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Pics from the past rain down

Posted in 2013: Looking Back, tagged , , , , on April 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Raymond Beiriger (23) exits after scoring his first varsity touchdown. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Bring on the photos.

Coupeville Sports started slowly, picture-wise, with some of the earliest stories between August 15-December 31, 2012 running without any accompanying art.

But once we got over the initial hump, plunging into the first full year of the blog, pics rained down from the heavens.

Photo whiz kids Shelli Trumbull and John Fisken kept their cameras humming throughout 2013, and we begin to hit our groove.

Looking back at that time, these are the photos I think best define the year that was.

Ally Roberts is a medal-winning machine. (Jennifer Roberts photo)

Brendan Coleman, master of the vuvuzela. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Wolf coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh and son Chayse enjoy a light meal before their workout. (Jessica Van Velkinburgh photo)

Two medals is twice as nice for Madison Tisa McPhee. (Photo courtesy Mad Dawg Productions)

Bowling’s best promoters are (l to r) Taya Boonstra, Carrie Walker, and Carly Kessler. (Ebey Bowl photo)

“Are you not entertained?!?!” (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Jae LeVine comes unzipped. (Joline LeVine photo)

Lisa Edlin hangs out with daughter Madeline Roberts on a foggy football Friday. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Waiting to take the court are (l to r) Haley Marx, Katie Kiel, Lauren Escalle, Jai’Lysa Hoskins, and Bessie Walstad. (Photo by Jennifer Swenson)

Nick Etzell swoops to the hoop. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Robyn (left) and Julia Myers play in the mud. (Photo courtesy Robyn Myers)

Arianna Johnson keeps the bench entertained. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Xavier Clark unleashes “The Stunner.” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Charles Arndt (and his bicycle) may have left some tracks in the mud. (Photo courtesy Georgie Smith)

Valen Trujillo (right) hugs Tiffany Briscoe while Miranda Engle basks in the glow. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Erin Rosenkranz, ever on the attack. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

After surgery to repair a severed tendon in his thumb, Wolf baseball player Brian Norris has a conversation starter. (Lorene Norris photo)

Kacie Kiel (left) and Samantha Martin charge into action. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“You keep on doing that, young man, and your face is gonna stay that way!” (Shelli Trumbull photo)

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Kickin’ Canada’s fanny — one photo at a time!!

Posted in 2013: Looking Back, Poking the Canucks, Year in photos, tagged , , , , , on December 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Click on the photo collages to open them up and bask in their glory. Then print them off as posters.

Click on the photo collages to open them up and bask in their glory. Then print them off as posters.

best2best4best1best3best6Dear Giant Canadian Media Conglomerate that Swallowed Up all 3 Whidbey Island Newspapers,

My photographers are better than yours.

Of course, I have way more of them than you do, as my Million Mom Mob (and a few dads) fan out and click away like mad.

John Fisken, Shelli Trumbull, Robert Bishop, Kali Barrio, Janine Bundy, Lorene Norris, Wendy McCormick … I can keep this up all the ding dong day, and they will kick your entitled, Loony-financed fannies as I do.

So, everyone, bask in just a taste of what these incredibly dedicated, selfless photogs shot in 2013, and try to ignore the Canuck scalawags crying over there in the corner.

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It’s a woman’s world!!

Posted in Bodybuilding, Fitness modeling, Girls Basketball, Girls Soccer, In Memorium, Navy pride, Nobody knows nothing, Not sports? Tough!, Poking Langley, tagged , , , , , , , on December 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Some of the women who made news in 2013.

  Some of the women who made news in 2013. (Enlarge the photo to get the total poster-worthy collage experience.)

Women ruled in 2013.

Nine of the 15 most-viewed articles I produced this year were about female athletes (or non-athletes).

From South Whidbey’s exiled hoops star Hayley Newman at #3 (https://coupevillesports.com/2013/02/01/exclusive-south-whidbeys-best-player-walks-talks/) to Wolf grad turned competitive bodybuilder Cavan Simonson at #9 (https://coupevillesports.com/2013/11/03/cav-cav-kicks-some-well-toned-tushie/), it was a woman’s world.

Tragedy made an impact, in stories a person would prefer not to write.

The unexpected death of South Whidbey High School boys’ basketball coach Henry Pope (https://coupevillesports.com/2013/07/25/whidbey-loses-a-basketball-giant/) was the #1 most-read story of the year, while former CHS volleyball coach Kim Meche, and her battle with the cancer that eventually claimed her, nabbed slots #6 (https://coupevillesports.com/2013/04/11/night-coach/), #10, and #13.

You didn’t need to be an athlete, as proved by appearances from a mysterious Navy wife at #2 (https://coupevillesports.com/2013/07/28/exclusive-the-navy-wife-behind-i-support-the-olf-tells-all/) rock goddess Savanna Dohner at #11 (https://coupevillesports.com/2013/11/18/music-has-my-heart-and-it-always-will/ and all-around goddess Zoie Tingstad at #15 (https://coupevillesports.com/2013/10/18/say-a-prayer-for-zoie-please/).

And it wasn’t just the stories, as the feminine businesswomen ruled as well, with Kelsey Simmons Design having the most-viewed ad (by a large margin) among my 46 sponsors.

Helping her cause — a birthday article on Kelsey that topped out at #51 (https://coupevillesports.com/2013/11/18/awesome-just-turned-30/), a feature story on her business (https://coupevillesports.com/2013/06/22/kelsey-simmons-is-awesome-by-design/) that ended up at #33 (Larry Bird’s number, which always bodes well), and a story on her wonder dog, Sitka, (https://coupevillesports.com/2013/09/26/worlds-most-talented-dog-missing-find-her-and-get-a-free-dinner/) that trumped mama by ten slots.

Dogs. Fluffy, fluffy doggies. They’re popular.

While stories about women were the most-read, the best way to get comments (lots and lots of comments) was to write about the always-popular topic of Coupeville vs. South Whidbey, especially if you were prone to pokin’ the Falcons, as I was.

The five most-commented-on articles I wrote all concerned South Whidbey, with the ensuing brouhaha launched on the Hayley Newman article providing the only time I have had to ever shut down a talk-back. The Falcon faithful and their crayons…

I mellowed (a bit) as the year went on, however, and tried to send a (small) olive branch or two South Whidbey way, with a feature on personable, graceful Falcon soccer star Maia Sparkman (https://coupevillesports.com/2013/06/30/the-falcons-are-alright-maia-sparkman-sparkles/) getting big hits.

Small steps.

As we move into 2014, what have we learned?

McKayla Bailey, aka The Photo Bomb Queen, always gets big page hits for her photos. Always.

Belgium is my go-to country (thanks to Iris Ryckaert), second only to the USA in terms of readership. Suck on that, Canada and Britain.

No one knows anything. Several times I watched stories I expected to be big die a hard death, while stories I had no hopes for turned into blockbusters.

And last, but not least. Always, always write about women. Always.

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