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Captain, my captain(s)

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 1, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Danica Strong drills a jumper. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Two veterans and a rising star.

As we sit here on the eve of a new basketball season, the Coupeville High School girls’ hoops squad is lighting up social media with the announcement of its captains for the 2025-2026 campaign.

Seniors Danica Strong and Teagan Calkins will join with sophomore Tenley Stuurmans to lead the way for the Wolves, who open play Tuesday night at home against archrival South Whidbey.

The CHS girls tip at 5:15 PM, with the varsity boys set to clash with the Falcons at 7:00.

Teagan Calkins hangs out with her fan club.

Calkins, who led the Wolves in scoring as a junior, starts the new season with 242 career varsity points, just five shy of cracking the top 50 scorers in program history.

Her fellow captains made their CHS varsity hoops debuts last season, with both following in the footsteps of family members.

Strong, who began her high school hardwood career in Whatcom County, is the daughter of Danette Beckley, currently #47 all-time on the Wolf girls’ career scoring chart with 249 points.

Meanwhile Tenley Stuurmans is the younger sister of Lyla Stuurmans (#45 with 257 points), the only girl in school history to play five seasons of varsity basketball.

Tenley Stuurmans hits the jets.

 

The official Instagram post about the new captains:

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Banner night for Booster Club

Posted in Booster Club, tagged , , , , on November 11, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Michelle Armstrong (left), Kassie O’Neil (center) and Haylee Armstrong celebrate the Coupeville Booster Club. (Photos courtesy Michelle Armstrong)

They hit the bonanza.

With a big boost from the community, the Coupeville High School Booster Club set a record at this year’s fundraiser dinner, bringing in $42,000 to support Wolf athletics.

Fine dining for a fine cause.

CHS student athletes spoke to the crowd at the benefit Saturday, detailing what the club has provided them, with Wolf boys’ hardwood guru Brad Sherman adding a coach’s perspective.

All in all, the event was a huge hit, said Booster Club bigwig (and Coupeville alumni) Danette Beckley.

“The energy was high, and folks were so generous,” she said.

Wolf athletes handled kitchen duties.

Along with a catered dinner, the night included live and silent auctions, with vacations in places as diverse as Maui and Lake Chelan being offered, in addition to the always popular “Pork Palooza for Eight” and a “Wheelbarrow of Booze.”

Plus, a ton of delectable desserts were up for grabs.

Just a small portion of the tasty treats.

 

The Booster Club would like to thank a wide variety of people and businesses who helped make the night a hit:

Anaia Trucking and Excavating
Capri Anter
Applebee’s
Haylee and Michelle Armstrong
Garrett Arnold
Ashley’s Design
“Granny” Chris Baker
Bayleaf
Bayside Armory
Danette Beckley and friends
Courtney Boyd

CHS alums Courtnie Deckwa (left) and Courtney Boyd give back.

Branch Business Services
Teagan Calkins
Glenda Campbell
CHS Yearbook Class (Jackie Saia)
Coupeville Coffee Roasters
Cynthia Woerner Photography
Lexis Drake
Ebey Academy
Edward Jones – Coupeville
5 Sisters Design
Front Street Grill
Front Street Realty
Frontier Lumber NW and SW
Gig Harbor Realty
Camden Glover
Greenbank Cidery and Tap Room
Lark Gustafson
Kari Habeck
Home Depot
Island Contracting
Ivar’s
Julie Natalie Imagery
Kapaw’s Iskreme
Bella Karr
Riley Lawless
Shannon and Roger Leatherwood
Leann Leavitt and family
Little Caesar’s Pizza
Aaron, Jess, and Ava Lucero
Bob Martin

Adeline Maynes (left) and Capri Anter keep the room under control.

Scott, Lara, and Adeline Maynes
Michele McEuen
Gordon McMillan and Nancy Conard
Messner family
Moch Construction and Excavation
Oak Bowl and Mario’s Pizza
Aiden O’Neill
People’s Bank
Pilgrimage Pottery
Planet Fitness
Polished Studio
Prairie Center Market
Pyle on the Sweets
Rain Shadow Nursery
RayLynn Ratcliff
Jon Roberts

Riley Lawless (right) delivers a plate of vittles to Jon Roberts.

Sandy and Susan Roberts
Rhodena Design
Rocky Point Plumbing
Rummel Relacing
Seaside Salon & Spa
Serendipity Caterings and Events, LLC
Brad Sherman
Dale and Liz Sherman
Sherman Beef
Bettie Sifuentes and Family
Flo Simon
Malachi Somes
Danica Strong
Von and Barbara Summers
Swinomish Casino
Terra Firma Wealth Management
Toby’s Tavern
Ana Valencia
Brogan Walling
Mariah Warren-Madsen
Whidbey Coffee
Whidbey Electric Company
Whidbey Island Pies
Whidbey Tides and Taps
Windermere Coupeville
Derek Wolfe
Wright Construction
Ron Wright and family

Malachi Somes (back) and Camden Glover keep the water flowing.

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Wolves dazzle with metal and sugar

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged , , , , on January 23, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Cheer captain and artful welder, Kassidy Upchurch is a young woman of many talents. (Lincoln Kelley photos)

Their skills are many.

A batch of Coupeville High School students spent last weekend competing in area competitions with a focus on their work with both metal and sweet sugar.

Shepherded by CHS teacher Lincoln Kelley, the first group of Wolves visited Everett Community College Friday, Jan. 17, where they vied in the SkillsUSA Welding Sculpture, Welding Fabrication, and Technical Welding competitions.

Delanie Lewis, who displayed her project “The Nutty Giraffe,” placed twelfth in Welding Sculpture.

She had a busy day, taking part in an interview, showing her art piece, and taking a written knowledge test.

Meanwhile, Kassidy Upchurch claimed ninth in Technical Welding, where she demonstrated Oxy-Fuel Cutting, Shielded Metal Arc Welding, and the ability to construct a project from blueprints.

Jesus Madrigal and Danica Strong make the sparks fly.

Finally, the trio of Danica Strong, Jesus Madrigal, and Landon Roberts collected fifth place in Welding Fabrication.

The trio followed blueprints, measuring, cutting to length and various dimensions, fitting, and then welding together the pieces.

The result was a jet stove constructed from stock materials that had been provided.

Marz Halstead is on point in the kitchen.

After a few hours of downtime, Kelley was back on the road Saturday, taking Marz Halstead and Tenley Stuurmans to Arlington for a pastry and baking arts contest.

The duo baked a braided bread roll, two types of yeast rolls, a cherry pie, chocolate chip cookies, and biscuits, while also decorating a cake.

Get in my stomach.

Stuurmans placed ninth, with Halstead claiming eleventh place in a very close contest where the difference between first and ninth was less than seventy points.

While it was a long weekend, Kelley came away pleased with the skills shown by his young proteges.

“Great work by every one of our contestants,” he said. “They represented Coupeville very well.”

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They’re deadly from distance

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 7, 2025| Leave a Comment »

A day after her birthday, Danica Strong knocked down 10 points Tuesday in a big road win. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Bombs away.

Burying a season-high eight three-balls Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball squad buried host Friday Harbor 48-20.

The win, which was sparked by a huge second half run from the Wolves, lifts Megan Richter’s team to 2-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-6 overall.

A pristine 2-0 in 2025, Coupeville gets to play at home for the first time in three weeks this Friday, when it welcomes La Conner to Whidbey for a conference clash.

If the Wolves come out shooting like they did Tuesday, it’ll be a long night for the Braves.

CHS had five different players net a shot from behind the arc Tuesday, with Katie Marti, Danica Strong, and Haylee Armstrong each hitting a pair of treys.

Lyla Stuurmans and Teagan Calkins also connected on three-balls, as the Wolves strafed their rivals while living out in Damian Lillard country.

Coupeville restaged this celebration multiple times while playing on Friday Harbor.

The game was actually a nailbiter for a bit, before Coupeville really got locked in on the offensive end of the floor.

Up 11-6 after one quarter, the Wolves carried just a 14-12 lead into the halftime locker room.

After that, it was all Coupeville, all the time, however.

CHS blew the game open with a 16-5 tear in the third, with Calkins and Strong each tallying eight of those points, before Armstrong went nuclear in the final frame.

The Wolf sophomore slapped home all 11 of her points in the fourth as Coupeville cruised to the finish line on an 18-3 run.

Coupeville got points from seven of 10 players, with Armstrong (11), Strong (10), Calkins (9), and Marti (9) providing the bulk of the offense.

Lyla Stuurmans chipped in with five, while Jada Heaton and Madison McMillan both banked in a bucket to round things out.

Capri Anter, Mia Farris, and Tenley Stuurmans also saw floor time for the Wolves in the resounding win.

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Big battle, bigger win

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on December 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Danica Strong hits nothing but net. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“It was a battle!”

Facing a strong Orcas Island squad Friday night, the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team found itself trailing by six points heading into the fourth quarter.

But then, in a move which brought a smile to the face of coach Megan Richter, the Wolves dug deep and rode the cheers of their home fans to a stirring come-from-behind win.

Closing on a 16-7 run, with four different players sharing scoring honors, Coupeville pulled out a 41-38 victory to draw first blood in Northwest 2B/1B League play.

Now 3-2 overall heading into another home game Saturday — a non-conference tilt with Morton-White Pass — the Wolves are starting to jel.

“I’m super proud of these girls and how they stayed in the game and fought until the end,” Richter said.

“Danica (Strong) came up with some big rebounds and put her free throws in when the pressure was on. Our defense was tight, and we worked really well together.

“Things are starting to really come together for us!!”

Strong netted five of her seven points in the white-hot spotlight of the fourth quarter — with all of those late-game tallies coming at the free throw line — while Lyla Stuurmans, Mia Farris, and Katie Marti all chipped in to fuel the frantic finale.

It was an uphill battle for Coupeville, which fell behind 13-6 after one quarter and 22-14 at the half.

The Wolves started to chip away at the deficit with a modest 11-9 surge in the third quarter, then turned things up several notches down the stretch.

Marti, who passed her cousin, Breeanna Messner, to claim 49th on the career scoring chart, paced CHS with 12 points, while Strong (7), Jada Heaton (6), Lyla Stuurmans (6), Farris (6), Madison McMillan (2), and Teagan Calkins (2) also scored.

Fab frosh Tenley Stuurmans brought some defensive heat to her time on the floor, while Haylee Armstrong and Capri Anter were fervent in their vocal support from their perches on the bench.

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