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Young booter enjoying a winning summer!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on July 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Lyla Stuurmans, fast-rising Coupeville soccer star. (Photos courtesy Sarah Stuurmans)

Hanging out with mom Sarah after winning the Crossfire Challenge.

Lyla (back, far right) celebrates with her team.

The future of Wolf soccer is tearing up the pitch this summer.

Lyla Stuurmans, who’s headed into the fifth grade at Coupeville Elementary School (unless her pro contract comes through first), is spending her days playing with Northwest United FC out of Burlington.

That squad, and its Wolf sharpshooter, are 9-0 and have won both tournaments they’ve played in this summer.

NW United swept through the Crossfire Challenge this past weekend, winning five straight games over a four-day period.

Stuurmans and company pulled off three consecutive shut-outs to open the tourney and eventually outscored their rivals 12-2.

Lyla hails from a family with a long line of athletic success in Cow Town.

Dad Scott is a former CHS hoops star and mom Sarah is inducted in the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame for her work as a coach.

If we listed off all the sports accomplishments of her aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents, we’d be here all day.

Fair warning to her family, better hang on to your trophies, cause Lyla is coming for all of them.

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Baseball booms in Coupeville!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged , , , on June 2, 2017| 4 Comments »

   Coupeville’s Nathan Ginnings is swinging a big bat up in Oak Harbor this spring. (Photo courtesy Frank Stephan)

   Zane Oldenstadt (third from left in back) and Ginnings (front, center) are traveling to keep playing. (Photos courtesy Michelle Glass)

Oldenstadt lets rip.

Softball isn’t the only sport blossoming in Coupeville.

Baseball is also booming, with the Central Whidbey Little League Minors squad playing Friday for a perfect regular season.

The squad, coached by the hardball sage himself, Jon Roberts, is 12-0 headed into a 6 PM game at Rhododendron Park.

CWLL turns right around and plays in the Henry Pope Memorial Tournament down at South Whidbey this weekend.

The tourney is a six-team, double elimination event, which will be followed in the weeks to come by All-Stars and District play.

Two other Coupeville baseball players, fifth graders Zane Oldenstadt and Nathan Ginnings, have been traveling to Oak Harbor for their action this season.

With CWLL unable to field a Majors team due to a lack of players, the duo, who have been playing since they were five, are suiting up for the North Whidbey Little League Rays.

That squad, and their Coupeville hired guns, play in the Andrade Tournament June 3-10.

“They love baseball and have been having a great time playing with the Oak Harbor team and Coach Don Jenkins,” said Oldenstadt’s mom, Michelle Glass. “The tournament will be a great wrap to the good season they’ve had.”

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Hear us roar!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on March 4, 2017| Leave a Comment »

(Photo courtesy Jon Roberts)

   Coupeville’s 4th/5th grade SWISH team poses with its trophy Saturday after stunning the hoops world. (Photo courtesy Jon Roberts)

Throw out the rankings.

The Coupeville 4th/5th grade boys SWISH basketball squad went into Saturday’s Tulip Tournament in La Conner seeded #6 out of seven teams.

Three games later, the Wolves had stunned the basketball world and were headed home with a 3rd place trophy.

Coupeville opened by thrashing the #3 seed, the Sedro-Woolley Heat, by a tasty margin of 31-15.

After being nipped 21-17 by #2 seed Anacortes in the middle game, the Wolves reached down and found some more March Madness to close the tourney.

Facing off with the #4 seed — the Sedro-Woolley Sonics — Coupeville ran them off the floor to a 36-22 tune.

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CES robotics team storms the big time!!

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged , , , , , on December 2, 2016| Leave a Comment »

(Photos courtesy Taleena Sinclair)

   The photographer was never seen again after taking this picture… (Photos courtesy Taleena Sinclair)

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  Team members use a computer to work on the issue of deer and vehicle collisions.

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Plotting out a challenge course.

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   A trio break down the Legos, while a fourth team member fuels his brain with a quick sandwich break.

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You know things are getting serious when the Wookie jacket comes out.

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Heading towards the finish line.

Check out the big brains on these kids.

Boasting a 16-student roster, up from 10 in its first year, Coupeville Elementary School’s Combined Robotics team is headed to the First LEGO League Regional Qualifiers Saturday, Dec. 3 in Mount Vernon.

While there the team, comprised of the “Wizard Piggies” and “Brick Vikings,” will compete for a slot in the state competition.

If they do so, it will be the second straight trip to the big dance for CES.

While in Mt. Vernon, the two teams will compete with research projects and on a robotics challenge course centered around the theme “Animal Allies.”

Dr. Sandi Farris of Harmony Veterinary helped the teams identify issues that arise during interaction between humans and animals.

The Wizard Piggies are dealing with the problem of deer and vehicle collisions, while the Vikings looked into the often expensive problems of horse tack.

Both teams worked cooperatively to program LEGO Mindstorm robots to run a tough challenge course, completing as many missions and racking up as many points as possible in the three-minute heats which determine robot rankings and test robot designs under pressure.

At regionals, the students will present their research findings and prototypes to a judges panel, then explain their programming and building decisions.

They’ll also have to work a surprise challenge that tests team communication, cooperation, and self-discipline without coaches or mentors to help them.

This year’s teams (last names included if provided):

Brick Vikings:

Gwen Gustafson
Hope Sinclair
Skyler
Mike
Alex N.
Jesse Cowan
Ethan
Katja Willeford (coach)
Taleena Sinclair (coach)

Wizard Piggies:

Alita Blouin
Ryan
Aiden
Joven Light
Alex Wasik
Hayden
Quinten
Vivian Farris
Wesley Cowan
Mark Noste (coach)
Wendy Wasik (coach)

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Rally for Bennett!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Fundraisers, tagged , , , , on June 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Bennett Boyles (Photo courtesy Konni Smith)

Bennett Boyles (Photo courtesy Konni Smith)

Bennett Boyles is one of the happiest kids in Coupeville.

A huge smile dotting his face every time you see him, Boyles was part of this year’s 6th grade SWISH boys’ basketball squad, where his enthusiasm served him well.

But Bennett has also been slowed by a battle with autoimmune encephalitis, one which has taken a bad turn in recent weeks.

Doctors have found inoperable tumors on his brain stem, and Boyles is scheduled for six weeks of radiation therapy at Children’s Hospital in Seattle.

It’s now that we, as a community, need to really rally to support this young man and his family, which is headed up by mom Lucienne Rivera.

She’s a former CHS grad herself, whose own sunny personality closely mirrors her son’s.

As the treatments are administered, she’ll be commuting back and forth extensively from Whidbey to Seattle.

Bennett’s teachers at the Ebey Academy are leading the charge to support the family, and have held several fundraisers.

They are currently seeking additional help, whether it be financial donations, gas cards, ferry passes, gift certificates for food or prayers for the family.

Get well cards and posters would also be greatly appreciated.

Items can be dropped off at Ebey Academy (140 SE Terry Road), right across from the high school.

To make financial donations, pop over to:

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

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