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Ready for action

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, Track, tagged , , , , , , , on March 26, 2020| Leave a Comment »

CHS varsity softball leads off a group of pics shot earlier this spring. (Photos by JohnPhotos.net)

Wolf track and field fills up the bleachers.

Varsity soccer takes the field.

Baseball claims the diamond.

JV softball, ready to pile up the runs.

JV soccer defends its net.

Tennis is on point.

The season is on hiatus, but the photos have been snapped.

With the coronavirus pandemic having forced the closure of Washington state schools, Coupeville athletes sit and wait to see if they will get to chase their spring dreams.

But back before the shutdown, wanderin’ paparazzi John Fisken bounced from field to field and captured the team pics seen above.

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Time flows, records endure

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on March 26, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Natasha Bamberger, here coaching CHS cross country in 2018, has held school track records for 36 seasons. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Not all CHS track and field records are from the last year or two. Some athletes have stayed on the chart for decades. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

They have endured. Some for three decades.

Track and field records are set to be broken, and often are in the very next race.

But a few achievements seem to last forever.

When you look at the Coupeville High School record board which graces the entrance to the CHS gym, it leans towards the athletes of the current generation.

Ten of 35 records were set just last spring, during the 2019 season.

But, somewhat surprisingly, just as many marks on that board come from athletes who haven’t competed in Coupeville in the last 20+ years.

Entering this spring, and the season which may never happen thanks to a pandemic, four school records endure from the 1990’s, while another six have held on from the 80’s.

Going in reverse, it starts with Yashmeen Knox, who soared five feet, two inches in the high jump back in 1999.

Side note – Yaz went on to marry fellow CHS track star Rich Wilson, who set the Wolf boys high jump record of 6-04 in 2000.

While he technically doesn’t fit into this story, as his mark wasn’t from the ’80s or ’90s, his big moment still sits on the board as well, 20 years later.

And hey, how many schools can say that their all-time high jump record holders got married?

I’m willing to bet it’s like … one.

Anyway, step a few years back from there and you meet Allyson Barker, whose performance in the triple jump (35-05.50) has stood as the CHS benchmark since ’95.

Throwers have come and gone, but Jennie Cross has yet to be matched, with both her shot put (36-09) and discus (120-03) records untouched since the ’90 campaign.

And then we head back into really faraway times, with six marks enduring from the days of Ronald Reagan, Pac-Man, and a time when the shorts were short and the socks were long.

You can make an argument for Chad Gale having been the most-dominant male athlete in CHS track history, and the board would back you up.

Reed-thin (but it was all muscle), he rocks a ‘stache in photos from the time, forever daring any modern-day track stars to make a run at his marks.

They never quite get all the way there, however.

Gale still stands as the school record-holder in the long jump (22-08 in ’88), 110 hurdles (14.8 in ’88), and 300 hurdles (39.9 in ’86).

That 1986 season also produced the best 4 x 100 relay team to ever suit up in CHS uniforms, with Bill Carstensen, Tony Killgo, Jay Roberts, and Rick Alexander hitting the tape in 43.9 seconds.

But ultimately, no one has endured at the top of the mountain as long as Natasha Bamberger, the most-decorated female athlete in school history.

A four-time state champ in track, she also earned the crown in cross country during the ’85 season, and is the only Wolf, girl or boy, with five individual state titles.

Kyle King tops the boys side of the ledger, with five track titles in the mid-2000’s, with one of his golds coming as a member of a 4 x 4 relay team.

Bamberger, who later returned to her alma mater to coach cross country, captured her first state titles in 1984, winning in both the 1600 and 3200.

Her marks in those events (5:09.6 and 11:23.7) have endured atop the big board for 36 years, holding out against the best efforts of distance runners from Adrianna Royal to Catherine Lhamon and beyond.

Records are set to be broken, it’s true.

But then there are a few where you say, these marks? They’re gonna live forever.

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Wolf grad reps Montana football

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on March 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Prairie legend Emma Smith, back in her days as a Coupeville volleyball ace. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Smith, right next to the helmet of the main football player, is front and center in the latest Montana State University football advertising blitz.

From Cow Town to Bozeman, Emma Smith is still in the spotlight.

The former Coupeville High School athlete, who went to state in both volleyball and track and field, is currently a freshman at Montana State University.

While there, she spent a chunk of her fall attending Bobcat football games, and now a photo featuring her and other MSU students is at the heart of the gridiron program’s latest advertising blitz.

The poster seen above popped up on Twitter Wednesday, quickly setting the internet abuzz.

Smith, who was a First-Team All-Conference pick as a hard-hitting volleyball spiker during her CHS days, is part of one of Coupeville’s strongest athletic dynasties.

Her branch of the Smith family includes aunt Joli, a three-sport supernova during my days writing at the Whidbey News-Times, and uncle Todd, an All-Conference pick on both sides of the ball for the ’90 CHS football team, the only undefeated squad in program history.

And then there’s grandpa Steve, one of the most physically-gifted athletes the town has ever witnessed.

Today, though, the spotlight is firmly on Emma, no matter what town she’s currently calling home.

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All the medals, all the glory

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on March 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Wolf thrower Dalton Martin (right) wins three medals in our “Coupeville High School Virtual Olympics.” (Abbie Martin photo)

This group claims 19 medals, including six golds. L to r: Lindsey Roberts, Emma Smith, Ashlie Shank, Lauren Bayne. In back: Ariah Bepler. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Real life or digital life, Lauren Grove piles up the medals. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

Maya and Cameron Toomey-Stout combine with brother Sean to claim 20 medals, including nine golds. (Beth Stout photo)

Round two.

Yesterday we used numbers off of athletic.net to look back at the best track and field performances compiled from 2009-2019 by Coupeville Middle School athletes.

Today we slide up a rung and celebrate what’s been achieved at the high school level.

And we’re actually drawing from a bigger data base on this one, as the stats for CHS go back to 2000.

Now, are their results flawless? Probably not.

I caught two school-record performances — the 2006 boys 4 x 400 relay team and Rich Wilson’s work in the high jump — which weren’t reflected in the athletic.net results.

While the absence of those marks immediately jumped out at me because they’re ingrained in my conscious, there may be other non-record marks missing as well, which could more easily slide by.

The marks for the last decade seem pretty solid, but if there’s anything missing, it probably comes from the early 2000’s, which seems a bit spottier.

That being said, take it for what it is, and enjoy what we can.

In our “Coupeville High School Virtual Olympics,” we hand out gold, silver, and bronze medals in 22 events for the girls, and 22 for the boys.

There are a couple of places where there aren’t a complete top three, such as the boys 2K steeplechase, and again, this is probably not a definitive list of everything Wolf athletes competed in across the past two decades.

But taken in context, we can see the impact different CHS stars had in their sport.

Lindsey Roberts, who has the most real state meet medals of any Wolf girl ever, leads our digital throw-down, finishing with 11 medals, including four golds.

Two-time state champ Danny Conlisk tops our gold medalists, claiming six, with Maya Toomey-Stout and Mallory Kortuem notching five apiece.

Special props to the Hoskins and Toomey-Stout families, as well.

The Hoskins put four siblings on our list, with Jai’Lysa, Will, Ja’Tarya, and Ja’Kenya all winning medals in our Olympics.

But no family has been as dominant as the one raised by Beth Stout and Lisa Toomey.

Maya, twin brother Sean, and big bro Cameron account for 20 medals, nine of them gold.

And a final side note about the girls high jump, where Yashmeen Knox and Cassidy Moody tie for the gold, both jumping an even five feet.

Yes, I am very aware Knox (now Yashmeen Wilson) holds the school record at 5-02, but … that mark was set in 1999, and our virtual Olympics only covers 2000-2019.

So, with that, down to the arena we go:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (1st) 12.74 – 2019; Makana Stone (2nd) 13.11 – 2013; Jai’Lysa Hoskins (3rd) 13.20 – 2011

200 — Stone (1st) 26.60 – 2014; M. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 26.76 – 2017; Lauren Grove (3rd) 26.88 – 2016

400 — Mallory Kortuem (1st) 58.02 – 2019; Stone (2nd) 58.13 – 2014; Amy Mouw (3rd) 1:00.93 – 2003

800 — Mouw (1st) 2:21.54 – 2003; Stone (2nd) 2:21.89 – 2016; Rachel Weinstein (3rd) 2:30.70 – 2008

1500 — Catherine Lhamon (1st) 5:40.25 – 2018; Lucy Sandahl (2nd) 5:41.87 – 2018; Lauren Bayne (3rd) 5:49.69 – 2015

1600 — Adrianna Royal (1st) 5:28.19 – 2008; Weinstein (2nd) 5:42.00 – 2008; Sandahl (3rd) 5:46.30 – 2018

3000 — Lhamon (1st) 11:37.33 – 2018; Abby Parker (2nd) 13:41.99 – 2015

3200 — Royal (1st) 11:50.28 – 2008; Lhamon (2nd) 12:41.10 – 2018; Erin Rosenkranz (3rd) 12:53.61 – 2013

100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (1st) 15.21 – 2019; Madison Tisa McPhee (2nd) 16.13 – 2013; Chelsea Rosenkrance (3rd) 17.16 – 2007

300 Hurdles — Tisa McPhee (1st) 48.01 – 2013; Rosenkrance (2nd) 51.30 – 2007; Kortuem (3rd) 51.37 – 2017

4 x 100 Relay — M. Toomey-Stout, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Kortuem, Roberts (1st) 50.54 – 2019; Grove, Roberts, Kortuem, Sylvia Hurlburt (2nd) 50.66 – 2016; Grove, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts (3rd) 51.04 – 2017

4 x 200 Relay — Roberts, Ja’Kenya Hoskins, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout (1st) 1:46.13 – 2019; Grove, Roberts, Hurlburt, Stone (2nd) 1:46.41 – 2016; Grove, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts (3rd) 1:46.58 – 2017

4 x 400 Relay — Marisa Etzell, Jai’Lysa Hoskins, Kirsten Pelroy, Stone (1st) 4:14.98 – 2013; Relay Team (no names listed) (2nd) 4:23.17 – 2007; Roberts, M. Toomey-Stout, Sandahl, Kortuem (3rd) 4:25.98 – 2019

100-100-200-400 Relay — M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts, Ashlie Shank, Kortuem (1st) 1:58.00 – 2018

1200-400-800-1600 Relay — Alana Mihill, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Sandahl, Lhamon (1st) 15:10.85 – 2019; Bayne, Madison Rixe, Parker, Sandahl (2nd) 15:40.74 – 2017

Shot Put — Emma Smith (1st) 34-05 – 2019; Kyra Ilyankoff (2nd) 33-03 – 2011; Skyler Lawrence (3rd) 32-06 (3rd) – 2016

Discus — Allison Wenzel (1st) 106-04 – 2018; Erin Hickey (2nd) 103-08 – 2008; E. Smith (3rd) 92-08 – 2019

Javelin — Ilyankoff (1st) 129-00 – 2009; Bayne (2nd) 109-02 – 2018; Grace LaPoint (3rd) 103-06 – 2012

High Jump — Yashmeen Knox (1st-tie) 5-00 – 2001; Cassidy Moody (1st-tie) 5-00 – 2017; Roberts (3rd) 4-11 – 2019

Pole Vault — Kortuem (1st) 8-10 – 2019; McKenzie Meyer (2nd) 6-6 – 2017

Long Jump — M. Toomey-Stout (1st) 17-0.25 – 2019; Moody (2nd) 16-2.75 – 2018; Roberts (3rd) 15-10.25 – 2017

Triple Jump — Grove (1st) 31-04.75 – 2017; Bayne (2nd) 30-11.50 – 2018; Aurora Zanardi (3rd) 30-10.50 – 2017

 

BOYS:

100 — Danny Conlisk (1st) 11.04 – 2019; Jean Lund-Olsen (2nd) 11.05 – 2019; Jacob Smith (3rd) 11.12 – 2018

200 — Conlisk (1st) 21.99 – 2019; J. Smith (2nd) 22.41 – 2017; Lund-Olsen (3rd) 22.57 – 2019

400 — Conlisk (1st) 49.14 – 2019; Jon Chittim (2nd) 50.67 – 2006; Steven McDonald (3rd) 51.00 – 2008

800 — Tyler King (1st) 1:55.34 – 2010; Kyle King (2nd) 1:58.62 – 2008; Conlisk (3rd) 2:05.57 – 2017

1500 — Conlisk (1st) 4:45.09 – 2016; Matthew Hampton (2nd) 4:50.03 – 2012; Henry Wynn (3rd) 4:51.64 – 2016

1600 — T. King (1st) 4:12.97 – 2011; K. King (2nd) 4:20.06 – 2008; Joe Donnellon (3rd) 4:31.22 – 2000

3000 — Jakobi Baumann (1st) 11:46.14 – 2016

3200 — K. King (1st) 9:13.67 – 2008; T. King (2nd) 9:20.52 – 2010; Donnellon (3rd) 10:01.24 – 2000

110 Hurdles — Jacob Weaver (1st) 16.85 – 2007; Gary Manker (2nd) 17.44 – 2006; Lathom Kelley (3rd) 17.66 – 2015

300 Hurdles — Mitch Pelroy (1st) 41.26 – 2012; L. Kelley (2nd) 41:48 – 2016; Brandon Kelley (3rd) 44.57 – 2013

2K Steeplechase — Sam Landau (1st) 8:40.52 – 2011

4 x 100 Relay — Conlisk, Tiger Johnson, Sean Toomey-Stout, Lund-Olsen (1st) 44.16 – 2019; Cameron Toomey-Stout, J. Smith, S. Toomey-Stout, Lund-Olsen (2nd) 44.42 – 2018; J. Smith, Mitchell Carroll, C. Toomey-Stout, Kyle Burnett (3rd) 45.28 – 2017

4 x 200 Relay — B. Kelley, L. Kelley, Jared Helmstadter, Matt Shank (1st) 1:38.09 – 2014; Helmstadter, L. Kelley, Connor Thompson, J. Smith (2nd) 1:38.31 – 2015; Burnett, J. Smith, Conlisk, Wynn (3rd) 1:41.32 – 2017

4 x 400 Relay — Chris Hutchinson, McDonald, K. King, Chittim (1st) 3:28.11 — 2006; J. Smith, Wynn, S. Toomey-Stout, Conlisk (2nd) 3:31.00 – 2018; T. King, Chase Bates, Will Hoskins, M. Pelroy (3rd) 3:32.20 – 2010

100-100-200-400 Relay — C. Toomey-Stout, S. Toomey-Stout, J. Smith, Conlisk (1st) 1:41.74 – 2018; Burnett, C. Toomey-Stout, Lund-Olsen, Grey Rische (2nd) 1:53.15 – 2017

Shot Put — Hunter Hammer (1st) 51-03.75 – 2011; Dalton Martin (2nd) 47-07.75 – 2016; Nick Streubel (3rd) 45-09.50 – 2014

Discus — D. Martin (1st) 161-07 – 2016; Hammer (2nd) 150-02 – 2011; Streubel (3rd) 131-15 – 2013

Javelin — Brian Miller (1st) 172-11 – 2007; D. Martin (2nd) 149-03 – 2016; Jacob Martin (3rd) 141-08 – 2017

High Jump — Rich Wilson (1st) 6-04 – 2000; Ariah Bepler (2nd) 6-02 – 2018; Miller (3rd) 6-01 – 2008

Pole Vault — Jordan Ford (1st) 12-0 – 2016; Burnett (2nd-tie) 9-00 – 2019; Thane Peterson (2nd-tie) 2018

Long Jump — S. Toomey-Stout (1st) 20-09.50 – 2019; J. Martin (2nd) 20-07 – 2017; Carroll (3rd) 20-05.25 – 2017

Triple Jump — Carroll (1st) 43-11.75 – 2017; S. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 40-05.25 – 2019; C. Toomey-Stout (3rd) 39-08 – 2018

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Stone notches All-American status

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on March 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone, here with mom Eileen, continues to rake in college basketball honors. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Coupeville’s Makana Stone ends her college career as one of the best basketball players in the country.

The former Wolf, now a senior at Whitman College, was one of 25 players honored Tuesday when the D3hoops.com All-American teams were announced.

Already tabbed as the Northwest Conference Player of the Year and a First-Team All-West Region pick, Stone was one of five players to receive Honorable Mention status.

Erica DeCandido of Tufts University (Massachusetts) was selected as the NCAA D-III national player of the year.

Berea College (Kentucky) freshman Aaliyah Hampton was tabbed as Rookie of the Year, while Brian Morehouse, who led Hope College (Michigan) to an undefeated season, was named Coach of the Year.

The only West Coast player honored, Stone averaged 15.1 points and 8.3 rebounds a night as Whitman went 26-3 this season.

She collected 409 points, 225 rebounds, 37 assists, 26 steals, and 26 blocks, while shooting 166-316 (52.5%) from the floor and 74-96 (77.1%) from the free-throw line.

The Blues won their first two games in the NCAA tourney, and were hours away from playing in the Sweet 16 when the season was prematurely ended by the coronavirus.

During her four years as a Blue, Stone played in 110 games, including making a program-record 92 starts.

She finished as the #5 scorer (1,337 points) and #2 rebounder (837 caroms) in Whitman women’s basketball history.

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