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Hoops coaches honor Mad Dog

March 9, 2023 by David Svien

Maddie Georges kick-starts the offense. (Karen Carlson photo)

She made the Wolves go.

Senior point guard Maddie Georges was the primary ballhandler, and a deadly shooter, for the Coupeville High School girls’ basketball squad.

Also an aggressive, smart defensive player who led the Wolves in drawing offensive charges on rival players, her play drew the attention of Northwest 2B/1B League coaches.

That culminated in a final honor for Georges, who was named as a Second-Team All-Conference player when voting was announced Thursday.

She was the lone Coupeville girl honored, as state tourney heavyweights Mount Vernon Christian (3rd place in 1B) and La Conner (4th in 2B) dominated.

MVC hoops guru Jeff Droog was tabbed as Coach of the Year, while La Conner senior Josie Harper, who knocked down a hair under 19 points a night, earned MVP status.

Concrete and Darrington shared the Team Sportsmanship Award.

 

First-Team All-League:

Allie Heino – Junior – Mount Vernon Christian
Makayla Herrera – Senior – La Conner
Ellie Marble – Senior – La Conner
Caitlin VanderKooy – Senior – Mount Vernon Christian
Hannah VanHofwegen – Senior – Mount Vernon Christian

 

Second-Team All-League:

Ava Ashcroft – Sophomore – Orcas Island
Mia Blackmon – Senior – Friday Harbor
Maddie Georges – Senior – Coupeville
Ruthie Rozema – Sophomore – Mount Vernon Christian
Claire Wright – Sophomore – Darrington

 

Honorable Mention:

Shaniquah Casey – Freshman – La Conner
McKenna Clark – Junior – Friday Harbor
Hayley Daniels – Junior – Concrete
Sofia Mahony-Jauregui – Freshman – Orcas Island

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Downes, Murdy earn All-League honors

March 9, 2023 by David Svien

Logan Downes lines up a shot. (Andrew Williams photo)

They earned the respect of rival hoops gurus.

Coming off a strong 14-9 season, two Coupeville High School boys’ basketball players were named to the All-Conference team by Northwest 2B/1B League coaches.

Junior Logan Downes, who averaged 23.2 points a night across 10 league contests, with a high of 40 against Orcas Island, was tabbed as a First-Team pick.

The Wolf gunner scored in double digits in every NWL game this season, tossing in 26+ five times against league foes.

Overall, Downes put together the second-best individual season in the 107-year history of CHS basketball, torching the nets for 554 points on his way to averaging 24.1 a game.

After twice scoring 40 in a game as a junior, he’s #15 on the Wolf boys career scoring chart, having splashed home 778 points.

Downes was joined on the 2022-2023 All-League team by senior Alex Murdy, who was tabbed as a Second-Team pick.

Alex Murdy slices up the defense. (Andrew Williams photo)

Closing his stellar prep career with a bang, Coupeville’s most aggressive defensive player averaged 10.7 points a night in league play, with a high of 17 against La Conner.

Capable of changing the flow of the game on both ends of the floor, Murdy scored 448 points during his time in a Wolf uniform.

Senior Diego Lago, who led Orcas Island to a 6th place finish at the 1B state tourney, was league MVP, while Vikings head man Ed Lago was named Coach of the Year.

Concrete won the Sportsmanship Award.

 

First-Team All-League:

Billy DeJong – Senior – Mount Vernon Christian
Logan Downes – Junior – Coupeville
Liam Millenaar – Senior – Mount Vernon Christian
Aidan Murray – Senior – Orcas Island
Braden Thomas – Senior – La Conner

 

Second-Team All-League:

Tommy Anderson-Cleveland – Senior – Orcas Island
Chris Gustafson – Junior – Friday Harbor
Alex Murdy – Senior – Coupeville
Isaiah Price – Senior – La Conner
Ben Rozema – Senior – Mount Vernon Christian

 

Honorable Mention:

Hunter Anderson – Freshman – Darrington
Adam Culver – Junior – Concrete
Colby Faber – Senior – Mount Vernon Christian

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Wolf soccer ace heads to college pitch

March 8, 2023 by David Svien

Nezi Keiper has been a star for several Coupeville High School teams. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

On to the next challenge.

Coupeville High School senior Nezi Keiper has signed to play soccer for Edmonds College.

A First-Team All-Conference player and team captain, the Wolf ace anchored her team’s defense the past four years.

Keiper was a tower of power on the backline for Coupeville, making life easier for her goaltender’s, while showcasing a mix of grit, hustle, and a booming leg.

She also played basketball at CHS and was a star football player back in her middle school days.

A member of the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame, Keiper is slated to graduate this spring.

She will join an Edmonds team which is rebuilding after not competing in 2022.

The Tritons, who play in the Northwest Athletic Conference, have a new coach in place and Keiper is part of a group of recent signees who hail from spots such as Lynnwood, Monroe, and Utah.

Edmonds women’s soccer won NWAC titles in 2000 and 2002.

Making things official. 

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Record board tracks decades of spring glory

March 7, 2023 by David Svien

Natasha Bamberger, always and forever legendary. (Dawnelle Conlisk photos)

Almost four decades, and no one has touched them.

The oldest marks on the Coupeville High School track and field record board were set 39 seasons ago, back in 1984 by five-time state champ Natasha Bamberger.

All these years, and athletes later, her marks in the 1600 and 3200 still stand, two of six records which still tower from the Greed is Good decade.

The ’80s are still repped on the big board in the entrance to the CHS gym, thanks to Bamberger, Chad Gale (long jump, 110 hurdles, and 300 hurdles), and the boys’ 4 x 100 relay unit.

Meanwhile, four records set in the ’90s endure, thanks to Jennie Cross (shot put, discus), Allyson Barker (triple jump), and Yashmeen Knox (high jump).

In an enduring quirk, Knox and Rich Wilson, who set the boys’ record in the high jump in 2000, remain the only husband/wife duo to both appear on the board.

While a handful of long-term records remain in place, the most recent additions to the record book came in the 2019 season, when 10 of 35 marks were toppled.

The pandemic prevented anyone from competing in 2020, and the past two springs, while full of individual and team success, didn’t produce any new school records.

With a new season kicking off next week, which direction will 2023 take?

Only time will tell.

The best track and field marks in Coupeville High School history.

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Former Wolves keep gridiron dreams alive

March 6, 2023 by David Svien

Former Coupeville High School quarterback Dawson Houston (right) is back on the football field. (Photo property Everett Royals)

The journey continues.

Two players with Coupeville connections are slated to join the Everett Royals semi-pro football team for the 2023 gridiron season.

Dawson Houston, a 2020 CHS grad who started two seasons at quarterback for the Wolves, will join former Wolf coach Kwamane Bowens, listed as a defensive back by his new team.

The Royals, who were founded in 2019, play in the Gridiron Developmental Football League.

The team is set to kick things off with a preseason game Apr. 8 in Spokane, while the regular season schedule is being tinkered with as you read this.

Home games are played at Everett Memorial Stadium, with reasonably priced tickets.

General admission for fans ages 14-54 is $7.00, while senior citizens (55+) are $5 and military with ID is $3.

Kids from 0-13 get in for free.

The GDFL gives players a chance to stay on the field, while also striving to set them up with jobs in local communities.

Houston, zinging passes to teammates like Sean Toomey-Stout and Andrew Martin, led CHS football to a 5-4 season in 2019, the program’s first winning record since 2005.

Closing out his prep gridiron career playing alongside younger brother Daylon, the elder Houston then flipped the script by joining the Wolf cheer squad.

That team advanced to nationals in Florida.

Former Wolf coach Kwamane Bowens (left), killin’ it in multiple fields. (Photo courtesy Bowens)

Bowens was a fast-rising star at Coupeville Middle School before a family move took him away from Whidbey. After playing NCAA D-I football, he returned to The Rock, however, coaching at CHS.

He was an assistant coach at Anacortes this past fall, helping guide a Seahawk team which went 9-2, falling 10-7 in a state quarterfinal nailbiter to eventual 2A runner-up North Kitsap.

When he’s not on the gridiron as a player or coach, Bowens works as a rapper, recording as Groovie Mane.

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