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Big brains, grand GPA’s

Posted in academics, Graduation, tagged , , , , on June 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »

This one goes to 11.

The Coupeville High School Class of 2024 has an extra person in its top 10 grads, thanks to a tie at the top.

Cole White and Wyatt Sylvester, boasting perfect 4.0 career marks, are joint Valedictorians, while Andrew Williams (3.984) is the Salutatorian.

Rounding out the GPA elite are:

Devin Neveu (3.982)
Ryan Blouin (3.971)
Hank Milnes (3.966)
Reese Wilkinson (3.964)
Ava Mitten (3.898)
Hayden Harry (3.890)
Grey Peabody (3.855)
Nick Guay (3.749)

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Lions Club honors terrific twosome

Posted in academics, tagged , , , , on November 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Ava Mitten and Zane Oldenstadt bask in the spotlight. (Coupeville Schools photo)

They’re the best at what they do — which is quite a lot.

All that hard work paid off, as Coupeville High School seniors Ava Mitten and Zane Oldenstadt were recently tabbed as Students of the Quarter by the Lions Club.

Honorees are selected each quarter by CHS staff and teachers, and at the end of the year two of the eight are named as the Students of the Year.

To be eligible, you need to be a senior and display qualities the Lions Club and school want to promote.

These include attitude, leadership, scholarship, community service, sportsmanship, inspiration, contribution to school, and congeniality.

Heading off to tear up the soccer pitch. (Thomas Studer photo)

Ava, whose grandfather Jack and uncle Jason are both in the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame, is a super talented artist who lit up the soccer field this fall.

Fleet-footed in the world of track and field, she’s a member of the Captain’s Club, has served on the Executive Board, is a member of the National Honor Society, and also participates in the Big Sister and United Student Leader programs.

Having racked up a 3.92 GPA, Ava favors environmental science, English, and art, and makes Grandma Carmen McFadyen super-proud.

In between all of her school activities, she also works part time at Windermere Realty, which is owned by parental units Eric and Aleshia Mitten.

But there’s more!

Ava, like older brother Jake before her, is also a busy bee when it comes to community service, volunteering at the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival, Career Day, Halloween events at Fort Casey and Big Brothers/Big Sisters.

Coupeville’s newest Instagram star. (William Davidson photo)

Zane Oldenstadt is a three-sport athlete who bounces from football to basketball to either baseball or track and field, while also finding time to be a man about town.

Recently he posted pics of himself wearing a carved pumpkin on his head and hitting up numerous prairie hot spots, setting Instagram afire.

On the gridiron and hardcourt, Zane is a rock-solid enforcer as a lineman and paint protector, while also showcasing a solid shooting touch with the ball while playing hoops.

The son of Curtis Oldenstadt and Michelle Glass, Zane has a 3.6 GPA and shows a particular keenness for his science and history classes.

A member of the Captain’s Club, he’s put in time helping out at the Lions Club garage sale, the mussel festival, the arts and crafts shindig, and Fort Casey’s haunted house.

Last but not least, Zane has worked at both the Bayleaf and in landscaping.

And did I mention he wore a carved pumpkin on his head for an extended period of time? Cause that feels super important to me.

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Booters battle in the rain

Posted in soccer, tagged , , , , , on September 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Matthew Ward fights for a ball in an earlier game. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The final score was deceptive.

While the record books will state that Mount Vernon Christian’s JV boys’ soccer squad beat Coupeville 3-0 Monday at Mickey Clark Field, it was a one-goal affair for 79 of the game’s 80 minutes.

With both teams drenched by sheets of rain in the late going, the Hurricanes slipped two goals into the net in the final 60+ seconds to set a margin which doesn’t properly reflect the closeness of the tilt.

Coupeville’s JV, which is a mix of male and female players, sits at 0-2 on the season.

The Wolves matched MVC blow for blow through the game’s first 30 minutes, which was played with a little wind and some occasional raindrops.

CHS goalkeeper Josh Lujan was on point in net, rejecting several Hurricane shots, while his teammates narrowly missed on their own scoring opportunities.

Angel Partida and Ava Mitten each had runs at the net, with the former pushing his shot just wide left, while the latter narrowly missed on a ball which drifted right.

Mount Vernon finally broke the scoreless stalemate in the game’s 31st minute, bashing in a long ball which caught a gust of wind and sailed high into the corner of the net.

That gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 advantage, and the game would remain that way for another 48 moments.

Lujan fended off several MVC opportunities, running far out from the net and sliding to snatch the ball up right before a Hurricane player hurdled him at one point.

The Wolf sophomore also punched a ball away, using both fists to deflect the incoming ball.

Coupeville’s defense, anchored by Hurlee Bronec, Mason Butler, and Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, gave Lujan some big help, though their team’s offensive chances largely dried up as the day got wetter.

By the end, the sprinkles had turned into sheets of rain coming down hard enough to make noise heard up in the press box.

In between the far-off thuds, a nicely dry CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith was happily reminiscing about the three times he was ejected from games during his coaching days.

The game’s final two goals, which came late in stoppage time, were almost afterthoughts, punctuation on a game which would be best remembered as a tightly fought 1-0 affair.

Coupeville’s varsity soccer team returns to action this Friday, Sept. 29, when it hosts Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood in a 6:00 PM game.

The Wolf JV gets a rematch with MVC in mid-October, one of four rumbles left on its tentative schedule.

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Pitch pics to ponder ‘n praise

Posted in soccer, tagged , , , , on September 19, 2023| Leave a Comment »

What’s it like to have all the talent? Wolf senior Ava Mitten, granddaughter of Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Famer Jack McFadyen, is a terror on the soccer pitch, and an accomplished artist off of it. (Thomas Studer photos)

New school year, new photographic stars.

With fall sports beginning to get really hopping, Coupeville High School yearbook advisor Jackie Saia has her crew of camera-clicking paparazzi out working the sidelines.

Making his debut today (for Coupeville Sports at least) is Thomas Studer, who delivers the soccer pics seen above and below.

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Hurricanes wash away Wolf booters

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on October 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Ava Mitten and Co. continue to scrap hard every game on the pitch. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Hurricanes make it rain.

Goals, that is.

The Mount Vernon Christian girls soccer team is a legitimate state title contender, and the Hurricanes prove it on both sides of the field.

After thunking visiting Coupeville 10-0 Thursday afternoon, MVC has tallied 51 goals, while recording six shutouts in 12 games.

If their 8-4 record seems a bit low-key to you, first consider that the ‘Canes, who rep a 1B school, have only lost to schools at least two classifications higher.

That would be 3A Mount Vernon, 2A Sehome, 2A Burlington-Edison, and undefeated 1A Bear Creek.

Thursday’s win lifts MVC to 5-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, while Coupeville falls to 1-4 in league, 2-8 overall.

The Wolves, who will miss the playoffs this season, have at least two, and possibly three games left on the schedule.

CHS travels to Granite Falls (4-4) Oct. 18, then hosts NWL rival La Conner (0-10) on Senior Night Oct. 25.

Wolf 12th graders Nezi Keiper, Anna Myles, Carolyn Lhamon, Wynter Arndt, and Gwen Crowder will be honored before the clash with the Braves.

Nezi Keiper clears the ball. (Morgan White photo)

There is a chance of another road game after Senior Night, if the schedule breaks right.

Coupeville was supposed to travel to Sultan earlier this season, but the rumble was bumped because the Turks had a backlog of league games to play after smoke from forest fires postponed several matches.

While nothing has been concretely decided, both schools expressed interest in trying to reschedule the game at the end of the season.

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