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Coupeville’s best balance academic, athletic worlds!!

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on June 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Jae LeVine nimbly balanced books and sports. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Academics and athletics can, and should be, a perfect union.

That’s proven when you look at the top graduating seniors by GPA at Coupeville High School.

Of the 71 Wolves who are invited to walk across the gym Friday, the top 10 are all united by one aspect — they all participated in the world of CHS sports while also notching stellar grades.

It’s not always easy to keep up with classroom work when you’re an athlete, especially at a far-flung school like Coupeville, where sports participation requires long trips and plenty of time spent on buses and ferries.

But it can, and should be done, as one doesn’t have to take away from the other.

When you play sports in high school, it forces you to keep your grades up to remain eligible, and it teaches you how to manage your time.

At the same time, athletics, like other extracurricular pastimes such as Science Olympiad or band or drama, show you a different side of the world than what you will get just in the classroom.

By doing both, you obtain a much more varied skill-set, and I absolutely believe those who combine athletics and academics emerge from their high school days stronger.

But don’t take my word for it, look at the list, which speaks for itself.

CHS Class of 2017 Top 10 Academic Students:

Lainey Dickson – 3.99 – cheer
Nick Dion – 3.97 – tennis, soccer
Valen Trujillo – 3.91 – volleyball, tennis
Delaney Armstrong – 3.90 – track
Mitchell Carroll – 3.90 – football, track
Kiara Burdge – 3.89 – cheer, track
Grey Rische – 3.88 – tennis, basketball, track
Bree Daigneault – 3.82 – soccer, tennis
Jae LeVine – 3.75 – volleyball, softball
Rubi Melendrez – 3.73 – tennis

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Long may Lainey reign!!

Posted in Cheer, Happy birthday, tagged , , , , , on July 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Birthday girl Lainey Dickson.

Birthday girl Lainey Dickson.

She is like a ray of sunshine on the prairie, isn’t she?

Like big sis Allison before her, Coupeville High School cheerleader Lainey Dickson has so much spirit and energy, it would be a crime against humanity if she wasn’t a cheerleader.

So, it’s a good thing Lainey, who celebrates a birthday today, chose the Ohana life.

It was, quite simply, her destiny.

Part of a large, very successful athletic family with strong Coupeville ties, Dickson is a young woman going places.

Bright, outgoing, kind, loyal, (I can keep going…), smart as all get-out and able to light up the entire crowd even on a foggy Friday night when the Wolves are four touchdowns behind, she is a winner through and through.

As Lainey celebrates her birthday, nine weeks to the day she and her fellow CHS cheerleaders will return to the field for the 2016 football opener against South Whidbey, we want to wish her the best.

Thank you, Miss Dickson, for being an amazing ambassador for your school, your town, your faith and your family.

We are blessed to have you front and center here in Wolf Nation.

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Allison Dickson is Fired Up!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , on August 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Allison Dickson

Allison Dickson

A new high school sports year approaches and the Coupeville High School cheer squad is hard at work.

To get you ready, we present a series of features on Wolf cheerleaders, with the headline to each article paying tribute to 2009’s “Fired Up!,” the best cheerleader movie ever made.

Yeah, you heard me the first time, “Bring it On.” I said it and I meant it.

Allison Dickson does not fear hard work. In fact, she embraces it.

The CHS junior, who is entering her second season as a member of the Wolf cheer squad, knows her sport requires hours of toil and sweat, work often under-appreciated by those who think cheer is just standing on a sideline waving pom-poms.

“Cheer takes hard work,” Dickson said. “We have to practice, just like any other sport, we have to work as a team, just like any other sport, we have to be strong and we have to work hard, just like any other sport.”

She’s joined on the squad by younger sister Lainey, and family has always been an important part of her life.

“My family always supports me,” Dickson said. “They help me to be confident in myself, to know that I can do hard things.

“They help me to be the best I can be!”

When she’s not cheering, Dickson can usually be found somewhere in the vicinity of a piano (she’s been playing more more than a decade).

She also participates in Big Brothers Big Sisters, is a member of the National Honor Society, and, like her siblings, played soccer when she was younger.

“I like all my classes, but my favorite last year was weight training,” Dickson said. “I like spending time with family and friends, church, eating food, and I like photography.”

And, while there is a lot of work involved in cheer, in the end, it comes down to joy for Dickson.

“I thought it might be something I would enjoy,” she said. “I enjoy getting people excited and cheering people on.”

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Lainey Dickson is Fired Up!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , on August 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lainey Dickson

Lainey Dickson

A new high school sports year approaches and the Coupeville High School cheer squad is hard at work.

To get you ready, we present a series of features on Wolf cheerleaders, with the headline to each article paying tribute to 2009’s “Fired Up!,” the best cheerleader movie ever made.

Yeah, you heard me the first time, “Bring it On.” I said it and I meant it.

The proud Dickson football legacy lives on at CHS.

Older brother Jared graduated in June after a stellar gridiron career and is off on a two-year Mormon mission, but sisters Allison and Lainey are returning to the sidelines as key members of the Wolf cheer squad.

Lainey, who will be a sophomore in the fall, is entering her second year cheering for the red and black, and she remains as excited by it today as she was on the first day.

“I always wanted to be a cheerleader, and it sounded like a good opportunity to be part of a team and boost Coupeville spirit,” Dickson said. “I enjoy learning new cheers and dances.

“I also enjoy being part of a stunt group and part of a team, because we all learn how to work together and get things done.”

Dickson has played other sports along the way, participating in track and soccer when she was younger. She also hopes to join the CHS softball team in the spring.

While cheer is considered an activity, and not a sport, by CHS administrators, Lainey is content in the knowledge she and her teammates are putting in as much hard work as anyone in a Wolf uniform.

“Technically we aren’t considered a sport, but we practice just as much if not more than other sports,” Dickson said. “It takes just as much commitment and hard work as any sports team!”

When she’s not working the sidelines, Dickson enjoys playing the piano and loves to “walk around my house listening to Disney music, too!”

Like her brother before her, she is quick to praise the job her parents (Randy and Lisa Dickson) have done in raising a family that’s deeply committed to each other and their faith.

“My parents have been amazing examples of the person I want to be, and have always supported me in the decisions I make,” she said. “So I would definitely say I am the person I am because of them.”

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