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Wolf Mom Kim Brotemarkle hangs out with one of her young fans. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

We’re cleaning out the archives.

As we transition from fall sports to basketball season, we’re taking a moment to present a medley of pics previously shot, but not run.

The ones seen above and below, which come to us courtesy John Fisken, feature fans at various Coupeville High School events from the past two months.

Fall may be fading, but the photos remain timeless.

Hoops heaven a day away

Carson Grove returns for his final season of middle school basketball. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One day away from tipoff.

The Coupeville Middle School boys’ basketball teams are set to travel to Sultan Tuesday for the season opener in an eight-game campaign.

The Wolves play their first two tilts away from Whidbey, before making their home debut Nov. 21 against Granite Falls.

That kicks off a run of three-straight bouts in the CMS gym.

Coupeville hopes to field three teams on most game days, with each team a mix of players from various grade levels.

As the Wolf young guns count down the hours until they take the hardwood, a look at the current roster:

 

6th grade:

Xander Beaman
Diesel Eck
Calvin Kappes
Jacob Lujan
Mario Martinez
Kamden Ratcliff
River Simpson
Treyshawn Stewart
Lincoln Wagner
Maverick Walling
Aiden Wheat

 

7th grade:

Brantley Campbell (Manager)
Jonathan Kuzma
Liam Lawson
Trenton Thule
Chayse Van Velkinburgh

 

8th grade:

Deacon Frost
Carson Grove
Johnathan Jacobsen
Khanor Jump
Nicholas Laska
Jayden Little
Roger Merino-Martinez
Nathan Niewald
Jackson Sollars
William Tierney
Jonah Weyl

Mia Farris elevates and destroys. (Jackie Saia photo)

Call ’em the fab four.

Or fab five, because that works too.

Northwest 2B/1B League volleyball coaches doled out awards recently, with four Coupeville High School spikers (and their coach) honored for a season which saw them return to state.

Junior power hitter Mia Farris and senior middle blocker Grey Peabody notched First-Team All-conference honors, while junior sniper Lyla Stuurmans was tabbed for the Second-Team.

Junior setter Katie Marti, who racked up 500+ assists for a Wolf team which went 12-7, earned Honorable Mention status.

Katie Marti waits for her moment. (Jackie Saia photo)

Rounding out the Coupeville honorees was the man with the plan, as Cory Whitmore was named Coach of the Year after crafting the end of La Conner’s 12+ year run as an undefeated league juggernaut.

Orcas Island, which replaced the Braves as NWL champs, got the MVP, with senior Bethany Carter blasting her way to the award.

The Vikings also received the team sportsmanship trophy.

The complete teams:

 

First-Team All-League

Ava Ashcroft – Junior – Orcas Island
Mia Farris – Junior – Coupeville
Allie Heino – Senior – Mount Vernon Christian
Morgan Huizenga – Senior – La Conner
Addison Keller – Sophomore – La Conner
Grey Peabody – Senior – Coupeville
Abigail Udlock – Senior – La Conner
Claire Wright – Junior – Darrington

 

Second-Team All-League

Allie Cochran – Senior – Darrington
Keighley Collins – Junior – Concrete
Emerson Hoksbergen – Junior – MVC
Sera Knapp – Senior – Orcas Island
Maeve McCormick – Sophomore – La Conner
Milana Schneider – Senior – Orcas Island
Lyla Stuurmans – Junior – Coupeville

 

Honorable Mention

Reese Bird – 8th Grade – La Conner
Hailey Daniels – Senior – Concrete
Aenea Laam – Senior – Darrington
Kiera Link – Senior – MVC
Sofia Mahony-Jauregui – Sophomore – Orcas Island
Katie Marti – Junior – Coupeville
Kaylee Morton – Freshman – Friday Harbor
Esme Smith – Senior – Friday Harbor

Cory Whitmore, top-level coach (and fashion icon). (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Logan Downes is ready to bust records and take names. (Andrew Williams photo)

Logan Downes has a chance to get legendary.

The Coupeville High School senior enters a new basketball season on the cusp of breaking some of the biggest records in school history.

Even with Covid limiting the Wolves to 12 games during his freshman campaign, Downes sits with 778 career points, good for 15th all-time for a boys’ hoops program which started in 1917.

He’s 89 points from cracking the top 10, and 360 from passing Jeff Stone and Mike Bagby to become the #1 male scorer in school history with 1,138 points.

Now to top Brianne King (1549) and be the ultimate #1 at CHS, he’d have to virtually double his stats, adding 772 points as a senior.

Before we rule out that being a possibility, remember that Downes poured in 554 points as a junior, in a season where Coupeville missed the state tourney.

That was just 90 points shy of Stone’s school single season record of 644 from 1969-1970, and almost 100 more than the previous #2 (Jeff Rhubottom with 459 in 1977-1978).

While Downes record chase will be ongoing point of interest, there are nine other active Wolf boys who have scored in a varsity contest.

Seniors Cole White (200) and Nick Guay (136) lead that pack, giving CHS coach Brad Sherman plenty of scoring options.

Nick Guay runs away from soccer and towards basketball. (Jackie Saia photo)

With the first game Nov. 27 at Mount Baker, an up-to-the-moment (though not complete, as I remain haunted by Tom Sahli’s missing sophomore season in 1951-1952) career scoring list.

It features 413 players, with active ones in bold.

 

Jeff Stone – 1137
Mike Bagby – 1137
Randy Keefe – 1088
Mike Criscoula – 1031
Jeff Rhubottom – 1012
Bill Riley – 934
Pete Petrov – 917
Brad Sherman – 874
Denny Clark – 869
Arik Garthwaite – 867

Bill Jarrell – 855
Hunter Smith – 847
Corey Cross – 811
Hawthorne Wolfe – 800
Logan Downes – 778
Jack Elzinga – 770
Barry Brown – 769
Hunter Hammer – 755
Steve Whitney – 730
Dan Nieder – 729

Tom Sahli – 719 (**MISSING SEASON**)
Chris Good – 688
Gavin Keohane – 677
Virgil Roehl – 674
Foster Faris – 668
Pat Bennett – 659
Wade Ellsworth – 659
Jason McFadyen – 654
Rich Morris – 637
Kramer O’Keefe – 636

Wiley Hesselgrave – 632
John O’Grady – 611
Greg White – 604
Denny Zylstra – 602
Joe Whitney – 601
Brian Miller – 597
Mike Syreen – 594
Gabe McMurray – 592
Pat Clark – 583
Randy Duggan – 552

Roy Marti – 551
Jim Syreen – 550
Marc Bissett – 549
Gary Hammons – 533
Jerry Zylstra – 527
Brad Miller – 526
Gary Faris – 524
JJ Marti – 520
Cody Peters – 518
David Lortz – 502

Jason Bagby – 499
Xavier Murdy – 482
Pat O’Grady – 472
Harold Buckner – 469
Sean Dillon – 469
Frank Marti – 462
Alex Murdy – 448
Del O’Shell – 440
Tony Ford – 432
Caleb Powell – 421

Mason Grove – 414
Ben Biskovich – 407
Casey Clark – 407
Nick Sellgren – 406
Blaine Ghormley – 393
Tom Logan – 385
James Smith – 382
Don Cook – 377
Chad Gale – 373
Mike Millenbach – 373

JD Wilcox – 373
Ty Blouin – 369
Caesar Kortuem – 369
Ray Harvey – 368
Pat Brown – 355
Dick Smith – 352
Ethan Spark – 352
Glenn Losey – 350
Timm Orsborn – 345
Robin Larson – 342

Byron Fellstrom – 340
Kevin Faris – 339
Michael Vaughan – 337
Jim Yake – 331
Aaron Trumbull – 330
Brad Brown – 328
Charlie Tessaro – 328
Utz Conard – 326
Ian Smith – 324
David Ford – 323

Bob Rea – 320
Chris Marti – 319
Gabe Wynn – 316
Nick Streubel – 314
Ben Hayes – 306
Allen Black – 305
Noah Roehl – 301
Blake Day – 299
Noel Criscoula – 298
John Beasley – 293

Risen Johnson – 291
Brian Fakkema – 290
Matt Frost – 290
Mike Mallo – 282
Keith Jameson – 277
Terry Roberts – 277
Kit Manzanares – 275
Boom Phomvongkoth – 275
Zepher Loesch – 274
Alex Evans – 272

Aaron Curtin – 271
Tyler King – 270
Joe Tessaro – 270
Eric Hopkins – 265
Harvey Wainio – 265
Rick Keefe – 259
Troy Blouin – 256
Sean Callahan – 256
Greg Fellstrom – 248
Richard Hammons – 248

Casey Larson – 247
Don Schreiber – 247
Brandon Huff – 245
Grady Rickner – 245
Brad Haslam – 235
Sean Toomey-Stout – 235
Geoff Hageman – 227
Curt Youderian – 226
Rich Vaughan – 219
Ed Wood – 219

Joel Walstad – 217
Richard Cook – 216
Ryan Keefe – 214
Jordan Ford – 210
Andrew Mouw – 204
Vance Huffman – 203
Tim Quenzer – 202
Cole White – 200
Alan Hancock – 198
Shawn Ryan – 197

Mitch Aparicio – 195
John Engstrom – 195
Trevor Tucker – 194
Roy Mattox – 191
Dale Sherman – 188
Scott Stuurmans – 188
Pat Millenbach – 181
Caleb Meyer – 179
Wayne Hardie – 178
Chris Cox – 177

Evan Tingstad – 177
Jerry VandWerfhorst – 177
Anthony Bergeron – 176
Mike Ankney – 173
Ron Naddy – 172
Dale Libbey – 169
Roger Sherman – 168
Tim Walstad – 168
Randy Blindauer – 166
Mark Bepler – 165

Chad Brookhouse – 163
Jered Brown – 156
Monty Moore – 155
Geoff Wacker – 154
Bill Baas – 153
Ulrik Wells – 152
Jim Faris – 151
Steve Konek – 149
Gavin O’Keefe – 149
Ryan McManigle – 148

Ryan Griggs – 147
Hugh Abell – 145
George Libbey – 142
Nick Guay – 136
Sandy Roberts – 134
Craig Anderson – 132
Scott Franzen – 129
Ben Etzell – 127
Gavin Knoblich – 126
Len Buckner – 125

Brian Shank – 125
Joey Lippo – 121
Jessie Smith – 119
Scott McGraw – 116
Christian Townsdin – 116
Mitch Pelroy – 115
Taylor Ebersole – 114
Eric Taylor – 112
Jim Casey – 111
Jacobi Pilgrim – 111

Jonathan Valenzuela – 110
Brian Barr – 108
Joe Donellon – 101
Jason McManigle – 101
Bryan Hamilton – 99
Brian Knoll – 98
Morgan Payne – 96
Christian Lyness – 95
Koa Davison – 94
Ted Weber – 91

Hunter Downes – 89
James Meek – 89
Dan Miller – 89
Steve Bissett – 87
Andrew Cashen – 87
Carson Risner – 86
John Sinema – 86
Nick Morris – 83
Dominic Coffman – 81
Logan Martin – 81

Roy Armstrong – 80
Cameron Toomey-Stout – 80
Caleb Valko – 78
Ross Buckner – 77
Matt Shank – 77
JJ Johnson – 76
Duane Score – 76
Quinten Farmer – 75
Matt Ortega – 75
Mike Ellsworth – 74

Don Spangler – 72
John Zimmerman – 72
Joe Bruzas – 71
Jason Fisher – 71
Tony Prosser – 70
Les Jacobson – 69
Tom Conard – 68
Dean Grasser – 68
Matt Bepler – 67
Zack Swerdfeger – 66

Ron Lanphere – 65
Sage Downes – 64
Ben Hancock – 63
Randy Stone – 63
Mike Brown – 62
Jason McDavid – 62
Jeremy Staples – 62
Brian Hageman – 61
Erik King – 61
David Davis – 60

Tom Mueller – 59
Brandy Ambrose – 58
Sam Kieth – 58
Steve Smith – 58
Martin Walsh – 58
Matt Helm – 57
Dennis Terrell – 57
Drew Chan – 56
DeAndre Mitchell – 56
Daniel Olson – 56

Ellis Schultz – 56
Dave Stoddard – 56
Chase Anderson – 55
CJ Smith – 54
Larry Zylstra – 54
Asa Owensby – 52
Marc Aparicio – 51
Chris Chan – 51
Joe Kelley – 51
Marvin Darst – 50

Troy Hurlburt – 49
Ryan Blouin – 48
Stanley Bruzas – 48
Dalton Engle – 48
Jerry Helm – 48
Dalton Martin – 47
Eddie Fasolo – 45
Doug Speers – 45
Banky Fisher – 44
Keith Dunnagan – 42

Gaylord Stidham – 41
Erick Harada – 40
James Jorgensen – 40
Nevin Miranda – 40
Jeff Thomas – 40
John Wyatt – 40
John Moskeland – 39
Danny Bonacci – 36
Chuck Ruthford – 36
Charlie Toth – 36

Jim Marti – 35
Zeb Williams – 35
Robert Cushen – 34
Dante Mitchell – 34
Sid Mudgett – 34
Dave Brandt – 33
Ryan Kelley – 33
Brian Roundy – 32
Richard Barber – 31
Joe Libbey – 31

Ray Cook – 29
Tim Leese – 29
Ralph Lindsay – 29
Kyle Rockwell – 29
Rick Marti – 28
Toby Martinez – 28
Daniel McDonald – 28
Joe Rojas – 28
Todd Smith – 28
Scott Sollars – 28

Richard Benson – 27
Mike Duke – 27
John Holmes – 26
Lewis Berry – 25
Mark Short – 25
Tim Youderian – 25
Jared Helmstadter – 24
Trent Diamanti – 23
Trevor Mueller – 22
Dan Schleiffers – 22

Jay Roberts – 21
Dustin Van Velkinburgh – 21
Matt Douglas – 20
Jordan Emerson – 20
Dane Lucero – 20
Dean Strom – 20
Scott Fisher – 19
Scott Losey – 19
Bud Merryman – 19
Matt Petrich – 19

Jason Raymond – 19
Rob Blouin – 18
Rick Keith – 18
Marvin Mitchell – 18
Guy Walker – 18
Gary Boyke – 17
Jim Keith – 17
Jean Lund-Olsen – 17
Cedric McIntosh – 17
TJ Rickner – 17

Rick Frieze – 16
Chad Nixon – 16
Josh Wilsey – 16
Steven Cope – 15
Eric Dyer – 15
Mike Lester – 15
Zane Oldenstadt – 15
Brad Rogers – 15
Henry Edwards – 14
Todd Brown – 13

DJ Kim – 13
LaVerne Arnold – 12
Mike Eaton – 12
Guy George – 12
Kole Kellison – 12
Glen Lanphere – 12
Desmond Bell – 11
Bill Hamilton – 11
Ken Pickard – 11
Jon Roberts – 11

Chris Squires – 11
Ben Winkes – 11
Jermiah Copeland – 10
Ron Edwards – 10
Travis Hooker – 10
Daniel Graham – 9
Kyle King – 9
Bruce Seiger – 9
Jimmy Sullivan – 9
Fred Wyatt – 9

Erik Anderson – 8
Dave Bowers – 8
Rob Fasolo – 8
Kraig Gordon – 8
Cody Roberts – 8
Robert Shafer – 8
Dave Wells – 8
Charlie Cook – 7
William Davidson – 7
Bobby Engle – 7

Brian Folkestad – 7
Wayne Hesselgrave – 7
Ed Cook – 6
Tucker Hall – 6
Chuck Hardee – 6
Kevin King – 6
Robert Kirkwood – 6
George Smith – 6
Nic Anthony – 5
Ariah Bepler – 5

Scott Davidson – 5
JD Myers – 5
Nate Steele – 5
Andrew Bird – 4
Bill Boze – 4
Miles Davidson – 4
Ralph Engle – 4
Jason Legat – 4
Mikey Robinett – 4
Morgan Roehl – 4

Rusty Bailey – 3
Luke Currier – 3
Frank Mueller – 3
Tracy Wilson – 3
Teo Benson – 2
Hunter Bronec – 2
Norm Enders – 2
Chris Locke – 2
Jeremy McCormick – 2
Rich McCormick – 2

Denny Moss – 2
Tony Sherman – 2
Marion Sill – 2
Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim – 2
Stephen Stietenroth – 2
Robbie Wanamaker – 2
Paul Baher – 1
Bill Engle – 1
Robert Engle – 1
Bob Franzen – 1

Meryl Gordon – 1
Oscar Liquidano – 1
Raleigh Sherman – 1

Warm up your stomach and maybe fire up your backside.

The annual Coupeville Farm to School Chili Cookoff returns Saturday, Dec. 2 and all the pertinent details can be found in the photos above.

Pregame viewings of the campfire scene from Blazing Saddles are optional.

And if you know, you know.