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Rebecca Robinson, always a winner

Posted in Graduation, Wolves in college, tagged Central Washington University, CHS Wolves, Dean's Scholar, Marketing, Rebecca Robinson on May 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Rebecca Robinson with fiancée Zane Bundy (left) and lil’ bro Josh Robinson. (Photo courtesy Naomie Welshans)

Rebecca Robinson has been a high-flying superstar for quite some time now.

So it comes as little surprise that one of Coupeville’s best and brightest is being hailed once again for her scholastic achievements.

Robinson, who graduated from Central Washington University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a specialization in Marketing Management, didn’t just pick up her diploma.

The former Wolf cheerleader was named a Dean’s Scholar, for finishing in the top 5% of all CWU College of Business grads, while also being honored as the Marketing Student of the Year.

Robinson, who is engaged to fellow CHS Class of 2016 grad Zane Bundy, would like to eventually open her own marketing agency in Ellensburg.

Back in her Coupeville days, the daughter of Salon Blue owner Naomie Welshans was already a high-achieving whirlwind of talent.

In between her time cheering on the CHS football sideline — where she won the team’s Spirit Award as a senior — Robinson acted in numerous plays with the school’s theatre troupe.

A member of the National Honor Society, she volunteered with the International Order of Rainbow Girls, helped with Northwest Harvest food drives, was a team captain for a Relay for Life team, and volunteered as a teacher’s assistant.

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The dribble is strong with this one

Posted in Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, dribbling, Lindsey Roberts, Xavier Murdy on May 26, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Xavier Murdy pounds the ball. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Grab your basketball and get to work.

The Coupeville Youth Basketball dribbling challenge returns for another week, with three drills intended to make your crossover the snappiest in town.

Current CHS hoops supernova Xavier Murdy, fast-rising middle school stars Landon Roberts and Cole White, and legendary former Wolf Lindsey Roberts are all on hand to be your guides.

Follow along with the action, work on your skills, and post your own response videos on social media.

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Stone hailed for career achievements

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Makana Stone, Mignon Borleske, Whitman on May 26, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone, forever a force of nature. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Every bucket, every rebound, every moment of on-court brilliance built to this.

Two days after graduating from Whitman College, Coupeville’s Makana Stone received her school’s highest athletic honor Tuesday morning.

The former Wolf, who finished as the #5 scorer and #2 rebounder in Blues women’s basketball history, received the Mignon Borleske Award.

The honor recognizes a graduating senior student-athlete for “their career athletic ability and accomplishments, leadership and sportsmanship qualities, and contributions to the campus and community as a whole.”

Stone shared the honor with Blues tennis player Andrea Gu, a three-time All-American.

Robert Colton, a Whitman men’s basketball star, received the R.V. Borleske Award, which is given to the school’s top male athlete.

The winners receive a plaque, while their names are added to a display in the athletic department’s Hall of Fame.

The awards are named for a couple who arrived on campus in 1915, then had a huge impact on the growth of the school.

Raymond Borleske, a former Whitman football and baseball player, became a long-time coach, while Mignon Borleske taught dance and women’s education classes at the school for nearly 40 years.

Stone, a 2016 CHS grad, became a starter for the Blues midway through her freshman season, and rarely left the court after that.

She finished with the most starts (92) in program history, and she and fellow seniors Mady Burdett, Lily Gustafson, Natalie Whitesel, and Katie Stahl compiled a 94-20 record during their time in Walla Walla.

That was the most wins for a graduating class in the long and prestigious history of Whitman women’s basketball.

Their success included three trips to the NCAA D-III national tourney, and Whitman was hours away from playing in the Sweet 16 at this year’s event when COVID-19 shut down collegiate athletics.

Stone finished her run in a Blues uniform with 1,337 points and 837 rebounds.

She was named the Northwest Conference MVP as a senior, was selected for the Beyond Sports Women’s Collegiate All-Star Game, and received All-Region and All-American honors.

When she wasn’t excelling on the hardwood, Stone participated in the Whitman College mentor program, was an ACE representative, and served as a member of the Whitman Elementary School Science Night Committee.

Using her time well, Coupeville’s progeny was also a presenter at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, while obtaining multiple internships.

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CHS cross country loses coach

Posted in Cross Country, tagged CHS Wolves, coaching change, cross country, Kansas, Luke Samford on May 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School cross country coach Luke Samford, seen here with Catherine Lhamon, has moved to Kansas. (Helene Lhamon photo)

Add another job opening to the list.

Coupeville High School will need to hire two new head coaches before the fall sports season begins – if the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic allows athletics to restart.

Wolf boys soccer coach Kyle Nelson has already stepped down from his position, and now CHS cross country guru Luke Samford is making a similar move.

Samford, who is also an assistant track and field coach, confirmed he has moved to Kansas with wife Hayley.

The decision was based on their jobs, and the cost of living difference between the states.

A former NCAA D-I athlete, Samford coached college runners for seven years before moving to Whidbey Island.

In his one season at the helm of the recently-revived CHS harrier team, he radically increased the number of participants in the program, and helped guide Wolf junior Catherine Lhamon to the state meet.

After much success through the early ’90s, Coupeville shut down its cross country program and it went dormant for two decades.

While a handful of Wolf runners such as Tyler King and Danny Conlisk trained and traveled with other schools over the years, with King winning a state title in 2010, the sport didn’t fully return to the school until 2018.

Natasha Bamberger, who won a state cross country title for CHS in 1985, coached the Wolves in their first season back, then stepped aside to focus on her real-world job.

Now, after Samford’s departure, Lhamon and Co. will have their third head coach in as many years.

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Speedy Kortuem chases college track dreams

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged 400, CHS Wolves, Mallory Kortuem, track and field, Western Washington University on May 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »

After a standout career at Coupeville High School on the soccer pitch and track oval, Mallory Kortuem will run in college, as well. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

In a non-pandemic world, Mallory Kortuem would be running for a state title next weekend.

The Coupeville High School senior, who holds four school track and field records, finished 2nd in the 400 last spring and would have been the odds-on favorite to wear the 1A girls crown this year.

While schools being shut down by COVID-19 prevented her from making a triumphant return to Eastern Washington, it’s not the end of Kortuem’s track career, however.

She has signed a letter of intent to run for Western Washington University, an NCAA D-II school, and will receive a partial scholarship.

The Vikings compete out of the 11-school Great Northwest Athletic Conference, which also includes Central Washington University and Seattle Pacific University.

Kortuem knows she’ll be running in the 400 for WWU, which has indoor and outdoor track seasons. After that, things are wide open.

“I am planning on trying the 200 as well, and I might be put on a 4 x 400 team,” she said.

“I have also been interested in trying the 800, which I would have tried this year, but I did not get the chance,” Kortuem added. “All I know for sure by the coaches is the 400.”

Mom Heather smooches the youngest of her three superstar children.

In between practices and meets, the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Famer will study kinesiology, and may go into graduate school after her time at Western.

During her time at CHS, Kortuem was a standout soccer player as well as track and field star.

She departs holding school records in the 400 (58.02) and pole vault (8-10), while also being part of record-setting 4 x 100 (50.54) and 4 x 200 (1:46.13) relay squads, with all of those marks set during her junior campaign.

Kortuem earned four state meet medals through her junior season, one of just seven girls in CHS history to reach that mark since the school opened in 1900.