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You like them, you like both of them

Posted in Basketball, Polls, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Dante Mitchell, DeAndre Mitchell, polls on January 25, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Twin brothers DeAndre (left) and Dante Mitchell finished in a tie atop the poll to decide the Coupeville Sports “Winter Coach of the Season.”

Back in their younger days.

Well, there’s a first time for everything.

I’ve run 21 polls in the history of Coupeville Sports, and never had this happen.

But here we are, 48 hours and 25 minutes later (yes, I overslept…) and 2,248 votes down the road, and we have a TIE for the “Winter Sports Coach of the Season.”

Which is kind of appropriate, because the winners are twin brothers.

Just as mom Avis can’t pick a favorite (at least in public), the voters decided to honor both of her sons, Coupeville Middle School 8th grade basketball coaches Dante and DeAndre Mitchell.

The former Wolf players each picked up exactly 634 votes, putting them comfortably ahead of third-place finisher Scott Fox, who strolled in with 422 votes to claim third.

The Coupeville High School boys C-Team coach was followed by CMS coach Mikayla Elfrank (145) and CHS JV guru Chris Smith (113) in a field of 14 basketball coaches.

And they were all basketball coaches in this poll, as I accidentally left out CHS cheer coach BreAnna Boon and her husband Tyson, who is providing coaching for Coupeville’s lone wrestler, Alex Turner.

Thankfully, that duo have already won state and national titles back in their own high school days, so, missing out on a chance to vie for my totally made up, but totally amazing, non-trophy, probably won’t destroy their lives.

We hope.

For the rest of the coaches, and their various fan clubs, thanks for playing along and congrats to the Mitchell brothers.

If they want to break the tie, may I suggest a brisk game of HORSE down at the CHS gym?

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Go out in style!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged action shots, Basketball, CHS Wolves, DeAndre Mitchell, Gatorade, John Fisken photos on February 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »

DeAndre Mitchell seizes the moment. (John Fisken photos)

Jordan Ford (right) with the gorgeous block … and a foul, as the ref whistled him despite overwhelming photographic evidence to the contrary.

CHS sophomores Abby Parker (left) and Kyla Briscoe show up to support their fellow Wolf athletes.

Dante Mitchell forms an unbreakable wall of defensive excellence.

Mid-game, stat man Luke Merriman, thinking about all the three-balls he and Gabe Eck (left) will be hitting next year, gets a little thirsty.

Hunter Smith can already taste the approaching collision, but he’s still gonna drop the bucket in anyway.

Making his varsity debut, freshman Ty Eck streaks into action.

One last rebound for Risen Johnson, who has provided non-stop thrills for Wolf fans the last two seasons.

The road came to an end Thursday for eight Wolves.

A playoff loss to visiting Bellevue Christian sent a senior-heavy Coupeville High School boys’ basketball squad to the exit.

But not before they provided travelin’ photo man John Fisken one more chance to capture some snappy pics of them in action.

The photos above, a mix of on and off court action, are courtesy him.

To see more photos, and possibly purchase some, thereby helping fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes, pop over to:

http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=10737&league=21&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0

P.S. — Use coupon code EB107374962 when you buy before Feb. 26 and they’ll give you 15% off.

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Droppin’ shots, snappin’ pics!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged action shots, Basketball, CHS Wolves, DeAndre Mitchell, Great Wall of China, John Fisken photos on February 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »

JJ Johnson can taste the bucket already. (John Fisken photos)

“Come to papa!!” DeAndre Mitchell swoops in to snare a rebound.

Ariah Bepler uses every inch on his body to deny a Port Townsend player access to the ball.

Hunter Downes is off to the track meet, as the Wolf JV employs a run-gun-and-stun offense.

Once Brian Shank is planted, it’s like trying to move the Great Wall of China. Not going to happen any time soon.

Andre Avila, slicin’ ‘n dicin’ up in the skies.

Wiley Hesselgrave may never come back down.

Dante Mitchell’s shot? So pretty the guy behind him can only nod and grin in approval.

The score wasn’t all that pretty, but the photos were.

Coupeville had a rough go of it Tuesday night, running into a Port Townsend squad that played as close to flawless as you could imagine.

But that didn’t stop wanderin’ photo clicker John Fisken from snagging some epic shots of the Wolves hard at work.

The pics above are courtesy him.

To see more photos (and possibly purchase some, thereby helping fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes) pop over to:

Varsity — http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=10599&league=21&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=180&sport=0

JV — http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=10602&league=21&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0

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Basketball’s back: Boys rock!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, DeAndre Mitchell, first day of practice, Gabe Wynn, John Fisken photos on November 16, 2015| Leave a Comment »

DeAndre Mitchell, secretly daydreaming about dunking the ball. (John Fisken photos)

Wiley Hesselgrave, super-thrilled for conditioning.

Gabe Wynn (center) always knows where the camera is, a trick he picked up from girlfriend/noted photo fiend McKenzie Bailey.

Bouncing back after an injury cost him a chunk of the football season, Hunter Downes is ready to tear it up.

The Wolf brain trust (l to r, it’s Anthony Smith, Trent Diamanti and Dustin Van Velkinburgh) is in mid-season form.

Ethan Spark is a wild beast ready to be unleashed on the world.

“I have the POWER!!” Jared Helmstadter crushes his audition to play He-Man in the new “Masters of the Universe” movie.

Defense, first, last and always.

The first day of basketball practice brought a huge chunk of Wolf boys to the CHS gym Monday, and, once they were there, the early emphasis was on getting ready to defend.

The Wolves used pool noodles to work on posture, running through a defensive technique under the watchful eye of the Coupeville coaching staff and wanderin’ photo man John Fisken.

Looking to continue their upward climb — the Wolves won seven games last season, their best mark in four years — Coupeville has one sure thing in senior Wiley Hesselgrave.

After him, it’s a wide-open battle for positions, with a mix of returning players and promising newcomers, all dead set on being on the varsity roster come opening night.

Let the battle begin.

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Twice the birthday, twice the thrills!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, Happy birthday, tagged Anthony Bergeron, Basketball, CHS Wolves, Dante Mitchell, DeAndre Mitchell, Happy birthday on November 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Wolf hoops stars Dante (top) and DeAndre Mitchell, doin’ work. (John Fisken photos)

Avis Mitchell produces superstars.

Whether she’s working the sidelines as a coach, or raising her own children, the nicest hoops guru I know has a stellar track record.

And today marks one of her greatest accomplishments, the day she delivered twin titans into the world.

Coupeville High School seniors Dante and DeAndre Mitchell, who are a mere seven days away from returning for another run on the hardwood, are celebrating a joint birthday today.

Like a lot of twins, I can’t always tell them apart without basketball uniforms and a roster at my disposal.

Probably because I’m an idiot.

When we’re talking Coupeville twins and being able to tell who’s who, you range from stunningly easy (Joey/Skyy Lippo, for obvious reasons) to fairly easy (Lauren/Kayla Rose) to take a guess (Dante/DeAndre and Jake/Josh Lord) to no-way-in-heck (Ana/Ivy Luvera … four years and I never got it right).

But whether or not I always know which twin I’m looking at, they both score big in many ways.

Talented athletes, certainly, with the kind of free-flowing, air-walking game that big bro Anthony Bergeron brought to Wolf hoops before them.

But, also like Anthony, and like their mama, Dante and DeAndre class the joint up with their presence.

Smart, outgoing, well-liked by teammates, coaches and fans, they should make their mom proud.

As we head into a new hoops season, I hope they get a chance to have a big break-out in their final go-around, just like Anthony did as a Wolf senior.

It would be fitting for a duo who play with passion and a pedal-through-the-metal style.

Happy birthday, Dante and DeAndre, and all the best as you start dropping jumpers, and, perhaps, dunking like your brother.

The future is bright for both of you, and the present ain’t too bad, either.

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