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Coupeville seniors Sofia Peters (left) and Alita Blouin lead a walking parade down Main Street. (Paula Peters photo)

They walked this way. Then back that way.

A day before graduation, Coupeville High School seniors strolled down a familiar path.

The Wolves exited CHS Friday morning and strolled down the street to the elementary school many of them attended, where they were greeted by lil’ kids following in their path.

Then it was back to the high school, for a moment at least, where the senior car parade awaited.

One more box checked on the way to becoming alumni.

(Brittany Kolbet photo)

(Helene Lhamon photo)

(Photo courtesy Alma Flores)

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(Brittany Kolbet photo)

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Karyme Castro Sotelo was tabbed by the Lions Club as a Student of the Year. (Photo courtesy Maricela Sotelo)

It’s a mad swirl of awards and scholarships being handed out in the days leading up to graduation.

The busiest time of the school year creates a madhouse atmosphere for teachers, admins, and front office personnel as everyone tries to stick the landing.

Coupeville High School held its awards night this past Monday, and, while I wrote about the athletic honors that night — this is an athletics-based blog, after all — here’s some more of what was handed out.

Ryanne Knoblich, who was the school’s Female Athlete of the Year, also brought home the Senior Service Award.

To be considered, a Wolf needs to make the top 10 in a vote by their fellow students, then win a faculty vote.

Criteria for the award includes “good citizenship, exemplary sportsmanship, being helpful to others, unselfishness, (while being) eager to assist faculty, administration, and the betterment of the entire school.”

Fellow seniors Mercedes Kalwies-Anderson and Milo Socha earned the Legacy Award, handed to students who “leave a positive legacy, and are a role model.”

Meanwhile, the Coupeville Lions Club, which honors two Wolves each quarter during the school year, tapped Karyme Castro Sotelo and Josh Guay as their Students of the Year.

Castro Sotelo played tennis and was a cheerleader as a senior, while Guay capped a four-year run as a Wolf track and field athlete.

Plus, he let me use some of his photos here on Coupeville Sports, so, extra credit.

Young gun David Somes bids farewell to his elders during one of many Senior Night events during the school year. (Chloe Marzocca photo)

Remember when Coupeville High School graduated about 35-40 students every year?

Pepperidge Farm does.

Well, tell that to my typing fingers, which are working a lot harder this time around, as 88(!!) Wolves are slated to receive diplomas Saturday afternoon.

That’s up from 54 a year ago, which seemed, at the time, like quite a few future Cow Town alumni.

This year’s epic event starts at 1:00 PM at Mickey Clark Field — right behind the elementary school on S. Main St. — and tickets are not required.

The bumper crop of CHS grads this year includes three students from Open Den and seven foreign exchange students.

Alphabetically, they are:

 

Cecilia Acevedo
William Allen
Aiden Anderson
Anna Annunziato
Reiley Araceley
Wynter Arndt
Connor Bachmann
Kelyn Bailey
Piotr Bieda
Alita Blouin
Adrian Burrows
Katie Buskala
Jessenia Camarena
Karyme Castro Sotelo
Emma Cermak
Monica Clark
Dominic Coffman
Jermiah Copeland
Lynn Cosner
Lucy Crouch
Gwen Crowder
Abram Dodge
Cameron Epp
Nathan Farnworth
Vivian Farris
Hayley Fiedler
Cameron Gates
Maddie Georges
Josh Guay
Gwen Gustafson
Mitchell Hall
Ty Hamilton
Alana Hayden
Scott Hilborn
Daylon Houston
Kira Jorgenson
Taygin Jump
Mercedes Kalwies-Anderson
Coen Killian
Ryanne Knoblich
Jaymes Lanske
Carolyn Lhamon
Joven Light
Benjamin Lindenstein
Allie Lucero
Maya Lucero
Jacob Mathusek
Claire Mayne
Gracie McFarlin
Cristina McGrath
Emma Morano
Jasmin Mostafavinassab
Alex Murdy
Anna Myles
Valentina Nadela
Melanie Navarro
Henry Ohme
Sara Omega
Kevin Partida-Flores
Mason Peabody
Sofia Peters
Jill Prince
Djina Radenovic
Abigail Ramirez
Marie Roberts
Jordyn Rogers
Eric Schmanski
Brenna Silveira
Hope Sinclair
Matthew Smith
Anthony Smolen
Milo Socha
Britnee Sorrows
Maylin Steele
Grant Steller
Helen Strelow
Brenn Sugatan
Lucy Tenore
Lavinia Tomba
Nathaniel Truex
Josh Upchurch
Tim Ursu
Jonathan Valenzuela
Alex Wasik
Thomas Wilkins
Kai Wong
Tate Wyman
Nezi Yaxpak-Keiper

The rumor is, they’re pretty smart. (Photo courtesy Geoff Kappes)

Like cream, they rose to the top.

When Coupeville High School’s Class of 2023 graduates Saturday, six girls and four boys will comprise the inner circle.

Led by Valedictorians Helen Strelow and Abigail Ramirez, plus Salutatorian Carolyn Lhamon, those Wolves exit with the best cumulative GPA’s in a class of 88 grads.

The remainder of the top 10, in alphabetical order:

Alita Blouin
Nathan Farnworth
Mitchell Hall
Scott Hilborn
Cristina McGrath
Jill Prince
Brenn Sugatan

Wolves (l to r) Kayla Arnold, Skylar Parker, and Brynn Parker light up the hardwood. (Corinn Parker photo)

God’s chosen sport rules in any season.

The end of the school year is just around the corner, but basketballs are bouncing in gyms even as temps heat up.

Coupeville High School girls’ hoops coach Megan Richter currently has a squad playing in a 14-team league run by Skagit County Parks and Recreation.

With two squads apiece from basketball hot spots like Lynden, Nooksack Valley and Burlington-Edison, the Wolves rep the smallest school by far.

But playing up will only benefit Richter’s young players.

“We have 10ish players playing; it varies daily,” she said with a laugh.

“It’s a tough league and we are playing with much bigger schools than us,” Richter added.

“We talked about how the important thing to focus on during summer is that we are improving and getting better, and not focus on the wins or losses – even though winning is nice.”

The league runs June 5-28, with Coupeville scheduled to play eight times.