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Sandahl sisters row to NCAA Championships

May 16, 2023 by David Svien

Lucy (left) and Sophie Sandahl rule the waves. (Photo courtesy Michael Sandahl)

Fly, Falcons, fly.

Seattle Pacific University women’s rowing team, which includes Coupeville sisters Sophie and Lucy Sandahl, is headed to the NCAA D-II Championships.

SPU was one of six schools tabbed for the event, set for May 26-27 in Pennsauken, New Jersey.

The field, which had no automatic qualifiers, was revealed Tuesday during a live selection show.

Cal Poly Humboldt, Central Oklahoma, Embry-Riddle (Florida), Thomas Jefferson, and Western Washington join the Falcons in earning bids.

Each school will field an eight-women boat and a four-women crew.

Sophie Sandahl is a senior at SPU, while Lucy is a junior.

Earlier in the week, the siblings, who are studying Art History and Physiology respectively, were both named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Academic team.

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Buy online, or be locked out

May 16, 2023 by David Svien

Coupeville coaches watch a fan with just cash try and scale the outfield fence, then promptly get shot in the crotch with a paintball gun. (Morgan White photo)

Cash? They don’t want your stinkin’ cash!

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association frowns upon your legal tender, your dollar bills and coins, opting instead to force fans to go online to purchase tickets for the state baseball playoffs.

That’s because of a deal the WIAA has with GoFan.

That’s something for Coupeville diamond fans to keep in mind as they trek down to Castle Rock High School this Saturday.

Want to watch the Wolves play Toledo at noon, then see the victor return to the field at 3:00 PM to face off with Toutle Lake for a spot in next week’s state semifinals?

Then buy your tickets online or be tasered by Big Brother’s enforcers at the entrance gate.

Probably.

 

To purchase said tickets, good for both games, pop over to:

https://gofan.co/app/events/994519?schoolId=WIAA

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A final bow, a final volley

May 16, 2023 by David Svien

Hayley Fiedler leads off a series of Senior Night tennis pics. (Jackie Saia photos)

It’s portrait season.

Coupeville High School’s recent Senior Night festivities for its girls’ tennis team provided photographer Jackie Saia a chance to snap some up close and personal moments with Wolf players and coach Ken Stange.

Five 12th graders, two foreign exchange students, and one net guru, all making their final appearance on their home court and captured on film.

Karyme Castro

Helen Strelow

Ken Stange

Lucy Tenore

Djina Radenovic

Vivian Farris

Emma Morano

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Pancakes fuel Wolf cheer dreams

May 16, 2023 by David Svien

Give Wolf cheerleaders a helping hand. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Eat pancakes, help finance Coupeville High School cheer.

The Wolf spirit team is hosting a fundraiser breaker at Applebee’s in Oak Harbor Sunday, May 28, with profits going to help purchase new uniforms and safety mats.

The event is scheduled to run from 9-11 AM and tickets cost $10.

In return, you nab pancakes, sausage, and juice or coffee.

To purchase fundraiser tickets, contact CHS assistant cheer coach Tara Crouch at tcrouch@coupeville.k12.wa.us or speak to a Wolf cheerleader in person.

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He’s still standing

May 15, 2023 by David Svien

The man abides. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

He’s not going anywhere. Not just yet.

Amidst a swirl of possible budget cuts as area schools deal with financial shortfalls, one proposal — to remove Willie Smith as Coupeville High School/Middle School Athletic Director and hand his duties to an assistant principal — has been discarded.

In an email sent out Monday, Coupeville Schools Superintendent Steve King said things have changed in the past two weeks.

After learning about the most recent teacher resignation and with our current Athletic Director, Willie Smith, being willing to serve as AD with one less release or prep period, we are excited to announce that Mr. Smith will continue as our 2023-2024 athletic director.

Release or prep periods have the most significant financial implication for our current model, as a secondary teacher’s teaching period costs approximately $11,000 – $20,000, depending on the teacher’s experience level.

We are thankful that Mr. Smith is willing to continue his work as AD with two release periods instead of three.

Smith, who is the President of the Northwest 2B/1B League, has been a teacher, coach, and AD — for varying lengths of time — since arriving in Coupeville from the wilds of Sequim in the mid ’90s.

Under his leadership, the 2022-2023 school year has been one of the strongest in school history for Wolf athletics.

Every high school team, varsity and JV, earned a team GPA of 3.1 or better, with three sports — girls’ cross country, boys’ track, and girls’ tennis — winning state academic titles.

The Wolves sent football and girls’ cross country teams to the state championships in the fall, with baseball slated to play at state this weekend.

Coupeville also qualified members of its boys’ cross country and track and field teams for the big dance, with girls’ tennis players still in the hunt for state berths as well.

When the proposal to cut Smith’s AD duties was announced, public response was swift and loudly in opposition to the move.

Numerous other athletic directors spoke out against the possible change in articles which ran here on Coupeville Sports, and you could sum it all up in the words of Friday Harbor AD Brock Hauck.

“It’s a terrible idea.”

And now, it’s an idea no more.

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