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Mask up, cheer on

Posted in Fashionable Fans, tagged , , , , on April 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Wolf Mom Alia Houston rocks a memorable face mask. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The pandemic didn’t keep them away.

The first Coupeville High School football game in 17 months brought out a fair chunk of the town this past Saturday, and the Wolf faithful was rewarded with an overtime win.

Wanderin’ photo whiz kid John Fisken snapped a ton of pics, and I’m still working my way through them all.

So here’s more glossies, mostly centering around fashionable fans clad in the snappiest of face masks.



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Be ready to play!

Posted in paperwork, tagged , , , , on January 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Barbi Ford (right), here hanging out with Sylvia Arnold, is one of your go-to people for athletic paperwork. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

You only need to get poked and prodded every other year.

District 1, which includes Coupeville, has opted to move to requiring high school and middle school athletes get a new physical every two years.

Previously, a new one was needed every year.

“If you got a physical last year and participated in athletics, either at the middle or high school, it will be good again this year,” said CHS/CMS Athletic Director Willie Smith.

With the change, Wolf athletes and parents need to stay on top of their paperwork.

“That is also why it’s VERY IMPORTANT that you sign up on the form I sent (athletes), as well as get your paperwork in,” Smith said. “We can then reference and crosscheck the status of your physical and let you know whether or not you need a new one.

“We did this for a few reasons. The first is we didn’t know how difficult it would be for students to get into the doctors office/clinic to get a physical this year with all that’s going on.

“The shortness of time between the announcement of the start of our season is very tight, and lastly, the WIAA allows for a two-year physical and this aligns us with both South Whidbey and Oak Harbor.”

With everything topsy-turvy thanks to the pandemic, Smith stressed the importance of everyone responding, quickly, to emails sent out by school officials.

If a parent or guardian didn’t receive an athletic packet and signature forms last week, they can obtain one by emailing Barbi Ford (bford@coupeville.k12.wa.us) or Lisa Yoder (lyoder@coupeville.k12.wa.us).

Athletes also need to return the form sent out asking which sports they intend to play this school year, if COVID allows games to happen.

“As much as we need the paperwork from your parents/guardians, we also need this information (from athletes) for our planning purposes as well as the coaches planning purposes,” Smith said.

Last, but not least, stay on top of your grades, even at a time when most are doing school work online.

“We are holding our students to the same standard of attendance and academics as we would in a regular year,” Smith said.

“With the start of the second semester beginning next week, it is extremely important that if your planning on participating in athletics you get started off on the right foot and stay up to date and on top of your grades.

“We have systems in place to assist those students that may need help with grades, as we have always done, but it really is important that students start and maintain strong attendance and grades the remainder of the year.”

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Paperwork today, play tomorrow

Posted in paperwork, tagged , , , , on January 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Willie Smith is on the lookout for your paperwork. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Get your paperwork done!

That’s the message from Coupeville High School Athletic Director Willie Smith, as the school prepares for an anticipated return to athletic competition.

The Wolf head man released the following statement Friday afternoon:

 

CHS families,

We are very excited that we have a schedule for providing athletics to our high school students!

It has been a long nine months and we believe that this schedule gives a very real chance to play sports this year!

As with everything this year, the sports season is a bit different with spring sports (baseball, softball, girls tennis, and track and field) slated to be our first season starting on February 22.

That will be followed by our fall sports (football, volleyball, boys tennis, boys soccer, girls soccer, and boys/girls cross country), and ending with winter sports (boys and girls basketball).

You should have received two things from the school on Friday in regards to school: an electronic version of our athletic packet and required signature forms that must be filled out prior to any student playing any sport.

The signature form is accompanied by forms explaining what you’re signing, as well as eligibility requirements to participate in athletics and spectator conduct.

The other item, specifically for the students, is a Google Form sent to their school email for them to select which sport or sports they are interested in playing this year (separated by season).

This is crucial for us to receive back by Wednesday, Jan. 27 in order to start gathering information for our coaches and staff.

We are asking that you (parent/guardians) also return the signed athletic paperwork back to Barbi Ford (bford@coupeville.k12.wa.us) or Lisa Yoder (lyoder@coupeville.k12.wa.us) by next Wednesday as well, so we can begin creating a database for this year.

We would prefer an electronic return rather than a physical packet back, so please fill it out electronically with a parent/guardian signature and student signature where applicable.

We want to emphasize that ALL academic and attendance requirements for participating in athletics will continue to be enforced and need to be met before and during the sports season(s).

It is imperative that you (students) start the second semester strong and work towards having success in the classroom so that you can have the opportunity to participate fully in athletics.

If you have any questions or have not received this paperwork, please contact myself, Willie Smith (wsmith@coupeville.k12.wa.us), Barbi Ford, or Lisa Yoder.

Thank you, and I hope you are all as excited as we are for this opportunity to come to fruition.

Willie Smith

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Pics, all day and all night!!

Posted in Band, Basketball, Cheer, Fashionable Fans, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Barbi Ford enjoys quality grandma time during a recent basketball game. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

CHS girls hoops coach David King (left) offers Whidbey News-Times Sports Editor Jim Waller tips on his jump shot.

Wolf cheerleader Kaley Grigsby enjoys her evening.

Four shooting stars momentarily sitting still – l to r, it’s Koa Davison, Derek Leyva, Natalie Hollrigel and Sarah Wright.

Defensive dynamo Tia Wurzrainer replenishes her body’s nutrients after a night of terrorizing her foes on the hardwood.

Heidi Meyers, a hot second away from breaking free and dropping the greatest flute version of “Welcome to the Jungle” you’ve ever heard.

Sherry Roberts, forever keeping an extra eye in the back of her head to monitor lil’ brother Danny Bonacci, in case shenanigans break out.

Volleyball stars (l to r) Emma Smith, Maya Toomey-Stout and Ashley Menges, the first people to ever make Coupeville’s bleachers look semi-comfortable.

Sometimes John Fisken is almost too productive.

Almost. I said almost.

Whidbey’s top-ranked paparazzi gave me so many glossy pics the first time he hit a Coupeville High School basketball doubleheader last week, I wasn’t able to use all the side pics immediately.

So, here you go, a few days down the road, some more snappy pix capturing Wolf fans, the band, cheerleaders and cute babies.

Always with the cute babies, cause page views.

Probably should have started a blog called cutebabies.com and not Coupeville Sports back in 2012…

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