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   Abby (Clinkscales) Meyers brings a positive attitude and hard work to all her sports. (Photo courtesy Pat Meyers)

She’s working hard for the future, smiling all the way.

Abby (Clinkscales) Meyers has made several appearances in the CHS weight room this summer, taking part in the school’s SST training program.

Working alongside older sister Heidi, Abby, who will be an 8th grader at CMS in the fall, is preparing for multiple sports.

After playing middle school volleyball and little league softball during her first year in Coupeville, Meyers plans to branch out and add basketball in year two.

While she enjoys all of her sports, diamond life is the life for her.

“My favorite sport is softball because I really enjoy the game,” Meyers said. “I had some great coaches in Mike Peters and Lark Gustafson this year that helped me improve a lot.”

Playing team sports gives her a chance to interact with new friends, something she embraces.

“I enjoy the energy you get from your teammates and learning new things every year,” Meyers said. “My strengths are cheering on my teammates, being supportive and helping whenever I can.”

Like most young athletes, she is discovering new strengths every day, and always wants to remain open to all the possibilities out there.

“What I’d like to work on is stepping out of my comfort zone,” Meyers said. “To try new positions as suggested by my coaches.

“My high school sports career goals would be to keep growing as a player and helping my teammates.”

Away from the playing field, she excels in her art and math classes and enjoys “drawing, reading and caring for animals,” with an eye on a possible career as a small animal vet.

Whether she’s swinging a softball bat or an art brush, Meyers has a strong support crew, something which means a lot to her.

“Many people have helped me become the person I am today,” she said.

“My Aunt Pat giving me my daily guidance, my coaches Lark and Mike for their encouragement, and my sisters Heidi and Lilly for always being there through it all.”

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   Jaelyn Crebbin and fellow CMS spikers start a new volleyball season Sept. 6. (John Fisken photo)

It’s always good to plan ahead.

So, while fall sports at Coupeville Middle School don’t kick off until Sept. 6, here’s an advance look at the game schedules for Wolf volleyball and football.

It’s a six-game set for the gridiron giants and 10 for the spikers, and I’m pretty sure there’s at least one mistake.

As the schedule sits now, it shows the CMS volleyball squad playing Stevens twice, but both times at home, while they have home and away match-ups with all their other foes.

So, it’s likely one of those two tilts is really going to happen on the road, and someone just forgot to put an @ on the schedule.

To stay on top of things like that, keep an eye on the schedule at http://coupeville.tandem.co/

But, for today, here’s what things look like:

Football:

Thur-Sept. 21 Chimacum
Wed-Sept. 27 @ Sequim
Wed-Oct. 4 @ Forks
Wed-Oct. 11 Port Townsend
Wed-Oct. 18 Stevens
Wed-Oct. 25 @ Chimacum

Volleyball:

Wed-Sept. 20 @ Sequim
Mon-Sept. 25 @ Port Townsend
Thur-Sept. 28 Stevens
Mon-Oct. 2 Forks
Thur-Oct. 5 @ Chimacum
Mon-Oct. 9 Sequim
Mon-Oct. 16 Stevens
Wed-Oct. 18 @ Forks
Mon-Oct. 23 Chimacum
Wed-Oct. 25 Port Townsend

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   Damon Stadler is one of several key returning players for CMS football. (John Fisken photos)

Logan Wertz is another battle-hardened veteran for the Wolves.

Things are starting to come into focus.

The start of the season is still months away, and head coach Bob Martin is a lone Wolf while he waits for a staff to be built around him, but middle school football is on the move.

The Wolves, who number 22 strong as of Tuesday morning, have spring practices through June.

During that time, CMS players and coaches will work on everything from proper tackling techniques to learning plays to identifying team captains for the season ahead.

“Our goals for the summer are to increase numbers, learn the basics of football, identify skill-sets, get fit, develop good habits, and have fun!,” Martin said.

The roster as of Tuesday morning:

Reiley Araceley
Lucious Binnings
Isaiah Bittner
Dominic Coffman
Ty Duddridge
Brawn Gadberry
Jesus Garcia-Partida
Ty Hamilton
Scott Hilborn
Kristina Jones
Jacob Kendall
Logan Martin
Caleb Meyer
Xavier Murdy
Zach Murtha
Kevin Partida
Cody Roberts
Gabe Shaw
Damon Stadler
Alex Wasik
Logan Wertz
Hawthorne Wolfe

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Alana Mihill has it made in the shade. (Susan Hulst photo)

Alana Mihill is a quiet assassin.

The Coupeville 7th grader doesn’t waste her time chattering away but simply goes out and gets the job done.

The younger sister of CHS soccer star Laurence Boado, she played basketball and competed in track and field during her first year of middle school sports.

Mihill, who was born in Hawaii but moved to Coupeville when she was two, competed in a number of events this spring.

She ran the 200 and 800, threw the javelin and carried the baton as a member of the Wolves 4 x 400 relay unit.

A fan of her science and gym classes (“My favorite is gym because we don’t have to sit the whole time”), she enjoys spending time taking her dog for walks.

Mihill hails CMS track coaches Elizabeth Bitting and Jon Gabelein for their inspiration, and enjoys both of her sports for allowing her to “be active and have fun.”

Whether playing hoops or competing on the oval, she keeps chugging away like the Energizer Rabbit.

“My strength is endurance,” Mihill said. “And I would like to work on my speed.”

The team aspect of basketball gives it a slight edge over the often solo lifestyle of a track athlete when she picks her favorite sport.

“Basketball, because there is less individual pressure,” Mihill said. “I would like to continue in basketball and work on shooting baskets.”

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Coral Caveness is ever-ready on defense. (Mimi Johnson photo)

Caveness fires up a wicked serve during volleyball season. (John Fisken photo)

Coral Caveness is not afraid to try new things.

The Coupeville 8th grader has an extensive sports background, having pulled time as a swimmer while also playing softball, soccer and volleyball.

Now, as she heads to high school in the fall, she has her eye on a new athletic endeavor.

“In the near future cheer is on the horizon,” Caveness said. “I’ve always loved dancing and rhythm to music and such.”

This spring she’s patrolling shortstop for a successful Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad, where she’s showing off her gun of an arm.

More than once she’s taken hits away from rivals, spearing balls in the hole and firing on the move, dropping the ball into the waiting glove at first to nab surprised runners.

Caveness has been a diamond dandy since she first took the field back in her T-Ball days.

“Softball will be my main sport; it’s been part of my life since I was four,” Caveness said.

As she’s progressed up the ladder, her family has been always been there for her, sometimes on the sidelines and sometimes right next to her on the field.

“My parents have helped me and supported me all the way,” Caveness said. “My dad taught me the fundamentals of the sport and has coached several years for me.”

A fan of PE, pop music and spending time with those close to her (“I’m very social and love being around friends”), she plans to “excel (in school) and get better grades.”

Regardless of what sport she’s playing, Caveness embraces the chance to enjoy herself and always keep on improving.

“I like the teamwork and the completion of sports,” she said. “I think my strengths are being a leader and my work ethic in all the sporting activities I do.

“I want to learn new ways to do stuff in all my sports and learn how to be patient, as well.”

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