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Alumni return to coach CHS cheer!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged Alumni, Amanda Streubel, Cheer, CHS Wolves, Emily Norris, Sylvia Arnold on May 11, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Former Wolf cheerleader Emily (Norris) Stevens has been offered the head cheer coaching position at CHS. (Submitted photos)

Stevens new assistant coach, Amanda (Streubel) Jones (far left), during her days as part of Coupeville’s competitive cheer squad.

Modern-day Jones.

Stevens flies high during her high school days.

Sylvia’s girls are coming home.

Coupeville High School Assistant Principal Melissa Rohr confirmed Thursday the school has offered coaching jobs to former Wolf cheerleaders Emily (Norris) Stevens and Amanda (Streubel) Jones.

Both hires still need to be approved by the School Board at its May 22 meeting.

Stevens, who will be head cheer coach, and Jones, who will work as her assistant, were highly-successful cheerleaders under long-time CHS coach Sylvia Arnold, who retired in 2013 after a 20-year run at the helm of the Wolf program.

The duo, who are now mothers of small children, both hold down jobs in the area.

A 2007 CHS grad, Stevens owns and operates Emily’s Sweets and Treats on Front Street with husband Bruce.

Jones, who got her diploma in 2011, is a nurse at Regency on Whidbey.

To learn a little more about each, how convenient that I have “Where Are They Now?” stories on both just sitting around.

Stevens — https://coupevillesports.com/2014/01/30/never-give-up-on-something-you-really-want/

Jones — https://coupevillesports.com/2013/03/08/i-love-feeling-like-i-belong/

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One more cheer!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged awards, Cheer, CHS Wolves, Mckenzie Meyer, Natalie Hollrigel, Ohana on February 5, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Natalie Hollrigel somersaulted away with the Coaches Award when CHS cheer honors were announced. (John Fisken photos)

Natasha Estes (left) and Claire Mietus have a deep discussion about the program.

Ohana.

The loudest team gets honored first.

Capping a successful winter cheer campaign, Coupeville High School is handing out awards and letters to a larger-than-average squad.

After topping out at five to six for basketball season in recent years, the Wolves had an enthusiastic roster which went 15 athletes deep this time around.

Six of those girls are taking home awards, led by captains Kaela Hollrigel and Claire Mietus.

Joining them are Natasha Estes (Wolf Award), Natalie Hollrigel (Coaches Award), Nanci Melendrez-Partida (Most Improved) and Mckenzie Meyer (Most Spirited).

Letter winners:

Julie Bucio
Maggie Crimmins
Natasha Estes
Sophie Fürtjes
Kaley Grigsby
Gaby Halpin
Kaela Hollrigel
Natalie Hollrigel
Ja’Tarya Hoskins
Nanci Melendrez-Partida
Mckenzie Meyer
Claire Mietus
Mira Mostafavinassab
Heather Nastali
Mica Shipley

Also honored:

Abby Hamilton (Manager)
Cassidy Moody (Mascot)

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Big buckets, flashy pics!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Cheer, tagged Basketball, Cheer, CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, Koa Davison on January 8, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Koa Davison rises up above the crowd. (John Fisken photos)

The rare moment when ever-busy Wolf cheerleader Natalie Hollrigel is simply on pause.

Brian Shank, mixing ballet with hoops.

Hollrigel spends some quality time with (l to r) Claire Mietus, Sophie Furtjes and Julie Bucio.

Having spied the open man, Tucker Hall gets ready to trigger the play.

When he’s not playing basketball, Ariah Bepler moonlights as a male model. Allegedly.

Steven Cope hits the fall-away jumper.

A little cheer, a lot of hoops.

That’s what photo god John Fisken is offering us today, with this mix of pics captured at Friday’s Coupeville vs. Chimacum boys’ basketball games.

To see much, much more (purchases help fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes) pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/20162017-Coupeville-BB/CHS-BBB/20170106-vs-Chimacum/

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Class, pure and simple!!

Posted in Cheer, Happy birthday, tagged Cheer, CHS Wolves, Happy birthday, Kiara Burdge, search engines on January 3, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Kiara Burdge

Kiara Burdge is popular. Very popular.

The Coupeville High School senior, cheer captain, Homecoming Queen and all-around force of nature was the single most searched person on my blog in 2016.

And it wasn’t even close.

When you top Makana Stone and Hunter Smith, combined, people apparently are very, very interested in you.

And why not?

Kiara, who celebrates her birthday today, her final one as a high school student/athlete, has been one of the most impressive young women I have covered in my time pounding the keyboard here at Coupeville Sports.

Like her older sister, Kylie, she was seemingly born to be a cheerleader.

School spirit flows from her, Kiara can seemingly control an overflowing crowd with a single arch of an eyebrow, and she has every attribute you would want to see in a captain.

She leads by example, but she is also quick to reach out to her fellow cheerleaders, offering a quiet word or a smile of encouragement.

Away from the cheer world, Miss Burdge has always been one of the friendliest people in Wolf Nation, a kind, warm young woman who excels in the classroom and the real world.

Kiara comes from a large family — she has three siblings and parents Aaron and Trina — and she seems utterly devoted to each and every one of her relatives.

The Burdges are deeply committed to their Mormon faith, something they all reflect in their daily lives, and part of my respect for Kiara is seeing, from a distance, how she lives in her faith.

Everything I have seen, everything I have heard, over the past four years, reflects well on her, and I say, with a great deal of confidence, that she is truly one of the classiest athletes we have ever had in Coupeville.

She’s a few months away from graduation, so this is the final birthday article I’ll be writing for her.

Before she goes I just want to take a moment to wish her the best, today and every day.

Your future is as bright as it could be, Kiara, and I have no doubt whatsoever you will continue to impress all around you in the years to come.

I hope that you know, on the good days and the bad, that you are blessed, being part of a large, loving family — at home, at school and in your church.

That you have given so much of yourself, to your school, your team and your community, is admirable.

Thank you for being you, from all of us.

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