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Quick hits: Jake Hoagland debuts!!

Posted in Baseball, Football, tagged baseball, Brett Smedley, CHS Wolves, football, Hunter Downes, Jake Hoagland on June 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jake Hoagland wails on the sax. (John Fisken photo)

Hoagland (far left) and friends celebrate the end of the school year.

With a new high school football season ahead of us, let’s take a look at some of the young men who will play for Coupeville High School for the first time this fall.

When it comes to football, Jake Hoagland is putting the remote down and picking up the pigskin.

Already a successful baseball player for Coupeville High School, he’ll trade watching football for playing it as he enters his sophomore year.

“This year is my first year actually,” Hoagland said. “I enjoy watching football, but now I have the chance to play.”

He’s making the transition after being talked into it by those around him.

“I was kinda coaxed into playing by my friend Hunter Downes and coach (Brett) Smedley also said that I should play, so here I am,” Hoagland said. “My parents were not sure if I was going to play until the first practice.”

Having shown up for those opening spring practices, he plans to keep going, with an eye on snagging passes for Coupeville.

“Right now my strength is receiver and I only plan on playing that position, for now at least,” Hoagland said. “Since this is my first year I don’t have any goals really.

“I just plan on doing my best to support my team.”

While he may not have much football experience, Hoagland does have natural athletic ability and an easy-going nature.

A long-time baseball player, he saw varsity action for the Wolves as a freshman.

Making his first career start in an Olympic League game against Port Townsend, he smacked a pair of hits and knocked in three runs.

When he wasn’t on the diamond, he was also a standout with an instrument, playing a vital role for Jamar Jenkin’s CMS/CHS band.

“I usually spend my time sitting around, but when it comes to my classes I enjoy fitness and band the most,” Hoagland said.

If baseball and music are any indication, expect the scrappy Wolf to play a sweet tune on the football field, as well.

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Rise to the challenge!!

Posted in Little League, tagged baseball, Challenger League, John Fisken photos, Mill Creek Royals, North Whidbey Little League on June 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Pure joy. (John Fisken photos)

A dad and son team zing around third base and head for home.

“Over the outfield fence? More like it’s landing somewhere down around Deception Pass! Your puny fences can’t contain my power!!”

Safe, and he knows how to play to the camera. A superstar is born.

“I told ’em not to try and steal on me. I have a gun for an arm and ice water in my veins!!”

Today’s web gem.

Getting good wood (or aluminum) on the ball.

Mill Creek’s squad of diamond dandies.

North Whidbey’s finest (plus one girl from the South End).

Not all baseball games are about wins and losses.

Sometimes just taking the field is an accomplishment in itself.

Working with the North Whidbey Little League, Jason McDermott started the Challenger League this season for players who might not otherwise have gotten a chance to pick up a bat and mitt.

The league welcomes players with different levels of disabilities and gives them the chance to play in a fun environment.

Every player from both teams gets a chance to bat, and score-keeping is pushed aside in favor of building the player’s confidence.

A success in the first season, the league would like to continue to expand and draw in players from outside of Oak Harbor.

“There are a high number of Exceptional Family Members in the area,” McDermott said. “My goal for next season is to have more children play.”

This year’s roster included:

Amelia Bell
Austen Dearing
Eric Ennes
Thaddeus Garcia
Abdiel Martinez
Adrianna Martinez
Arianna Martinez
Caleb Randall
Amare Refuge
Tyriq Refuge
Zoe Thompson
Lydia Vaughan

Interested parents can contact McDermott at McDerJM@dshs.wa.gov for more information.

The photos above, which come to us courtesy John Fisken, capture the local team, the Mariners, facing off with the Mill Creek Royals.

To see more photos, pop over to:

Mariners — http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35e36aa503

Royals — http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35e3693076

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Yes, I throw fast! That’s why they call it a fastball!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged baseball, Central Whidbey Little League, John Fisken photos, throwin heat, trash talking on June 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

“I call this pitch The Whopper … cause it’s flame broiled, baby!!” (John Fisken photos)

“Keep pushing the fences back all you want. I’m still leaving the yard, son!!”

“EYAAAAAGGHHH … sweet lord, I just pulled every muscle in my entire body. It’s OK, though, cause chicks dig the long ball…”

"I haven't heard a kid scream like that since

“You move off that base, I throw. Your choice, punk. Do you feel lucky? Well, do you?”

Balls are flying and cameras are clicking.

Central Whidbey Little League teams are deep into tournament play (the team here is the Majors Baseball squad) and John Fisken’s camera has been on the scene.

The photos above are courtesy him.

The cut-lines are me amusing myself. As usual.

To see more eye-poppin’ pics, pop over to:

http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35e30ca565

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Curtin on the short list!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged Aaron Curtin, Aaron Trumbull, All-State, baseball, CHS Wolves, Josh Bayne, Kyle Bodamer on June 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Kyle Bodamer, breaking bats (and hearts) wherever he goes. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Wolf seniors (l to r) Aaron Curtin, Aaron Trumbull, Josh Bayne and Bodamer get serious for one last group photo op.

Bayne has places to go and he always believes in arriving early.

South Whidbey’s Trent Fallon (middle) and Mo Hamsa (beard) joke around with their Coupeville counterparts.

Trumbull and Curtin, who played together since little league, exchange one last fist bump.

Trumbull and Curtin, who have played together since little league, exchange one last fist bump.

One hurdle down, one to go.

Coupeville High School senior pitcher Aaron Curtin was nominated for the All-State baseball series Wednesday after playing in the 1A/2B/1B Northwest Regional Feeder Games in Bellingham.

Curtin was one of 10 players to be nominated, and the only one from the four Wolf players who participated in the feeder games.

Fellow CHS seniors Aaron Trumbull, Kyle Bodamer and Josh Bayne wrapped up their high school careers by playing in the two-game series at Joe Martin Field.

Final decisions on the All-State rosters will be announced June 7, with the games in Yakima June 13-14.

If Curtin makes the final cut, it would give Coupeville a representative for the second straight year.

Last year, Ben Etzell got the call and pitched in the second game at All-State.

The feeder games in Bellingham were part of a state-wide effort to showcase senior diamond men.

Coupeville’s quartet played for the Americans team, which was coached by South Whidbey’s Tom Fallon.

They tied 6-6 in the opener Wednesday, then lost 4-3 in the nightcap.

Nooksack Valley’s Cole Mattice won the second game when he singled home Meridian’s Tanner Tutterrow with two outs in the seventh inning.

The winning rally included a boost from a player who could have been a Wolf.

Taylor Gardner attended elementary school in Coupeville, before a family move took his baseball skills to Nooksack Valley.

His walk in the seventh, packaged between singles from Tutterrow and Overlake’s Mike Lau, juiced the bags for Mattice.

Along with Curtin, the other nominees for All-State include Tuterrow, Ryan Gelwicks (Nooksack), David McLaurin (Cedar Park Christian), Andrew Young (Darrington), Curtis Handy (Nooksack), Mo Hamsa (South Whidbey), Aaron Mell (Overlake), Evan Sather (Overlake) and Gibson Fichter (Concrete).

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Camera clicks turn to cold, hard cash!!

Posted in awards, tagged Aaron Trumbull, awards, baseball, Basketball, CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, Julia Myers, Soccer, tennis on June 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »

After appearing in many photos over the years, Julia Myers is now reaping a financial benefit. (John Fisken photos)

After appearing in many photos over the years, Julia Myers (with ball) is now reaping a financial benefit. (John Fisken photos)

Aaron Trumbull works hard for his money.

John Fisken came out from behind the camera Tuesday night.

After spending most of the school year clicking away, the Oak Harbor-based lensman swung by Coupeville High School to award his second annual scholarships.

Taking home the honors (and some cash) were Wolf seniors Julia Myers and Aaron Trumbull.

The duo follow in the footsteps of Breeanna Messner and Brandon Kelley, who won the inaugural awards in 2014.

The scholarships, which honor student/athletes who play at least two sports for all four years, are financed by families and fans purchasing photos Fisken shoots, then puts up for sale on various sites.

All those times when I dropped a plug for his work, this is where it pays off.

To be eligible, CHS seniors had to also have a GPA of 3.0 or better, not be getting any financial aid for playing sports from a college program and write an essay.

They then topped things off with a one-on-one interview with Fisken, who alone made the final call.

Myers, who played soccer, basketball and tennis, plans to attend Western Washington and study kinesiology, with a goal of becoming a physical therapist.

She developed an interest in the field after having to undergo physical therapy while rehabbing a soccer injury. Myers hopes to one day obtain a position with a professional sports team.

A fan of her leadership class (Pre-Calculus not so much…), she singled out CHS basketball coaches David and Amy King and soccer/basketball teammate Makana Stone as big inspirations.

Looking back over her busy sports career, Myers remembered a rec soccer game where she stopped every shot that came to her in an OT shootout as her personal favorite highlight.

Trumbull, who played basketball and baseball all four years, was a key player on the Central Whidbey Little League baseball team that won a state title.

Years later, that remains a treasured memory for him.

He plans to attend Olympic College, where he’ll play baseball, before eventually transferring to Central Washington University.

He hopes to earn an engineering degree and go into the military, possibly as a pilot.

Coupeville baseball guru Willie Smith was Trumbull’s favorite coach, while Aaron Curtin, a close friend who also played basketball and baseball, was his pick for most inspirational teammate.

In school he greatly enjoyed Barbara Ballard’s UW English class (a class all of the nominees mentioned), but could have done without taking Spanish.

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