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Student Journalist: Clearly superior!!

Posted in Band, Student Journalism, tagged Band, CHS Wolves, Luci Coleburn, Student Journalism on March 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Luci Coleburn performs with the band during a high school basketball game. (John Fisken photo)

Luci Coleburn is an eighth grader at Coupeville Middle School who just finished a successful season of playing girls’ basketball for the Wolves.

She’s also a dedicated member of the school’s band and would like to toot her horn to honor their recent accomplishments.

I am writing to let everyone know the high school band got superior, AKA the best rating in a festival you can get.

However, as you might realize, I am not a part of the high school band (yet).

However, I’m here to congratulate everyone on our win!

From getting a minor concussion (looking at you, Brian Roberts) to just being generally crazy (basically the entire band), we still managed to play our hearts out like we always do.

Our performances had its ups and downs, and not just in dynamics. We still did a great job and I’m proud of us.

We weren’t as fancy as the school with kilts, and we were definitely the youngest band by the looks of it (not to mention having me, the lone eighth grader).

Sure, putting this message on a sports blog is kinda extreme, but we are also the pep band, and we did almost die of hypothermia during football season.

Plus, you can get just as winded playing a couple tied whole notes as you can getting tackled to the ground in football.

So, a special thanks to all the band members and Mr. Jenkins, for letting me be the awkward 18th wheel while we played.

Love you guys and I can’t wait until I’m actually in the band!

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Student Journalist: Band life rocks!!

Posted in Band, Student Journalism, tagged Band, CHS Wolves, first person stories, football, Oliana Stange, On Wisconsin on March 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Oliana Stange plays with the CMS band last year. (John Fisken photo)

Oliana Stange, daughter of CHS tennis coach Ken Stange and college professor Ericka Cooley, is currently an 8th grader in Langley.

In this first-person account she looks back fondly on her time as a member of the Coupeville Middle School band.

When I was in seventh grade, I played with the band at football and basketball games.

I wasn’t required to, only the high schoolers were.

I loved playing the saxophone, so I decided I would go to get some extra time in.

But as it turned out, pep band was so much more than just playing your instrument.

Last year, Coupeville’s football team did so well.

I remember how excited I would get when they would score a touchdown. That meant we could play “On Wisconsin.”

Once, we played the school song eight times in one game!

That was such an exciting day.

Once it had rained before the game started. The bleachers were freezing cold and soaked in rain.

Jacob Zettle brought rain pants, a rain jacket, and gloves. It made me laugh so much.

Even though I was cold that game, it was still a lot of fun.

Basketball season was just as much fun.

Watching the girls’ basketball team shred their opponents paired well with the songs we played, because we were even more hopped up on adrenaline.

I remember Mr. Jenkins would shout out the song we were going to play. He would shout “Get ready!”

I always said “Get ready for what?”

I didn’t mean to make a joke, I just didn’t recognize the song title.

Sorry Mr. Jenkins. That probably made you mad.

Because playing with the band was so much more to me than playing in between the actual game and the cheerleaders.

It was eating my body weight in popcorn, using a hair dryer to dry my music after it got soaked in rain, and screaming when your team scored.

It was fun times spent with your friends and giving people candy.

And most of all, it was learning not to eat too much concession stand food.

Too much will give you a stomachache. Trust me, I know from experience.

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Wolf netter a true ace!!

Posted in Band, Boys Tennis, Happy birthday, tagged Band, cake day, CHS Wolves, Happy birthday, Joseph Wedekind, Science Olympiad, tennis on January 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Joseph Wedekind lets loose with a serve during practice. (John Fisken photos)

(Super talented) young man with a horn.

Joseph Wedekind is a man of many talents.

The Coupeville High School junior, who celebrates a birthday today, does a little bit of everything, and everything he does, he does well.

On the tennis court he is a favorite of his coach and fans for his strong work ethic — he plays virtually year-round with double mate John McClarin — and is coming off his best season as a Wolf netter.

He shared team MVP honors with senior Sebastian Davis and, along with McClarin, will be a returning captain next year.

Off the court, if you were to look up Wedekind in a dictionary, you’d find him right there under the term “whip smart.”

A Science Olympiad warrior who also plays in the school’s jazz and pep band, Joseph has talent shooting out in all directions.

Not that he would be the one to tell you that, however, as he’s also a low-key kind of guy not prone to shouting at the world about how awesome he is.

But it’s obvious to those on the outside looking in that he’s going places.

This is the kind of talented, friendly guy who is likely to end up doing big things, both during his remaining high school days and after he departs CHS.

So, we all need to get in good with him now, so he remembers us when he’s all successful.

With that being said, happy birthday, Mr. Wedekind. Enjoy your cake day and keep sailin’ on.

You have always seemed like a genuine class act, on and off the court, and, I guarantee you this, your fan base is an ever-growing one.

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Welcome to the big show!!

Posted in Band, Fashionable Fans, tagged babies, Band, CHS Wolves, fashionable fans, John Fisken photos, moms on January 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »

“Nervous? Do I look nervous? Please. I’m here to blow this joint down, baby!!” (John Fisken photos)

Moments later, these four small children took the floor and beat Port Townsend. Ooh, you’ve been zinged, RedHawks.

Kalia Littlejohn tries to bribe her CHS soccer coach, Troy Cowan, with candy, but he has a laser focus and will not be deterred from the on-court action.

Wolf moms (l to r) Eileen Stone, Kristi Etzell and Kristin Hurlburt threaten to get rowdy in the stands. It wouldn’t be the first time.

CHS band teacher Jamar Jenkins: “You’re not ready for this beat, but I’m going to lay it down anyway.”

Dalton Martin, always the center of attention, even when he’s just here to drink some milk.

Wolf softball sensation Katrina McGranahan swings by the gym to root for her classmates, and, possibly, sign autographs.

“I swear, these are the hardest bleachers known to man. I can’t feel either of my legs right now … and I may be stuck.”

Basketball is not the only game in town.

The games bring out a bevy of other side shows, from band to cheer to coaches from other sports stopping by to show their support (and possibly recruit players) to fans busy in the stands.

Wandering around, in between the action Friday night, travelin’ photo man John Fisken was nice enough to snap us some pics of the whole wide show, and the pics above are courtesy him.

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Pics be poppin’, pics be droppin’!!

Posted in Basketball, Fashionable Fans, tagged Ashlie Shank, Band, CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, Mia Littlejohn, Pittsburgh Steelers, your mom on December 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Ashlie Shank welcomes you to the photo show. (John Fisken photos)

Kyla Briscoe (left), Tiffany Briscoe (middle) and Sarah Wright, old pros at pulling off synchronized camera muggin’.

Not being a band alumni, it took me a moment to get the point of the three guys hoodies. When I did (I’m sure you’ll get it quicker), I nodded and smiled.

Nick Etzell, traveling massage therapist, at your service.

Kalia Littlejohn (left) just wants a hug from big sis Mia.

Be careful what you wish for…

“Dear lord, please let this one go in. If you do, I’ll switch over to being a Steelers fan, the way you intended us to be.”

“Smart girl!!”

Kailey Kellner (left) and Ally Roberts have your mom on speed dial.

It’s all about the fans.

Well, sure, it’s also all about the basketball players (and we’ll have a smorgasbord of CHS boys’ hoops pics Sunday), but, at the moment, the spotlight — and the camera lens — is on the folks in the stands.

And, since a good chunk of them Friday night were super comfortable in front of the camera, all the better for travelin’ photo man John Fisken.

The photos above are courtesy him, the hardest-working Diet Coke fiend in all the land.

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