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Trio earn top honors

April 21, 2026 by David Svien

Jonathyn Driscoll and Bettie Woolworth performed strongly at the state SkillsUSA competition. (Photo courtesy Amber Waldner)

Build for the future, shine today.

Three Coupeville students impressed the judges at the state competition for SkillsUSA, showcasing their aptitude for vocational excellence.

CHS freshman Bettie Woolworth earned 1st place in Pin Design, while also being selected as a State Officer, while sophomore Max Ohme claimed 1st place in Motorcycle Service Technology.

Rounding out things was middle school ace Jonathyn Driscoll, who collected 2nd place in Pin Design.

Woolworth now advances to the national competition in June.

For Pin Design, each competitor created a pin and artwork while participating in an oral presentation to explain “how the pin represents their state, its unique qualities and why another SkillsUSA student or adult member would want to wear the pin.”

Ohme and his fellow motorcycle enthusiasts performed “tasks representative of those encountered in a dealership’s service department.”

This includes things such as electrical diagnostic work, precision measurement, brake service, and fuel delivery system inspection and repair.

SkillsUSA is a career and technical student organization serving more than 442,000 high school, college and middle school students across the country.

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Far from home, nothing but winners

April 21, 2026 by David Svien

Wolf aces Jovanah Villagomez (left) and Kauri Hamilton won Monday in a road match. (Melanie Wolfe photo)

They rolled in, they rolled on the court, they rolled out.

Dominating the day, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad swatted host Granite Falls 4-1 in Monday’s varsity rumble, then put a punctuation mark on things by sweeping the JV matches as well.

The non-conference victory lifts the Wolves to 3-3 on the season, with another road trip set for this Saturday.

CHS is slated to travel to Seattle that day for a tilt with private school power University Prep.

The Wolves are in the midst of a stretch where they will go nearly four weeks between home matches.

After playing three of their first four on the Cow Town courts, culminating in an April 3 match, the hardcourt aces don’t get to smack any winners in front of their home fans again until April 29.

 

Monday’s results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans won 8-0

2nd Singles — Milana Light won 8-0

1st Doubles — Dahlia Miller/Aleksia Jump lost 6-1, 6-3

2nd Doubles — Hailey Goldman/Hazel Goldman won 10-5

3rd Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Jovanah Villagomez won 7-5

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Jade Peabody/Rowan Stoner won 8-5

5th Doubles — Savannah Coxsey/Miles Gerber won 9-7

6th Doubles — Annabelle Cundiff/Natalie Driscoll won 8-1

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Her camera is fast, her aim is true

April 20, 2026 by David Svien

Brian Thompson flies from one end of the prairie to the other. (Julie Wheat photos)

She’s still got it.

Coupeville grad Julie Wheat, a legend from her own time as a Wolf athlete, is operating as a shutterbug these days, and the track and field photos you see above and below come to us courtesy her.

Enjoy a range of events and a look at some of Coupeville’s best and brightest repping the red and black.

Myra McDonald

Zach Blitch

Laken Simpson

Davin Houston

Mikayla Wagner

Sage Arends

Isa Mc Fetridge

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Drive it like you stole it

April 20, 2026 by David Svien

Winner, winner, lemon dinner. (Photos courtesy Jerry Helm)

If you build it, they can drive it.

Coupeville grads Ben Russell, Jerry Helm, and Dan Russell were part of a team which hauled a 1978 Datsun pickup truck, otherwise known as “Rando the Unicorn,” to the 24 Hours of Lemons Race at Pacific Raceways in Kent this past weekend.

The calm before the storm.

While there the trio, aided by fellow drivers Sam Stanton and Dave Phillips, finished 7th in their class while piloting the only truck in the race, and brought home the highest honored award.

That would be the IOE Award, for “Index of Effluency,” which uses “a proprietary calculation of how bad a Lemons entry is versus how high it finished.”

Race organizers bestow the award on “only the most worthy teams. Winners of the I.O.E. enjoy the highest honors (a low bar, we know) of any Lemons trophy.”

Helm described “Rando the Unicorn” as a “tiny truck with an angry motor stuffed/swapped in,” and he and his fellow drivers thanked “a bunch of gasoline driven pit crew/support staff that helped build, maintain, and keep the car on the track.”

The 24 Hours of Lemons, described by organizers as “racing for real people,” includes track testing and tech hours and is known for its relaxed atmosphere.

Lookin’ smooth.

“I saw this on Dukes of Hazzard…”

Lookin’ not so smooth.

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Coupeville Schools lose tech whiz

April 20, 2026 by David Svien

Will Smith

The affable man with an answer for every tech question is taking his impressive skill set on to new adventures.

Will Smith, Director of Technology for the Coupeville School District, has left his post after an 8+ year run.

The Brandman University grad first came to work in Coupeville in 2018 after finishing his career with the US Navy.

Smith served from 1996 to 2018, starting and ending his military run at NAS Whidbey.

Along with keeping every computer running, every school board meeting stream from fritzing out, and thousands of other tasks, he has been a man of many callings.

Smith has been a volunteer coach with the North Whidbey Soccer Club and was a candidate for the Oak Harbor School Board in 2023.

In a community newsletter released Monday night, Coupeville Schools Superintendent Shannon Leatherwood addressed Smith’s departure.

“Our Technology Director has stepped down,” she wrote.

“I have been taking the time needed to develop a thoughtful plan before communicating broadly because our community deserves a path forward, not just an announcement.

“That plan will be shared with you in the coming weeks.”

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