Katie Marti lines up a shot. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
Two games, about a billion camera clicks.
Give or take one or two.
Photo enthusiast John Fisken was on hand Tuesday, making his final appearance in the Coupeville High School gym, and the pictures above and below capture the Wolf girls hoops squads at work.
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Xavier Murdy defies gravity. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
One last time in front of the camera clickers.
While Tuesday wasn’t the final home game for the Coupeville High School boys basketball squads, it was the last time wanderin’ photographer John Fisken will be in attendance this season.
The pics above and below are courtesy him.
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Haley Thompson, seen here on Senior Night during football season, is part of a state title-winning Oak Harbor High School competition cheer squad. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
Alyssa Carlon is also part of a 15-person Wildcat squad.
Whidbey Island still rules the cheer world.
While Coupeville High School didn’t field a team during this pandemic-altered school year, its neighbors to the North did.
And spoiler alert? Oak Harbor’s cheer program, which has a long history of success, is still making new additions to the trophy case.
Competing virtually, the Wildcats claimed a state title this past weekend, earning top honors from the Washington State Cheer Coaches Association.
OHHS topped all entrants in the Traditional Non-Tumbling Medium class, with Auburn Riverside claiming second, and Bethel collecting third.
The Wildcats are led by coach Jazmin Jones, who has been in charge of the program since 2017.
Her championship squad includes:
Melany Alanis
Johanna Asencio-Morcillo
Francisca Bartlett
Amber Biller
Alyssa Carlon
Jocelyn Carlon
Cassidy Gore
Audrey Moyes
Leah Murphy
Asya Pressley
Mariah Roach
Tatyana Smith
Griffin Stein
Haley Thompson
Annaliza Toliniu
Former Coupeville student Ethan Tack will swim in the US Olympic Team Trials. (Photo courtesy Tom Tack)
And then there were two.
Ethan Tack has become the second former Coupeville student in recent times to qualify for the US Olympic Team Trials, following in the footsteps of marathoner Kyle King.
Tack, who swam for the North Whidbey Aquatic Club and attended Coupeville Elementary, eventually transitioned to the East Coast after a family move.
He now lives on Long Island, and is a rising senior at the Naval Academy.
Tack qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 200 individual medley and competes June 17 in Omaha, Nebraska for a spot on the team headed to Tokyo.
The Navy has a program-record 24 swimmers competing in the trials.
During their time on Whidbey, the Tack family were at the forefront of the local swim scene.
“Ethan started his journey to the trials while at Coupeville Elementary and swimming for NWAC while cutting a few of Mrs. Sherman’s classes for practice and meets,” said dad Tom Tack. “I believe he’s the first NWAC alum to ever make the trials, though I’m not positive.”
After moving East, Ethan Tack eventually graduated from Half Hollow Hills High School, where he lettered in swim all four years.
His team won the New York State Public High School Championship in 2016 and 2017, while Tack twice earned All-State honors.
Also a Scholastic All-American, he was the county championship meet MVP in 2018, competing on both the club and school level.
Since arriving at the Naval Academy, where is he pursuing a computer engineering major, Tack has earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors twice.
He will be the second member of his family to graduate from the academy, following in the footsteps of his father.
