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Let us never leave the gym!

Posted in Basketball, tagged Basketball, Bennett Richter, CHS Wolves, fans, Morgan White on December 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Kassie O’Neil calls for the refs seeing eye dog to return to the court. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Babies, basketballs, and binkies.

All can be found at your local high school gym this winter, with the latter probably being for the former.

Though if sucking on a pacifier keeps a hoops coach from getting a technical while dealing with blind refs, toddlers everywhere may need to keep an eye on their accessories.

Share and share alike.

While we ponder that, a photographic look at various Coupeville fans, coaches, and players to fill the hole in your life left by the holidays keeping hardwood games off the calendar.

Former teammates Maddie Georges (left) and Carolyn Lhamon reunite.

The battle for Santa’s approval is an intense one.

Bennett Richter stays warm during the chill of winter thanks to a snuggly daughter.

Steve and Shannon Hilborn won’t look this toasty once baseball returns to the frigid, windswept prairie.

“Don’t speak of fake Whidbey “spring!!” Just tell me we’re getting a dome!!”

Teagan Calkins hangs out with proud pops.

Wolf supernovas (l to r) Kayla Arnold, Taylor Brotemarkle, and Lyla Stuurmans get the front row, cause they’re superstars.

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Every age group adores God’s Chosen Sport

Posted in Fashionable Fans, tagged babies, Bennett Richter, CHS Wolves, enthusiastic fans, Sherry Bonacci on December 7, 2023| Leave a Comment »

CHS football guru Bennett Richter combines gym time with dad duty. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Basketball fans of all ages are hooked on Coupeville High School basketball.

From lil’ ones making their first visit to the gym, to elder statesmen with decades of time around the hardwood, the Wolf fan base is a sturdy one.

Capturing the tapestry of Cow Town faithful, wanderin’ photographer John Fisken delivers the pics seen above and below.

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One baby, two empires

Posted in Babies, Basketball, Football, tagged baby, Bennett Richter, Cherie Smith, CHS Wolves, Megan Richter, Willie Smith on November 7, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Adeline Richter informs dad Bennett his football players should be running stairs right now, even if it is the offseason. (Photos courtesy Megan Richter)

There’s a new coach on the sidelines.

Adeline Joy Richter, the cutest baby to appear on Coupeville Sports today, arrived Nov. 2, uniting two sports empires.

Mom is Megan (Smith) Richter, three-time CHS Athlete of the Year turned Wolf varsity girls’ basketball coach.

Dad is Bennett Richter, state football champ (back in his Oak Harbor days) and the man who ended Coupeville football’s three-decade dry spell, bringing a gridiron league title back to Cow Town in 2022.

Grandpa is CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith, the first coach to lead a Wolf girls’ team to a state tourney win in ANY sport.

Grandma is Cherie Smith, the true power behind the throne, a hoops whisperer of great renown for both her husband and daughter.

And we haven’t even spoken of Uncles James and Ian Smith, legendary three-sport Wolf athletes who made South Whidbey sports teams cry more than once, which is just plain sweet.

Plus, Aunt Ashley Smith, who will be her fiercest protector, and countless cousins and other family members on both sides.

Why, Adeline, who popped into the world at 5 pounds, 15 ounces, and 19 inches long, might almost be called … “The Chosen One.”

Just don’t tell Grandpa I said that.

“How you doin’?”

“Mom, we can’t tell dad this, but … basketball is God’s chosen sport.”

“Yowza, is it just me or is there a draft in here?”

Hangin’ with the grandparentals.

“I’m snug as a bug in a rug.”

“I already signed a NIL deal? Sweet!”

“Hit the gas, Skippy! Big Ten hoops on Peacock in 10 minutes and rumors of a bottle waiting for me!”

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Wolf football calls it a wrap

Posted in Football, tagged Bennett Richter, CHS Wolves, football, regular season finale, week #10 on October 31, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Time to pack away the helmets. (Piper Berry photo)

On to basketball season.

The Coupeville High School football team has decided not to pursue a week #10 game against another school on the outside of the playoffs.

A big factor?

There weren’t many willing opponents on the open market.

“Many of the programs we were trying to play had decided to end their season,” said CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith.

With the decision not to play on, the Wolves finish 2-7 this season, a year after going 7-2, winning a Northwest 2B/1B League title and advancing to state.

This year’s win/loss mark is a bit deceptive, as Coupeville, a 2B school, played four times against 1A or 2A schools, and twice lost this season on the very last offensive play of the game.

Those defeats came in the opener against Klahowya, and in the finale against Friday Harbor, with the latter preventing CHS from forcing a tiebreaker with the Wolverines to determine which NWL team went to state.

Wolf foes have combined to go 32-28, with five of seven posting winning records.

Coupeville senior quarterback Logan Downes smashed the school records for touchdown passes in a season (20) and career (40), while tying his own single-game standard (5) in a late-season win over La Conner.

Eight of 11 Wolves who scored this season can return next year, led by the trio of Chase Anderson (seven touchdowns), Aiden O’Neill (6), and Jack Porter (4).

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