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Junior cheer preps for big show

October 9, 2025 by David Svien

Junior cheerleaders work on their routine. (Photos courtesy Sylvia Arnold)

Cheer is family.

That credo, nurtured over many years by former Coupeville High School spirit coach Sylvia Arnold, continues to reverberate down through the generations.

Now, the girls who once cheered for her are women, and they continue the job of spreading joy, love, and the skills required to live loud ‘n proud, supporting Wolf Nation in all its forms.

Current CHS cheer coach Jennifer Morrell is a proud alumnus, and three others from the sisterhood — Cavan Simonson, Kristina Williams, and Lynn Cosner — are currently hard at work preparing Coupeville’s youngest cheerleaders for their show-stopping performance.

Junior cheer, which is offered through the Spirit of Cheer Booster Club, raises funds for college scholarships which are then bestowed upon graduating seniors each year, keeping alive the “circle of cheer.”

This year’s performance is set for halftime of Coupeville’s football game with Adna, which is Saturday, Oct. 18. Game kickoff is 5:00 PM.

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Harriers notch top times far from home

October 8, 2025 by David Svien

Mikayla Wagner cruises to the front of the pack. (Julie Wheat photo)

They spiced things up with a mid-week run.

Competing Wednesday at the San Juan Golf & Tennis Club on Friday Harbor, five high schools combined to send 63 cross country harriers across a 5,000-meter course, with some close races to boot.

Coupeville, the team you’re likely reading this story for, placed second in the boys’ team competition, narrowly edged out 34-37 by Mount Vernon Christian, while the Wolf girls earned a third-place finish behind MVC and Friday Harbor.

Overall, CHS placed six runners in the top 10, with four boys and two girls earning the distinction.

Not bad, considering the Wolves hopped off the ferry, had a brief warmup, then almost immediately hit the trail.

Senior George Spear and freshman Mikayla Wagner paced the Wolves, hitting the tape in second and third, respectively, while Mount Vernon’s Peyton Smith and Evangeline Fikkert claimed individual crowns.

For Spear, it was a milestone day as he broke the 18-minute barrier, something he’s been chasing.

“I am so happy for him!!” said CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting. “He has worked so hard for this!”

It’s a two-event kind of week for Coupeville, which returns to action this Saturday, Oct. 11 at the 5th annual Mountain Loop Invitational in Granite Falls.

Nolan Hunt flies to the finish line. (Julie Wheat photo)

 

Wednesday results:

 

GIRLS:

Mikayla Wagner (3rd) 22:12.69
Aleksia Jump (9th) 23:55.71
Ivy Rudat (15th) 25:05.11
Allie Powers (16th) 25:40.75
Devon Wyman (17th) 27:03.66
Reagan Callahan (20th) 30:54.08
Ava Lucero (21st) 31:01.37

 

BOYS:

George Spear (2nd) 17:59.66
Cyrus Sparacio (5th) 18:22.83
Kenneth Jacobsen (7th) 18:30.85
Ezekiel Allen (8th) 18:38.93
Beckett Green (15th) 19:43.35
Ossian Merkel (17th) 20:07.05
Isaiah Allen (25th) 21:08.42
Hunter Atteberry (35th) 22:49.51
Will Tierney (38th) 23:52.27
Nolan Hunt (39th) 26:54.88
Zach Blitch (41st) 30:38.66

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South Whidbey school officials address “blackface” incident

October 8, 2025 by David Svien

South Whidbey High School varsity volleyball seems to be turning a corner, with back-to-back wins after opening the season with a string of losses.

But an incident at Tuesday’s home win over league rival The Northwest School threatens to overshadow the Falcons upwards trajectory.

The matter was addressed in an email sent out to students, family, and staff, which you can read in full in the photo below.

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Goaltenders fear their every move

October 8, 2025 by David Svien

Ariella Lee-Spaulding dances in the pale moonlight. (Julie Wheat photos)

The magic number is 21.

That’s how many goals Coupeville High School soccer players have combined to score this season, with nine different Wolves beating opposing goaltenders.

Leading the way is freshman Tamsin Ward, who has accounted for more than a third of the tallies by herself.

The numbers are ever-shifting, however, and with the Wolf girls slated to play four more regular season games, and the boys scheduled for seven, expect things to change.

Where we sit, as of Oct. 8:

 

Girls:

Tamsin Ward – 8
Lyla Grose – 3
Paige Hill – 2
Finley Helm – 1
Ariella Lee-Spaulding – 1

 

Boys:

Sage Arends – 2
Brian Thompson – 2
Liam Lawson – 1
Edmund Wilson – 1

Brian Thompson rampages.

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Wolves, Wolverines split spiker rumbles

October 8, 2025 by David Svien

Ari Cunningham rises up to deliver a kill. (Julie Wheat photo)

Some joy; some pain.

Playing on Friday Harbor Tuesday afternoon, the Coupeville High School volleyball squads split their showdowns with the host Wolverines as they reached the two-thirds mark of the regular season.

The Wolf varsity, rebuilding after major losses to graduation, hung tough all match, but ultimately fell 25-22, 25-23, 17-25, 25-16, giving the two schools a split in their season series.

With the loss, CHS, the defending Northwest 2B/1B League champs, slips to 1-5 in conference action this time around, 3-6-1 overall.

Coupeville still has a shot to get back to .500 in league play, but needs to win out the remainder of the way, starting with another road trip, this one to play Mount Vernon Christian next Tuesday, Oct. 14.

Meanwhile, the Wolf JV is soaring, having won five of its last six to get to 4-1 in NWL rumbles, 6-2 overall.

Tuesday, the CHS second squad bounced Friday Harbor 25-15, 25-18.

Just getting on the floor against the Wolverines was a bonus as well, as Coupeville’s JV had to sit out the first meeting between the schools due to their rivals not having a full roster at that moment.

Kennedy O’Neill anticipates the arrival of the volleyball. (Jackie Saia photo)

 

Tuesday stats:

 

Varsity:

Haylee Armstrong — 7 kills, 6 digs, 1 assist, 3 aces
Teagan Calkins — 13 kills, 12 digs, 3 aces
Ari Cunningham — 3 kills, 2 aces
Lexis Drake — 2 kills, 1 dig, 1 assist, 2 aces
Adeline Maynes — 1 dig, 1 ace
Kennedy O’Neill — 2 aces
Dakota Strong — 2 kills, 1 dig
Tenley Stuurmans — 2 kills, 7 digs, 25 assists, 1 solo block, 4 aces
Sydney Van Dyke — 1 ace

 

JV:

Adeline Maynes — 12 assists, 2 aces
Isa Mc Fetridge— 3 kills, 1 dig, 3 aces
Kennedy O’Neill — 5 kills, 5 aces
Chelsi Stevens — 3 kills, 3 aces
Sydney Van Dyke — 3 kills

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