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Lainey Dickson is Fired Up!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , on August 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lainey Dickson

Lainey Dickson

A new high school sports year approaches and the Coupeville High School cheer squad is hard at work.

To get you ready, we present a series of features on Wolf cheerleaders, with the headline to each article paying tribute to 2009’s “Fired Up!,” the best cheerleader movie ever made.

Yeah, you heard me the first time, “Bring it On.” I said it and I meant it.

The proud Dickson football legacy lives on at CHS.

Older brother Jared graduated in June after a stellar gridiron career and is off on a two-year Mormon mission, but sisters Allison and Lainey are returning to the sidelines as key members of the Wolf cheer squad.

Lainey, who will be a sophomore in the fall, is entering her second year cheering for the red and black, and she remains as excited by it today as she was on the first day.

“I always wanted to be a cheerleader, and it sounded like a good opportunity to be part of a team and boost Coupeville spirit,” Dickson said. “I enjoy learning new cheers and dances.

“I also enjoy being part of a stunt group and part of a team, because we all learn how to work together and get things done.”

Dickson has played other sports along the way, participating in track and soccer when she was younger. She also hopes to join the CHS softball team in the spring.

While cheer is considered an activity, and not a sport, by CHS administrators, Lainey is content in the knowledge she and her teammates are putting in as much hard work as anyone in a Wolf uniform.

“Technically we aren’t considered a sport, but we practice just as much if not more than other sports,” Dickson said. “It takes just as much commitment and hard work as any sports team!”

When she’s not working the sidelines, Dickson enjoys playing the piano and loves to “walk around my house listening to Disney music, too!”

Like her brother before her, she is quick to praise the job her parents (Randy and Lisa Dickson) have done in raising a family that’s deeply committed to each other and their faith.

“My parents have been amazing examples of the person I want to be, and have always supported me in the decisions I make,” she said. “So I would definitely say I am the person I am because of them.”

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Ayanna Jeter is Fired Up!!

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Ayanna Jeter

Ayanna Jeter

A new high school sports year approaches and the Coupeville High School cheer squad is hard at work.

To get you ready, we present a series of features on Wolf cheerleaders, with the headline to each article paying tribute to 2009’s “Fired Up!,” the best cheerleader movie ever made.

Yeah, you heard me the first time, “Bring it On.” I said it and I meant it.

Ayanna Jeter is new to CHS, but not to cheer.

She’ll be a freshman in the fall, one of just two, with Jessica Bester, who have turned out for the Wolf squad. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t bring experience to the sideline, though.

A veteran of the youth cheer programs in Oak Harbor, she first picked up the sport to spend more time with her friends.

“I started because I had friends that did it and it looked like a fun girly sport,” Jeter said.

And, it is a sport, regardless of whether Coupeville administrators want to classify it as one (they peg it as an activity currently).

“I would tell them that cheer is a sport because it does take practice and physical activity,” Jeter said. “There’s no I in this activity; it’s all about the team and care for one another and that’s a big part of a sport.”

The young gun looks up to her more-experienced teammates and draws support from them, as well.

“I enjoy how caring and welcoming the girls are and how we never stop till we get it right,” Jeter said.

Away from the cheer arena, she enjoys hanging out with her relatives.

“Apart from cheer, I really love spending time with my family and friends, and being at the beach in the warm sun,” Jeter said.

One member of her family, in particular, has had a huge influence on her and continues to help guide her through life.

“I would say mom has a big impact on me because no matter how hard practices are she tells me to keep going and do my very best, and to never give up on myself or cheer.”

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Loud ‘n proud, always!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , on August 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Wolf cheerleaders stop for a photo op during a team camp. (Cheridan Eck photos)

Wolf cheerleaders stop for a photo op during a team camp. (Cheridan Eck photos)

Team members bond.

Team members bond.

Former CHS cheer captain Courtney Boyd (back row, left) stopped by to pass on lessons.

Former CHS cheer captain Courtney Arnold (back row, left) stopped by to pass on lessons to the new crew.

It’s 33 days until opening night.

Friday, Sept. 5, Coupeville High School kicks off a new fall sports season when it hosts Island rival South Whidbey in a football battle for The Bucket.

While the Wolf gridiron warriors are getting ready, so are the CHS cheerleaders.

Under the guidance of Cheridan Eck, who has taken over full-time with the retirement of Sylvia Arnold, Coupeville’s squad (the loudest ‘n proudest in all the land) has been hard at work.

Giving up a chunk of their summer vacation, the Wolves, led by team captains Destiny Bitting and Kylie Marie, are fine-tuning their skill-set.

They even welcomed a living legend into their midst.

Former CHS cheer captain Courtney Arnold, who paced Coupeville the last time it had a competition cheer squad, swung by to work with the new crew and impart some of her hard-earned cheer wisdom.

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There’s no smile like a Sydney smile!!

Posted in Cheer, Girls Tennis, Happy birthday, Softball, Volleyball, tagged , , , on July 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Sydney Aparicio

Sydney Aparicio, an athlete who had fun in every season.

Sydney Aparicio knows a few people.

During her Senior Night festivities for volleyball, family of all shapes, sizes and ages crowded into the Coupeville High School gym. Each one wore home-made t-shirts that identified what their relationship was to the Wolf spiker.

Sydney’s mom. Sydney’s sister. Sydney’s cousin.

There were a lot.

Which is not a surprise, since her parents, Mitch and Tami (Stuurmans) Aparicio united two of Coupeville’s top sports families when they got married.

Sydney, who celebrates her birthday today, played tennis, softball and volleyball, as well as following in her mom’s footsteps as one of the leading CHS cheerleaders.

She did it all well, and always with a huge smile.

I don’t know that I’ve ever seen Miss Aparicio frown. Ever.

I’m sure she has at some point in her life, but her smile was always front and center during her athletic days, win or loss.

Sydney always had fun, regardless of the sport, and it was infectious.

Following in the footsteps of her parents, and a billion aunts and uncles, she set the path for equally bubbly little sister Payton, who will be a Wolf freshman this fall.

She kept the family tradition of excellence alive and seemed to genuinely enjoy herself through every season, every game.

That’s a rare quality, and one shown by a rare young woman.

Happy birthday, Miss Aparicio, and may your days ahead be as smile-inducing as the ones you lived out as a Wolf.

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Happy birthday, slugger!!

Posted in Cheer, Softball, tagged , , , , on June 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Madeline Roberts

Madeline Roberts

Madeline Roberts was deceptive.

A lead-off hitter who liked to spray slap hits to every field for the Coupeville High School softball field, she could also pull the bat back and let pop with surprising power.

I still remember the look of horror on a rival player’s face after the girl had inched in closer and closer, waiting to spring on the bunt she was dead-sure was coming, only to have Mad Dog take off her head with a wicked shot that ripped down the line like a laser.

The consummate softball junkie, Roberts, who celebrates her birthday today, just weeks after graduating from CHS, will take her game to the college level next.

It’s not a surprise.

She has great family genes, with dad Jay Roberts and aunt and uncle Sherry (Bonacci) and Jon Roberts all superb former Wolf athletes.

Lil’ sis Ally is no slouch herself, whether it be volleyball, cheer or horse riding.

Toss in a strong work ethic — if you needed to find Madeline after a game, she was generally at home plate, taking extra batting practice — and it has paid off.

She was quick on the base paths, terrorizing catchers with her zippy moves.

She was electric in the field, spearing liners, backhanding bad hops and hurtling out of nowhere to snag balls she shouldn’t have even thought about going after, yet did so without fear.

And, at the plate, she was dynamic, a pint-sized nuclear missile waiting to explode in 10,000 different ways. Slap hit or moon ball launcher, she wielded her bat like an artist.

Of course, there’s a ton more to Roberts than just softball. She was a key part of the CHS cheer squad and one of the student leaders in the Class of 2014.

As she moves on to the next stop in her diamond trek, we wish her the best and thank her for being so entertaining during her time in the red and black.

Madeline, you’re a class act, on the field and off.

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