Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Josh Bayne’

Bayne Train rumbles all over Yakima!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , , , on June 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Josh Bayne stares down the state. (John Fisken photo)

Josh Bayne stares down the state. (John Fisken photo)

Josh Bayne only played one-way this time, but it was more than enough.

The recent Coupeville High School grad, who was an All-State player on both sides of the ball during his senior season, sparkled on defense Saturday at the 21st Earl Barden East-West All-Star Classic.

Sparked by Bayne’s hard-hitting play from the corner-back position, the West held on for a 20-14 win in the game, played at East Valley High School in Yakima.

The game brings together the best players in 1A, 2B and 1B.

Bayne, who was the 1A Olympic League MVP, was one of the state’s leading rushers in 2014.

While he didn’t get any carries Saturday, he brought the heat in much the same way that also made him one of the best defenders in his class.

He recovered a fumble, made several tackles and swatted a pass down.

With all the offense coming in the game’s first half, Bayne and his West teammates clamped down at the end of the first half to seal the win.

With their backs to the wall, they refused to break and pulled off a goal line stop heading into the break.

The score would have been more lopsided, but the West had a pick six called back because of a personal foul behind the play.

Bayne, who was also a First-Team All-League player in baseball, will now take his skills to the college level, where he plans to play football at Simon Fraser.

He’ll be one of two speedy Wolves making the trip North of the border, as former Wolf rushing sensation Jake Tumblin is also slated to join the school’s gridiron squad, known as The Clan.

Simon Fraser is scheduled to play Central Washington twice this coming season.

Former CHS lineman Nick Streubel, who blocked for both Tumblin and Bayne, is on scholarship at CWU, having red-shirted his freshman year.

Read Full Post »

Quick hits: Shane Losey abides!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , , on June 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Shane Losey has got this. (Scott Losey photo)

Shane Losey has got this. (Scott Losey photo)

With a new high school football season ahead of us, let’s take a look at some of the young men who will play for Coupeville High School for the first time this fall.

If there is pressure in living up to the family name, it doesn’t seem to have affected Shane Losey.

A gunslinger at quarterback who will move up and join big brother Mitchell in the fall, following in the footsteps of their father and other relatives, he remains low-key and ready to learn.

“I would like to work on being a better receiver and quarterback,” Losey said. “Understanding the plays. They are a lot different this year.

“I want to start every JV game and perfect my skills.”

He’ll be a freshman, while his older brother will be a senior.

Having the chance to learn from Mitchell, and other Wolf veterans, whether on the field or in day-to-day life, has been valuable.

“My brother and his friend Josh Bayne, they crack me up!,” Losey said. “Fun times at our house.”

This will be his third season on the gridiron, having picked up the sport when he entered middle school.

“I started because I like football, thought it would be fun to play with friends,” Losey said. “I enjoy tackling people, playing with my friends, understanding the game and working hard.”

When he’s not on the football field, he can be found hanging with friends, playing XBox, going to water parks and movies and out and about on family camping trips.

Losey also spends a fair amount of time playing baseball, having just finished a season of Babe Ruth in Oak Harbor. He was one of six future Wolves to play for the squad.

“That is fun, playing with guys you don’t know from another school and you get to know them through the season,” Losey said.

A lot of that baseball time has been spent with dad Scott.

“My dad has been a big impact for me. He has coached me through most of my baseball career this far,” Losey said. “This year was the first he wasn’t there to coach since we played in Oak Harbor. So that was a little weird…

“He and I have had many road trips from Coupeville to parts all over different places playing ball,” he added. “Lots of nights getting home at 10:00 and up to school the next day.

“Texting mom on the way home the score. And call her to fill her in on my AWESOME game I had tonight!”

And, whether texting or talking in person, his mom, Melissa, is the one who is always there for him.

“She is great; I can talk to her about anything secret or not,” Losey said. “She listens and cares a lot. I have great support around me.”

Read Full Post »

Gridiron glory in glossy color!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on June 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Play football for CHS? Now you know what the school records are. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Play football for CHS? Now you know what the school records are. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

School sack leader Nick Streubel, with dad David. (Nanette Streubel photo)

School sack leader Nick Streubel, with dad David. (Nanette Streubel photo)

Mark it down. June 5, 2015 — the day Coupeville High School got serious about its athletic history.

League title banners were raised for girl’s basketball and girls’ tennis — the first new ones in any sport at the school since 2002 — and then football finally got a shiny record board to rival the one that track has had for many years.

Now, we could quibble that Nick Streubel, the sack king, had his last name misspelled.

And, I am curious, with all the records being from the 2000’s, how deeply the researchers have gone into the past.

Though, based on the haphazard ways records have been curated at CHS, numbers for anything prior to the ’90s might simply have vanished into the mists of time…

In any case, this is progress.

Shiny progress that finally puts a spotlight on those who wore the red and black on the gridiron, while setting a target for those who come in the future.

Well done, gentlemen.

Read Full Post »

Curtin on the short list!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , , on June 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Kyle Bodamer, breaking bats (and hearts) wherever he goes. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

   Kyle Bodamer, breaking bats (and hearts) wherever he goes. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Wolf seniors (l to r) Aaron Curtin, Aaron Trumbull, Josh Bayne and Bodamer

  Wolf seniors (l to r) Aaron Curtin, Aaron Trumbull, Josh Bayne and Bodamer get serious for one last group photo op.

Bayne has places to go and he always believes in arriving early.

Bayne has places to go and he always believes in arriving early.

South Whidbey's Trent Fallon (middle)

   South Whidbey’s Trent Fallon (middle) and Mo Hamsa (beard) joke around with their Coupeville counterparts.

Trumbull and Curtin, who played together since little league, exchange one last fist bump.

   Trumbull and Curtin, who have played together since little league, exchange one last fist bump.

One hurdle down, one to go.

Coupeville High School senior pitcher Aaron Curtin was nominated for the All-State baseball series Wednesday after playing in the 1A/2B/1B Northwest Regional Feeder Games in Bellingham.

Curtin was one of 10 players to be nominated, and the only one from the four Wolf players who participated in the feeder games.

Fellow CHS seniors Aaron Trumbull, Kyle Bodamer and Josh Bayne wrapped up their high school careers by playing in the two-game series at Joe Martin Field.

Final decisions on the All-State rosters will be announced June 7, with the games in Yakima June 13-14.

If Curtin makes the final cut, it would give Coupeville a representative for the second straight year.

Last year, Ben Etzell got the call and pitched in the second game at All-State.

The feeder games in Bellingham were part of a state-wide effort to showcase senior diamond men.

Coupeville’s quartet played for the Americans team, which was coached by South Whidbey’s Tom Fallon.

They tied 6-6 in the opener Wednesday, then lost 4-3 in the nightcap.

Nooksack Valley’s Cole Mattice won the second game when he singled home Meridian’s Tanner Tutterrow with two outs in the seventh inning.

The winning rally included a boost from a player who could have been a Wolf.

Taylor Gardner attended elementary school in Coupeville, before a family move took his baseball skills to Nooksack Valley.

His walk in the seventh, packaged between singles from Tutterrow and Overlake’s Mike Lau, juiced the bags for Mattice.

Along with Curtin, the other nominees for All-State include Tuterrow, Ryan Gelwicks (Nooksack), David McLaurin (Cedar Park Christian), Andrew Young (Darrington), Curtis Handy (Nooksack), Mo Hamsa (South Whidbey), Aaron Mell (Overlake), Evan Sather (Overlake) and Gibson Fichter (Concrete).

Read Full Post »

Bayne Train rumbles through Birthday Land!!

Posted in Baseball, Football, Happy birthday, tagged , , , , , on June 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Josh Bayne, being all awesome and stuff.

Josh Bayne, being all awesome and stuff.

The coolest cat in the room. Always.

Josh Bayne has glided through life at Coupeville High School in much the same way he slices ‘n dices defenses on the football field — with ease, while always looking stylish doing it.

As he celebrates his birthday today, with graduation just a few days away, he is at the top of his game.

Olympic League MVP and All-State on both sides of the ball during football season, with an invitation to the Earl Barden East-West All-Star Classic later this month.

When baseball arrived, Bayne punched out his usual stellar season, earning his second First Team All-Conference selection of the school year.

Wednesday he’ll be in Bellingham, joining Wolf teammates Aaron Curtin, Kyle Bodamer and Aaron Trumbull at the state feeder games.

And, while he didn’t play basketball, he was always front and center to cheer on his classmates. If there was a costume to be worn, he was your man.

The rampaging force of nature who CHS hardball guru Willie Smith tabbed “Awesome Joshsome” was a truly electrifying athlete.

Whether rupturing spleens by launching himself like a heat-seeking missile at ball carriers or sporting a huge grin as he shot around third base after hammering a home run into the parking lot, Bayne enjoyed his days in the red and black.

As he moves on to accomplish big things in the real world, we, his fans, want to wish him the best and send him big birthday greetings.

You can’t stop the Bayne Train. You can’t contain him. But you can applaud him as he sails by.

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »