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Sophomore John McClarin goes low for a volley. (John Fisken photos)

Sophomore John McClarin goes low for a volley. (John Fisken photos)

Kyle Bodamer would like to welcome you to the gun show.

Kyle Bodamer would like to welcome you to the gun show.

Aiden Crimmins follows in the footsteps of dad Jon, who once graced these same courts as a Wolf netter.

   Aiden Crimmins follows in the footsteps of dad Jon, who once graced these same courts as a Wolf netter.

They smell like they just came out of the can.

They smell like they just came out of the can.

The girls tennis season is not until spring, but Wynter Thorne is keeping her game sharp year-round.

The girls tennis season is not until spring, but Wynter Thorne is keeping her game sharp year-round.

The air was alive with the smell of freshly-strung rackets.

The first day of practice for a new season dawned Monday for the Coupeville High School boys’ tennis squad. New players mixing with battle-hardened veterans, all under the watchful eye of the dean of Wolf coaches.

Ken Stange is entering his 10th year at the helm of the CHS tennis programs, which gives him the edge, by a considerable margin, on fellow fall coaches Tony Maggio (3rd), Troy Cowan (2nd) and Breanne Smedley (1st).

In the photos above, the grizzled vet is nowhere to be seen, however, as he let his players have a moment in the spotlight. A veteran move by a veteran coach.

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In between his many touchdowns, Ty Eck found time to drop the boom on defense as well. (John Fisken photos)

   In between his many touchdowns, Ty Eck also found time to drop the boom on defense. (John Fisken photos)

Gabe Eck

Gabe Eck, calm and cool while directing the offense.

A third Coupeville kid playing for Oak harbor, Alex Turner, holds the line.

A third Coupeville kid playing for Oak harbor, Alex Turner (50), holds the line.

Ty Eck was en fuego Saturday.

The eighth grader hit pay dirt nearly every time he touched the ball, busting off touchdown runs of 72 and 82 yards while also teaming up with quarterback brother Gabe on a 75-yard pass-and-run-like-crazy play.

Fueled by the Coupeville duo, who are masquerading as Wildcats right now, Oak Harbor savaged Sedro-Woolley 49-8 in youth football play.

They are joined on their squad by a third Coupeville player, fellow eighth grader Alex Turner.

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Wolf QB Joel Walstad and center Carson Risner work on their timing. (John Fisken photos)

Wolf QB Joel Walstad and center Carson Risner work on their timing. (John Fisken photos)

Get down with your bad self.

Get down with your bad self.

Well-dressed assistant coach Brett Smedley makes his bid for a GQ cover.

Well-dressed assistant coach Brett Smedley makes his bid for a GQ cover.

Rumble, young man, rumble.

Rumble, young man, rumble.

"Unleash The Lathom!!" He might not be The Kraken, but Lathom Kelley (right) hits about as hard as the legendary beast from "Clash of the Titans."

  “Unleash The Lathom!!” He might not be The Kraken, but Lathom Kelley (right) hits about as hard as the legendary beast from “Clash of the Titans.”

Risner hears the news fellow lineman Oscar Liquidano is returning from Vegas for his senior year and can't hold in his smile.

   Risner hears the news fellow lineman Oscar Liquidano is returning from Vegas for his senior year and can’t hold in his smile.

As we head into a new high school sports year, there’s a few things to keep in mind about photos.

Stop putting pics that say PROOF or have a copyright symbol (you know, that big C) on your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and whatever new interweb thing is trying to steal your brain today.

It looks tacky and you’re stealing.

That being said, feel free to snag photos off of Coupeville Sports, like the football practice shots that are lurking above.

You will notice none of them say PROOF across them, and the photographers who supply me with 90% of my photos — Shelli Trumbull and John Fisken — are fine with that.

Fisken is running a business, so if you want the ones that say PROOF, buy them. Then the word PROOF magically evaporates, giving you a glossy, unmarred photo.

I provide links to his work whenever possible or you can jump directly to http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?district=3&league=21 and check up on him at any time.

Why would you pay for his pics? Because you might get your money back.

For the second straight year, he’ll be offering scholarships to CHS student/athletes (Breeanna Messner and Brandon Kelley won the inaugural awards), funded by money from photo sales.

To put yourself in the running, pick up an application from Mrs. Bagby in the CHS counseling office.

To be eligible, you need to have participated in at least two school sports per year for all four years of high school (winter cheer counts).

Exceptions may be granted for athletes who moved into the district mid-way through their schooling.

You need a minimum 3.0 GPA and will need to submit a 500-word essay “How Sports Made Me A Better Person”.

If you want Mrs. Trumbull’s photos, you can snag the ones I use or jump over to https://www.facebook.com/pages/Coupeville-Booster-Club/83614917107 to see a ton more.

She also has separate pages set up for sports like boys’ basketball and baseball.

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Senior co-captain Carson Risner (John Fisken photos)

  Senior captain Carson Risner works on hand-offs with his quarterback. (John Fisken photos)

Joel Walstad

  Joel Walstad barks out signals while Lathom Kelley prepares to unleash a little thing he calls “Super Fast Blinding Speed.”

Someone may have forgotten to use sun screen...

Someone may have forgotten to use sun screen…

Jose

Jose Castro prepares to explode off the line.

Cameron Toomey-Stout

Freshman Cameron Toomey-Stout flies around the corner during a drill.

Did CHS head coach Tony Maggio sleep at all the night before the first day of practice? Probably not.

  Did CHS head coach Tony Maggio sleep at all the night before the first day of practice? Probably not.

One eye on the field, one eye on the cameraman.

One eye on the field, one eye on the camera. OK, maybe both eyes on the camera…

Vacation is done.

The first wave of Coupeville High School athletes hit the practice field Wednesday, officially kicking off the 2014-2015 school athletic year.

Today it was Wolf football. In five days, girls’ soccer, volleyball and boys’ tennis will join them.

The first official game: Friday, Sept. 5 when CHS welcomes South Whidbey to Cow Town for a football game that will decide the fate of the universe itself.

And thus it begins.

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Gabe Eck climbs the ladder and makes off with an interception. (John Fisken photo)

Gabe Eck climbs the ladder and makes off with an interception at a jamboree Saturday. (John Fisken photo)

You’re wearing the wrong colors, son.

Part of me says not to run this photo, because this is freakin’ Coupeville Sports and not Oak Harbor Sports.

I start running big city stuff, and there’s no end to it. Next thing you know the South Enders will expect some coverage, as well.

But, it’s a nice photo … and the Eck brothers, Gabe and Ty, are at heart, Coupeville kids.

They starred for Coupeville Middle School as seventh graders, and, while they have moved North for their eighth grade football season, there is a strong shot they will be back in red and black when it’s time to hit the field for high school ball.

At least that’s my hope, and I’m sticking to it.

I’m sorry, but they don’t look right in purple and gold.

No one does.

And this is coming from a guy whose diploma is yes, purple and gold, since the last semester of my high school career came at OHHS after a family move from Tumwater.

So, in the interest of poaching some page hits from that place where they hold Holland Happening and where I go to watch my movies, I’ll let this photo slip by.

But seriously, while I won’t tell any parent where they should send their children, or tell any players what town they should suit up for …

COW TOWN, BABY!!!!!

I’m just saying, you want 24-7-365 coverage, you hang out on the prairie. Cause next time you’re sporting purple and gold, I may not recognize you.

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