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Happy cake day, Big Game James!!

Posted in Football, Happy birthday, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, football, Happy birthday, James Vidoni on September 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Birthday boy James Vidoni (left), seen during a game last season. (John Fisken photo)

James Vidoni celebrated his birthday a few hours early.

The Coupeville High School junior, who turns 17 today, exploded to the forefront of Wolf football Saturday night, helping lead CHS to a 41-10 thrashing of dastardly South Whidbey.

Making his first varsity start, Vidoni came roaring up on the outside twice to crumple the Falcon QB with sacks that looked and sounded like a freight train hitting a grocery cart left unattended on the tracks.

It was a big night for James, and a huge step forward in his development as a player.

Like big sis Monica before him, he has been a three-sport athlete for the Wolves every step of the way.

Football, basketball and baseball have kept him busy, and he’s shown growth in all three while remaining a low-key warrior.

It’s always nice to see athletes like James, who get in there and fight every step of the way, be rewarded for their efforts.

He got a lot of applause Saturday night, almost enough for Monica to hear it all the way in Minnesota, where’s she playing college volleyball right now.

And he deserved it, both for his accomplishments and for the guy he is in day-to-day life.

So, happy birthday Mr. Vidoni and congratulations on your stellar season debut.

Here’s to many more big nights for you, on and off the gridiron.

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Slide into summer!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, James Vidoni, John Fisken photos, JV, Nick Etzell on April 10, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Wolf catcher Joey Lippo holds on to the ball with a death-grip during a collision at the plate. (John Fisken photos)

The baseball thought it was getting away. Shane Losey has other ideas.

A pitch after being dusted off by the Wildcat hurler, James Vidoni settles back in to the box.

Nick Etzell can throw it. Doesn’t mean you can hit it.

Brenden Gilbert discovers all good things come to those who wait.

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of Julian Welling’s kitchen.

CHS coach Chris Smith (in red) holds a meeting of the minds.

Matt Hilborn survives a dust storm to get the out.

It was a freakin’ heat wave.

The weather was so nice Saturday, Coupeville and Oak Harbor easily put in five plus hours of JV baseball, with the two squads splitting games.

Now, as some of us ponder sun burns on a Sunday morning, the rest of you can take a gander at some of the many snappy pics taken by wanderin’ photo man John Fisken.

If you like his work and want to see more, 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=11168&league=21&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0

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“The whole team deserves recognition!!”

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, Concrete, football, James Vidoni, JV, Matt Hilborn, Ryan King on November 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jake Hoagland carries Cameron Toomey-Stout off the field as the season ends. (Lisa Jenne photo)

Wolf JV players prepare for the final trip of the season, a jaunt down to Concrete. (Photo courtesy Brett Smedley)

Matt Hilborn sprints to daylight. (John Fisken photos)

James Vidoni (76) holds the line.

Wins and losses don’t tell the whole story.

While the Coupeville High School JV football team failed to pick up a win this season, being battered 49-0 Monday at Concrete in its finale, the young Wolves showed continued growth each week.

Facing off with a battle-hardened Lions squad after a long bus trip, Coupeville got a taste of where it would like to be this time next year.

“We played a very tough team but the boys fought very hard. It was a hard-fought game,” said Coupeville coach Ryan King. “The whole team deserves recognition.”

The first big positive was making it through an entire season, one in which they played bigger schools such as Klahowya and Anacortes.

In recent years, CHS has had trouble having enough bodies — especially healthy ones — to complete anything close to a full JV season.

This year, they played seven games (Chimacum doesn’t have a JV squad) and got strong work from a variety of players.

Freshman Shane Losey operated at quarterback the entire season, with Jonathan Thurston, Cameron Toomey-Stout, Jake Hoagland and Tavian Woolett all emerging as as dependable targets.

Woolett and Teo Keilwitz carried much of the load as running backs, while a variety of players put in work on the lines.

King, a former Wolf player himself, sees a bright future for his charges. Especially if they continue to hit the weight room and build their skill-sets.

“As for the season, I am honored I got to coach a great group of young men,” King said. “These kids worked hard all season and got better as the season went on.

“Fought in every game and each week you saw improvement,” he added. “Coaching these kids was great and they are gonna do great things for this program in the future.”

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Gridiron giants get their close-up!!

Posted in Football, tagged Cameron Toomey-Stout, CHS Wolves, football, James Vidoni, John Fisken photos, Matt Hilborn on September 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Matt Hilborn, having snagged the ball, realizes there’s several Sequim players lookin’ to thrash him. Time to flip on the jets and get movin’. (John Fisken photos)

Cameron Toomey-Stout calls his TD catch. “I’m going that way, skippy, and I’ll be gone before you blink.” He was right.

James Vidoni (76) and Teo Keilwitz (33) drop the boom on a runner stuck in no man’s land.

“Time to go kick some booty, boys.” Jonathan Thurston, moments before he took a pick-six to the house.

Shane Losey, gunslinger.

CHS coach Ryan King, himself a former Wolf standout, imparts some wisdom to Hilborn. “When you hit ’em son, make their momma feel it.”

Helmets crunched against shoulder pads, touchdowns were scored and the cameraman fired off a billion or so photos.

Monday was football night in Cow Town, as the Coupeville High School JV gridiron warriors tangled with visiting Sequim.

Along for the ride was travelin’ photo man John Fisken, who was kind enough to provide us with the pics above.

To see more of his click-tastic work, and possibly purchase some, thereby helping to fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes, pop over to:

http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=8997&league=21&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=181&sport=0

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Cake? He wants The Bucket for his birthday!!

Posted in Football, Happy birthday, tagged baseball, Basketball, CHS Wolves, football, Happy birthday, James Vidoni, The Bucket on September 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »

James Vidoni (John Fisken and Monica Vidoni photos)

James Vidoni’s big day is a big day for all of Wolf Nation.

As the Coupeville High School sophomore celebrates his birthday today, he and his teammates will kick-off a new football season tonight.

And, of course, it’s no mere game, as the Wolves invade Langley to clash with their Island arch-rivals, South Whidbey (7 PM).

At stake? The Bucket (which CHS has held for the last year), another year of bragging rights and the chance to make the Southenders weep salty tears of despair.

Before he hops on the bus, possibly riding a sugar high from cake, we want to take a moment to pay tribute to Mr. Vidoni.

A three-sport athlete for Coupeville (football, basketball, baseball) and younger brother of former Wolf Monica Vidoni, James is a quiet, let’s-go-hit-someone kind of guy.

So, exactly the sort of dude most coaches like.

As he continues to grow and come into his own as an athlete, the future is bright for Vidoni and we wish him all the best, on the field and off.

Happy birthday, James!

Now, go make some Falcons cry.

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