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One final swing!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on June 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Listen, and understand. That terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.

  “Listen, and understand. That terminator, Veronica Crownover, is out there. She can’t be bargained with. She can’t be reasoned with. She doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And she absolutely will not stop, ever, until every pitch you throw is crushed.” (John Fisken photos)

Ema Smith

Ema Smith gets ready to crush some softballs of her own.

Tamika Nastali

Having run the ball down, Tamika Nastali fires it back in.

Smith fires the ball...

Smith gets ready to whip the ball…

and Crownover's mitt prepares to welcome it home.

and Crownover’s mitt prepares to welcome it home.

United until the end.

Bringing a successful close to the season, the South Central Sox little league softball squad, which combined South Whidbey and Coupeville sluggers, exited Saturday.

While the Sox, playing without Sarah Wright, who was with her select team, fell 17-12 to North Whidbey, the team’s other future Wolves all had strong games.

Tamika Nastali chased down a ball in center field for a nice snag, Ema Smith swung a hot stick and Veronica Crownover was the queen of the extra base hit.

The CHS freshman-to-be, who will be at the University of Washington next week to work with the Husky softball staff, jacked a double and a triple Saturday.

The three-bagger came dangerously close to being a homer, but Crownover was held up at third at the last moment.

As the Sox played out the season, wandering photo man John Fisken strolled by the field and clicked away.

The photos above are courtesy him, and to see more, pop over to:

http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf35e30aa563

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You just got schooled by Lindsey Roberts!!

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , on June 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Noodles. It's what makes Lindsey Roberts (right) so fast. (John Fisken photo)

Noodles. It’s what makes Lindsey Roberts (right) so fast. (John Fisken photos)

Avalon Renninger

Avalon Renninger finished 5th in the discus.

Boom. Drop the mic and leave the stage.

Capping an unbeaten season in individual events, Lindsey Roberts won Cascade Conference titles in four events Wednesday at Shoreline.

The Coupeville Middle School eighth grader swatted the field at the league championships in the 200, 1600 and 100 hurdles, finishing the season 18-0 in solo races.

She also added a team title, joining up with Jasmine Nastali, Ashlie Shank and Emma Smith to cruise to a victory in the 4 x 100 relay.

Roberts, who won six events as a 7th grader, finished 20-2 overall this season.

She ran in four relay races, with the Wolves winning twice and finishing second twice.

Her 18 individual wins were twice as many as current Wolf junior Makana Stone, a four-time state medal winner, had as an eighth grader for CMS.

Coupeville won seven titles over the course of the two-day season-ending meet.

Danny Conlisk (1600), Chris Battaglia (discus) and Gabe Eck (long jump) won titles Monday and got their medals Wednesday.

Complete Day 2 results:

8th grade girls:

100 — Jasmine Nastali (6th) 14.71

200 — Lindsey Roberts (1st) 28.68; Ashlie Shank (6th) 31.66

1600 — Roberts (1st) 6:16.89

100 Hurdles — Roberts (1st) 17.45

4 x 100 Relay — Nastali, Shank, Emma Smith, Roberts (1st) 57.07

Discus — Smith (5th) 60-02; Nicole Laxton (14th) 48-11

Long Jump — Nastali (14th) 11-11; Laxton (28th) 9-09

7th grade girls:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (8th) 14.74

400 — Mallory Kortuem (5th) 1:09.95

800 — Tia Wurzrainer (6th) 3:00.21

100 Hurdles — Cassidy Moody (8th) 22.90

4 x 100 Relay — Kortuem, Avalon Renninger, Wurzrainer, Toomey-Stout (4th) 59.73

4 x 200 Relay — Oliana Stange, Anna Dion, Jillian Mayne, Megan Thorn (5th) 2:21.52

Discus — Renninger (5th) 60-11

Long Jump — Toomey-Stout (4th) 13-00.00; Ashleigh Battaglia (24th) 10-09.00; Dion (27th) 9-09.50; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (28th) 9-04.00

8th grade boys:

100 — Gabe Eck (3rd) 12.59; Danny Conlisk (5th) 12.93; Ty Eck (6th) 12.96

200 — G. Eck (3rd) 25.82; Conlisk (5th) 25.97

Shot Put — Chris Battaglia (3rd) 33-10.25; Dawson Sorrows (18th) 27-04.25

High Jump — Battaglia (2nd) 5-04

7th grade boys:

100 — Sean Toomey-Stout (5th) 13.81

4 x 100 Relay — Toomey-Stout, Gabe Carlson, Mason Grove, Jean Lund-Olsen (4th) 56.61

High Jump — Grove (10th) 4-02

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One title? We’ll take three, thanks!!

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , , on June 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Gabe Carlson (John Fisken photo)

Gabe Carlson runs in the 100 earlier this season. (John Fisken photo)

Three champions in one day.

Kicking off the two-day Cascade Conference Championships in style Monday, Coupeville Middle School crowned three titlists.

Wolf eighth graders Danny Conlisk (1600), Chris Battaglia (discus) and Gabe Eck (long jump) all emerged from the field in Shoreline as the best in the eight-team competition.

Much of the activity on Day 1 involved prelims, as the biggest fields were narrowed down.

The top eight in each prelim advanced on to the finals Wednesday.

Leading the pack was the still-undefeated Lindsey Roberts, who improved to 15-0 in individual events by sweeping the 200 and the 100 hurdles.

Complete Day 1 results:

8th grade girls:

100 (Prelims) — Jasmine Nastali (3rd) 14.39; Madison Rixe (12th) 15.26

200 (Prelims) — Lindsey Roberts (1st) 28.49; Ashlie Shank (8th) 32.63; Rixe (11th) 33.29

100 Hurdles (Prelims) — Roberts (1st) 17.50; Nicole Laxton (18th) 28.37

Shot Put (Finals) — Emma Smith (4th) 25-02.50; Laxton (8th) 21-11.50

7th grade girls:

100 (Prelims) — Maya Toomey-Stout (7th) 14.48; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (12th) 14.94; Avalon Renninger (20th) 15.97; Tia Wurzrainer (22nd) 16.10; Ashleigh Battaglia (23rd) 16.16

200 (Prelims) — Battaglia (15th) 34.52

400 (Prelims) — Mallory Kortuem (3rd) 1:09.78; Megan Thorn (9th) 1:19.00; Oliana Stange (10th) 1:19.88; Anna Dion (13th) 1:24.70

800 (Finals) — Wurzrainer (6th) 3:00.21

100 Hurdles (Prelims) — Cassidy Moody (5th) 19.83; Kortuem (12th) 21.30; Thorn (21st) 22.78; Battaglia (23rd) 22.81

Shot Put (Finals) — Stange (12th) 20-03.50

8th grade boys:

100 (Prelims) — Gabe Eck (3rd) 12.66; Ty Eck (4th) 12.84; Danny Conlisk (7th) 13.01; Teo Keilwitz (19th) 13.77; Seth David (26th) 15.43

200 (Prelims) — Conslisk (3rd) 25.94; G. Eck (4th) 25.97; David (25th) 31.85

400 (Prelims) — Jakobi Baumann (17th) 1:14.12

1600 (Finals) — Conlisk (1st) 5:14.57; Chris Battaglia (2nd) 5:14.74

Discus (Finals) — Battaglia (1st) 119-03; T. Eck (6th) 94-08; Dawson Sorrows (20th) 70-09, Baumann (26th) 60-09

Long Jump (Finals) — G. Eck (1st) 17-09; David (30th) 11-09; Keilwitz (30th) 11-09

7th grade boys:

100 Meters (Prelims) — Sean Toomey-Stout (5th) 13.77; Gabe Carlson (13th) 15.37; Alonzo Boyles (14th) 15.39; Dawson Houston (19th) 17.04; Robert Roper (21st) 18.01

200 (Prelims) — Thane Peterson (15th) 32.40; Boyles (16th) 32.48; Houston (26th) 36.25

400 (Prelims) — Peterson (12th) 1:13.17; Mason Grove (15th) 1:14.41

1600 (Finals) — Tucker Hall (8th) 5:56.33

Discus (Finals) —  Peterson (11th) 59-10; Houston (16th) 52-11; Roper (22nd) 33-10

Long Jump (Finals) — Toomey-Stout (2nd) 16-06.00; Carlson (11th) 12-03.50; Boyles (30th) 9-07.00

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Finish strong (always)!!

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , on May 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Nicole Laxton (John Fisken photos)

Nicole Laxton lets rip with a shot put throw. (John Fisken photos)

Jean Lund-Olsen flies over the hurdles on his way to a win.

Jean Lund-Olsen flies over the hurdles on his way to a win.

Danny Conlisk (left) and Gabe Eck shared a win in the 100. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

   Danny Conlisk (left) and Gabe Eck shared a win in the 200. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

Undefeated and it feels so good.

Coupeville Middle School eighth grader Lindsey Roberts has been flawless in individual track events this season, and nothing changed Thursday in Langley.

Winning all three solo events she participated in — 200, 1600 and the 100 hurdles — she capped a 13-0 regular season.

Now she and her CMS teammates will head to the two-day Cascade League Championships at King’s June 1 and 3.

Roberts and a large pack of Wolves will still have the taste of victory on their lips, having captured wins during their season finale.

Emma Smith (shot put, discus), Chris Battaglia (discus, high jump), Danny Conlisk (200, 1600) and Gabe Eck (200, long jump) were all double winners.

Tia Wurzrainer (800), Ja’Tarya Hoskins (high jump), Jean Lund-Olsen (110 hurdles), Gabe Carlson (long jump), Megan Thorn (high jump), Mason Grove (high jump) and Jaylen Nitta (800) also reached the top of the medal stand.

Complete results:

8th grade girls:

100 — Jasmine Nastali (2nd) 13.90; Madison Rixe (4th) 15.00

200 — Lindsey Roberts (1st) 28.40; Ashlie Shank (3rd) 31.40; Rixe (4th) 31.90

1600 — Roberts (1st) 6:32.00

100 Hurdles — Roberts (1st) 17.80; Nicole Laxton (5th) 26.10

4 x 100 Relay — Nastali, Shank, Emma Smith, Roberts (2nd) 58.00

Shot Put — Smith (1st) 27-03.75; Laxton (3rd) 20-09.00

Discus — Smith (1st) 58-08; Laxton (3rd) 45-10

Long Jump — Nastali (3rd) 12-11.25; Laxton (10th) 10-04.00

7th grade girls:

100 — Ja’Tarya Hoskins (2nd) 14.10; Avalon Renninger (5th) 15.40; Tia Wurzrainer (7th) 15.70; Ashleigh Battaglia (9th) 15.80

200 — Mallory Kortuem (3rd) 30.20; Cassidy Moody (4th) 31.50; Battaglia (6th) 34.10

400 —Kortuem (2nd) 1:12.40; Megan Thorn (3rd) 1:16.70; Oliana Stange (4th) 1:21.30; Anna Dion (5th) 1:24.20

800 — Wurzrainer (1st) 3:16.00

100 Hurdles — Moody (2nd) 20.60; Kortuem (5th) 21.20; Thorn (7th) 21.50; Battaglia (8th) 22.90

4 x 100 Relay — Kortuem, Renninger, Wurzrainer, Maya Toomey-Stout (2nd) 59.30

4 x 200 Relay — Stange, Dion, Jillian Mayne, Thorn (2nd) 2:32.30

Shot Put — Stange (2nd) 20-11.00

Discus — Renninger (2nd) 54-00

High Jump — Hoskins (1st) 3-08.00; Thorn (1st) 3-08.00

Long Jump — Battaglia (8th) 10-04.25; Hoskins (9th) 10-01.25; Dion (10th) 9-07.00

8th grade boys:

100 — Gabe Eck (2nd) 12.10; Ty Eck (4th) 12.90; Danny Conlisk (6th) 13.10; Teo Keilwitz (8th) 13.40; Seth David (12th) 15.50; Dawson Sorrows (13th) 15.70

200 — Conlisk (1st) 26.10; G. Eck (1st) 26.10; Keilwitz (6th) 28.80; David (8th) 31.30

400 — Jakobi Baumann (4th) 1:12.60

800 — Baumann (6th) 3:04.00

1600 — Conlisk (1st) 5:21.00

Shot Put — Chris Battaglia (2nd) 35-00.50; Sorrows (3rd) 29-10.50

Discus — Battaglia (1st) 102-08; T. Eck (2nd) 86-07; Sorrows (3rd) 83-04; Baumann (7th) 55-11

High Jump — Battaglia (1st) 5-05.00

Long Jump — G. Eck (1st) 17-02.00; T. Eck (2nd) 16-01.00; Battaglia (4th) 15-00.00; David (8th) 12-10.25; Keilwitz (9th) 11-08.25

7th grade boys:

100 — Jean Lund-Olsen (2nd) 12.90; Jaylen Nitta (3rd) 14.40; Gabe Carlson (4th) 15.10; Dawson Houston (5th); Robert Roper (6th) 17.80

200 — Nitta (4th) 31.30; Thane Peterson (5th) 32.40

400 — Peterson (3rd) 1:14.20; Mason Grove (4th) 1:20.00

800 — Nitta (1st) 2:52.00; Tucker Hall (2nd) 2:54.00; Roper (5th) 3:33.00

1600 — Hall (4th) 6:01.00

100 Hurdles — Lund-Olsen (1st) 19.85

4 x 100 Relay — Nitta, Carlson, Sean Toomey-Stout, Lund-Olsen (2nd) 58.40

Discus — Peterson (4th) 50-11; Houston (5th) 46-01; Roper (6th) 31-02

High Jump — Grove (1st) 4-08.00

Long Jump — Gabe Carlson (1st) 12-04.00; Alonzo Boyles (5th) 11-06.25

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“Being positive is the best way to be!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, Girls Soccer, Softball, tagged , , , , , on May 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Ema Smith (front)

   Ema Smith (front) and Sarah Wright, the future of Wolf softball. (Photos courtesy Ema Smith)

hitter

“They ain’t ever going to find that ball, baby!!”

Ema Smith is living the Peter Pan life.

The exuberant three-sport athlete, who will be a freshman at Coupeville High School in the fall, is fairly new to Whidbey Island, but her bubbly personality and strong athletic skills have already won her a fan club.

It all comes from embracing the philosophy of her favorite film.

“It’s true! Nobody really wants to grow up,” Smith said. “Like why would you, if you could just stay a kid.”

Smith, who is currently playing softball with the South Central Sox little league softball squad, which includes fellow CMS rising stars Sarah Wright, Veronica Crownover and Tamika Nastali, moved to town when her dad was hired as a deputy fire chief.

From the moment she arrived, she jumped full-bore into things, playing basketball for CMS and finding new companions.

“I enjoy making new friends and getting to know them,” Smith said. “Because the more you get to know them, the more you will have a good friend in the future.”

She plans to suit up for soccer, basketball and softball next year, and, while the last two sports are her favorites (“I grew up playing both, so I’ve gotten pretty good at both”), Smith wants to be successful at everything she tries.

“I think once I have a struggle I keep trying harder and harder to get over them and keep getting better instead of just quitting,” she said.

“I would love to be on the varsity team for ever sport I play because I believe the better you do in high school sports the better the chance colleges will pick you for their school.”

One area she wants to work on as she transitions into high school sports is meshing well with her future teammates.

“Being able to communicate with my teammates, without us getting mad at each other, because it takes both of us off our game,” Smith said.

Away from the athletic stage, she enjoys history class (“You get to learn what made your country the way it is and the way everything works”) and listens to a wide range of music, from country to rap.

“The way I spend my free time usually involves friends or family, like just hanging out or even hiking,” Smith said.

Family is huge for her, with the women in her life having made a big impact on shaping her personality.

“My mom has always been a huge influence in my life, telling me what’s wrong and what’s right, but also being a really good friend when I need one,” Smith said.

“My older sister Jessica, she has always been like a mother when my mom was not there,” she added. “She is 10 years older than me, so I have always had that older influence in my life, but she has been a very big role model in my life by the way she acts and the way she always has the best to say about someone.

“She has always told me being positive is the best way to be.”

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