Posted in Mr. CHS, tagged Brett Arnold, Jake Tumblin, Mr. CHS on May 16, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Jake Tumblin, Mr. CHS 2014. (Robert Bishop photos)
That dress is never going to be the same again…
And then that happened … Nick “The Big Hurt” Streubel (center) is accompanied by Ben Etzell (left) and Brett Arnold in a “dance.”
Your emcees, Sydney Aparicio (left) and Breeanna Messner.
We give the people what they want.
And what they want is more photos from Thursday night’s Mr. CHS competition.
Oh lord, the humanity…
Posted in Mr. CHS, tagged CHS Wolves, football, Jake Tumblin, Mr. CHS, talent show on May 16, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Da Champ … Jake Tumblin. (Sylvia Arnold photos)
Mr. Talent, Lathom Kelley.
Mr. Congeniality, Jason “Batman” Knoll. Sandra Bullock approves.
Clockwise, from top left, Mr. CHS runner-ups Brett Arnold, Brian Norris, Nick Streubel and Ben Etzell.
Lathom Kelley carved a freakin’ swan out of a freakin’ apple!
And it still wasn’t enough to win an ultra-competitive throw-down to be named Mr. CHS Thursday night.
The Coupeville High School sophomore did win the talent competition, but it was Wolf senior, and fellow football player, Jake Tumblin, who scampered away with the title in the end, pocketing a crisp $100 bill for his efforts.
The annual competition is a wild mix-up of talent, slick moves and fashion show and raises money for the senior class.
Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Jake Tumblin, Willie Smith on May 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The celebration was on after Jake Tumblin (far left in batting helmet) smacked a home run Friday afternoon. (Shelli Trumbull photos)
CJ Smith brings the heat.
Wolves (l to r) Tumblin, Willie Smith, CJ Smith and Ben Etzell confer on the mound.
Eight teams came to the 1A Northwest District baseball playoffs, and the only two still standing undefeated heading into Saturday are the pride of Whidbey.
With Coupeville thunking Lynden Christian 5-2 Friday and South Whidbey slipping past Friday Harbor 4-3, the district title game will be an all-Island affair, only played on the road at Kamiak High School.
The Falcons (14-7) and Wolves (12-9) will face off at 12 PM Saturday, and the winner clinches a berth to state.
South Whidbey will be the home team, but Coupeville has an emotional edge, having taken two of three from their arch-rivals to open the season.
Win or lose, both teams advance to tri-districts Saturday, May 17 at Sehome High School.
The district champ will face the winner from district 3 in the tri-district title game, while the runner-up will have two shots to win one game to advance to state.
Surging at the right time — having won eight of its last 11 games — Coupeville stormed past Lynden Christian, the #1 seed in the district tourney, with ease.
The Wolves did it riding the booming bat of senior catcher Jake Tumblin and the fireball-throwing arm of sophomore CJ Smith.
Tumblin, echoing the glory days when he helped lead Central Whidbey to a state little league title as an eighth grader, thumped three hits, including a home run to left, scored twice, stole two bases and knocked in a pair of runs.
“Heck of a game for the young man!” said Coupeville coach Willie Smith.
The Wolves actually got their runs multiple ways, using smart base-running and a couple of Lync mistakes to tack on scores around Tumblin’s solo shot and his later RBI single that plated Wade Schaef.
Korbin Korzan scampered home in the second inning when Lynden Christian’s second baseman ran into the umpire while trying to field a bunt by CJ Smith.
Ben Etzell also took advantage of what the Lyncs offered.
The Wolf senior walked, stole second, took third on a wild pitch, then came across to score on another wild pitch.
Coupeville capped its scoring with an RBI single from Kurtis Smith.
With run support to play with, CJ Smith induced a string of inning-ending ground-balls and stayed one step ahead of the Lync hitters all afternoon. He whiffed three and benefited greatly from opportunistic defensive plays by his teammates.
Kurtis Smith gunned down a runner at third by a solid five feet, while Etzell made a running catch on a pop up in foul territory while on a dead sprint.
“That’s kind of the way it went for CJ,” Willie Smith said. “Pitching in and around trouble all day, but never being touched by it.”
Lynden Christian loaded the bags in the bottom of the seventh, but Etzell, Coupeville’s #1 pitcher, came in to get the final out — in poetic fashion it was a bouncer to CJ Smith, who had moved back to second.
Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, CJ Smith, Jake Tumblin, Sultan on April 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Left to right, CHS coach Willie Smith and seniors Jake Tumblin, Kurtis Smith, Ben Etzell, Wade Schaef and Morgan Payne. (John Fisken photo)
Sultan just wants the season to end.
As the Turks run out the string on a winless high school baseball campaign, they are the perfect team to help Coupeville recapture that winning feeling.
And the Wolves have taken advantage so far, rolling to back-to-back victories to climb back to .500 as the playoffs loom on the horizon.
Wednesday, it was a 10-3 romp at home for CHS, with sophomore hurler CJ Smith throwing wicked heat and fanning a career-high 10 batters.
Smith scattered five hits, walked just one and dominated the Turks from start to finish.
“CJ was very solid on the mound,” said Coupeville coach Willie Smith. “It was great to see him get back in the groove and be dominant on the mound.”
With the pitchin’ poppin’, the Wolf bats came out blazin’ in support.
Jake Tumblin ripped three hits, including a standup double, stole two bases, scored three runs and knocked in a run to kick-start things off at the top of the lineup.
“He is really starting to set the table for our guys and get in a groove offensively for us,” said Willie Smith.
The Wolves jumped on Sultan for four in the third and three more in the sixth to blow things wide open.
In the third Coupeville slapped together four straight hits to chase the Turks starter. Tumblin, Kurtis Smith, Ben Etzell and Aaron Trumbull all had the sweet swing going.
The later rally was started, once again, by leadoff man Tumblin, who slapped a single, then teamed with freshman Clay Reilly, who had walked, on a double steal.
Etzell crushed a two-run double to the deepest, darkest region of center, then scored himself when Sultan bobbled a hard-hit grounder by Josh Bayne.
The Wolves continue a wild, five-games-in-six-days week when they host Granite Falls Thursday in a makeup of a game rained out earlier in the season. Coupeville travels to Sultan Friday, then Lakewood Saturday, before beginning postseason play next week.
Now 8-8 overall, 7-8 in Cascade Conference play, the Wolves will be the #2 seed among league 1A teams for the district playoffs.
South Whidbey clinched the top seed with a 5-4 win over Granite Falls Wednesday.
The Falcons are 11-6 in league play, with one game left to play, and even if CHS swept its final three, the best it could finish would be 10-8 in the Cascade Conference.
Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Jake Tumblin, Shelli Trumbull photos on April 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Aaron Curtin surveys the scene. (Shelli Trumbull photos)
Korbin Korzan inches towards third.
Kurtis Smith, ever-watchful.
Jake Tumblin comes up, ready to fire.
“And that’s just a bit inside…”
And then Shelli went and got all artistic on us.
So, who exactly was selling insurance Monday?
It wasn’t Shelli Trumbull, I’ll tell you that, as Coupeville High School’s most faithful photographer was on the road in Everett, documenting the Wolf baseball squad as it faced off with ATM.
The photos above are courtesy her, and don’t worry, you can go buy insurance from her today, if you feel like it.
So, win-win.
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