You never know what you’re going to find when you start cleaning out the Athletic Director’s office. (Photo courtesy Willie Smith’s spring cleaning)
Sure, it’s Saturday, but you don’t always have to wait until Thursday for throwback photos.
This one comes to us from the “olden days” of 1992-1993, and gives us a glimpse into the early days of some of the best athletes to spring from Coupeville High School.
If you had to play a game of “pick the superstar before they were a superstar” it would probably come down between Jen Canfield and Marnie Bartelson.
Canfield, who is in the back row, far right, next to coach Ron Bagby, went on to be a two-time All-League hoops player in the Cascade Conference, easily one of the best to wear a Wolf uniform.
Her high school coach back in the day, Willie Smith, is now the CHS Athletic Director and the man who unearthed this pic for me.
Looking back, this is how he remembers Canfield:
“She was a complete joy to coach and completely personified what it means to be an athlete: competitive, hard working, coachable, leader, great all-around personality on and off the court.”
Bartelson was a solid hoops player herself, but soccer is where she made her name.
Playing with Oak Harbor (Coupeville didn’t have a team in the mid-’90s), she and fellow Wolf Amanda Allmer led the Wildcats to a league title and 4th place finish in 3A at state.
After winning league MVP honors in high school, Bartelson rewrote the record books at Utah State as a college player
But, while those two made the biggest post-middle school splash, at least athletically, all 12 girls featured here went on to shine, both in sports and off the court.
One, in fact, Emrie McCauslin (bottom row, far right) is the mom of a current Wolf hoops star — Maddy Hilkey.
The lineup (using maiden names):
Back row (l to r) — Jennifer Meyer, Bonnie Engle, Emily Wodjenski, Melanie Frost, Kristina Clark, Jen Canfield, Ron Bagby
Front row (l to r) — Sarah Miller, Marnie Bartelson, Rachel McIntyre, Nicole Monteleone, Jenny Christensen, Emrie McCauslin
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