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Can’t catch Mitchell Hall

Posted in Athlete Supreme, Cross Country, tagged , , , , on March 23, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Freshman cross country ace Mitchell Hall crushed the field and is the 2020 Coupeville Sports Athlete Supreme. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

He ran away with it.

It started as a three-way battle, then became a two-person rumble, before ending as a one-man show.

Freshman cross country ace Mitchell Hall saw his numbers surge big-time at about the halfway point of voting in the 100-hour endurance race that decides the annual Coupeville Sports Athlete Supreme, and emerges as the victor in the eighth go-round of the event.

With 2,867 votes, he captured 50.59% of the 5,667 votes cast, outdueling sophomore basketball star Hawthorne Wolfe, who finished with 1,630 votes.

Defending champ Mason Grove (357 votes) stayed close in the early going, before stepping back and accepting third-place as a senior.

Freshman Maddie Georges (185) and senior Tia Wurzrainer (111) rounded out the top five in a field of 25 CHS athletes.

While the top of the poll had no major movement at the end, Wurzrainer did shake things up, sliding into the top five in the waning moments.

 

The roll call of Athlete Supreme winners:

2013 – Nick Streubel
2014 – Amanda Fabrizi
2015 – CJ Smith
2016 – Hunter Smith
2017 – Joey Lippo
2018 – Ethan Spark
2019 – Mason Grove
2020 – Mitchell Hall

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KB off to OH

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on March 20, 2020| Leave a Comment »

After two seasons as a football coach at Coupeville High School, Kwamane Bowens is jumping to Oak Harbor. (Photo courtesy Bowens)

Bowens and Bennett Richter work the sideline in a game this past fall. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Kwamane Bowens is taking his talents north.

The former NCAA D-I football star, who has been an assistant gridiron coach at Coupeville High School the past two seasons, made the announcement Thursday on Facebook.

For the 2020 football season I will be coaching the defensive backs at Oak Harbor High School at the varsity level. I am beyond excited!!

I would love to thank the support I have gained from the past two years at Coupeville from parents and staff to the whole community.

To the coaching staff that gave me my first chance I am forever grateful and I thank you for letting me find who I was as a coach and mentor.

The things that we accomplished were amazing and I pray the program continues to grow.

To the kids I ask that you continue to give everything you got no matter what.

Do not let anybody tell you dreams don’t come true because those who say that don’t work for them.

Go win conference!

I am very excited for this new opportunity and can not wait for the new season.

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Get that money, Wolves!

Posted in Scholarships, tagged , , , , on March 19, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School seniors have two weeks left to get in the running for a $5,000 college scholarship.

The 2020 Smart Choices Scholarships are offered by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the Dairy Farmers of Washington, and Les Schwab Tires.

The program, in its eighth go-round, honors one female and one male high school student for their achievements in athletics/activities, the community, and the classroom.

While the winners net $5,000 apiece, eight other finalists also receive $1,000 scholarships.

The deadline to apply is April 1.

Seniors need to fill out an online application and write a short essay on “How you plan to use your education to benefit others.”

Judging is based on athletic/activity excellence (35%), academic achievement (35%), leadership (15%), citizenship/community service (10%), and originality/creativity of the essay (5%).

To find out more and apply, pop over to:.

http://wiaa.com/smartchoices.aspx

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Let the votes pour down

Posted in Athlete Supreme, tagged , , , on March 19, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Left to right, top to bottom: Drake Borden, Hannah Davidson, Koa Davison, Maddie Georges, Mason Grove, Mitchell Hall, Dawson Houston, Gavin Knoblich, and Mallory Kortuem. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

L to r: Carolyn Lhamon, Catherine Lhamon, Andrew Martin, Emma Mathusek, Xavier Murdy, Chelsea Prescott, Jacobi Pilgrim, Avalon Renninger, Scout Smith

Maya Toomey-Stout, Sean Toomey-Stout, Zoe Trujillo, Maddie Vondrak, Ulrik Wells, Hawthorne Wolfe, Tia Wurzrainer

For the eighth straight year, it’s time to anoint one Wolf to rule them all.

Sort of.

Love it or hate it, the annual battle to be anointed as the Coupeville Sports Athlete Supreme returns.

With everything going on in the outside world, I decided to jump things forward from May to March, giving everyone one small thing to take their mind off of their cabin fever.

The contest is simple — I nominate 25 Coupeville High School athletes, you get 100 hours to vote (10 AM, Thursday, March 19 to 2 PM, Monday, March 23), and one victor emerges.

In previous go-rounds, you had to have made an impact on at least two varsity teams to be eligible.

This year, with spring sports on hiatus, I’ve changed it to one team.

It’s not easy to get things down from say, 28 to 25 athletes.

The last person cut had a decent fall and winter, and was headed into a spring where they would likely have been a star, putting them over the edge if we were doing this in May.

It is what it is, though.

If you’re ticked at being left out, remember this — it’s a fake award. And the guy who made the nominations (me) is often an idiot.

For those nominated, if you and/or your fan base want to fight for a title previously won by Nick Streubel, Amanda Fabrizi, CJ Smith, Hunter Smith, Joey Lippo, Ethan Spark, and Mason Grove, great.

If not, no worries.

In the end, there’s no real prize for the winner, just a warm feeling in your chest from all that internet love, and the chance to smack-talk everyone (from a reasonable distance).

Sometimes that’s enough.

After several years of unlimited voting, which allowed people to run computer scripts and nuke the vote totals, we went back to semi-restricted voting last year.

That forced people to rely more on rallying fan bases and kept the race exciting until the end.

So, we’re keeping things that way this time around, and it should allow you to vote once per device, every three hours.

 

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Zane Bundy still The Man

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged , , , , on March 18, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Former Coupeville soccer/football star Zane Bundy is now a deputy with the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Department. (Photo poached from Janine Bundy)

The journey continues.

Zane Bundy was one of those Coupeville kids who spent a good chunk of his early days camped out in the video game aisle at Videoville.

Later, he was a soccer star, one of the best to ever come through CHS, a high-flying, often-electrifying player who had superb touch with the ball and a genuine love for the sport which always shone through brightly.

As a senior, he threw everyone a curve, joining the Wolf football team and excelling as a kicker, leading the team in scoring while finishing as one of the best field goal kickers in the state.

Now, the 2016 CHS grad is engaged to fellow Wolf alum Rebecca Robinson and busy being a full-time adult.

Tuesday he was sworn in as a deputy with the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Department, and I just had to pass on the news.

Well done, Mr. Bundy, well done.

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