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Brad Sherman shows the younger generation how it’s done. (Bailey Thule photo)

There’s a new man with a plan.

Brad Sherman, a Coupeville grad who currently teaches and coaches at the school, has been named as the new athletic director for the high school and middle school.

He replaces Willie Smith, who is retiring from the AD position at the end of the school year.

The transition will be official when the school board approves the hire at its next meeting, with Sherman beginning his duties this summer.

Sherman, a 2003 CHS grad, is a father of four precocious lads, husband to Abbey, and the oldest of Don and Debbie’s three sons.

Both his dad and grandfather, as well as his brothers, are Wolf grads, while mom is a longtime legend in the Coupeville classroom.

During his days as a student at CHS, Brad was a football, basketball, and baseball star, playing for the “holy trinity” of Wolf coaches — Ron Bagby, Randy King, and Willie Smith.

The first and third from that group preceded Sherman in the AD role, and the new head man currently occupies Bagby’s former office in the school’s locker room.

After a stint working in politics in Olympia, Brad Sherman returned to the prairie to start his own family and joined mom in the teaching ranks.

He worked as an assistant football coach for the Wolves and has been the head boys’ basketball coach the past seven seasons.

During that time, Sherman has won 70 games while leading CHS to a pair of league titles, two bi-district crowns, and two trips to the state tourney.

His 2021-2022 squad went 16-0 during the regular season, capturing the first undefeated campaign in the 100+ year history of the program.

Those Wolves were the first CHS boys’ hoops team to win a league title in 20+ seasons, and only the second to win a district-level title, joining the 1969-1970 team.

This past season, Sherman, who still sits #9 on the all-time scoring list with 874 points, helped guide Logan Downes to the finish line, as he set the record for most points scored by a Wolf male athlete.

Downes finished his career with 1,305 points, passing Jeff Stone and Mike Bagby, who both totaled 1,137.

Malachi Somes, ready to nail top times on a rare sunny prairie day. (Thomas Studer photos)

Give a teen a camera and let them show you a different side of the story.

Jackie Saia does such a great job with her yearbook class at Coupeville High School, and, as the year has unfolded, it’s been impressive to see what her students are capable of producing.

Today the focus moves to Thomas Studer, and a group of pics he shot at a recent home track meet.

As always, I appreciate Saia and her students being willing to share their work through my blog.

This is impressive, immersive work.

If you support tomorrow’s potential big leaguers today, you might get to see the current professional stars in action.

Central Whidbey Little League is running a raffle for four Seattle Mariners tickets, as the photo above reveals.

To get your tickets, either contact the CWLL Facebook page or track down a current player.

Sofia Phay awaits a return. (Andrew Williams photo)

The island-hopping adventures continue.

In a season of no home matches, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad is spending a lot of time on busses and ferries, and Wednesday was no different.

This time out, Friday Harbor was the destination, with the young Wolves putting up a scrappy fight before falling 4-1 to their Northwest 2B/1B League rivals.

Coupeville’s varsity win came from its youngest player, 8th grade ace Tenley Stuurmans, boding well for the future.

The Wolves, who sit at 0-4 on the season, get back at it Saturday when they travel to Seattle to face University Prep in a non-conference rumble.

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Skylar Parker lost to Georgia Keune 6-1, 6-2

2nd Singles — Tenley Stuurmans beat Nikky Cole 6-4, 6-3

1st Doubles — Brynn Parker/Kaitlyn Leavell lost to Kira Clark/Megan Mellinger 6-0, 6-0

2nd Doubles — Delanie Lewis/Rafaela Silva De Campos Conceicao lost to Norah Leighton/Ava Martin 6-0, 6-2

3rd Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Sofia Phay lost to Sophia Ramirez/Ava Gamez 7-5, 6-2

 

JV:

4th Doubles — B. Parker/Stuurmans beat Josephine Lane/Charisse Ho 4-0, 4-2

Jack Porter, ready to rack up some stats. (Ember Light photo)

Another day, another milestone.

With Tuesday’s win over Friday Harbor, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad has played 13 of 19 regular season games, reaching the two-thirds mark of the campaign.

As the Wolves prep to square off with Mount Vernon Christian Friday, we take a brief detour to look at up to the moment pitching and hitting stats.

All numbers come from Game Changer, which is run by the CHS coaches.

“Time to get those numbers, gentlemen.” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

 

HITTING:

 

At-Bats:

Landon Roberts – 39
Peyton Caveness – 37
Cole White
– 37
Jack Porter
– 35
Camden Glover
– 30
Aiden O’Neill
– 29
Coop Cooper
– 27
Yohannon Sandles
– 25
Johnny Porter
– 16
Steven Gonzalez
– 12
Seth Woollet – 12
Carson Grove
– 9
Aidyn McDermott – 9
Matthew Gilbert 
– 5
Chase Anderson – 4
Jack Farrell – 1
Jayden Little – 1

 

Hits:

Caveness – 15
Sandles – 10
Roberts – 9
White – 9
Glover – 8
Ja. Porter – 8
Cooper – 5
Grove – 5
O’Neill – 4
Jo. Porter – 4
Gonzalez – 3
McDermott – 2
Anderson – 1
Gilbert – 1
Woollet – 1

 

Runs:

White – 12
Caveness – 10
O’Neill – 8
Roberts – 7
Glover – 6
Ja. Porter – 6
Cooper – 5
Jo. Porter – 4
Sandles – 4
McDermott – 3
Gilbert – 2
Gonzalez – 2
Woollet – 2
Grove – 1

 

2B’s:

Caveness – 7
Ja. Porter – 4
Glover – 3
Jo. Porter – 1
Sandles – 1

 

3B’s:

Caveness – 3
Ja. Porter – 2
O’Neill – 1
Jo. Porter – 1

 

RBI:

Caveness – 9
Ja. Porter – 7
Sandles – 7
Cooper – 5
Roberts – 5
Glover – 4
Gonzalez – 3
Grove – 3
O’Neill – 3
White – 3
McDermott – 1
Woollet – 1

 

Walks:

Caveness – 10
Glover – 9
O’Neill – 8
Cooper – 7
White – 7
Ja. Porter – 5
Roberts – 5
Gonzalez – 4
McDermott – 3
Jo. Porter – 3
Sandles – 2
Gilbert – 1
Woollet – 1

 

Stolen Bases:

Roberts – 12
Caveness – 10
White – 8
O’Neill – 6
Glover – 3
Cooper – 2
Grove – 2
Ja. Porter – 2
Gonzalez – 1
McDermott – 1
Woollet – 1

 

Batting Average:

Grove – .556
Caveness – .405
Sandles – .400
Glover – .267
Anderson – .250
Gonzalez – .250
Jo. Porter – .250
White – .243
Roberts – .231
Ja. Porter – .229
McDermott – .222
Gilbert – .200
Cooper – .185
O’Neill – .138
Woollet – .083

 

PITCHING:

 

Games:

Glover – 9
Roberts – 6
Woollet – 6
Caveness – 5
Cooper – 3
O’Neill – 3
Gilbert
 – 2
Grove
– 2
Ja. Porter 
– 1
White – 2

 

Starts:

Roberts – 4
Caveness – 3
Woollet – 3
Glover – 1
O’Neill – 1
Ja. Porter – 1

 

Hits:

Woollet – 32
Roberts – 21
Glover – 11
Caveness – 10
Grove – 3
O’Neill – 3
White – 3
Cooper – 2
Gilbert – 1

 

Runs:

Roberts – 30
Woollet – 21
Caveness – 16
Glover – 15
O’Neill – 9
Grove – 6
Gilbert – 5
Cooper – 3
Ja. Porter – 3
White – 3

 

Earned Runs:

Roberts – 15
Glover – 9
O’Neill – 8
Caveness – 7
Woollet – 7
Grove – 6
Gilbert – 2
White – 2

 

Walks:

Glover – 30
Roberts – 25
Caveness – 22
O’Neill – 14
Woollet – 8
Grove – 5
Gilbert – 4
White – 4
Ja. Porter – 3
Cooper – 2

 

Strikeouts:

Glover – 23
Roberts – 21
Caveness – 16
Woollet – 14
Cooper – 4
Ja. Porter – 4
Gilbert – 3
Grove – 3
O’Neill – 1
White – 1

 

Innings Pitched:

Woollet – 24.0
Roberts – 17.1
Glover – 14.0
Caveness – 13.2
O’Neill – 3.0
Cooper – 2.1
Grove – 2.1
Ja. Porter – 2.0
Gilbert – 1.0
White – 0.1

 

Batters Faced:

Woollet – 120
Roberts – 106
Glover – 86
Caveness – 74
O’Neill – 26
Grove – 15
Cooper – 13
Gilbert – 10
Ja. Porter – 10
White – 9