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Mad Dog exits hardwood in style

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on June 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Maddie Georges rocks her All-State basketball uniform. (Suzan Georges photos)

One more chance to earn some floor burn.

A week after graduating from Coupeville High School, hoops hotshot Maddie Georges capped her prep sports career by playing in the Washington All-State Girls’ Basketball Games.

The event, held Saturday at the HUB Sports Center in Yakima, featured some of the best players in the Northwest across three games.

Georges suited up for the West squad in the 2B/1B game, while other contests pitted 1A/2A players and 3A/4A hoopsters.

Ready to rumble.

Repeatedly drilling three-balls from deep, while employing a full-court press defense into the waning moments of the game, the East came out on top 99-64 in the 2B/1B tilt.

Colfax sophomore Brynn McGaughy, the 2B state player of the year during the 2022-2023 season, was tabbed as the game’s MVP.

A six-foot-two post who has already been offered a full ride by NCAA D-I power Stanford, she was one of seven East players who are 5-10 or taller.

The West, which featured players from top teams like Neah Bay and Lummi Nation, only had two girls who topped 5-8.

Among the best of the best. 

Georges, the only West player who consistently drained her free throws in the all-star game, was one of two players hailing from the Northwest 2B/1B League.

The Wolf gunner was joined by Orcas Island sophomore Ava Ashcraft.

With her high school days behind her, Georges is off to Western Washington University in the fall.

During her time at CHS, the younger sister of Alex and Taylor Evans was a two-sport star, excelling for Wolf volleyball and basketball teams.

Georges was an All-Conference selection in both sports and joined fellow Wolf senior Alita Blouin in playing in the 1B/2B/1A All-State volleyball games.

As a basketball star, she ran the point for the Wolves, finishing as the #24 career scorer in Coupeville’s 49-year program history, despite being a pass-first player who lost a chunk of games to the pandemic.

Always looking for the smart pass, always looking to set up teammates for success.

In the days leading up to graduation, Georges received the Cliff Gillies Award, named in tribute to a longtime Executive Director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

That honor recognizes student/athletes who excel in scholarship, citizenship, and participation in activities.

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Wolf duo dazzle on diamond

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , on June 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Jonathan Valenzuela (left) and Scott Hilborn played in All-Star games Thursday in Anacortes. (Photos courtesy Jon Roberts)

One more time on the diamond, but with a twist.

Coupeville High School seniors Jonathan Valenzuela and Scott Hilborn were on opposing teams Thursday night in Anacortes.

The duo played in the Northwest Regional Feeder All-Star Games, one of a series of events held to decide players picked to participate in the All-State series June 23-25 in Yakima.

Drawing from a pool of 300 players from across all classifications (4A-1B), invites will go out to 72 diamond men when rosters are set June 5.

Thursday night, Hilborn and Valenzuela suited up with players from 18 other schools, including a pair from next-door neighbor Oak Harbor.

Each team gets a Wolf of its own.

Other schools saw their players grouped together on the same team, but Coupeville’s stars landed on opposite sides, with Hilborn repping the American team and Valenzuela playing for the National squad.

Both won, with the American team pulling out a 5-3 victory in the opener, before the National lineup rebounded for a 4-1 triumph in the nightcap.

Hilborn pitched in the opener, tossing two innings on the mound, while also finding time to wear a pitch while being plunked.

Game two saw Valenzuela playing second base and eking out a walk at the plate, while his CHS classmate manned shortstop for the opposing squad.

Hilborn helped turn a pair of double plays, while also getting to gun down Valenzuela on a chopper to short.

The All-Star games come on the heels of standout seasons from the duo, who led Coupeville to a Northwest 2B/1B League title, a 17-6 record, and the program’s first win at the state tourney since 1987.

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Mad Dog returns to hardwood

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on May 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Maddie Georges contemplates the many ways she can destroy you. (Andrew Williams photo)

There are more three-balls in her future.

Coupeville High School senior Maddie Georges has been tabbed to play in a Washington All-State girls basketball game June 17 in Spokane.

The event, sponsored by NBC Camps and BSN Sports, features three contests divided by classification.

Georges will be part of the 2B/1B game, which tips at 1:30 PM at the Hub Sports Center, with 2A/1A and 4A/3A games following at 3:30 and 5:30, respectively.

Cherish Moss of Neah Bay coaches the 2B/1B West team, while Colfax hoops guru Jordan Holmes guides the East squad.

“I said, give me the dang ball if you want to live!” (Bailey Thule photo)

During her time at CHS, Georges was a four-year varsity hoops player who rattled the rims for 407 points.

Despite losing a chunk of games to pandemic restrictions and being a pass-first point guard for much of her prep career, Mad Dog stands as the #24 scorer in the 49-year history of Wolf girls’ basketball.

Mad Dog and Alita the Assassin cap stellar volleyball careers. (Suzan Georges photo)

Georges was also a standout volleyball player and joined teammate Alita Blouin in playing in the 1B/2B/1A All-State game this past fall.

After graduation, Georges plans to attend Western Washington University, where she will major in Exercise Science.

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Coffman earns All-State gridiron honors

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on February 9, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville senior Dominic Coffman is ready to knock heads and take names. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“The Dominator” got his invite to the big dance.

Coupeville High School senior Dominic Coffman has been tabbed for an appearance in the Earl Barden Classic, the All-State football game for players from 2A, 1A, 2B, and 1B schools.

The game is set for Saturday, June 24 in Yakima.

Coffman, the Offensive MVP of the Northwest 2B/1B League this fall, was selected for the West team, which will be coached by Luke Abbott of Raymond/South Bend.

The only other player selected from this region was Adriaan Castro of 2A Anacortes.

Coffman, who was also a First-Team All-League pick on defense for his work at linebacker, scored a team-high 14 touchdowns during his senior season.

Picking up most of his yards as a rusher after first slamming into, and knocking over would-be tacklers, he helped the Wolves tie the program record for most TD’s on the ground (26), first set back in 2014.

“Mama said, knock you out.” (Brenn Sugatan photo)

Coupeville went 7-2, won its first league title since 1990, and advanced to the state playoffs for the first time in 32 years under first-year head coach Bennett Richter.

Coffman joins an exclusive club of Wolf players to get an invite to the All-State gridiron clash in the last two decades, joining Mike Bagby (2006), Josh Bayne (2015), and Ryan Labrador (2019).

Coffman and Kai Wong embrace after Coupeville’s first state playoff game since 1990. (Becky Terry photo)

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We’re trippin’ in the time machine

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on January 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Jim Clark rules the diamond. (Photos courtesy Renae Mulholland)

I don’t know it all.

Sometimes it probably reads like I think I do, but man, I maybe know like 7% of Coupeville’s sports history.

And yes, that’s seven, and not 70.

Every day I discover something new, it seems, and my best source of info is you, the people who have lived in this town.

The Whidbey News-Times moved their back issues off the Island a while ago, and stashed them, Raiders of the Lost Ark-style in a warehouse, never to be seen by the light of day again.

But you, my saviors, going through your attics, and basements, and barns, are sitting on a lot of history, and I appreciate it when you pass it on.

Who knows? Someday someone may find my holy grail – Tom Sahli’s basketball scoring stats for the 1951-1952 season.

Could happen…

Anyway, today’s glance at the past gives a glimpse of Jim Clark, who went from being a beautiful brawler to life as a standout diamond dandy.

And check out his opponent in the boxing ring in the third clipping – one Joe Finkbonner.

I know, kid was like nine years old, but I like to imagine a ring announcer going all Michael Buffer on his intro.

“In the left corner, wearing the blue trunks, weighing in at a titanic 68 pounds, the terror of the mainland, Joe “The Fink” … FINKBONNER!!!!”

Boo! Boo! Boo!!!!

And then Jim “The Jab” Clark defends Whidbey’s honor in a thunderous hail of, well, jabs.

Of course, right below the boxing recap is a brief note about Mr. Hilderdink’s small calf being mistaken for a deer and shot to heck by hunters who left their bifocals at home.

Probably high school basketball refs in real life…

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