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Ethan Marx (John Fisken photos)

   Ethan Marx fires in a ball while patrolling the outfield during a CHS baseball practice. (John Fisken photos)

Genna Wright

Genna Wright, surveying her kingdom.

They’re keeping the family business strong.

Ethan Marx and Genna Wright, who celebrate a joint birthday today, are both the youngest in families with a strong Coupeville athletic tradition.

Marx, who just days ago delivered a three-run double to propel the Wolf baseball squad to its first league title in 25 years, follows on the heels of older sister Haley, a star soccer and basketball player at CHS.

Wright is the latest in a long line of super-talented folks from her family, a diverse group that includes a host of older siblings and cousins.

She’s only a 7th grader, and is the youngest birthday celebrator we’ve featured in this series, but she’s already turning heads.

A fiery, fun-lovin’ competitor, no matter the sport (and she plays just about everything plus spends a considerable amount of time on the slopes), Genna takes most closely after older sister Sarah.

Both play at 120 MPH, crashing around and through teammates when necessary and are a lot of fun, on and off the court.

Marx may be a little quieter, but he’s just as dedicated, and, obviously, doesn’t shy away from the spotlight of the big stage.

As the duo hit their cake day, we just want to take a moment to wish them both happy birthday and all the best for their (very bright) futures.

You’re both legacies, and you’re upholding that legacy extremely well.

Good on you.

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Koa Davison is ready for his close-up. (Deb Smith photos)

Koa Davison is ready for his close-up. Maybe. (Deb Smith photos)

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A pack of fleet-footed Wolves, hanging out and waiting for their next event.

"I'm still cold!!"

“Nope, I’m still cold!!”

girls

“Yep, we’re coming for your records. All of them.”

Aram

Aram Leyva busts a gut down the backstretch. (Pat Kelley photos)

Zoe

Relay mates Zoe Trujillo (back) and Avalon Renninger celebrate.

And so it begins.

A brand new middle school track season officially kicked off Wednesday, as Coupeville hopped over to Port Townsend for a three-team meet.

Bringing 42 athletes, the Wolves outnumbered their hosts from Blue Heron Middle School, who had 26, but fell way short of Stevens.

A large school that funnels students to 2A high school Port Angeles, Stevens had a whopping 119 athletes on site.

Even so, Coupeville dominated the day.

“We undoubtedly won the meet,” said CMS coach Bob Martin. “Our athletes swept many of the events; they’ve put in the work and it showed!”

With so many athletes involved, Martin and co-coach Elizabeth Bitting did extraordinary work keeping track of Coupeville’s stats.

Keep in mind, it’s the first meet, everything was topsy-turvy and a good chunk of these athletes are new to Coupeville Sports and try not to go bonkers if I flip some numbers or names here.

(Pretty) complete results:

GIRLS:

60 — Ja’Tarya Hoskins 8.30, Cassidy Moody 8.39; Lily Zustiak 8.50; Helen Sinclair 9.62; Raven Vick 9.72

100 — Mallory Kortuem 14.37; Morgan Pease 14.47; Zustiak 15.44; Natalie Hollrigel 15.63; Mica Shipley 15.70; Ashleigh Battaglia 16.40; Mikaela Labrador 16.93

200 — Moody 29.00; Lucy Sandahl 31.00; Zustiak 33.87; Zoe Trujillo 34.35; Labrador 34.38; Jillian Mayne 38.60

400 — Kortuem 1:11; Sandahl 1:14; Trujillo 1:16

800 — Tia Wurzrainer 3:00.97

75 hurdles — Moody 14.02; Hoskins 14.50; Battaglia 16.00; Vick 16.98

200 hurdles — Kortuem 32.09; Pease 35.95

4 x 100 relay  — Hoskins, Sandahl, Kortuem, Moody (1st) 59.00; Zara Bradley, Hollrigel, Avalon Renninger, Wurzrainer (2nd) 59.15

4 x 200 relay — Hollrigel, Renninger, Trujillo, Wurzrainer 2:06.28

Discus — Renninger 54-9; Shipley 35-8; Battaglia 33-04

Javelin — Vick 72-9; Mayne 59-4; Sinclair 53-6

Long Jump — Pease 12-1; Battaglia 10-7, Sinclair 10-1; Shipley 9-1

BOYS:

60 — Sean Toomey-Stout 7.75; Jaylen Nitta 8.08; Sage Downes 8.09; Ethan Clavette 8.18; Nick Wielandt 8.39; Gabe Carlson 8.73;

100 — Toomey-Stout 12.85; Jean Lund-Olsen 13.03; Wielandt 13.48; Jake Mitten 14.01; Downes 14.33; Carlson 14.35; Clavette 14.53; Matthew Kelley 14.56; Ben Smith 17.01; James Mayne 17.01

200 — Wielandt 26.29; Thane Peterson 26.92; Nitta 28.70; Chris Cernick 31.80; Zach Ginnings 36.52; Mayne 36.88

400 — Aram Leyva 1:05; Peterson 1:08; TJ Rickner 1:23

800 — Leyva 2:38; Rickner 3:02

1600 — Leyva 5:19; James Wood 5:30; Koa Davison 5:45; Tucker Hall 5:48; Aiden Juras 6:07; Rickner 6:21

75 hurdles — Lund-Olsen 13.37; Mitten 13.87; Cernick 14.79; Smith 19.08

200 hurdles — Mason Grove 34.7; Smith 40.4

4 x 100 relay — Lund-Olsen, Toomey-Stout, Nitta, Weilandt 53.18; Mitten, Downes, Kelley, Smith 57.05

4 x 400 relay — Davison, Hall, Leyva, Wood 4:46

Shot Put — Trystan Ford 23-04; Ricky Rebischke-Smith 20-02, Tian Yu 19-09

Discus — Peterson 95-06; Clavette 47-04; Ford 37-00, Rebischke-Smith 37-0; Yu 34-00

Javelin — Carlson 70-05; Ford 68-10; Ginnings 58-09; Yu 46-01; Rebischke-Smith 42-07

High Jump — Kelley 4-08; Mitten 4-04; Grove 4-02

Long Jump — Toomey-Stout 16-06; Lund-Olsen 15-11; Downes 13-06, Carlson 12-00, Ginnings 10-01

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(Charlotte Young photo)

   Fast-rising Coupeville softball sluggers (l to r) Emma Mathusek, Scout Smith, Hannah Davidson and Maya Toomey-Stout. (Charlotte Young photo)

The future’s so bright, they gotta wear shades.

The Coupeville High School softball squad is jam-packed with standout freshmen and sophomores, and the girls coming up behind them are equally talented.

They more than proved that Tuesday, with two separate Central Whidbey Little League teams rolling up one-sided wins against Oak Harbor-based teams.

Not showing any fear against their big city foes, both the CWLL Majors (Coupeville Crush) and Juniors (Venom) bashed away all night long.

The Crush improved to 6-0 with a 15-4 win over Oak Harbor Gold, while the Venom evened their record at 2-2 with a 32-2 rout of North Whidbey.

In the Majors game, flame-throwing Izzy Wells was spot-on in the pitcher’s circle, before giving way to Kaela Mefert, who made a solid pitching debut in the fourth.

The game’s biggest hit came off of the bat of Kylie Van Velkinburgh, who cranked a double over the left fielder’s head, a moment that made dad Dustin pop his buttons with pride.

“The ball jumped off her bat!,” he said.

Coupeville’s bright future on the diamond can be perfectly encapsulated by the younger Van Velkinburgh, who has yet to lose a softball game in the two seasons she’s played, a streak that has topped 22 straight games.

The Venom got something from everyone in their lineup and did their best to keep their game as painless as possible.

Newcomer Willow Vick ripped a gorgeous single, showcasing a developing ease at the plate, while other Venom players also worked on new skills.

That ranged from speed demon Maya Toomey-Stout laying down bunts for the first time and catcher Mollie Bailey stealing her first two bases of the season.

Hurlers Scout Smith and Chelsea Prescott were lights out for the Venom, who play at the Coupeville High School field Thursday (6 PM) against South Whidbey.

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(John Fisken photos)

   Mica Shipley is coming to claim all your track records. All of them, I said. (John Fisken photos)

relay

   Fleet-footed duo Jaylen Nitta (left) and Jean Lund-Olsen work on relay hand-offs.

Mason Grove

   Hoops star Mason Grove hopes to follow in the track footsteps of highly-successful older sister Lauren.

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“A camera?!?!?!?! Yeah, we don’t need to practice…”

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Mikaela Labrador is on the move.

Avalon

   Avalon Renninger (left) and Sage Downes are back at it again, preparing to destroy all their rivals at yet another sport.

Logan

   He’s not on the CMS team yet (one more year), but Logan Martin is already a natural.

Sean Toomey-Stout

   Sean Toomey-Stout (left) takes the baton from Nick Wielandt and prepares to hit Mach-3.

The countdown has begun.

Coupeville Middle School’s track and field team makes its debut Wednesday, with a meet in Port Townsend, and the Wolves are deep into preparations.

As they went through a practice Monday, wanderin’ photo man John Fisken, who was in town to shoot CHS baseball, softball and tennis, stopped by to snap some pics.

The photos above are courtesy him.

If you like what you see, maybe buy him a Diet Coke. I hear he likes ’em.

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Bennett Boyles (Photo courtesy Konni Smith)

Bennett Boyles (Photo courtesy Konni Smith)

Bennett suited up for Coupeville's SWISH hoops squad. (Photo courtesy Pat Kelley)

   Bennett suited up for Coupeville’s SWISH hoops squad. (Photo courtesy Pat Kelley)

One of Coupevill’s youngest athletic stars needs a helping hand from his community.

Bennett Boyles, a member of the town’s 6th grade SWISH basketball team, is battling autoimmune encephalitis, and his teachers at the Ebey Academy are conducting fundraisers to help with his medical expenses.

The Academy is hosting two “Parents Night Out” events Apr. 30 and May 21, where people can drop their children and a donation off and have an evening to themselves, knowing their progeny will be well looked after.

They are also planning a book sale and a garage sale.

Donations are accepted 24/7, and you don’t have to have children, or drop them off, to help Boyles and his family.

Bennett, whose mom Lucienne and aunt Cara both attended Coupeville schools, has spent all 11 years of his life here, brightening the lives of those around him.

Autoimmune encephalitis, which was first diagnosed in 2005, is a disease in which the immune system attacks the brain.

To help Bennett and his family, pop over to:

https://gobennett.givingfuel.com/go-bennett

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