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Chris Battaglia (John Fisken photo)

Chris Battaglia, ready to wage gridiron war. (John Fisken photo)

Chris Battaglia is going places, quickly.

The Coupeville High School freshman, who celebrates a birthday today, has already made a big impact in just a short time at the school.

Battaglia was an immediate hit in the fall, when he was a highly-effective starter for the Wolf varsity football squad.

By the time his first go-around was done, he had 56 tackles (2nd best on the team, 10th best in the 1A Olympic League) and a team-leading three sacks (4th best in the league).

A hard hitter who never backed down from the big boys, “The Italian Stallion” looks to be a two-way star as he moves forward.

A solid rusher in middle school ball, Battaglia seems likely to be in the thick of things next season, when Coupeville will have to replace its leading ball-carriers, Wiley Hesselgrave and Lathom Kelley.

Of course, there’s more than just football on his plate, as Battaglia also excelled in track the last two seasons.

As an eighth grader he finished in the top three in four different events (1600, shot put, discus, high jump) at the league championship meet, claiming top honors in the discus.

A solid citizen with huge upside, both athletically and off the field, Battaglia is at the forefront of a new wave of Wolves who have been intent on capturing the spotlight from day one.

I look forward to seeing his story continue to develop.

Happy cake day, Mr. Battaglia.

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Lindsey Roberts (right) with mom Sherry, at this year's Shamrock 5K.

Lindsey Roberts (right) with mom Sherry, at this year’s Shamrock 5K.

The next great track star is on her way.

While sophomore Makana Stone continues to shatter records for Coupeville High School, there’s another fast-rising sensation coming up through the middle school ranks to one day join her.

Coupeville Middle School 7th grader Lindsey Roberts, daughter of former CHS Athlete of the Year winners Jon and Sherry (Bonacci) Roberts, won all four of her events Thursday at a three-team meet in Granite Falls.

With wins in the 200, 1600 and 75 meter hurdles, plus the anchor leg on a victorious 4 x 100 relay squad, she sparked the Wolves to a team win over Lakewood and the host Tigers.

The CMS 7th grade boys finished second, while both 8th grade squads came in third.

Other multiple winners for Coupeville included Reed Richards, Mckenzie Meyer, Chris Battaglia, Ty Eck and Gabe Eck.

Complete results:

GIRLS:

100 (7th) — Allison Jungmann (6th) 15.81

100 (8th) — Abby Parker (4th) 15.38; Allison Wenzel (5th) 15.53; Payton Aparicio (6th) 15.75; Kyla Briscoe (7th) 15.89; Maggie Crimmins (9th) 17.13

200 (7th) — Lindsey Roberts (1st) 31.87; Ashlie Shank (2nd) 32.92; Jungmann (5th) 35.82

200 (8th) — Mckenzie Meyer (3rd) 32.08; Aparicio (4th) 32.42

400 (7th) — Julia Beumer (1st) 1:19.88

400 (8th) — Sage Renninger (2nd) 1:11.78; Lauren Bayne (3rd) 1:13.46

800 (7th) — Reed Richards (1st) 3:04.87

800 (8th) — Parker (1st) 2:57.61

1600 (7th) — Roberts (1st) 6:45; Richards (2nd) 6:47

75 hurdles (7th) — Roberts (1st) 15.55; Kalia Littlejohn (2nd) 15.56; Richards (7th) 24.55

75 hurdles (8th) — Bayne (3rd) 14.90; Wenzel (4th) 15.24

4 x 100 Relay (7th) — Littlejohn, Shank, Richards, Roberts (1st) 1:02.79

4 x 200 Relay (8th) — Aparicio, Meyer, Renninger, Briscoe (1st) 2:11.58

Shot Put (7th) — Maddy Hilkey (4th) 19-06; Moira Reed (6th) 17-02; Emma Smith (7th) 17-00

Shot Put (8th) — Ashley Smith (5th) 17-06

Discus (7th) — Hilkey (4th) 43-06; E. Smith (7th) 36-10, Reed (12th) 28-00

Discus (8th) — A. Smith (9th) 42-04

High Jump (7th) — Littlejohn (3rd) 3-08; E. Smith (4th) 3-08

High Jump (8th) — Bayne (4th) 4-00; Wenzel (7th) 3-08; Crimmins (8th) 3-06

Long Jump (8th) — Meyer (1st) 12-02

BOYS:

100 (7th) — Gabe Eck (4th) 14.22; Teo Keilwitz (5th) 14.83; Uriah Kastner (7th) 15.48; Seth David (9th) 16.19; Ethan Kedrowski (11th) 18.64

100 (8th) — Coleby Fleming (5th) 13.82; Luke Merriman (8th) 15.00

200 (7th) — Ty Eck (1st) 28.09

200 (8th) — Henry Wynn (3rd) 27.37; Jacob Smith (6th) 28.54

400 (8th) — J. Smith (2nd) 1:02.43; Noah Allison (5th) 1:04.28; Jesse Hester (8th) 1:08.13

1600 (7th) — Chris Battaglia (1st) 5:36.66

1600 (8th) — Wynn (2nd) 5:43.21; Allison (3rd) 5:43.84; Lawrence Boado (4th) 5:44.52

110 Hurdles (8th) — Allison (1st) 20.81; Hester (2nd) 21.21; Cameron Toomey-Stout (6th) 21.84

4 x 100 Relay (8th) — Wynn, Allison, Boado, Fleming (2nd) 54.32

4 x 200 Relay (7th) — Battaglia, Kastner, G. Eck, T. Eck (1st) 1:59.56

4 x 200 Relay (8th) — Hunter Downes, J. Smith, Wynn, Boado (2nd) 1:59.55

Shot Put (8th) — Luke Carlson (7th) 28-04

Discus (7th) — Keilwitz (6th) 45-10

Discus (8th) — Carlson (4th) 75-07; Kenny Johnson (10th) 60-02

High Jump (7th) — Battaglia (1st) 4-08; T. Eck (2nd) 4-04

High Jump (8th) — Fleming (3rd) 4-04; Merriman (7th) 4-02; J. Smith (9th) 4-00; Toomey-Stout (9th) 4-00; Downes (10th) 4-00

Long Jump (7th) — G. Eck (1st) 13-06; T. Eck (2nd) 13-04; Battiglia (3rd) 13-03.50; David (11th) 9-00.50; Kedrowski (12th) 8-09

Long Jump (8th) — Fleming (2nd) 15-02; Merriman (8th) 12-01; Downes (9th) 11-10; Johnson (12th) 11-03; Toomey-Stout (15th) 10-03

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