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New leader blooms in Coupeville school gardens

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged , , , , on February 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Holly Bloom

Alert the town’s deer, there’s a new sheriff at the Coupeville Farm to School program.

Holly Bloom recently replaced Zvi Bar-Chaim, who departs after an eight-year run as Program Manager.

The new face of the school system’s highly successful bid to bring together students and fresh veggies hails originally from Buffalo.

Bloom lived and worked in Truckee, California the past two years, and brings a decade-plus of educational and horticultural experience to her new position.

“I specialize in hands-on project based learning and outdoor education,” she said in a Facebook post.

She served as an AmeriCorps volunteer in 2008, then went on to charter a Farm to School program through that company.

Bloom has worked for a variety of non-profits, public, private and charter schools, as well as state and county agencies.

She earned a B.A. in Art Education and an A.A.S. in Horticulture.

“I’ve found that both the visual arts and horticulture go hand in hand and provide students with a safe space where they can connect with each other and the world around them,” Bloom said on Facebook.

“I feel most at home in the garden, where I can share my passion for the natural world and instill a stronger sense of humanity in my students through the pursuit of academic and hands-on learning.

“I am very excited to join the Whidbey Island community and to be a part of the Coupeville Farm to School team!”

Bloom, out and about.

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Prescott ready to deliver college spikes

Posted in Volleyball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on August 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Chelsea Prescott, ready to take her game to the next level. (Photo property Medaille College volleyball)

She’s official.

With Media Day out of the way, Medaille College in Buffalo just posted its 2021 volleyball roster, and Coupeville grad Chelsea Prescott is on there, proudly beaming.

The freshman outside hitter, a three-sport supernova in her Wolf days, is one of nine players listed for the Mavericks.

Medaille opens its season with a game against its alumni next Tuesday, Aug. 31, then flies into regular-season play.

The Mavericks have 23 matches scheduled, starting with an appearance at the University of Rochester Invitational Sept. 3-4.

Prescott and her new teammates tip off against the Rochester Institute of Technology on day one, then play Smith College and the tourney hosts in a Saturday doubleheader.

Growing up in Coupeville, where she was named CHS Female Athlete of the Year as a senior, Chelly was a standout volleyball, basketball, baseball, and softball player.

She went to the state tourney with volleyball and softball, and helped lead the Wolf diamond squad to a 12-0 season during a pandemic-altered senior campaign.

 

To stay up to date on Prescott and Medaille volleyball, check out the school’s spiker website at:

https://medaillesports.com/sports/womens-volleyball

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Prescott taking her talents to the Big Apple

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on April 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville senior Chelsea Prescott plans to play volleyball at Medaille College in New York. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Coupeville’s Renaissance woman is going to New York.

CHS senior Chelsea Prescott, who can rip out and replace a toilet, fix a car, bake a cake, excel in every sport she plays, and do about a million other things, is taking her substantial skill-set to Medaille College.

While attending the private school in Buffalo, she’ll study to be a  Veterinary Tech, while also playing volleyball for the Mavericks.

Medaille, a member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, competes at the NCAA D-III level.

Prescott found the school through a recruiting website, and ultimately decided she was ready to travel across the USA in pursuit of her next set of challenges.

“So exciting!,” she said. “Even though the school is really far, I thought a change of scenery would be nice.”

Celebrating with fellow Wolves (l to r) Kylie Chernikoff, Maddie Vondrak, and Jaimee Masters. (Photo courtesy Coupeville volleyball)

Prescott has been at the forefront of Coupeville athletics in recent years, a standout through youth sports, middle school and high school.

In little league, she opted to play baseball most years instead of softball, and was one of her team’s top pitchers.

Middle school brought more success, including the time Prescott blasted a volleyball spike off of a rival player’s face — almost breaking the girl in half.

From day one of her freshman year at CHS, the multitalented Wolf has shone brightly on the volleyball court, basketball hardwood, and softball diamond.

Prescott went to the state tourney in her very-first semester at CHS, a young gun on a senior-dominated volleyball squad.

She was back at the big dance during her sophomore softball season, showcasing a booming bat, quick wheels, and a gun of an arm, which she often deployed from deep in the hole at shortstop.

That Wolf diamond team thumped highly-ranked Dear Park at the state tourney, and came within a play of upending Cle Elum.

Prior to Coupeville’s opener against eventual state champ Montesano, Prescott ripped a vicious foul ball which clanged off the leg of a rival coach who had been talking smack.

He had a pronounced limp the rest of the weekend, and a quieter mouth.

Covid prevented Prescott from getting back to state, cancelling her junior softball season last spring, and erasing any postseason activity during her senior year.

However, she has seized whatever moments have been granted her.

After teaming with longtime running mate Mollie Bailey to lead their final CHS softball squad to a 12-0 record this spring, Prescott is atop the stat sheet for a Wolf volleyball team which sits at 3-1.

Prescott leads the Wolves to a five-set win last Saturday. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

While the pandemic will eventually fade, Prescott’s star will continue to rise.

Chelsea has shown a willingness, and ability, to adapt, filling her lockdown days with the aforementioned toilet and car repairs, as well as pressure washing a house, and keeping her academic skills sharp.

Wherever she goes in life, and whatever she does — sports or real-world stuff — she’ll continue to be a bright, shining supernova.

Of that, you can be dang sure.

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Stunner in Buffalo!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on November 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   CHS grad Kailey Kellner (second from right) has moved into the starting lineup as a freshman at New York’s D’Youville College. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Kellner)

This is why you play the games.

On paper, Sunday’s women’s basketball match-up between win-less D’Youville College and undefeated Cazenovia College looked like a rout in the making.

Think again.

Getting solid work from its Coupeville gunner, freshman Kailey Kellner, D’Youville stormed out to a huge lead, held off an epic rally, and eventually stunned its visitors, capturing a 84-79 win.

The victory lifts the Spartans to 1-4 on the season, while Cazenovia exits the arena at 3-1.

Kellner made her second-straight start and had an immediate impact, drilling a jumper to give D’Youville its first lead at 4-2.

From opening tip until midway through the third quarter, the Spartans were at the top of their games.

From a 26-24 lead after one quarter, D’Youville stretched its lead to eight at the half and all the way out to 18 after a torrid start to the third.

Up 63-45 with 4:39 to play in the quarter, the Spartans looked untouchable.

Cazenovia had other ideas, however.

The Cougars, who had outscored their first three foes by 56 points, suddenly found their shooting touch, ripping off 16 straight points to silence the home fans.

Darian Evans stopped the bleeding for D’Youville with a layup to end the quarter, but, while the Spartans were still clinging to a lead at 65-61, momentum had taken a huge turn.

Or, maybe it hadn’t, as the Buffalo Bombers proved to be far more resilient than originally thought.

After taking three fairly rough beatings to open the season, D’Youville lost a close one in its last game, and Sunday, it seized its moment.

Having prevented Cazenovia from retaking the lead, the Spartans made their shots down the stretch while clamping down on defense.

Cue the final buzzer, and a team which had been outscored collectively by 80 points in its first four games was ready to cut down the nets.

Or, at least celebrate a bit as they headed to the locker room. It is only the fifth game of the season.

Kellner finished with six points, three rebounds and two assists, while playing 26 minutes. For the season, she’s averaging five points and 2.6 rebounds a game.

D’Youville will try and get a winning streak going when it hits the road Wednesday to face Penn State-Behrend.

 

Bonus: How many times can you spot Kellner in D’Youville’s hype video?

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Kellner scorches college nets!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on November 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf grad Kailey Kellner scored 11 points Monday while making her first start as a college basketball player. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Everything but the win.

Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner got her first college basketball start Monday and responded with season-highs in minutes, points, rebounds, assists and steals.

But, despite her best efforts, D’Youville College let a close one slip away in the final minutes, falling 66-58 to visiting Wells College.

The non-conference loss, coming in the home opener for Kellner and her Spartans teammates, drops them to 0-4 on the still-young season.

During her first three games playing college ball for the Buffalo, New York-based school, Kellner had come off the bench and earned decent minutes.

That changed Monday when she was inserted into the starting lineup and promptly scored D’Youville’s first six points on a pair of three-balls.

Kellner added a third-quarter layup, coming off of a steal, and a trey late in the game, to break double digits for the first time as a college player.

Her first three games? Eight points, four rebounds, one steal and one assist.

Monday vs. Wells? 11 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Kellner, who wears #33 in college, played a team-high 33 minutes in her first start.

The game was a back-and-forth fight all night, with D’Youville clinging to a 16-15 lead after one quarter.

The Spartans then busted out on a 10-2 run, sparked by Kellner’s assists, and seemed to be taking command.

It wasn’t to be, though, as Wells fought back to knot things up at 31-31 heading into the break, then inched ahead 47-44 after three quarters.

Kellner’s last trey closed the gap to 50-47, but D’Youville went a bit cold from the field down the stretch and couldn’t fight all the way back.

Wells, which captured its first win in three tries this season, was led by Carley Ryan and Kamarie Maturine, who went for 24 and 22, respectively.

Darian Evans banged away for 17 to join Kellner in giving D’Youville two players in double figures.

The Spartans get the rest of Thanksgiving week off, returning to action with a home game against undefeated Cazenovia College Sunday, Nov. 26.

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