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Middle school memories await

Posted in Graduation, tagged , , , , on June 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The sign stays, but Coupeville’s current 5th graders are off to middle school.

They’re heading down the street.

Coupeville Elementary School 5th graders celebrate advancing to middle school with a moving on ceremony this Friday, June 14.

The event will be in the PAC at the high school.

It starts at 1:30 PM, with attendees asked to arrive by 1:15.

 

Next year’s 6th graders are:

Colton Ashby
Jack Bailey
Scarlet Barnes
Kaylee Beshear
Liam Blasko
Amelia Bronson-Thayer
Sophia Burley
Laurel Crowder
Sarai Dangerfield
Stella Day
Johnathyn Driscoll
Xander Flowers
Ruby Folkestad
Luca Gabriel
Talon Gamble
Francis Garcia Partida
Maja Govorcin-O’Connell
Reagan Green
Callie Hagen
Jaxon Hammond
Liam Hansen
Asher Harris
Audrey Hewitt
Hendrix Holeman
Ella Holm
Damien Howard
Autumn Hunt
Henry Jackson
Shiloh Johnson
Jonathan Kappes
Jesse Kehoe
Kaylee-Raye Keith
Charlie Lester
Chance Lindsey
Sophia Magdolen
Edric Marchman
Carson Marley
Branden Martinez Flores
Hunter Mc Clellan
Sofia Mc Clellan
Jonah Meek
Evelyn Merino-Martinez
Gunnar Merkel
Kamea Micolichek
Anneliese Miller
Saul Payan Vasquez
Jordin Powell
Leslie Queen
Millicent Reynolds
Emma Roberts
Danabella Sandlin
Alyvia Schoene
William Schofield
Andrew Schuring
Camilla Somes
Darius Stewart
Liam Stoner
Diana Teran Herrera
Teagan Trammel
Brenden Tumulty
Bayou Warren
Eden Weeks
Magnus Western
Autumn Weyl
Ozland Wilkerson
Elijah Williams
Lou Ella Zito

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Lost season, not lost honor

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , , on April 21, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Shelton High School honored senior spring athletes in a unique way.

How do you honor a lost season?

The COVID-19 pandemic erased spring sports for high school and middle school athletes in Washington state, bringing a halt to things before a game was played.

Now, some schools are choosing to go ahead and still hand out athletic letters, even in the absence of competition.

A recent Skagit Valley Herald story by Vince Richardson found Burlington-Edison is awarding letters to all senior spring athletes.

Meanwhile, La Conner will letter athletes in grades 9-12 if they fully complete a six-week training program set up by their coaches.

Go further down the road and you’ll end up in Shelton.

Back in the late ’80s, when I was a shaggy-haired Tumwater tennis player, the Highclimbers were one of our biggest rivals in the old-school Black Hills League.

These days, Shelton’s Athletic Department is bidding for all the internet fame after posting a video in which senior athletes who would have been four-year lettermen get their moment in the quarantine spotlight.

 

 

No word yet on whether Coupeville AD Willie Smith will accept my challenge – liberate a golf cart, get a pair of long, retractable grabbers, then go door-to-door doing something similar, while never actually leaving the cart. 

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