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Booters net big-time awards!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , , on May 24, 2018| Leave a Comment »

After scoring 24 goals, CHS sophomore Derek Leyva was named the Olympic League boys soccer MVP. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Their final season in the Olympic League was a major success.

After three years of garnering third-place finishes, the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad surged to second-place in 2018, then made its longest playoff run in a decade.

CHS bounced five-time state champ Bellevue Christian from the postseason, then pushed Vashon Island and Klahowya hard in playoff losses.

With a solid core of young players (its top two scorers are only sophomores), the Wolves are primed for future success as they head to the new North Sound Conference next year.

And one of those sophomores, Derek Leyva, is still making headlines after being selected Olympic League MVP.

It’s the first time a non-Klahowya player was honored as the top boys soccer player in the four years of the conference.

Making his debut in 2018 with CHS, Leyva scorched the nets for 24 goals, a single-season record for the Wolf boys program.

He shattered the previous mark of 20, set by cousin Abraham Leyva in 2016.

Also pulling down big honors from league coaches were senior William Nelson and sophomore Aram Leyva, who were tabbed as First-Team All-Conference players.

It was Nelson’s fourth time to receive the honor.

Those awards, and team honors, letters and certificates, were handed out Thursday night as the booters kicked off Coupeville’s spring sports banquet circuit.

Derek Leyva was also named the team’s Player of the Year, while Uriah Kastner (Most Improved), Nelson (Most Inspirational) and Sam Wynn (Rookie of the Year) received varsity awards.

JV players Dawson Houston (Most Inspirational) and Ben Smith (Most Improved) were honored, as well.

“This was a great season for us with plenty of records and firsts in quite a few years,” said Coupeville coach Kyle Nelson.

Varsity letter-winners:

Chris Cernick
Dewitt Cole
Hunter Downes
Sage Downes
Pedro Gamarra
Uriah Kastner
Teo Keilwitz
Aram Leyva
Derek Leyva
William Nelson (4-year letter winner)
Axel Partida
Josh Robinson
Ethan Spark (4-year letter winner)
James Wood
Sam Wynn

JV certificates:

Zach Ginnings
Dawson Houston
Alex Jimenez
Jonathan Partida
Ben Smith
Simon Socha

Manager:

Peytin Vondrak

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Sweet success for Stone!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on February 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Whitman College sophomore Makana Stone earned First-Team All-Northwest Conference honors when league coaches voted. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

She’s a bright, shining star.

Coupeville grad Makana Stone, a two-time Olympic League basketball MVP during her high school days, continues to soar on the college hardwood.

Tuesday she was named a First-Team All-Northwest Conference player when league coaches tallied up their votes.

Stone, a sophomore at Whitman College, joins senior Casey Poe, who was honored as the league’s Player of the Year.

It’s the third time in five seasons that the Whitman women have claimed the top honor, after Heather Johns won for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 campaigns.

Poe, who is first in the league in free-throw percentage, second in scoring, third in blocks, fourth in assists and sixth in steals, was also an All-Conference pick as a junior.

Stone, who became a full-time starter midway through her freshman season, has been a beast in her second year in Walla Walla.

The former Wolf leads the Blues in rebounding and is second in scoring.

She is fourth in the NWC in field goal percentage, fifth in rebounding and 10th in scoring.

Stone was tabbed as the NWC student/athlete of the week twice this season, and copped MVP honors at the Whitworth Holiday Classic.

She was also named to the All-Tournament team at the Ramada at the Spokane Airport Whit Classic.

Joining Stone as First-Team picks are Kylie Towry (Willamette), Miyah Lewis (Lewis & Clark), Jamie Lange (Puget Sound) and Kaitlin Jamieson (George Fox).

Camy Aguinaldo of Whitworth was tabbed as the Freshman of the Year and Peg Swadener of Willamette was honored as Coach of the Year.

Whitman, which sits at 22-3, opens the NWC postseason tourney Thursday when it hosts Willamette. Win there and the Blues advance to the title game Feb. 24 against either George Fox or Lewis & Clark.

After that likely comes the NCAA D-III women’s national tourney, where Whitman made a run to the Elite Eight during Stone’s freshman season.

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Big Hurt gets big props!!

Posted in Football, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on November 15, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville grad Nick Streubel was named a First-Team All-Conference pick for his play anchoring the offensive line for Central Washington University. (Photo courtesy Nanette Streubel)

High school, college, it matters not — The Big Hurt and awards just go together.

Having recovered from a devastating injury last season, Central Washington University red-shirt sophomore offensive lineman Nick Streubel was rewarded Wednesday when he was tabbed as a First-Team All-League selection.

The Coupeville High School grad, an All-League and All-State player in his prep days, was one of 10 Wildcats honored by Great Northwest Athletic Conference coaches.

Central Washington rolled to an 11-0 mark, captured its first league title in five seasons, and is a #1 seed heading into the NCAA D-II playoffs.

The Wildcats nabbed four special awards, in addition to their All-Conference picks.

Senior linebacker Kevin Haynes was the Defensive Player of the Year, senior Bo Banner was the Defensive Lineman of the Year and junior transfer quarterback Reilly Hennessey was the Newcomer of the Year.

Topping things off, CWU head coach Ian Shoemaker was hailed as the Coach of the Year.

In a league dominated by juniors and seniors, Streubel was one of only four sophomores to be named as a First-Team player.

To see the complete All-Conference list, pop over to:

http://www.gnacsports.com/football/news/2017-18/9917/gardner-wildcats-lead-2017-football-all-conference-team/

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Wolves make awards season pitch!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on May 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   CHS junior hurler Hunter Smith was tabbed an All-Conference selection by Olympic League coaches for the second straight year. (John Fisken photos)

   After being honored as a third-baseman in 2016, sophomore Matt Hilborn was a First-Team pick as a second-baseman this season.

Hot on the heels of a second-place finish in the 1A Olympic League, Coupeville High School’s baseball squad landed four players on the All-Conference team.

Junior Hunter Smith (P) and sophomore Matt Hilborn (2B) were honored for the second straight year, while seniors Clay Reilly (OF) and Taylor Consford (C) were tabbed for the first time.

Those awards headlined Coupeville’s season-ending banquet Monday night.

Reilly was the night’s big winner, taking home MVP and Offensive Player of the Year, while also receiving his captain’s certificate and recognition for playing all four years.

Consford and Ethan Marx shared captain honors, while first-baseman Kory Score was tabbed Defensive Player of the Year.

Joey Lippo (The Dirt Bag Award) and Aiden Crimmins (The Aiden Award) rounded out the night’s winners.

Reilly, Score, Consford, Marx, Crimmins and Jonathan Thurston were honored as seniors.

Varsity letter winners:

Taylor Consford
Aiden Crimmins
Nick Etzell
Matt Hilborn
Jake Hoagland
Joey Lippo
Dane Lucero
Ethan Marx
Clay Reilly
Kory Score
Hunter Smith
Jonathan Thurston
Julian Welling

Varsity participation certificates:

Elliott Johnson
Jake Pease

JV participation certificates:

Johnny Carlson
Cameron Dahl
Elliott Johnson
Gavin Knoblich
Shane Losey
Jake Pease
Kyle Rockwell
Gavin Straub
James Vidoni
Seth Weatherford
Ulrik Wells
Jacob Zettle

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Etzell nabs college baseball honors!!

Posted in Baseball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on May 15, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Ben Etzell gets nasty. (Libby Auger photo)

Big Ben is still dealing heat.

He may have moved on from Coupeville High School several years back, but Ben Etzell continues to excel on the baseball diamond.

Now a junior at Saint John’s University, he was named a First-Team All-League pick Monday when Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference coaches announced their postseason honorees.

Etzell was joined on the first team by sophomore pitcher Jake Dickmeyer and freshman outfielder Wyatt Ulrich, who was also named the league’s MVP and Freshman of the Year.

Ulrich is the first frosh to win MVP since 1999, and the third Johnnie overall to bring home the top award.

Etzell, who’s playing for dad Mike’s alma mater, switched in 2017 from being primarily a starting pitcher to being St. John’s answer to Mariano Rivera.

He appeared in a team-high 18 games, going 3-1 with five saves and a 2.23 ERA.

His 28 strikeouts were third-best among St. John’s hurlers, but he produced K’s at a much-higher rate than any of his teammates.

Along with leading the squad in saves and appearances, Etzell had the team’s top ERA and lowest opponent batting average of any pitcher to throw 10 or more innings.

For his three-year collegiate career, he is 8-2 with seven saves and 76 strikeouts in 37 appearances.

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