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Makana (John Fisken photos)

Makana Stone dominates. (John Fisken photos)

Maddie Big Time gets epic.

Maddie Big Time gets epic.

Nick Streubel, comin' at ya.

Nick Streubel, comin’ at ya.

The Surgeon is here to operate.

The Surgeon is here to operate.

Zane Bundy flies.

Zane Bundy flies.

Judy would like you to meet her elbow.

Judy would like you to meet her elbow.

Birthday boy John Fisken (left) with his family.

Birthday boy John Fisken (left) with his family.

Coupeville Sports wouldn’t be Coupeville Sports without him, even if he does insist on wearing Oak Harbor colors.

Much of the success of this blog can be directly attributed to the zillions of glossy, eye-popping photos we run.

Shelli Trumbull was the first to step up and then, later, John Fisken joined her on the front-lines in clicking away.

Sure, he fits us in around Oak Harbor’s schedule — that whole, I have kids at that school and there’s more students there, so more parents to buy photos, blah blah blah — but he is a constant, welcome presence in Cow Town.

If I ever paid him all the Diet Coke I owe him, Pepsi would just shrug their shoulders and call it a day, cause the market battle would be decided in one fell swoop.

As he celebrates a birthday today (I’m assuming 23, maybe 24…), I’m running a smattering of his snappiest pics.

This is just the tip of the iceberg, and by no means meant to represent the best of his work.

Go bounce around Coupeville Sports for the next seven or eight hours and you can pick your personal favorites.

Fisken can shoot action with the best of them and is an absolute pro at getting behind-the-scenes photos that allow Wolf athletes to show off their personalities.

He is the rock, here on The Rock.

Happy birthday, you brilliant whiz kid, you.

Now don’t you have a little league game you should go shoot?

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(John Fisken photos)

  The last thing the base runner saw was the Terminator T-1000 turn and lock on to him. After that, it was all over in a millisecond. (John Fisken photos)

"Oh lord, I'm not gonna be able to sit down for a week!!! But ... I am safe. Now, I'm just going to lie here and embrace the burning pain..."

  “Oh lord, I’m not gonna be able to sit down for a week!!! But … I am safe. Now, I’m just going to lie here and embrace the burning pain…”

swing low

Both the umpire and the catcher are mesmerized by the art of the bunt.

catcher

“You can either step back to the base, son, or I can embarrass you and your entire family by throwing you out. Your choice…”

coach

Two feet? The best coaches only need one to fungo, baby.

Photos, we got yer snappy photos right here.

Ignoring for a second that I was detained and couldn’t be there to cover the game in person, let us instead offer a round of applause to travelin’ photo man John Fisken.

He, for one, did show up Thursday and document the Warriors, a Central Whidbey Little League Majors baseball squad, in action.

Plus one for the Diet Coke man.

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Dalton (John Fisken photos)

   Alien invasion? Zombie attack? Dalton Martin and his Discuses o’ Death will save the day. (John Fisken photos)

Bayne

   Drawn like a moth to the light, Kathy Bayne (middle) launches a photo bomb on Josh and Eileen Stone.

Hurlburt

   Kristin Hurlburt pops in to join daughter Sylvia and Stone, who has already seen this scenario play out … all freakin’ afternoon.

stand

That moment when you’ve won the race but realize you’re deathly afraid of the camera, unlike shoeless but eternally photo op-ready Hurlburt and Makana Stone.

relay

  Zippy (and color-coordinated) boys relay team (l to r) Connor Thompson, Jacob Smith, Lathom Kelley and Jared Helmstadter.

socks

Helmstadter’s socks (sort of) match Stone’s shoes.

marisa

   Marisa Etzell weighs in: “Yes, Jared, you’re pretty damn stylish. I get that. I just don’t want to talk about your socks anymore…”

Lauren

   Delaney Armstrong (left) and Lauren Grove kill time between events. “Jared’s socks are blowin’ up on Twitter!!”

It's official.

It’s official. Stone is fast.

Now we can talk about times and throws and who placed where.

Or, we can just bask in the glow of some pretty freakin’ awesome pics snapped at the Olympic League track and field championships by our resident Diet Coke-guzzlin’ lens man, John Fisken.

You’re not even reading these words, are you?

Fine, get yourself back to Eileen Stone droppin’ side eye, photo bombs goin’ off everywhere and the glory that is Jared Helmstadter’s socks.

#JaredsSocks, soon to be trending on Twitter. You read it here first!

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Katrina McGranahan slaps a tag on a surprised Lynden Christian runner. (John Fisken photos)

   Katrina McGranahan slaps a tag on a surprised Lynden Christian runner. (John Fisken photos)

"Get in my mitt!" Kyla Briscoe is a vacuum at first base.

“Get in my mitt!” Kyla Briscoe is a vacuum at first base.

McKayla Bailey

  McKayla Bailey (13) stares wistfully across the prairie as the Lynden coach rambles during pre-game talks.

Monica Vidoni (left) owns third base and she's not in a mood to let any pesky runners claim the bag.

  Monica Vidoni (left) owns third base and she’s not in a mood to let any pesky runners claim the bag.

Wolf coach Deanna Rafferty delivers impassioned direction to her squad.

Wolf coach Deanna Rafferty delivers impassioned direction to her squad.

Do you dare run on the laser arm of Lauren Rose? Only if you're a fool.

Do you dare run on the laser arm of Lauren Rose? Only if you’re a fool.

Kailey Kellner, Heather Nastali and Briscoe

Kailey Kellner (12), Heather Nastali (4) and Briscoe are just hangin’ around.

McGranahan unleashes The Knee Buckler.

McGranahan unleashes The Knee Buckler.

The action was hoppin’ and the camera was clickin’.

Under sunny skies (for most of the afternoon, at least) the Coupeville High School softball squad returned to action Wednesday and John Fisken was there, Diet Coke bottle in hand, to snap away.

The photos above are just a taste of what he recorded.

To see more (purchases help fund college scholarships for CHS senior student/athletes), pop over to:

http://www.nwcathletics.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=8405&league=1&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=7&sport=0

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"No autographs until AFTER the game ... unless you got $5, then I'm flexible." (John Fisken photos)

   Willie Smith lays down the law. “No autographs until AFTER the game … unless you got $5, then I’m flexible.” (John Fisken photos)

CJ Smith comes up gunnin'.

CJ Smith comes up grinnin’ and gunnin’.

Aaron Trumbull lets loose with the Stare O' Death.

Aaron Trumbull unleashes the Stare O’ Death.

Josh Bayne sweet talks the baseball down from its perch in the heavens.

Josh Bayne sweet talks the baseball down from its perch in the heavens.

Hunter Smith controls the flow of the game.

Hunter Smith controls the flow of the game.

"I said $5! Count my fingers and respect the financial authority of my hand!!"

“I said $5! Count my fingers and respect the financial authority of my hand!!”

"Dang, I only get $3. Smith, you da man!!"

“Dang, I only get $3. Smith, you da man!!”

Rain? What rain?

A day after a deluge straight out of Noah’s time, the sky was blue, the sun was out and baseballs were flyin’ through the air.

When he wasn’t looking for stray cans of Diet Coke, travelin’ photo man John Fisken was working the field, snapping pics, some of which are above.

To see more of his work (purchases help fund scholarships for CHS senior student/athletes) pop over to:

http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=8289&league=21&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0

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