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Help support wife, daughter of beloved teacher

Posted in Fundraisers, tagged Anacortes High School, car accident, football, GoFundMe, Mundo Corrales, OHHS Wildcats on December 2, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Edmundo Corrales and his family.

Several communities are rallying to help the wife and young daughter of a well-loved local teacher killed in a head-on car collision Monday by Deception Pass.

Edmundo Corrales, a 2007 graduate of Oak Harbor High School who lived on Whidbey, taught Spanish and coached multiple sports in the Anacortes School District.

His connections to The Rock were many, as he played on the OHHS state championship football team in 2006 alongside current Coupeville gridiron coaches Bobby Carr and Bennett Richter.

Corrales also worked at Oak Harbor’s Blue Fox Drive-In Theater before becoming a teacher.

After earning his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science at Whitworth University, the former Wildcat was hired as an assistant football coach at Sedro-Woolley High School, where he worked for his former OHHS coach, Dave Ward.

Corrales has worked for the Anacortes School District since 2018, where he coached golf, wrestling, and trap and skeet shooting.

Friends of the family have launched a GoFundMe to aid his wife, Meghan, and their seven-month-old daughter, Daphne.

For more info and to help, pop over to:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-family-of-mundo-corrales

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Wolf Nation, help the Falcon faithful

Posted in Fundraisers, tagged car accident, fundraiser, GoFundMe, Morgan Batchelor, SWHS Falcons on February 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Garth Batchelor (far left) was deeply committed to helping both his own children and their friends play sports. (Photos courtesy Jenny Dill)

There are Wolves, Falcons, and Wildcats, but ultimately, it’s one Whidbey for those involved in sports.

The unexpected death of Garth Batchelor Tuesday leaves a huge hole for the South Whidbey community, and I’m asking Wolf Nation, if possible, to join in helping them.

Batchelor, who along with his wife Olivia, grew up on the south end of the island, was an avid little league coach and athletic supporter.

All three of the couple’s children — Brent, Morgan, and Levi — are strong multi-sport athletes who provided great competition for Coupeville.

Even as I gently harassed Olivia during her own coaching days, imploring her to transfer her children to the middle part of Whidbey, they remained steadfast Falcons — something I respect.

Garth, Olivia, and their children.

This will be a very tough time for the family, beginning with the fact Garth was the primary source of income for the Batchelor’s.

If you have the ability to financially help, please consider doing so. If not, pass on info to others.

Together, we can help keep alive the idea of “One Whidbey,” a band of small-town folk standing together regardless of what school colors we wear.

For more info and to help, pop over to:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/garth-batchelor?qid=2bba1deffa870353f4dcd8e76f3d2df6

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Car crunched, snapper safe

Posted in Cars Gone Wild, tagged car accident, Iowa, John Fisken, photographer, road trip on July 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »

The car may be wrecked, but the cameraman driving it is A-OK. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Protect your camera clickin’ hand!

John Fisken, the hardest working sports photographer on Whidbey Island, is on a summer RV vacation with wife Diane — one which took an unexpected turn Friday.

Tooling through Walcott, Iowa in his car while the RV sat at a truck stop, the Diet Coke-lovin’ paparazzi met some locals in a violent manner.

As Fisken was driving into town, a car in the opposite lane was stopped to turn left after he passed.

Instead, the parked vehicle got belted from behind from another car, sending car #1 into the other lane, where it smashed into the owner of John’s Photos.

Hey, at least the little honeycomb survived!

All drivers came out of the accident seemingly OK, though the one who didn’t take note of a vehicle stopped in the road is likely looking at a well-deserved ticket.

Or a public caning. Not sure what the law is in Iowa.

Fisken’s car took the brunt of the damage.

“I fear it has suffered fatal injuries and will be going to car heaven,” he said.

But being able to walk away from the accident (and immediately shoot pics) is a blessing, and the couple plan to continue their trip across the backroads of America.

“I am fine, no neck, back or head pain of any kind,” John Fisken said. “We have another month to go on our trip and will soldier on.

“The car did its job and protected me well.”

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Step up to help one of Coupeville’s best

Posted in Fundraisers, tagged Abby Mulholland, car accident, CHS Wolves, fundraiser, GoFundMe on March 17, 2023| 1 Comment »

Abby Mulholland (left) and Gwen Gustafson celebrate a basket. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Family friends have launched a GoFundMe to help Abby Mulholland and her parents.

The 2022 Coupeville grad, who played volleyball, basketball, and tennis for the Wolves, was seriously injured in a rollover car accident a week ago while at college.

Mulholland, who was a passenger in the back seat, was ejected from the vehicle.

She suffered two neck fractures, a brain bleed, a broken arm, broken pelvis, hip fracture, liver laceration, spleen laceration, deep knee cuts, and a bruised lung.

Initially housed at a hospital in Idaho, Mulholland is expected to be transferred to Spokane for the start of her rehabilitation.

While all signs have been positive, the former Wolf faces a lot of work to get back to 100%, and family friends are asking the community to help her parents, Moose and Renae, during the coming weeks and months.

Abby is part of one of Coupeville’s core sports families.

She is the granddaughter of the late, great Dorothy Keefe on her mom’s side of the family, and whether they go by Keefe or O’Keefe these days, her uncles and cousins can be found all over the school record books.

After playing volleyball and basketball herself, Abby finished her high school career as the #1 singles player for Ken Stange’s Wolf tennis team.

Mulholland rips a return.

To read more and help the family, pop over to:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/mullholland-family-medical-go-fund-me

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Wolf grad hurt in auto accident

Posted in community, tagged Abby Mulholland, car accident, CHS Wolves, girls tennis, Idaho on March 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Abby Mulholland delivers a thunderous serve. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Coupeville grad Abby Mulholland was seriously injured in a rollover car crash Thursday morning.

The former Wolf, who played volleyball, basketball, and tennis during her time at CHS, is in the intensive care unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lewiston, Idaho.

Mulholland, who was a passenger in the back seat, was ejected from the vehicle and suffered extensive injuries, according to family.

These include two neck fractures, a brain bleed — which has shown signs of improvement — a broken arm, broken pelvis, hip fracture, liver laceration, spleen laceration, deep knee cuts, and a bruised lung.

Mulholland is alert and talking, and family have been able to join her in Idaho.

“We give all thanks to God that she is alive and gets a second chance at life,” the family said in a statement on Facebook.

“We appreciate all thoughts and prayers.”

Mulholland is a vital part of one of Coupeville’s most well-known athletic families.

Dad Moose is the voice of Wolf sports, delivering smooth wordplay on the mic at many contests, while mom Renae is part of the Keefe clan, which has produced a steady stream of star athletes over the years.