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   Your bookshelf isn’t complete without a copy. (Book cover photo by Sylvia Hurlburt)

A little more than three cents a page.

That’s all it costs to own a permanent piece of Coupeville Sports history.

As we head towards the five-year anniversary of this blog, I’m jumping the gun by two months by publishing “Bow Down to Cow Town: Small Town Sports, Big Time Stories.”

It’s 294 pages (in handy 5 x 8 standard paperback book form) of big wins, tough losses and (somewhat) introspective looks at the athletes and coaches who have called Cow Town home from 2012-2017.

All for the low, low price of $9.95 on Amazon (there’s a permanent link on the top right of this blog and another one at the end of this article).

I’m not going to list everyone who appears in the book by name, as it’s a ton.

But there are big appearances from everyone from Jae LeVine to Lathom Kelley, Bob Rea to Kacie Kiel, Willie Smith to Sylvia Arnold and just about everyone else you can think about.

Every word written by me on a computer powered by three hamsters on a treadmill while camped out on the shores of Penn Cove.

Want to help keep me, and Coupeville Sports, going?

Buy a book, heck, buy a couple books.

One for yourself, one for grandma, one for the relatives in Pennsylvania, maybe even one to put under that wobbly table leg to get it to stay steady.

Most important thing? Buy it.

Cause every time you buy a copy, a cow gets its wings … and it’s a little easier for me to pay rent. So, there’s that, too.

To buy my book, pop over to:

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   Fanny Deprelle: “Come with me, if you want to live (through the rest of our grad party)!!” (John Fisken photos)

Mckenzie Meyer puts the CHS band through its paces at graduation.

Jae LeVine, up to shenanigans as usual.

   Kailey Kellner (in bow tie) keeps a watchful eye on the paparazzi while her classmates enjoy a joke from the podium.

Gabe Wynn gets a ride from (l to r) Taylor Heidt, Cole Payne and Josh Bayne.

  Jimmy Myers hangs out with big sisters Julia Myers (left) and Taylor Herreman.

Grads (l to r) Kiara Burdge, Kaela Hollrigel and Kellner, still going strong.

   Aiden Crimmins tempts Charlotte Langille with a “tasty” treat during a round of “Fear Factor.”

Garrett Machen dreams of his bed.

Together, one last time.

One final run as a pack.

The Coupeville High School Class of 2017, all 71 of them, went out in style Friday night.

After graduating (capping a K-12 run in Cow Town for 19 of them), half the class stayed together for a grad night party in Seattle.

Ever-industrious paparazzi John Fisken was there for it all, and the photos above are courtesy him.

To see everything he shot at graduation and the grad night party (photos can be downloaded for free), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Events/Coupeville-Grad-Night-2017/

To see graduation podium shots (purchases support scholarships for CHS student/athletes), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Events/Coupeville-graduation-2017/

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   Jacob Martin is one of 12 former Wolves planning on playing college sports next school year. (John Fisken photo)

Some are done, some are just beginning.

With the 2016-2017 school year reaching an end, a number of former Coupeville athletes are saying goodbye to life in college sports, while others are gearing up for their own runs.

The elder statesman, Mitch Pelroy, capped a five-year run as a football player at Montana Western, while Hailey Hammer and Monica Vidoni ended two-year stints at Everett Community College and Rainy River CC, respectively.

Also out the door is Jenn Spark, who played a year of soccer at Tacoma Community College.

She’s engaged to former Wolf hoops star Anthony Bergeron and is headed to San Diego to join him.

Looking towards the fall of 2017, here’s a list of former Wolves who we expect to be in the mix for a college sports career.

It’s an ever-changing list, so don’t be surprised to see additions or subtractions as we head down the winding road.

In alphabetic order:

Zane Bundy — After a year of learning on the sidelines at Santa Barbara City College, the former Wolf kicker is transferring to Tabor College in Kansas.

Ben Etzell — An All-League pick for his performance as a relief pitcher, he’ll be a senior at Saint John’s University in Minnesota next spring.

Kailey Kellner — 2017 CHS grad has signed to play hoops at D’Youville College in New York.

Dalton Martin — Enjoyed a successful freshman season as a discus thrower at Everett Community College.

Ally Roberts – 2017 CHS grad is joining the equestrian team at Western Washington University. The school provides its riders with steeds, dashing hopes she would take her horse, Tiger, to live with her in the dorms, TV sitcom-style.

Jacob Martin — 2017 CHS grad has signed to play football at Feather River College in Quincy, California. Golden Eagles coaches are projecting him to play strong safety.

Clay Reilly — 2017 CHS grad will try out for the baseball team at Skagit Valley College.

Kory Score — 2017 CHS grad will try out for the baseball team at Western Washington.

Makana Stone — After a tremendously successful freshman year on the basketball court at Whitman College (she became a starter and helped carry her team to the Elite Eight), she’ll be a key player for the Blues next winter.

Nick Streubel – He’s healthy after missing much of last season with a hand injury and he, and his flowing Samson hair locks, are expected to start on the line for the Central Washington University football squad. Will be a red-shirt sophomore.

Jonathan Thurston – 2017 CHS grad will try out for the Central Washington baseball squad.

Aaron Trumbull – Played first base at Olympic Community College as a freshman this spring, where he showed a slick glove.

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Charlie Toth

I never met Charlie Toth in person, but he had a huge impact on me.

A member of the Coupeville High School Class of 1976, and an inductee in the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame as part of the ’75-’76 boys basketball squad, Mr. Toth passed away Thursday.

He had fought against an inoperable brain tumor for 14 years.

My first contact with Charlie came in Oct., 2013, when he reached out to me on Facebook to ask a question about Nick Streubel’s college football plans.

After that we talked back and forth from time to time.

He was a fountain of information about teams and players from the ’70s, a stretch of time when the Wolves were highly successful.

Charlie was part of that, though he was quick to brush off any reflected glory, joking “My butt warmed many benches at CHS before my graduation.”

During our discussions, we talked sports and writing, and he was unfailing in always giving me a boost, telling me how much he had enjoyed a certain article, or pointing out a new direction I could take my research in.

He came back to town for his 40-year reunion, but I was out of town and missed out on the opportunity to meet him in person.

We had talked about sharing lunch the next time he was around — he offered to buy, which is an offer which can never be turned down by a writer scraping out a living day-to-day.

I knew a little of his health issues, but didn’t realize what a heroic battle he had fought until the news of his passing.

What I do know is in our online conversations he came across as an extraordinarily decent man, a guy who remembered his time at CHS (and his friends from there) with real joy.

Our conversations, peppered with tidbits of history and pats on the back (which always seemed to come at just the right time), were a genuine pleasure.

I appreciate what he gave me, and I hope, through my writing here on Coupeville Sports, I honor him.

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   Robin Cedillo: “You want me to watch a 13-minute video?!?! Let me get my toast on first, son.” (John Fisken photo)

The Class of 2017 has officially left its mark.

One of the annual rites of passage for seniors at Coupeville High School is the hand-off of the torch to the junior class, and immortalizing that transfer of power with a video.

Every graduating class thinks their cinematic creation is the best ever made, so I’m sure the ’17ers would get loud ‘n proud right about now if the subject came up.

Take a gander at their well-crafted vid below (and, if you’re a completist, you can track the rest of them down on YouTube in your spare time):

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