stavros, O’Neill, Marshall (2nd) 2:15.68

Shot Put — Ward (1st) 34-00; Rubin (5th) 21-08 *PR*; Savannah Niewald (6th) 21-07.50 *PR*; Cundiff (8th) 19-03.50 *PR*; Powers (9th) 18-00 *PR*

Discus — Z. Allen (1st) 56-11 *PR*; Lachnit (13th) 34-09 *PR*; A. Gonzalez (17th) 13-08 *PR*

High Jump — Pope (1st) 4-07 *PR*; Ward (3rd) 4-04; Alford (4th) 4-00 *PR*; Z. Allen (6th) 3-10; Millison (6th) 3-10 *PR*

Long Jump — Pope (1st) 13-01 *PR*; Millison (2nd) 12-09 *PR*; O’Neill (6th) 12-06 *PR*; Marshall (12th) 12-00.50 *PR*; Cushman (14th) 11-07 *PR*; Peterson (20th) 11-04.50 *PR*; Rubin (22nd) 11-03; Solis (22nd) 11-03 *PR*; Powell (30th) 10-08; Stavros (30th) 10-08; Fisher (34th) 10-00.50 *PR*; Woolworth (36th) 9-09; Helm (40th) 8-06; Judnich (43rd) 5-08 *PR*

 

BOYS:

8th grade:

100 — Beckett Green (1st) 12.96; Roger Merino-Martinez (3rd) 13.27 *PR*; Leonardo Rodriguez (4th) 13.36 *PR*; Jackson Sollars (7th) 13.94 *PR*; Isaiah Allen (11th) 14.40 *PR*; Khanor Jump (12th) 14.66 *PR*; Diego Gonzalez (13th) 14.83 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (16th) 15.19 *PR*

200 — B. Green (1st) 26.89; Merino-Martinez (2nd) 27.30, Sollars (5th) 29.74 *PR*

1600 — Edmund Kunz (1st) 5:52.31 *PR*; D. Gonzalez (6th) 6:19.98 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — B. Green, Wyatt Fitch-Marron, Merino-Martinez, Shiloh Sandlin (1st) 51.11

Shot Put — Jump (1st) 32-05 *PR*

Discus — Jump (3rd) 90-05 *PR*

High Jump — Jacobsen (2nd) 4-08

Long Jump — Merino-Martinez (2nd) 16-04.50 *PR*; Fitch-Marron (3rd) 15-04.50 *PR*; Sandlin (5th) 15-01; L. Rodriguez (6th) 14-11.50 *PR*; B. Green (8th) 14-07; Kunz (14th) 12-03; I. Allen (18th) 11-03.50 *PR*

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Collin Mirabile (2nd) 13.56; River Simpson (3rd) 14.23; Henry Bailey (5th) 15.10 *PR*; Maverick Walling (6th) 15.12 *PR*; Hunter Atteberry (13th) 16.43; Diesel Eck (15th) 16.90; Vincent Alguire (17th) 17.02; Ceiba Rusch (21st) 18.29

800 — Ossian Merkel (2nd) 2:45.30 *PR*; Lincoln Wagner (4th) 2:47.96 *PR*; Sawyer Rudat (5th) 2:53.33 *PR*

1600 — Bailey (3rd) 6:00.45 *PR*; Archer Schwarz (4th) 6:26.51 *PR*; Nolan Hunt (5th) 7:50.99 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Malachi Chapa (2nd) 21.98 *PR*; L. Wagner (3rd) 23.31 *PR*; Jacob Lujan (4th) 26.44 *PR*; Rusch (5th) 27.84

4 x 100 Relay — Chapa, Henry Purdue, Xander Beaman, R. Simpson (2nd) 58.31; L. Wagner, Rudat, Lujan, Walling (3rd) 1:00.82

Shot Put — Mirabile (2nd) 32-00; Eck (4th) 25-02; Alguire (5th) 23-07 *PR*

Discus — Eck (3rd) 56-01 *PR*; Hunt (13th) 31-09

High Jump — Merkel (2nd) 4-04; Beaman (4th) 4-00 *PR*

Long Jump — R. Simpson (2nd) 13-03; Bailey (4th) 12-07 *PR*; L. Wagner (5th) 12-02 *PR*; Rudat (5th) 12-02 *PR*; Walling (9th) 12-00 *PR*; Atteberry (11th) 11-04.50 *PR*; Schwarz (14th) 11-00.50 *PR*; Purdue (16th) 10-10 *PR*; Rusch (18th) 10-05 *PR*; Chapa (21st) 10-04; Merkel (23rd) 10-03; Lujan (25th) 9-07.50

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Puff go the pics!

May 8, 2024 by David Svien

CHS students work on their production of a new play. (Jackie Saia photo)

The curtain goes up Thursday.

Coupeville High School’s production of Puffs, or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic runs May 9-11.

Show time is 7:00 PM each night.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for students, and $5 for students with ASB.

As you prepare to be immersed in “a very familiar story about finding out you are a wizard and being swept away to a school of magic,” enjoy the pics above and below, which come to us courtesy Stefanie Ask and Jackie Saia.

And for more on the play, pop back to my first story here:

Magic in air, magic on stage

 

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Departing superintendent headed to Hawaii

May 8, 2024 by David Svien

Steve King, enjoying island life with his wife and grandson.

He’s island hopping.

When Coupeville Schools Superintendent Steve King departs at the end of this school year, he and his wife are moving to Hawaii, and he’s returning to his roots as a teacher.

The 2024-2025 school year will see King teach PE and health at Kulanihako’i High School in Kehei on Maui.

That’s a new school, constructed and opened just last year.

It’ll be a fairly quick turnaround for King, as he begins his new gig July 31, with the Hawaiian school year kicking off Aug. 1.

That brings to an end a 27-year run in Washington state schools.

Six of those were as a teacher, 11 as a principal, and ten as a superintendent, with his Coupeville run covering 2018-2024.

He tendered his resignation in January and will be replaced by Shannon Leatherwood.

A huge part of the lure of Hawaii, other than the chance to bring his golf game to the sun-drenched links, is family.

King’s daughter and grandson, who is 18 months old, reside on Maui.

“We want to be able to spend more time with them,” he said. “The additional benefit is being able to enjoy outdoor activities that I enjoy every month of the year.”

While he will look back on his time in administration with pride, burnout is a concern.

Even in the best of times, being a superintendent in a 24-7-365 plugged-in world is taxing, but add in the pandemic and budget cut battles, and King has seen the need for a change,

“Since March of 2020 this job has been extremely stressful and to be completely honest, I am tired,” he said.

“For my own health and well-being, I need to step away from administration for a while and return to the classroom.”

Doing so as a health and PE teacher, jobs he began his education career in, offers a way to recharge and revitalize.

“The best part of my job this year has been opening the gym before school on Wednesday’s and working out with students,” King said.

“I look forward to being able to do that on a daily basis.”

Coupeville’s superintendent has been very open about his desire to promote health, and the benefits of quality eating habits and exercise.

His new job is perfectly in line with that.

“This will be returning to my teaching roots and something that I am passionate about,” King said.

“Hawaii is sort of a dream place to do this work as we can enjoy year-round local produce and outdoor activities throughout the year.

“The lifestyle there is also much more relaxed, which is something that is appealing right now.”

While teaching is in his immediate future, beyond that the horizon is wide open.

“I am considering options beyond teaching in the future,” King said. “It is possible that I will return to coaching athletics as I did before I became a principal.

I was a golf coach at Mount Baker High School, where we often had to pick range balls out of the frozen mud,” he added with a laugh. “No frozen mud in Maui…”

A return at some point to administration is a possibility, but only if he believes he is able to deliver at a high level.

“To be fair to myself and whoever my employer would be, I need to make sure that I have the energy and enthusiasm for the job,” King said.

“One other passion of mine is to eventually become a Functional Health Coach. I may pursue this while I am teaching, or it may be something I do in my retirement.”

King remains proud of the work accomplished in Coupeville during his time here.

In particular, he points to “the growth of our student services program, including regular resource fairs,” and “establishing a strong Special Programs department providing services in areas such as special education, highly capable, and migrant programs.”

Guiding the district through the pandemic while projecting optimism, especially during a time when state officials seemingly changed rules hour by hour, was incredibly draining but rewarding.

Also, a major point of pride for King is the district’s Connected Food Program, “which has doubled our daily meal participation and shown that real food cooked with love is something our students want and deserve.”

As he departs, the superintendent who walked to work every day and “loved Coupeville and was thankful to live in such a beautiful place,” hopes to be remembered as someone who deeply cared.

“I loved (my) students,” King said.

“I stood my ground when it came to my strong convictions,” he added, “(But) hopefully people will remember that I took the time to listen and showed kindness.

“Finally, hopefully they will remember that I realized when it was time for the district to bring in new leadership and have a fresh start after some very difficult years.”

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Wolf netters academic state champs

May 8, 2024 by David Svien

Kaitlyn Leavell and teammates are strong in the classroom and on the court. (Andrew Williams photo)

Their net game is strong, their classroom game stronger.

Continuing a strong run in recent years, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad claimed an academic state title this spring.

The Wolves had the highest cumulative GPA of any net team in the 2B classification.

Coupeville’s crew will be honored at the state championships May 24-25, receiving academic patches, medals, and a team plaque.

 

The coaches:

Starla Seal
Tim Stelling

 

The players:

Kauri Hamilton
Kaitlyn Leavell
Delanie Lewis
Brynn Parker
Skylar Parker
Sophia Phay
Rafaela Silva De Campos Conceicao
Tenley Stuurmans

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