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Quick hits: Coleby Fleming returns!!

Posted in Football, tagged Bryce Fleming, CHS Wolves, Coleby Fleming, commercial fishing, football on June 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Coleby Fleming

Fleming brings down a runner during his middle school gridiron days.

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.

This is not Coleby Fleming’s first rodeo.

While the Coupeville High School sophomore didn’t play football last year, he has four years of experience and is following in the footsteps of a brother who once starred for the Wolves.

That older brother, Bryce, was a top receiving threat during his time at CHS and is now in the Army, but his impact on Coleby can still be seen.

“My brother has made me a tougher kid,” Fleming said. “I thank him for everything and I look up to him.”

Add in the support he gets from his parents (“my mom and dad are always here for me, and it’s nice”), his proper choice of a favorite NFL team (Fleming is a proud member of Steeler Nation), and the toughness he’s gathered from commercial fishing, and he’s a well-rounded young athlete.

Bryce’s example led him to the gridiron in the start.

“I decided to start playing cause it just seemed like something fun and I seen my brother playing it and was like I should try this,” Fleming said. “When playing football I enjoy the big adrenaline rush.

“The feeling of making tackles, and completing the play is the best.”

After some thought he picks his wheels as his top asset (“I got speed, I guess,” he said with a laugh), while wanting to work on the complete game.

“I need to work on catching and learning how to work around players on the field,” Fleming said. “My goals for this season are to catch as many balls and get as many yards as I can.

“Just to be better in general.”

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Bring “The Bucket” home for Bryce!!

Posted in Football, Happy birthday, tagged Bryce Fleming, CHS Wolves, football, Happy birthday, Pittsburgh Steelers, The Bucket on September 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Bryce Fleming heads up-field during his days as a Wolf. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Fleming with mom Marie (left) and wife Cheyenne.

Fleming (second from left, back row) and teammates celebrate winning The Bucket in 2012. (Drew Chan photo)

Two years ago, Coupeville High School brought The Bucket home.

A Wolf gridiron team that included Bryce Fleming went to Langley and shocked the Falcons 18-13, reclaiming the trophy that goes to the winner of the annual all-Island rivalry.

Key to that victory, which clinched a playoff berth for Coupeville, was the then-junior, who hauled in the game-deciding score on an eight-yard pass from Josh Bayne. It was Fleming’s seventh TD that season.

Not bad for a speedy two-way weapon who has always had the good sense to be a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan.

Seahawk lovers jumped on the bandwagon (and will eventually fall off ) but Steelers fans are for life, baby!

One ring is cute. Six rings is a dynasty.

OK, anyway, movin’ on…

Jump forward two years from Fleming and Co. pulling off big-game heroics and it’s time to once again throw down some more Footballageddon.

Tonight is opening night to the 2014 season, and it’s a big one, with the Wolves and Falcons squaring off in Cow Town (7 PM kickoff), with the trophy currently in South Whidbey hands.

Fleming won’t be in town for the game, as he is now in the Army, the fourth generation in his family to suit up for the military.

But, as he celebrates his 19th birthday far away from Whidbey (probably with a forced march), this year’s Wolf squad, which includes some players from the 2012 team like Bayne, Wiley Hesselgrave and Lathom Kelley, can be inspired by what Fleming once accomplished.

They can go out and revive the cries of “What do Wolves eat? Falcon meat!!!”

They can reclaim their trophy. Right what went wrong last year. Make Langley weep salty tears of regret.

And, on his birthday, they can put the cherry on top of the sundae for a former star now serving his country with great honor.

Make Bryce Fleming’s birthday complete. Win one for #80.

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Fleming seeks serenity, success on gridiron

Posted in Football, tagged Bryce Fleming, CHS Wolves, football, Tom Hardy, Warrior on August 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Bryce Fleming (80) and his Wolf teammates parade through town, on their way to deliver a beat-down to anyone who would dare face them on the gridiron.

Bryce Fleming is quick. He just needs to be a bit slower at times on the gridiron.

The Coupeville High School junior, who is slotted to play at wing and outside linebacker this season, has speed to burn. A big part of any success he has, though, will come from keeping his temper from burning him right back.

“My temper is something I need to work on,” Fleming said. “I get mad very easy on the field. I need to keep a level head to play at my best.”

If he can find his happy place while wearing the black and red, Fleming could be a breakout threat for the Wolves.

With the switch to the wing-t offense under new head coach Tony Maggio, players with wheels will have an opportunity to shine.

“My main strength as a player has to be my speed. I plan on breaking some big runs this year,” Fleming said. “Another strength I have is my hands. I’m good at catching the ball, which makes me a threat down the field as well.”

Using a mix of runs and quick passes, with a ton of misdirection, the wing-t can be a brutal offense for opposing teams to try and stop. The hope for a young Wolf team is that foes feel that terror early on.

“We definitely have a powerhouse offense this year. Defenses are gonna be afraid of us after our first quarter against (opening opponent) Bellevue Christian,” Fleming said. “Our goal for this season is just like the goal of any team out there. To go 9-0.

“We have the talent. We just need to fine tune everything. Perfect the details,” he added. “My goal as a player is to become the best I can be on the field. I want to play college football. And, by striving to be the best now, I can get there.”

A fan of fight movies, Fleming’s personal pick is “Warrior,” a top-notch film about brothers who are driven apart by their anger, but come to accept each other and find a grudging respect and love while trapped together in the harsh spotlight of the MMA ring.

While his own battles with anger are a lot less severe than those exhibited by Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton in the film, Fleming and his Wolf teammates hope to reap a similar positive outcome to their stories.

“I believe our program is changing and our opponents aren’t going to be ready for us,” Fleming said. “And we will win!”

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