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Track roars in at last second!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on June 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Grove

   Lauren Grove pledged she and her 4 x 200 teammates would set a school record, and they backed it up.

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Letter winners (l to r) Connor Thompson, Jacob Smith, Lathom Kelley and Jared Helmstadter. (John Fisken photos)

Sylvia Hurlbuet (left) and Makana Stone hug it out on the awards stand.

Sylvia Hurlburt (left) and Makana Stone hug it out on the awards stand.

What, just because school is done, you thought we were done with awards season?

You thought wrong, skippy.

Putting the final stamp on the 2014-2015 Coupeville High School athletic year, the Wolf track team handed out letters and certificates Wednesday at a team awards banquet.

Juniors Makana Stone and Dalton Martin headlined, with each being honored as members of the All-Olympic League First Team.

Stone was honored for the 400, an event she finished 4th in at the state meet, while Martin was the league’s top male discus hurler.

He claimed 5th at state.

Special attention was also paid to Martin (discus) and sophomore Skyler Lawrence (shot put) for being district champs and the girls’ 4 x 200 relay squad.

That unit, comprised of Marisa Etzell, Lauren Grove, Sylvia Hurlburt and Stone, finished 3rd at state and set a new school record (1:46.64) in the process.

Letter winners:

Lauren Bayne
Mitchell Carroll
Marisa Etzell
Lauren Grove
Naika Hallam
Jared Helmstadter
Jesse Hester
Sylvia Hurlburt
Lathom Kelley
Skyler Lawrence
Dalton Martin
Abby Parker
Jacob Smith
Makana Stone
Connor Thompson

Participation certificates:

Delaney Armstrong
Amanda Foley
Mitchell Losey
Mattea Miller
Grey Rische
Allison Wenzel 

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Bow to your new queen!!

Posted in A freakin' American hero, Girls Basketball, Girls Tennis, Happy birthday, Volleyball, tagged , , , , , , , on June 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »

"It's mah birthday!!!" (John Fisken photos)

“It’s mah birthday!!!” (John Fisken photos)

McKayla (top) and McKenzie Bailey

McKayla (top) and McKenzie Bailey, the best there ever was in the photo biz.

McKe

“Dang straight, Skippy!!”

The stare started with side-eye, and not just side-eye, but truly epic side-eye.

Then, without seeming to do so, McKenzie Bailey’s head turned 180 degrees and, over the top of her glasses, one eyebrow cocked, she regarded me as if I just asked her to lick a fresh cow pattie.

I had made the mistake of telling her mom, Donna, that with older sister McKayla about to graduate, little sis Mollie, several years shy of high school, was Coupeville Sports next true superstar, the chosen one who would inherit the crown of the one true Photo Bomb Queen.

Realizing  my mistake too late (a common occurrence in my life…), I started to stammer while McKenzie held the look for just long enough to send ice down the spine.

“I do not believe I have left this school yet, have I?”

One more beat to let the eyebrow fully cock, then she let me off the hook, her trademark light-up-the-prairie smile breaking through.

And really, could there have been any doubt that McKenzie, who celebrates a birthday today, is already primed to take over the throne held for so long by McKayla?

Photos, taking photos, being in photos, photo-bombing others in photos — it’s a time-honored Bailey Tradition.

Mollie will certainly get her moment, but not until McKenzie lets the crown reluctantly slip from her college-bound fingers in a year or so.

Not that photos are her only claim to fame.

A consistent three-sport athlete (volleyball, basketball, tennis), McKenzie was one of just two Wolves — with Wynter Thorne — to play on both of the CHS squads to win an Olympic League title last year.

A key contributor for both the basketball and tennis teams, which put up the first new championship banners in Cow Town since 2002, Bailey is the real deal.

She’s also a pretty phenomenal student — like big sis — and can probably drive a tractor with one hand while popping wheelies and playing the guitar intro to Nirvana’s “Come as You Are” with the other (why not?) if she wants.

Talented, vivacious, and as friendly as all get out (except when her rise to power is being questioned) McKenzie is a true original.

She’s got some McKayla in her, and a dash of Mollie, and vice versa, but the middle Bailey is her own amazing young woman.

Happy birthday, McKenzie. May your reign be as impressive as you are.

P.S. — That’s pretty dang impressive.

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Still Fab? Of course!!

Posted in A freakin' American hero, Girls Basketball, Happy birthday, Volleyball, tagged , , , , on June 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »

The many faces of Amanda Fabrizi.

The many faces of Amanda Fabrizi.

She was never one to shout and proclaim herself as the best.

Which never disguised how good she really was.

Former Wolf basketball/volleyball star Amanda Fabrizi didn’t make a play for the headlines or the photo ops, she just worked, and worked, and worked some more.

And it paid off, in a career that was capped with a particularly stellar senior hoops season in which she buried one dagger after another from long distance.

A superb outside shooter who could also be quite deadly with a lil’ running hook shot, Fabrizi, who celebrates her birthday today, was money.

Tough and gritty on the court, and a sweetheart off, much like her hard-court running mate at the time, Breeanna Messner, Fab was deceptive.

Other teams sometimes figured the duo for pushovers, mistaking quiet confidence for timidness.

It was a mistake they never made twice.

Fabrizi was relentless, crashing hard to the hoop, daring the other team to put her on the line with the game at stake.

Back up, though, and she’d bury the trey over your head.

Now, as she navigates college life and pursues being an orthopedic surgeon, her work ethic is still remarkable.

And, while Wolf fans don’t see her up close and personal like they once did, we all still wish her the best.

Happy birthday, Miss Fabrizi.

May it hit nothing but net, just like you always did.

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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die!!

Posted in A freakin' American hero, Boys Soccer, Happy birthday, tagged , , , , , on June 16, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Sean Donley? He's like a freakin' Greek god, he is. (John Fisken photos)

Sean Donley, operating at legendary status. (John Fisken photos)

We come to remember a legend.

The scrappiest of scrappy booters, the king of hairpin moves on the pitch, a man who could steal a pass, juke a defender out of his shoes, lay in a sizzling line drive for a goal, then go play “We are the Champions” on a baby grand piano on the sidelines while his teammates celebrate.

Sean Donley may no longer be patrolling the grass field at Coupeville High School for the Wolf boys’ soccer team, or be slaving away in the dish pits at Christopher’s on Whidbey, but he left his mark before leaving both locales.

He was the smartest, the quickest and the most talented, yet retained his boyish enthusiasm and laid-back charm.

He was Mr. Donley, living (large) legend, and nothing has changed.

As he celebrates a birthday today, we just want to send him best wishes.

You haven’t been forgotten, Mr. Donley. Your shadow still looms strong over the land.

May it be ever so.

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Quick hits: Shane Losey abides!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , , on June 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Shane Losey has got this. (Scott Losey photo)

Shane Losey has got this. (Scott Losey photo)

With a new high school football season ahead of us, let’s take a look at some of the young men who will play for Coupeville High School for the first time this fall.

If there is pressure in living up to the family name, it doesn’t seem to have affected Shane Losey.

A gunslinger at quarterback who will move up and join big brother Mitchell in the fall, following in the footsteps of their father and other relatives, he remains low-key and ready to learn.

“I would like to work on being a better receiver and quarterback,” Losey said. “Understanding the plays. They are a lot different this year.

“I want to start every JV game and perfect my skills.”

He’ll be a freshman, while his older brother will be a senior.

Having the chance to learn from Mitchell, and other Wolf veterans, whether on the field or in day-to-day life, has been valuable.

“My brother and his friend Josh Bayne, they crack me up!,” Losey said. “Fun times at our house.”

This will be his third season on the gridiron, having picked up the sport when he entered middle school.

“I started because I like football, thought it would be fun to play with friends,” Losey said. “I enjoy tackling people, playing with my friends, understanding the game and working hard.”

When he’s not on the football field, he can be found hanging with friends, playing XBox, going to water parks and movies and out and about on family camping trips.

Losey also spends a fair amount of time playing baseball, having just finished a season of Babe Ruth in Oak Harbor. He was one of six future Wolves to play for the squad.

“That is fun, playing with guys you don’t know from another school and you get to know them through the season,” Losey said.

A lot of that baseball time has been spent with dad Scott.

“My dad has been a big impact for me. He has coached me through most of my baseball career this far,” Losey said. “This year was the first he wasn’t there to coach since we played in Oak Harbor. So that was a little weird…

“He and I have had many road trips from Coupeville to parts all over different places playing ball,” he added. “Lots of nights getting home at 10:00 and up to school the next day.

“Texting mom on the way home the score. And call her to fill her in on my AWESOME game I had tonight!”

And, whether texting or talking in person, his mom, Melissa, is the one who is always there for him.

“She is great; I can talk to her about anything secret or not,” Losey said. “She listens and cares a lot. I have great support around me.”

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