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One night, 100 years of Wolf hoops!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 2, 2018| 1 Comment »

   As the #8 scorer in school history and the current coach of the Wolves, Brad Sherman combines the past, present and future of Coupeville High School basketball. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s been quite the century.

Mark your calendars for Jan. 19, set aside the night and join Coupeville High School in celebrating 100 years of Wolf boys basketball.

Coupeville hosts Chimacum that night (3:30 JV/5:15 varsity) and, by pure kismet, it’s the exact date the first hoops game was played in school history.

CHS beat Langley 29-7 on Jan. 19, 1917, kicking off a 7-3 run through its inaugural season.

To mark the moment, Coupeville is inviting all former players and coaches to show up for the Chimacum game.

A special program, looking back through the program’s history, will be handed out and Wolf hardwood greats will be honored.

After the game, all former Wolf hoops players and coaches will be invited down to the court, so that local photographer John Fisken can immortalize the moment with an epic group photo.

Whether you played a hot minute or scored 1,000 points, Jan. 19 is about tying the past, present and future of Wolf basketball together.

Don’t be square, be there.

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Play like it’s 1999!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Mike Bagby goes up for two, while CHS football coach Jon Atkins applies some defense. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Gavin O’Keefe drives the lane.

Scott Stuurmans (with ball) and Jason Bagby tangle like it’s the old days.

“We’re gettin’ old, man…”

Joel Walstad prepares to get nasty.

Gavin Keohane flies the friendly skies.

Erik King, defensive dynamo for hire.

Ron Bagby (left) and Noah Roehl discuss the meaning of life.

You can go home again.

The annual Tom Roehl Roundball Classic, an alumni hoops tourney dedicated to the memory of a former longtime Wolf coach, played out Saturday in the CHS gym.

Those on hand were there to remember their coach, raise money for scholarships to be given out in his name, and see who still had game (and who had spent too much time on the couch).

After a year down, Red Pride rebounded to win the title, beating the Coupeville Cows 59-48 in an all-Coupeville championship.

Last year’s tourney winners, Prestige World Wide, fell in the semifinals this time around.

Photographer John Fisken wandered by the gym and delivers the photos seen above.

To see everything he shot (all pics can be downloaded for free), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Events/2017-Tom-Roehl-Round-Ball-Classic/

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Clash of titans on its way!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on November 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Former Wolf hoops legend Jason Bagby lays down some defensive heat during a past Roehl Round-Ball Classic. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Who still has game?

The biggest, baddest and most anticipated alumni basketball tourney in all the land returns to the prairie Saturday, Dec. 23.

The Tom Roehl Round-Ball Classic goes down in the Coupeville High School and Middle School gyms that day, with action kicking off at 9 AM.

After falling to an Oak Harbor team in 2016, Coupeville’s Red Pride is expected to lead the challengers, seeking a return to form and a sixth title.

The all-day hoops tourney, which annually draws teams from Coupeville, Oak Harbor, South Whidbey, Anacortes and Mukilteo, honors a former longtime coach.

Roehl was an assistant football coach at CHS for 19 seasons, while also leading the Central Whidbey Youth Athletic Association’s basketball program for two decades. He passed away in 2003.

The tourney raises money for scholarships which are given out by his family to students in Coupeville and South Whidbey.

For more info and to register, pop over to:

http://www.tjroehl.org/2017-registration-page.html

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Once a cheerleader, always a cheerleader!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , , on June 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   New CHS assistant cheer coach (and Wolf alumni) Amanda (Streubel) Jones. (Photos courtesy Jones)

Rockin’ the red and white, old school style.

Cheering for a semi-pro team in Bellingham.

“I enjoyed feeling like I belonged to a group, and actually felt safe being myself.”

Cheer gave Amanda (Streubel) Jones a new lease on life in high school, and it’s something she wants to pass on to a new generation of Coupeville High School students.

After years as a successful swimmer (she went to state at the 4A level and swam at the Western Zones Championship against rivals from 11 states), she left the pool because of built-up verbal abuse.

Jumping to cheer as a Wolf sophomore, she found a new family and blossomed under long-time coach Sylvia Arnold.

As a senior she brought home the Wolf Award and the “Do It Again” Award (“That was my saying after we nailed a new stunt; had to be sure we could do it again”), then went on to put in a year as a cheerleader with a Bellingham semi-pro team.

Now, the 2011 grad is a wife and mother of a little girl, and one of Coupeville’s new cheer coaches.

Jones, hired as the school’s assistant coach, is joining fellow alumni Emily (Norris) Stevens as the duo prepare to return to the sidelines of their (slightly) younger days.

It’s a huge moment for both of them.

“I care about the program; I never want to see it go away,” Jones said. “It brings so many people together, and I love the inclusiveness of the program.

“My goal is to continue working with Emily, and making the program as strong as we can.”

Jones, who cheered at a time when the Wolves operated as both a sideline team and a competition squad, fondly remembers her time working as a base.

“Stunting was definitely my go-to. I love it.”

Her four years as a cheerleader continue to impact her life in positive ways.

“Most of the traits that the cheer program taught me, helped me maintain my job, and has helped me build relationships with people,” Jones said. “I tend to be more on the socially awkward side of life. So cheer has really helped me break that barrier.”

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Alumni return to coach CHS cheer!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , , on May 11, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Former Wolf cheerleader Emily (Norris) Stevens has been offered the head cheer coaching position at CHS. (Submitted photos)

   Stevens new assistant coach, Amanda (Streubel) Jones (far left), during her days as part of Coupeville’s competitive cheer squad.

Modern-day Jones.

Stevens flies high during her high school days.

Sylvia’s girls are coming home.

Coupeville High School Assistant Principal Melissa Rohr confirmed Thursday the school has offered coaching jobs to former Wolf cheerleaders Emily (Norris) Stevens and Amanda (Streubel) Jones.

Both hires still need to be approved by the School Board at its May 22 meeting.

Stevens, who will be head cheer coach, and Jones, who will work as her assistant, were highly-successful cheerleaders under long-time CHS coach Sylvia Arnold, who retired in 2013 after a 20-year run at the helm of the Wolf program.

The duo, who are now mothers of small children, both hold down jobs in the area.

A 2007 CHS grad, Stevens owns and operates Emily’s Sweets and Treats on Front Street with husband Bruce.

Jones, who got her diploma in 2011, is a nurse at Regency on Whidbey.

To learn a little more about each, how convenient that I have “Where Are They Now?” stories on both just sitting around.

Stevens — https://coupevillesports.com/2014/01/30/never-give-up-on-something-you-really-want/

Jones — https://coupevillesports.com/2013/03/08/i-love-feeling-like-i-belong/

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