Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Wheels up, big dance awaits

March 1, 2022 by David Svien

Caleb Meyer and dad Frank snap a two-man selfie before the Coupeville High School boys basketball team hits the road for the 2B state tournament.

When it’s been 34 years between trips, people tend to get excited.

The Coupeville High School boys basketball team left for Spokane, and the state tourney, Tuesday morning, the first such trek for the program since 1988.

Before the Wolves blew out of Cow Town and hit the open road, they got a send-off from classmates, parents, fans, teachers, and — loudest of all — the local elementary school kids.

Soak it in. No one can say for sure when that next trip will come.

The first few moments on the bus, before everyone gets stir crazy. (Photo by JohnPhotos.net)

For the first time since 1988, that’s where the Wolf boys are headed. (Angie Downes photo)

The CHS cheerleaders are making the trip to Spokane as well. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Cole White Fan Club is strong. (Morgan White photo)

The bus awaits. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Jonathan Valenzuela runs the gauntlet of well-wishers. (Morgan White photo)

Elementary school students lined the road to root on their hoops heroes as they left town. (Deb Sherman photo)

The Wolves carry memories of their late, much-loved hoops teammate Bennett Boyles with them. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Posted in Boys Basketball, Cheer | Tagged , , , , | Leave a Comment »

May all your swishes come true!

March 1, 2022 by David Svien

Greg (left) and Cole White hit the road to Spokane. (Morgan White photos)

Let the 27-hour trip begin!

Well, OK, the trip from Coupeville to Spokane probably takes a little less time than that – though sitting in a school bus, it’s likely to feel that long.

The CHS boys basketball team is bound for the 2B state tournament, where it will put its 16-1 record on the line against Lake Roosevelt (16-6) Wednesday.

That game tips off at 9 PM and is a loser-out affair.

Win Wednesday, and Coupeville is guaranteed to play at least twice more, and maybe three times, at the Spokane Arena.

This is the first trip to the big dance for the Wolf boys hoops program since 1988.

The photos above and below, which capture the town-wide celebration send-off this morning, come to us courtesy Morgan White.

Posted in Boys Basketball | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

Spotlight spins back to Slammin’ Sarah

February 28, 2022 by David Svien

Coupeville alum Sarah Wright is swinging a big bat in Tennessee. (Photo property Michelle Thibodeaux/Sewanee softball)

She’s getting some big props.

Coupeville grad Sarah Wright was honored Monday by the Southern Athletic Association, tabbed as the SAA Softball Player of the Week.

The former Wolf, now a junior at Sewanee: The University of the South, had a huge day Sunday, ripping holes in the encroaching fog with lasers off her bats.

Wright bashed a double, came around to score, then hammered a game-tying three-run homerun as the Tigers stunned highly ranked Birmingham-Southern College.

Sewanee, which trailed 5-1 entering its final at-bat, rallied to win 6-5.

Wright, a prairie supernova, was a four-sport star, Valedictorian, and Homecoming Queen during her days at Coupeville High School.

She also sparked a full-on riot by an unruly group of hungry seagulls when she went running through an Eastern Washington parking lot waving tasty sandwiches in both hands while killing time at the state softball tourney during her high school senior season.

Legendary.

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

CHS plans send-off for state-bound hoops stars

February 28, 2022 by David Svien

Grady Rickner and the Coupeville High School boys basketball team leave Tuesday for Spokane, and the state 2B tournament. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Wave bye-bye-bye as the wheels on the bus go round and round.

The Coupeville High School boys basketball team hits the road Tuesday, on its way to Spokane for the 2B state tournament.

The Wolves leave the CHS gym at 11 AM, then roll down Main Street on their way to the highway.

That’s to allow Coupeville Elementary School students a chance to participate in the fond farewells, and the community is also invited to join the celebration.

Coupeville, 16-1 on the season after a narrow loss to top-seeded Kalama in the state opener Friday in Battle Ground, begins play Wednesday at the Spokane Arena with a 9 PM game against Lake Roosevelt.

That’s a loser-out game, with the winner moving on to the double-elimination quarterfinals.

The state tourney runs through Saturday, with the top six teams bringing home trophies.

This is the first time the CHS boys basketball team has made it to state since 1988 and continues a season of excellence.

Brad Sherman’s squad won a Northwest 2B/1B League title, the program’s first league crown since 2002.

The Wolves followed that up with a District 1/2 title — its second district title in 105 seasons, and first since 1970.

Injured senior Miles Davidson has stayed busy compiling stats.

Posted in Boys Basketball | Tagged , , , , | Leave a Comment »

Wright goes yard in college diamond victory

February 27, 2022 by David Svien

Sarah Wright, seen in earlier days, is a homer-hitting college softball star. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Not even the fog can stop her.

Playing on a day when weather first delayed her game, then shortened it, Coupeville grad Sarah Wright came up huge in the clutch Sunday in Tennessee.

Blasting a two-out, game-tying three-run homerun, the former Wolf star sparked Sewanee: The University of the South to a come-from-behind 6-5 win against the #5 ranked team in NCAA D-III softball.

Using a five-run rally to topple Birmingham-Southern in a game shortened to five innings, the Tigers won their second-straight game after dropping their first 11 contests of the season.

Sewanee was supposed to play three games this weekend, but Saturday’s doubleheader was postponed by weather.

Sunday’s twin-bill was cut down to one game, and only after the teams sat out a 30-minute fog delay midgame.

When she was on the field Sunday Wright was a holy terror.

The former CHS Valedictorian doubled, then came around to score to carry Sewanee to an early 1-0 lead.

She saved her best for last, however, crushing a ball down the left field line to knot the game at 5-5 with Sewanee down to its final out.

The Tigers won three batters later when Kendall Goodrum punched an RBI single to score Michaela Walker with the walk-off winner.

Wright, who is in her junior season at Sewanee, is finally set to play a full season on the diamond after her first two campaigns in Tennessee were shortened by the pandemic.

She’s piled up nine hits, including three doubles and Sunday’s four-bagger, to go with seven runs, seven RBI, and three walks this season.

The crunch-time home run against Birmingham-Southern was the third round-tripper of Wright’s collegiate career.

Sewanee returns to action — weather permitting — next weekend, when it squares off with Hendrix College from Arkansas.

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college | Tagged , , , , | Leave a Comment »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »