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Putting the proud in loud ‘n proud!!

Posted in Fashionable Fans, Football, tagged , , , , , , on September 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Rose (John Fisken photos)

   Lauren Rose (center), Payton Aparicio (left) and Ema Smith return to Mickey Clark Field for another season. (John Fisken photos)

Ben Olson

   Ben Olson debates going rogue and firing off the drum solo from Van Halen’s “Hot for Teacher” just to see if anyone’s paying attention.

Booster Club

Coupeville Booster Club bigwigs have their eyes on you.

girls

That moment when your team is beating the snot out of your biggest rivals.

Ariah and Nick

Nick Etzell (left) and Ariah Bepler are just here for the photo ops.

Luci

   Incoming frosh Luci Coleburn plays her first sporting event as a fully accredited member of the high school band.

Danny

   Three Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Famers — (l to r) Amanda Fabrizi, Danny Savalza and Haley Sherman — come back to visit their alma mater.

crowd

“Drive home safely, South Whidbey!!”

It was fandemonium.

Saturday’s home football opener brought out a huge chunk of Coupeville, from current students to alumni, Booster Club bigwigs to the working media.

Wanderin’ paparazzi John Fisken fired off a few hundred photos to capture the off-field scene, which I’ve culled down to a reasonable eight or so for the moment.

Jump in, and come out as happy as the Wolf faithful were after a 41-10 demolishing of Island arch-rival South Whidbey.

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Let’s get historical!!

Posted in history, tagged , , , , , on August 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »

signs (John Fisken photos)

   Jeff Humphrey, owner of Whidbey Sign Company, installs the Coupeville Wall of Fame sign that centers a new historical display in the CHS gym. (John Fisken photos)

signs

If the lift’s a-bouncin’, don’t come a-knockin’.

wall

Halfway home.

Wall of Fame

   116 title boards, in 11 sports, covering CHS accomplishments from 1960 to 2016.

Jeff

   Humphrey (left) and some idiot blogger who spent his Wednesday hanging around the gym, getting underfoot.

We did it.

And let me stress the first word in that three-word sentence — WE.

When you walk in the Coupeville High School gym in the days to come, when you see what has risen, what has been remembered, what has been rediscovered, it is not the work of one person.

It is the work of a nation, of a Wolf Nation.

Everyone who chipped in, through donations, advice, access, historical knowledge, or just a pat on the back, shares in the history which now plays out on the gym wall.

For the first time, Wolf faithful and rivals alike can look up and see the complete tale of CHS sports play out in front of their eyes in living (glossy) color.

Pick the sport of your choice and you can see the changes in leagues, the rise (and sometimes fall) of a program’s success, and the moments which will live forever for the athletes, coaches and fans who participated.

Decades of history which has been locked away largely in dusty newspaper clippings is now front and center, the way it should be.

The warriors of the past are being honored, while the current generation has a target.

It’s been a long time coming and all the work paid off nicely.

Thank you, one and all.

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World, meet your future leader!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, Happy birthday, Track, tagged , , , , , , on February 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Bayne (John Fisken photos)

Lauren Bayne, a young woman of many talents. (John Fisken photos)

Lauren Bayne is a bit of a Renaissance woman.

The Coupeville High School sophomore, who celebrates a birthday today, is a whirlwind, always up to something, and always doing a pretty spectacular job at whatever she does.

On the soccer pitch she’s one of the hardest-working Wolves, a lock-down defender who helped anchor Coupeville’s often-stingy defense.

Put her on the track oval and there is little she can’t accomplish.

During her freshman season, Bayne Train, Jr. competed in eight different events, going all the way to districts in both the 3200 and high jump.

Once there she PR’d in the running event and just missed tying her best mark — which she had set while winning the event at sub-districts — while jumping.

When she’s not busy blazing a trail of athletic success, much like older brother Josh, Lauren can be seen snapping pics of fellow Wolf athletes.

Or working tirelessly behind the scenes at Booster Club events like the annual Crab Feed.

Or hanging out with her 10,000 friends.

Bayne is a bright, blazing ray of sunshine in Coupeville, and she comes off as smart, well-spoken, deeply caring to those she holds close and a young woman whose potential is limitless.

I always figure we should get in good with people like Lauren when they’re just starting, so that when she’s ruling the world, she might remember us benevolently.

So happy birthday, Miss Bayne.

I hope your cake day is a sweet one, but, then again, I hope all of your days are that way.

You make us better as a town for your presence, and I hope you always know how highly we all think of you.

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Who wants leftovers?!?!

Posted in Fashionable Fans, Fundraisers, tagged , , , , , on November 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Gabe Wynn (John Fisken and Ema Smith photos)

   Hoops star Gabe Wynn plays nice with the paparazzi. (John Fisken and Ema Smith photos)

Lindsey Roberts

   CHS frosh Lindsey Roberts (left) hangs out for a moment with her mama, Wolf athletic legend Sherry (Bonacci) Roberts.

Tami Aparicio

   Then she’s off to grab another photo op, this time with Tami Aparicio (left) and Jennifer Kellner.

squaD

The hardest-working salad-making squad in all the land.

Sage

Sage Renninger thought she just saw a crab leg move.

Charlotte

Wolf moms Kali Barrio (left) and Charlotte Young, up to no good.

Ally

Droppin’ side-eye, all day long.

BaYNE

   Lauren Bayne planned ahead. Now that you’ve eaten turkey for three straight days, you’d pay extra for some crab legs, wouldn’t you?

So, it’s the day after the day after Thanksgiving, that time when you look in the frig and are like, “What? There are still leftovers in there?!?!”

You’re like, “Well, they’ve been in there for some time and they’re all stuck together…” and then you dive in and eat them all. You just do.

While I don’t have that 23rd slice of pie or the bite or two of cranberry sauce that got wedged in under the stuffing to offer, I do have some leftover photos.

Last Saturday was the Coupeville Booster Club’s biggest fundraiser event of the season — the annual Crab Feed and Auction — and photo whiz kids John Fisken and Ema Smith were there snapping away.

At the time, we ran photo essays by both of them, but, there were so many photos, we couldn’t use them all.

So now, a week later, I’m clearing out digital space and presenting to you the leftovers.

Just nuke them in the (mental) microwave and enjoy.

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It’s gettin’ all fancy up in here!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , on September 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

CHS basketball's shiny new toy hits the floor. (Amy King photo)

CHS basketball’s shiny new toy hits the floor. (Amy King photo)

Win a league title and you start getting new stuff.

Whether it’s really because the Coupeville High School girls’ basketball squad rocked the 1A Olympic League last year or not, Wolf basketball has a bright, shiny new toy to play with.

Thanks to the Coupeville Booster Club, CHS hoops stars will be able to work on their shooting skills without having to drag another player along to rebound and feed them the ball.

New record boards on the gym walls for football and volleyball, snazzy new bleachers that came complete with little Wolf logos and now a high grade Pop-A-Shot?

Pretty soon, no one will recognize the place.

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