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“I love being with my team”

Posted in Softball, Volleyball, tagged , , , , on July 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Cypress Socha will be a freshman at Coupeville High School this fall. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Cypress Socha is here for the fun.

The multi-sport athlete, who will be a freshman at Coupeville High School in the fall, enjoys her time on the court or diamond.

“I love being with my team and having fun,” Socha said. “I just want to have fun.”

That philosophy has helped guide her through multiple sports, with stints on the Coupeville Middle School volleyball squad and little league softball teams on her resume.

She currently plans to drop volleyball as she enters high school, but is looking forward to joining the CHS softball team.

This spring, Socha was part of a Central Whidbey Little League Juniors squad which rolled to a 13-1 record.

Regardless of the sport, the bright young woman, who enjoys language arts, math, and history classes, approaches everything with a positive attitude.

“Volleyball, softball, and tennis are all ranking #1 for me,” Socha said. “I like these sports because, to me, it’s about having fun.

“Having fun while being a little competitive is one of the biggest factors in what goes into being my favorite sport.”

Socha hails her ability to work with others as a strength (“I’m definitely a team player”), while pledging to keep on working on her skills.

Away from sports, she enjoys walking and biking around her neighborhood, hanging out with her best friend, Adrian, and going to the swimming pool.

Whether competing in sports, working in the classroom, or boppin’ through everyday life, Socha thrives on her relationships with her friends and family, which includes her parents and cousins Audra, Piper, and Eden.

“A lot of people in my life have had some sort of impact on me throughout my life.”

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Young slugger swings for the big time

Posted in Girls Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on July 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Karyme Castro (left), seen here with softball teammates Sofia Peters (center) and Melanie Navarro, will be a CHS freshman this fall. (Maricela Sotelo photo)

She’s mixing things up.

As she went through middle school, Karyme Castro tried a bit of everything, playing volleyball, basketball, and little league softball.

Now, as she moves up a rung and enters Coupeville High School as a freshman this fall, the hard-working young woman is shifting gears.

While she plans to stay with softball, she’s dropping volleyball and basketball in favor of joining the Wolf cheer squad.

Castro, who wants “to get a home run” at some point in her diamond career, was part of a Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball team which went 13-1 this spring.

The thrill of launching a ball off her bat helps makes the sport her favorite.

“I really like softball, because I think batting is really fun,” Castro said. “I like the excitement of the games and the way they cheer for you.”

She wants to “work on my running,” and enjoys a busy life outside the sports world.

Castro picks wood shop as her favorite class, loves the movie Finding Dory, and looks forward to baking in the kitchen and hanging out with friends.

Ask her to pick who has the biggest influence on her life, and it’s an easy selection for the young Wolf.

“My mom and dad,” Castro said. “Because they always say you can do whatever you want, and we will be here to support you in any sport and anything.”

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She still has the Wright stuff

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on July 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Former Coupeville softball supernova Sarah Wright closed her travel ball career with a strong performance at a tourney in Auburn. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Sarah Wright is a real dirt bag.

The Coupeville High School grad plays select softball with SnoCo Express Fastpitch, but, for that team’s final tournament, its leader decided to mix things up a bit.

So he handed out new-look uniforms which combined the Express logo with a new name also plastered across the top of the jersey.

“Our coach gave us Dirtbag uniforms as a way to inspire us to play for each other and to leave it all on the field,” Wright said. “And he told us that yesterday we finally earned them.

“Our coaches are good old fashioned baseball players,” she added with a big laugh.

Inspired by the upgraded uniforms, or driven to go out on top, as it was the end of the road for this team, the Express/Dirtbags roared through the tourney in Auburn, claiming 2nd place when all the dust had settled.

“We played really well,” Wright said.

Now, having put a bow on her high school and travel ball career, the former Wolf ace will take her softball skills to the next level.

Wright plans to attend Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee, where she’ll study politics and play ball for the NCAA D-III Tigers.

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Back together ‘n raining buckets

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on June 30, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Former Coupeville Middle School teammates played together again at this weekend’s Spokane Hoopfest. Left to right are Caleb Meyer, Hawthorne Wolfe, Grady Rickner, and Logan Martin. (Photo by Abbie Martin)

They got the old gang back together, and it paid off big time.

Coupeville High School basketball stars Logan Martin, Grady Rickner, and Hawthorne Wolfe reunited with former middle school hardwood teammate Caleb Meyer this weekend for the Spokane Hoopfest.

The four-pack, who will be sophomores in the fall, then went out and won the consolation bracket in the High School Male division at the world’s biggest 3-on-3 tournament.

Playing as the Coupeville Wolves, even though Meyer attends Jackson High School after transferring before his freshman year, the gunners went 2-2 on the weekend.

After being nipped by “Kermy’s Army” and the “Beastie Boys,” the Wolves bounced back to blast “C-Team Skills” and “We Are Inevitable.”

The Spokane Hoopfest, which began in 1989, celebrated its 30th anniversary this year.

Action, which draws thousands of teams across a staggering amount of divisions, is open to players from third grade up, and plays out on 400+ courts.

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Conlisk beats the heat (and his rivals)

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on June 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Danny Conlisk catches a photo op with Kitsap Fliers track coach Ron Atkins after a hot, and medal-filled, day. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

One day, three races, three medals, two titles.

It was a busy Saturday for Coupeville High School grad Danny Conlisk, as he dominated in blazing heat at the 5th annual Kitsap Fliers Invitational.

Running at South Kitsap Stadium, the former Wolf barreled to wins in the 100 and 200, while teaming up to collect a second-place finish in the 4 x 100 relay.

He tied his PR in the 100, hitting the tape in 11.04 seconds.

Conlisk, who capped his illustrious CHS running career by claiming state titles in the 200 and 400 earlier this spring, is in his second year of running for the Fliers track club during the summer.

He has two more meets on his schedule, with a big one coming up next week.

The Conlisk family heads back to a place they’ve been more than a few times – Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma – as Danny competes July 4-7 in the USATF Region 13 Junior Olympics Championships.

He’ll be running in the 200, 400, 4 x 1 and 4 x 4 at that event, and could qualify for nationals.

Conlisk advanced to the national Junior Olympics meet in the 400 last summer.

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