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Killer Kailey nets college hoops gig!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged Basketball, Buffalo, CHS Wolves, D'Youville College, D-3, Kailey Kellner, letter of intent on April 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Kailey Kellner, on her way to scoring another basket. (John Fisken photo)

Joined by high school hoops teammates Sarah Wright (left) and Lindsey Roberts (right) at her signing day. (Jennifer Kellner photo)

England to Cow Town to Buffalo.

The basketball journey of Kailey Kellner continues, as the Coupeville High School senior has signed a letter of intent to take the court for D’Youville College.

An NCAA D-III school, the New York-based institution found her through her recruiting website, and it was kismet.

“I visited there during the summer and it hit home with me,” Kellner said. “I’m so excited to continue my journey as a basketball player.”

After arriving in Coupeville midway through her freshman season, after a family move back to the USA, Kailey became an integral part of Wolf Nation.

A three-point gunner with a sweet shooting touch who was never afraid to get down and dirty in the paint — most memorably in a playoff win over Seattle Christian her junior season — she never lost a varsity game in Olympic League play.

Kellner also played softball and was a manager for the volleyball squad.

D’Youville College is a private co-ed college with a Roman Catholic tradition. It celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2008.

The school’s teams, the Bisons, play in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, a 10-team league.

The women’s hoops squad Kellner is joining finished 7-17 this winter.

While most of her future teammates hail from New York (seven of the nine possible returnees), she likely won’t be the only player from Washington state.

CeDrice Howard, who would be a sophomore next year, played her prep ball for Curtis High School.

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A farewell lap!!

Posted in Swim, tagged CHS Wolves, Cole Weinstein, D-3, North Whidbey Aquatic Club, swimming, Whitman on March 18, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Cole Weinstein

He went out with a splash.

Coupeville High School grad Cole Weinstein wrapped up a very-successful college swim career this weekend with an appearance at the NCAA D-III Swim and Dive Championships in Shenandoah, Texas.

A three-time First-Team All-League Pick during his run at Whitman College, Weinstein swam in three events at the national meet.

He finished 18th in the 400 IM in a time of 4:02.20, while also claiming 24th in the 200 breaststroke (2:06.44) and 28th in the 500 free (4:35.66).

Weinstein’s time in the 500 free was a PR, while he missed making the final in the 400 IM by less than a second.

Whitman sent four swimmers to nationals this year, the most in one season in school history.

Weinstein, who also swam at nationals as a junior, was joined this time around by Mara Selznick, Tai Hallstein and Clark Sun.

A senior at Whitman, Weinstein is majoring in film and media studies.

Before heading to Whitman, he had a very successful run with the North Whidbey Aquatic Club and competed in the pool for Oak Harbor High School, like older sister Rachel, since Coupeville doesn’t have a facility or team.

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Big stage, big win!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, D-3, George Fox University, Makana Stone, Whitman on March 3, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone, hoops sensation. (Eileen Stone photo)

One step closer to a national title.

Knocking off Northwest Conference foe George Fox University for a third time this season, Coupeville grad Makana Stone and the Whitman College women’s basketball squad rolled into the second round of the NCAA D-III tourney.

Playing in Tacoma Friday night, the Blues upended the Bruins 76-72.

They’ll play either Puget Sound or UC Santa Cruz 7 PM Saturday night on the same court at Memorial Fieldhouse, with the winner advancing to the Sweet 16 the next weekend.

Friday night Whitman (24-4) blew out to a 26-10 lead midway through the second quarter, hit a rough spot and gave much of the lead back, but never completely faltered.

George Fox knotted things up at 71-71 with just 47 seconds on the clock, but the Blues were ruthless in closing out the tourney win.

Chelsi Brewer capped a 20-point night by swishing a three-ball to put Whitman back on top, before Casey Poe slid a pair of free throws through the twines with nine seconds to play to ice the victory.

Stone, making her 11th start as a college player, was a big factor, throwing down 14 points and snatching a game-high 10 rebounds.

She was especially effective in the third quarter, when she converted three straight layups to spark a Whitman run which stretched a one-point lead back out to seven.

Stone also picked up a pair of assists in the second quarter, setting up buckets by Emily Rommel and Lily Gustafson.

Through 27 games (she missed one while in a concussion protocol), the former Wolf has collected 189 points (7.0 a night) and 169 rebounds (6.3).

She also has 29 assists, 13 steals and 11 blocks.

Her stats put Stone #2 on the team in rebounding and field goal percentage (49.7% on 83 of 167).

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Etzell earnin’ that spotlight!!

Posted in Baseball, Wolves in college, tagged baseball, Ben Etzell, CHS Wolves, D-3, playoffs, Saint John's University on May 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Ben Etzell is congratulated by coach Willie Smith and catcher Jake Tumblin during his CHS days. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Etzell delivers the high, hard cheese. (Libby Auger photo)

Icing the arm after his first complete game win. (Photo courtesy Ben Etzell)

Wisconsin may be on Central time, but Friday morning they called it Etzell time.

Powered by a complete game from starting pitcher Ben Etzell, the Saint John’s University baseball squad drilled North Central College 8-2 to set a school single-season record for wins and stay alive in the NCAA D-III playoffs.

With their second win in three NCAA tourney games, the Johnnies improved to 30-13 and advance to play again Friday night.

Saint John’s, which is playing in the La Crosse regional, beat St. Scholastica 7-2 Wednesday, then fell 10-0 to Wisconsin-La Crosse, the defending D-III runner-ups, Thursday.

Friday morning, playing in an elimination game, the Johnnies put Etzell, a Coupeville High School grad, on the hill, and he responded with the first complete game of his collegiate career.

Scattering nine hits, he whiffed five and was rarely in danger as he improved to 4-1 on the season.

The 30th win broke a tie with the 1994 and 2012 squads, which had each won 29 games.

Etzell is a sophomore at the Minnesota-based college, and is following in the footsteps of dad Mike, who is an alumnus.

During his time at CHS, the young gun was the Cascade Conference MVP as a senior.

He was the only Wolf to win that honor in any sport during Coupeville’s decade-plus run in the private school-dominated 1A/2A league.

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