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Bumpy trails, brilliant results

Posted in Cross Country, tagged CHS Wolves, cross country, Natasha Bamberger, state meet, Tyler King on August 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »

State cross country champ Tyler King, always signing autographs for the fans. (Photo courtesy Sarah Stuurmans)

The history, like a lot of the trails used, is a bit bumpy and uneven.

Coupeville High School has had an on and off, then on again, relationship with cross country over the years.

The Wolves boast two individual state champs, but one of those only competed in a Coupeville uniform at the very end of his career.

That’s because, for a long chunk of time, CHS didn’t have its own in-house harrier program, having shut down the sport in the ’90s.

So, when Tyler King came along in the 2000’s, while he attended school in Coupeville, he ran for Oak Harbor.

Up until his senior season, when paper shuffling between the schools kicked him out of the 4A classification that the Wildcats were part of and put him running as a one-man Wolf crew back in 1A.

King promptly closed his senior season by claiming the 2010 state title, joining 1985 champ Natasha Bamberger, who won at the B/1A level, finishing in the top eight at state in all four of her seasons at CHS.

Going through records held by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, marks for state cross country meets go back to 1959 for boys, 1973 for girls.

Though, looking up small school activity from 1977-1979 currently gets you a “404 – File or directory not found” notice. So, as usual, there will always be gaps in my research, apparently.

And that does directly affect this story, as the CHS boys won league and district titles in 1977, before finishing 5th as a team at state.

But, with no access to old Whidbey News-Times archives — they’re locked-down off-Island these days — and no WIAA info, I can’t definitively list those runners for you today.

But here’s what I have found, with a surge in the ’70s and ’80s, then a long gap as CHS largely shied away from the sport, and now the rebirth of recent years after Willie Smith, Elizabeth Bitting, Bamberger, and others revived the program.

CHS cross country at state:

1975:

Boys — 9th

Bob McClement (23rd) 13:47
Mike Ellsworth (40th) 14:05
Mike Allgire (60th) 14:21
Jeff Fielding (61st) 14:21
Tom Clark (77th) 14:40
Danny Miller (88th) 14:48
Ryan Keefe (107th) 15:23

1976:

Boys — 5th

Bob McClement (12th) 13:19
Jeff Fielding (27th) 13:42
Ryan Keefe (37th) 13:54
Mike Allgire (45th) 13:59
Charlie Ellsworth (74th) 14:22
Don Sherman (85th) 14:40
Tom Clark (92nd) 14:47

1977:

Boys — 5th

???

1981:

Girls — 8th

Kerry McCormick (38th) 22:06
Debbie Logan (41st) 22:16
Terri McLane (48th) 22:30
Kristine Macnab (61st) 23:17
Sharon Brown (79th) 25:11
Karen Reuss (85th) 26:22

1982:

Girls — 4th

Natasha Bamberger (8th) 19:08
Kerry McCormick (38th) 21:02
Debbie Logan (40th) 21:09
Kristine Macnab (55th) 22:04
Molly McPherson (66th) 22:53
Becky Seely (77th) 24:24
Kristy Brown (80th) 25:19

1983:

Natasha Bamberger (2nd) 18:56.3

1984:

Natasha Bamberger (3rd) 19:11

1985:

Natasha Bamberger (1st) 19:51

2010:

Tyler King (1st) 15:16.9

2017:

Danny Conlisk (124th) 18:06.90

2019:

Catherine Lhamon (92nd) 21:44.70

2021:

Mitchell Hall (58th) 18:44.40

Helen Strelow (58th) 24:48.90
Claire Mayne (62nd) 25:06.00

2022:

Mitchell Hall (19th) 17:58.90
Carson Field (74th) 19:27.90

Girls — 8th

Claire Mayne (42nd) 24:05.30
Helen Strelow (49th) 24:28.20
Cristina McGrath (63rd) 25:57.70
Reagan Callahan (72nd) 28:20.60
Erica McGrath (73rd) 28:21.80

2023:

Boys — 10th

Carson Field (44th) 18:23.40
Landon Roberts (63rd) 18:38.10
Ezekiel Allen (83rd) 19:08.40
George Spear (93rd) 19:24.90
Thomas Strelow (106th) 19:34.90
Kenneth Jacobsen (110th) 19:40.60
Axel Marshall (157th) 21:54.60

Noelle Western (46th) 23:28.30

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Plan your fall days and nights

Posted in schedules, tagged CHS Wolves, cross country, fall schedules, football, Soccer, volleyball on August 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Carly Burt and friends will be back in the gym this fall. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

We’re five weeks away from the first game.

Summer, in all its muggy glory, is still in charge, but fall sports are not that far off for Coupeville High School athletes, coaches, and fans.

The first day of practice for football is Aug. 21, with soccer, cross country, cheer, and volleyball kicking things off Aug. 26.

The first game arrives Friday, Sept. 6 when the gridiron squad welcomes Annie Wright to Cow Town for a non-conference clash. After that, we’re back at it full-bore.

As you plan ahead, here’s what the schedules look like as of today, with * indicating a Northwest 2B/1B League game.

BOYS SOCCER:

Wed-Sept. 11 — @ Auburn Adventist Academy — TBD
Sat-Sept. 14 — Crosspoint Academy — 1:00
Tue-Sept. 17 — Friday Harbor — 4:00
Sat-Sept. 21 — Grace Academy — 3:00
Tue-Sept. 24 — @ Mount Vernon Christian — 4:00
Fri-Sept. 27 — La Conner — 6:00
Tue-Oct. 1 — @ Providence Classical Christian — 3:30
Fri-Oct. 11 — @ Cedar Park Christian (*) — 4:15
Tue-Oct. 15 — @ Grace Academy (*) — 3:30
Fri-Oct. 18 — Mount Vernon Christian (*) — 6:00
Tue-Oct. 22 — @ Friday Harbor (*) — 4:30
Thur-Oct. 24 — Lopez Island (*) — 4:00
Tue-Oct. 29 — Providence Classical Christian (*) — 6:00
Fri-Nov. 1 — @ La Conner (*) — 6:00
Wed-Nov. 6 — Orcas Island (*) — 4:00 — SENIOR NIGHT

CROSS COUNTRY:

Sat-Sept. 7 — @ Tahoma Co-Ed Relays — 8:30
Sat-Sept. 14 — @ Sehome Invite — 10:00
Sat-Sept. 21 — @ Westling Invite (South Whidbey) — 10:00
Wed-Sept. 25 — @ Orcas Island — 3:00
Sat-Sept. 28 — @ King’s Invite — 1:00
Wed-Oct. 2 — HOME meet (Fort Casey) — 3:30
Sat-Oct. 5 — @ Twilight Invite (Cedarcrest) — 10:00
Sat-Oct. 12 — @ Mountain Loop Invitational (Granite Falls) — TBD
Thur-Oct. 17 — @ Lake Lap Invite (Lake Padden) — 4:15
Thur-Oct. 24 — @ Northwest League Championships (MVC) — 3:30
Thur-Oct. 31 — @ Districts — site/time TBD

FOOTBALL:

Fri-Sept. 6 — Annie Wright — 7:00
Fri-Sept. 13 — @ Klahowya — 6:30
Fri-Sept. 20 — Granite Falls — 7:00
Sat-Sept. 28 — @ Cedar Park Christian — 7:00
Fri-Oct. 4 — Friday Harbor (*) — 6:00 — HOMECOMING
Fri-Oct. 11 — South Whidbey — 7:00 — BUCKET GAME
Fri-Oct. 18 — @ Adna — 7:00
Fri-Oct. 25 — Winlock — 5:30 — SENIOR NIGHT
Fri-Nov. 1 — @ Friday Harbor (*) — TBD
Fri-Nov. 8 — Crossover game w/D4 — site/opponent/time TBD

GIRLS SOCCER:

Wed-Sept. 11 — @ Auburn Adventist Academy — TBD
Fri-Sept. 13 — Forks — 4:00
Wed-Sept. 18 — @ Adna — 4:00
Sat-Sept. 21 — Lopez Island — 12:30
Tue-Sept. 24 — @ Sultan — 6:00
Tue-Oct. 1 — @ Mount Vernon Christian (*) — 4:00
Thur-Oct. 3 — La Conner (*) — 6:00
Tue-Oct. 8 — @ Providence Classical Christian — 3:30
Fri-Oct. 11 — @ Friday Harbor (*) — 4:30
Thur-Oct. 17 — Sultan — 6:00
Sat-Oct. 18 — @ Lopez Island — TBD
Tue-Oct. 22 — Mount Vernon Christian (*) — 6:00
Thur-Oct. 24 — @ La Conner (*) — 6:00
Tue-Oct. 29 — @ East Jefferson — 5:00
Fri-Nov. 1 — Providence Classical Christian — 6:00
Tue-Nov. 5 — Friday Harbor (*) — 4:00 — SENIOR NIGHT

VOLLEYBALL:

Sat-Sept. 7 — @ Oak Harbor Jamboree — 9:00
Tue-Sept. 10 — @ South Whidbey — 5:00/6:30
Fri-Sept. 13 — @ SunDome Tourney (Yakima) — TBD
Tue-Sept. 17 — @ Friday Harbor (*) 4:00/5:30
Thur-Sept. 19 — Mount Vernon Christian (*) — 5:00/6:30
Tue-Sept. 24 — @ La Conner (*) — 5:00/6:30
Thur-Sept. 26 — Darrington (*) — 5:00/6:30
Mon-Sept. 30 — @ Forks — 3:15/4:45
Thur-Oct. 3 — Orcas Island (*) 3:30/5:00
Tue-Oct. 8 — Friday Harbor (*) — 4:00/5:30
Sat-Oct. 12 — @ Liberty Tourney — TBD
Tue-Oct. 15 — @ Mount Vernon Christian (*) — 5:00/6:30
Thur-Oct. 17 — La Conner (*) — 5:00/6:30
Thur-Oct. 24 — @ Concrete (*) — 5:00/6:30
Sat-Oct. 26 — @ Neah Bay — 1:00/2:30
Tue-Oct. 29 — @ Orcas Island (*) — 3:30/5:00
Tue-Nov. 5 — Sultan — 5:00/6:30 — SENIOR NIGHT

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CMS harriers, spikers set schedules

Posted in schedules, tagged CMS Wolves, cross country, fall schedules, Kristina Hooks, volleyball on August 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cris Matochi returns for another season of middle school volleyball. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Laminate ’em, baby.

Coupeville Middle School has released schedules for fall sports, and nothing, I say nothing, will cause any of this to change.

OK, that might be a small lie…

One never truly knows for sure school sports schedules will fully play out as planned until they actually do.

But we’re feeling pretty good about these two, so you can at least write down things in pencil, if maybe not in pen.

Wolf cross country kicks things off with the first day of practice Monday, August 26, while CMS volleyball gets underway Sept. 9.

Amber Wyman returns to coach the harriers, with Cris Matochi and Kristina Hooks back on the sidelines to impart wisdom to the spikers.

The middle school skeds as they sit today:

CROSS COUNTRY:

Sat-Sept. 21 — @ Westling Invite (South Whidbey) — 10:00
Friday-Sept. 27 — @ Sultan — 3:30
Thur-Oct. 3 — HOME (Fort Casey) — 3:30
Sat-Oct. 12 — @ Mountain Loop (Granite Falls) — TBD
Wed-Oct. 16 — @ Cascade League Championships (South Whidbey) — 3:30

VOLLEYBALL:

Thur-Sept. 26 — @ South Whidbey — 3:30
Mon-Sept. 30 — Lakewood — 3:15
Wed-Oct. 2 — Sultan — 3:15
Mon-Oct. 7 — King’s — 3:15
Thur-Oct. 10 — @ Granite Falls — 3:15
Mon-Oct. 14 — @ Northshore Christian — 3:15
Wed-Oct. 16 — @ Sultan — 3:15
Mon-Oct. 21 — South Whidbey — 3:30

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White was just right for Wolves

Posted in Baseball, Boys Basketball, Boys Soccer, Cross Country, Hall o' Fame, tagged baseball, Basketball, boys soccer, CHS Wolves, Cole White, cross country, Hall of Fame on June 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cole White drills a jumper. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

He bled for Wolf Nation.

Frequently.

Cole White, the pale prairie prince, has been one of Coupeville’s best athletes and students over the history of this blog, and one who never shied away from sacrificing his body for the good of his team.

This past winter, as he helped lead the Wolf boys’ basketball team back to the state tourney, he got smacked in the face, had his fingers stepped on, got kneed in the groin, and frequently had to meet behind the bench with the athletic trainer to deal with the aftereffects of being roughed up.

And yet, almost every time, White was back in the game, and back in the thick of the action, moments later.

Fingers taped up, bandages applied, stuff jammed up his nose, he was back at it, draining jumpers in his rivals faces, ripping a ball loose during a battle on the floor, or whipping a pass between defenders to set up a teammate for an easy bucket.

Like his dad, Greg, before him, Cole led by example, a solid leader and award-winner in three sports a year.

Dependable could be his middle name, as the lanky whirlwind was like a second coach on the floor, the pitch, or the diamond — calm, cool, and collected.

He played soccer, basketball, and baseball at CHS, and even ran cross country in the early going and was Mr. Smooth no matter the season.

Off to dominate on the soccer pitch. (Jackie Saia photo)

On the soccer pitch, Morgan’s favorite son and Riley’s big brother knocked in 10 goals — one of just 12 Wolf boys to reach double digits in their career.

He might have gone higher, but his freshman season had just six games, thanks to the pandemic.

White shrugged that off, trending upwards as he bashed in six of those 10 goals as a senior, when he earned First-Team All-League honors as a midfielder.

Better yet, he helped lead the Wolves to their best record in years, during a season in which Coupeville held its own in a league anchored by state soccer powerhouses like Friday Harbor and Orcas Island.

Winning is kind of his thing. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Once he moved to the hardwood for basketball, White was a key member of a senior-heavy team which won a bi-district title and advanced to state for the second time in the last three seasons.

A Second-Team All-League pick, he snagged the Defensive Player of the Year award from his coaches, while also pumping in 205 points.

Cole finished his high school hoops career with 405 points, and he and Greg (604) are the first father-son duo to combine for 1,000+ points in the 107-year history of CHS basketball.

But he wasn’t done there, as he anchored a Wolf baseball team which made its second consecutive trip to state.

Excellence fueled by sunflower seeds. (Jackie Saia photo)

Playing shortstop and swinging a lethal bat, the Second-Team All-League pick racked up 19 runs, 15 walks, 15 stolen bases, 13 hits, and eight RBI during his senior campaign.

Oh, and he was honored by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association with the Cliff Gillies Award, which recognizes student/athletes who excel in scholarship, citizenship, and participation in activities.

Plus, he was valedictorian, so smart as well as athletic.

For all those reasons — the quality stats, the commitment, the work ethic, the intelligence — plus the fact he’s an internet star thanks to mom’s streaming service, and he has always just seemed like a really good guy, Cole is an easy pick to join the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame.

As he heads off to Gonzaga in the fall, the world is his, and I have little doubt he will accomplish much in the years to come.

But before he goes, let’s take a moment to honor Cole for what he has already done, and the classy manner in which he has done it.

After this, he’ll join dad up at the top of the blog, under the Legends tab.

He’s earned it, every step of the way.