A family move will take Wolf three-sport star Mikey Robinett from Whidbey Island to Tennessee. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Coupeville’s loss is Nashville’s gain.
Three-sport star Mikey Robinett, one of the most promising young Wolf athletes, won’t be wearing a CHS uniform next school year.
Instead, he and his family will be in Tennessee after a family move in the next couple of weeks takes them to Music City.
Robinett, who just wrapped his sophomore year at CHS, plays football, basketball, and track and field.
On the gridiron he had a sizable impact on both sides of the ball.
While playing defense, Robinett delivered thunderous cracks, while on offense he showed great promise as a runner.
Basketball, where a large senior class is departing, is the one sport where he’s been a JV player.
Robinett crashed the boards with intensity last season and looked to be in the mix for making the jump to the top team.
The Wolf super sophomore earned his first trip to the track and field state championships this spring, where he was an alternate for the 4 x 100 relay squad.
During the season Robinett also competed in the 200, 3200, discus, and long jump.
He’s not the only active Wolf athlete in his family either, as younger brother Dylan is a cross country, basketball, and track athlete who just wrapped his 7th grade year.
Three-sport star Carolyn Lhamon is your Coupeville High School female Athlete of the Year for 2021-2022. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
Senior Xavier Murdy repeats as the male Athlete of the Year.
A return to glory and a debut in the spotlight.
Senior three-sport star Xavier Murdy became a two-time winner Tuesday when Coupeville High School announced its Athlete of the Year honorees for the 2021-2022 school year.
Joining him was Wolf junior Carolyn Lhamon, who earned her first year-ending honor and will see her photo eventually go up in the CHS gym hallway.
Like Murdy, Lhamon played three sports for Coupeville, anchoring soccer, basketball, and track and field teams.
On the pitch, she was a First-Team All-Conference pick for her play as a midfielder, combining a booming, big-play leg with a rough-and-tumble defensive mentality.
Moving into winter, Lhamon patrolled the paint for Coupeville’s hoops squad, crashing the glass hard in her third varsity season.
Lhamon powers to the hoop.
This spring, she put a cap on things by qualifying for the state track meet in two vastly different events, earning a trip to Cheney to compete in both the 4 x 100 relay and shot put.
Murdy, who was an Athlete of the Year winner as a junior, when he shared the honor with Chelsea Prescott, put together a strong swan song.
He opened the school year by matching Lhamon’s performance, also being tabbed as a First-Team All-Conference player for his work as a midfielder on the Wolf soccer squad.
Spring brought Murdy more honors, when he was acknowledged as a Second-Team All-League pick for his work behind the plate for CHS baseball.
But winter put the exclamation point on his bid to join the relatively short list of Wolves who have won their school’s biggest athletic award more than once.
Murdy makes the net pop.
Murdy paced Coupeville basketball in almost every stat category, copping Northwest 2B/1B League MVP as he played a key role for a program which enjoyed its best performance in decades.
The Wolf hoops squad finished 16-2, winning its first league title since 2002.
Murdy and Co. also claimed the program’s first district title since 1970 and advanced to state for the first time since 1988, where they pushed hoops heavyweights Kalama and Lake Roosevelt to the final buzzer.
Based on his hardwood play, Murdy became the first Wolf boy in at least a decade-and-a-half to be invited to participate in the All-State basketball game, where he scored 10 points in a 115-95 win.
Audrianna Shaw was a busy bee, playing three sports while still finding time to earn a bevy of academic scholarships. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
Let the honors rain down.
The Coupeville High School Class of 2022, which endured through a pandemic which altered public schooling for two-plus years, exits this weekend.
But, before graduation arrives — 1 PM Saturday, June 11 at Mickey Clark Field — school officials and community members are hailing all the Wolves have achieved.
During a virtual ceremony, CHS seniors received awards and scholarships, with the Class of 2022 bagging an impressive amount of financial help for college or trade training.
Morgan Stevens received the CHS Senior Service Award, an honor in which students are nominated by fellow students, before being voted on by faculty.
Good citizenship and sportsmanship are considered, as well as “aiding other students unselfishly, (and) serving faculty, administration and their school in an unselfish manner.”
Brian Casey and Noelle Daigneault were also named as Lion’s Club Students of the Year.
Brian Casey was a strong performer on the field and in the classroom.
Scholarships:
Allen-Phibbs:
Noelle Daigneault ($1,000) Alana Mihill ($2,000) Mary Milnes ($2,000)
Noelle Daigneault, extremely entertaining and very deserving of taking home honors. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
Hawthorne Wolfe reminds you there’s a line to get his photo, and it starts over there.
You can’t dampen their enthusiasm.
Coupeville High School seniors Noelle Daigneault and Hawthorne Wolfe are multi-sport stars who both have vibrant personalities.
So, it’s sort of appropriate that the duo was both honored Tuesday, taking home the Cliff Gillies Award.
That honor, named for the longtime Executive Director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, recognizes student/athletes who excel in scholarship, citizenship, and participation in activities.
Daigneault was a key member of Wolf soccer and tennis teams.
On the pitch, she was a feisty, fast-talking defender who helped anchor the back line.
Pop her on a tennis court, and Daigneault was an ace, partnering with Eryn Wood to advance all the way to bi-districts.
An academic sensation, she also ruled the stage as an actress and was voted Homecoming Queen, accomplishing everything while showcasing one of the sunniest personalities in Wolf Nation.
Wolfe is one of the few CHS stars from any time period who can match Daigneault’s charisma, and he loves the spotlight.
As a senior, he helped lead Coupeville to its best boys basketball season in decades, with the Wolves winning their first league title since 2002.
The hoops squad added its first district title since 1970, then punched a ticket to the state tourney for the first time since ’88.
Wolfe went out doing what he does — raining pain on his foes from long-distance, while bobbing, weaving, and talking non-stop to fellow players, refs, and fans.
The man who lived to watch the nets flip dropped 10 of his team-high 16 points in the fourth quarter of Coupeville’s finale at state, with the final three-ball giving him 800 career points.
After that, Wolfe moved to the baseball diamond, where he earned Northwest 2B/1B League co-MVP honors for his work on the mound, in the outfield, and at the plate.
Jada Heaton is ready to tear up the hardwood. (Jennifer Heaton photo)
The calendar says spring, but basketball is always in season.
Coupeville High School players, both present and future, are taking part in off-season workouts and games right now, and we have some brand-new pics to prove it.
Let every gym ring with the sound of squeaking shoes.
Skylar (left) and Brynn Parker are a dangerous duo. (Corinn Parker photo)
Heaton is joined by (l to r) Katie Marti, Bryley Gilbert, and Liza Zustiak.
