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They blinded me with science!!

Posted in Science, tagged , , , , on January 19, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Nick Dion, seen here in a Wolf soccer game last spring, competed in five events at last weekend's Science Olympiad showdown. (John Fisken photo)

   Nick Dion, seen here in a Wolf soccer game last spring, competed in five events at last weekend’s Science Olympiad showdown. (John Fisken photo)

Little Coupeville took a big bite out of the world of science.

The Wolves’ Science Olympiad squad, repping one of the smaller schools in attendance, stormed to a 9th place finish at the Raisbeck Invitational last weekend, bringing home a silver and a pair of bronzes.

Medal Winners:

Helicopters = Silver (Madison Rixe and Luke Carlson)
Robot Arm = Bronze (Nick Dion and Mitchell Carroll)
Dynamic Planet = Bronze (Nick Dion and Mitchell Carroll)

Top 5:

Disease Detectives = 4th (McKenzie Meyer and Nick Dion)
Electric Vehicle = 4th (Nick Dion and Mitchell Carroll)
Game On = 5th (Harris Sinclair and Jaschon Baumann)
Rocks and Minerals = 5th (Madison Rixe and Jakobi Baumann)
Write It/Do It = 5th (Luke Carlson and Josh Robinson)

Top 10:

Hydrogeology = 6th (Jakobi Baumann and Lainey Dickson)
Towers = 6th (Mitchell Carroll and Jakobi Baumann)
Invasive Species = 7th (Anna Dion and Madison Rixe)
Hovercraft = 8th (Nick Dion and Josh Robinson)
Material Science = 8th (Harris Sinclair and Mitchell Carroll)

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Seniors in a rush to succeed!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , , on August 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Jacob Martin wants to spend less time on the sideline injured, and more time on the field, ripping up things. (John Fisken photos)

   Jacob Martin wants to spend less time on the sideline injured, and more time on the field, ripping up things. (John Fisken photos)

Clay Reilly

Clay Reilly was the best punter in 1A as a junior.

It’s their time.

With Coupeville High School’s football team hoping to field a dynamic running attack, continuing a trend from recent years, three Wolf seniors hope to step up and make a big impact.

Young guns like Chris Battaglia and Teo Keilwitz should figure in the mix, but Jacob Martin, Clay Reilly and Mitchell Carroll are hoping to give the Wolves a three-headed monster of a backfield.

Martin is the only one of the three who played there last season, picking up 123 yards on 25 carries.

He was third on the squad in rushing behind seniors Wiley Hesselgrave and Lathom Kelley, but spent much of the year slowed by injuries.

Now he’s feeling healthy and wants to take a crack at the kind of numbers former teammates Jake Tumblin and Josh Bayne rolled up on the gridiron.

“I’m quick and shifty, hard to take down,” Martin said. “I want to set scoring and rushing records.”

Reilly, a strong defensive back who led all 1A punters last season with 1,156 yards, is eager to make an impact on both sides of the ball this season.

“My strengths as a rusher is that I’m fast and strong,” he said. “My goal as a rusher is to have a touchdown every game (at least).”

Carroll, who opts to let his actions speak for him, was among team leaders in tackles as a junior, and is coming off of his first trip to state as a track jumper.

However the carries shake out among the seniors and their sophomore counterparts, they all aspire to reach the heights set by their recent predecessors.

Watching some of the now departed players in action every day at practice and in games helped to shape the current Wolves outlook on the game.

“Lathom taught me to lower my shoulder and run through defenders,” Martin said. “Jake and Josh taught me to lead by example and to keep my head up.”

That last sentiment is one shared by Reilly.

“What I’ve learned from them is to run through defenders, stiff arm them when they try to take me down and to always keep my head up,” he said.

They may not agree on which player has the best skill-set, staking their own claim (Martin says “I’m the quickest” while Reilly counters with “I think I’m the fastest”), but they remain committed to excel, as individuals and a team.

Knowing this is their final prep season, they want to exit strongly and impact younger players like Bayne and Co. did with them.

Reilly sums it up perfectly for all of the backfield seniors.

“I’m gonna try to be the best.”

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One of the best and brightest!!

Posted in Football, Happy birthday, Track, tagged , , , , , on July 17, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Mitchell Carroll rumbles for yardage on the gridiron. (John Fisken photos)

Mitchell Carroll rumbles for yardage on the gridiron. (John Fisken photos)

Carroll, trying to contain the excitement of advancing to state.

Carroll, trying to contain the excitement of advancing to state.

Great things are ahead for Mitchell Carroll.

As he heads into his senior year at Coupeville High School, the two-sport (football, track) star seems primed to have a breakout year.

Always among the hardest workers in a Wolf uniform, Carroll, who celebrates a birthday today, brings dedication, talent and commitment to the table every day.

At a time when others are taking the easy way out, he remains front and center for Coupeville, proud of his school and his own talents and ready to put a cap on his career where it started.

Carroll is one of the top Wolf defensive players slated to return to the gridiron as new CHS coach John Atkins kicks off his first year.

He snagged 29 tackles last year, while also picking up a sack and a fumble recovery.

Part of a group of tackle-happy returning Wolves with Chris Battaglia, Uriel Liquidano, Julian Welling and Jacob Martin, Carroll should send his numbers even higher as a senior.

Then, when spring rolls around, and CHS debuts its new track and field layout, local fans will get to see him compete at home for the first time.

As a junior, Carroll threw the shot put and flew in all three jumping events (high, long and triple), making it all the way to state in the final event.

We can praise his work ethic. His commitment to his teammates and school. His big brain (he’s an Honor Roll alumni who competes in Science Olympiad).

Keep on going and we’ll be here all day.

So, let’s wrap this up and let him get to the cake by simply saying this — Mitchell Carroll is one of the best and brightest, in every way, that we are blessed to have here in Wolf Nation.

Guy is a winner, on and off the field, and, from all of us up in the cheap seats, happy birthday.

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Back on track!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on March 17, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Estefanny Liquidano lets fly with the shot put Thursday. (John Fisken photos)

   Wolf freshman Estefanny Liquidano lets fly with the shot put Thursday. (John Fisken photos)

Jacob Martin (right) takes the hand-off from Gabe Eck and sprints away in the 4 x 100.

  Jacob Martin (right) takes the hand-off from Gabe Eck and peels out in the 4 x 100.

The veteran and the (sorta) newbie owned the day.

Coupeville High School senior track and field stars Makana Stone and Jordan Ford took home a pair of first-place finishes Thursday, highlighting the Wolves performance at the season-opening Island Jamboree in Oak Harbor.

Stone, who has been ripping up ovals while carrying Coupeville’s colors for the past three years, won handily in her 800 debut, while also running a leg on a victorious 4 x 100 relay unit.

That squad included fellow senior Sylvia Hurlburt, junior Lauren Grove and freshman Lindsey Roberts, who is replacing the graduated Marisa Etzell.

Ford, who moved to Coupeville for his senior year, made an auspicious debut, winning the high jump and teaming with Gabe Eck, Jacob Martin and Jacob Smith to place first in the 4 x 100.

Full disclosure: both CHS relay units ran in uncontested races, so they were competing against the clock only.

Mitchell Carroll rounded out the Wolf winners, out-dueling teammate Connor Thompson in the triple jump.

The jamboree, which featured Coupeville, South Whidbey, Lakewood and host Oak Harbor, limited athletes to two events.

Complete CHS results:

GIRLS:

100 — Madison Rixe (23rd) 15.10; Ashlie Shank (25th) 15.35

200 — Sylvia Hurlburt (5th) 28.02; Shank (17th) 31.49

800 — Makana Stone (1st) 2:40.15

100 hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (6th) 18.87

4 x100 — Lauren Grove, Hurlburt, Roberts, Stone (1st) 52.42

Shot put — Skyler Lawrence (2nd) 32-06; Naika Hallam (6th) 23-09; Alexxis Otto (9th) 23-03; Emma Smith (12th) 20-09; Estefanny Liquidano (15th) 16-09

Discus — Lawrence (5th) 78-02; Allison Wenzel (7th) 73-05; Abby Parker (9th) 65-09; Otto (10th) 64-09; E. Smith (13th) 56-02; Jovanah Foote (16th) 42-05; Liquidano (17th) 38-03

Javelin — Lauren Bayne (8th) 80-03; Hallam (10th) 75-01; Wenzel (11th) 73-03; Parker (12th) 72-00; Foote (20th) 50-11; Tomi Herrera (23rd) 38-03

Long Jump — Grove (5th) 14-05.50

BOYS:

100 — Jacob Smith (2nd) 12.00, Jared Helmstadter (7th) 12.30; Gabe Eck (11th) 12.44; Hunter Downes (29th) 13.46; Mitchell Losey (32nd) 13.51; Kyle Burnett (36th) 13.74

200 — Danny Conlisk (7th) 25.31; Burnett (21st) 28.91

1600 — Conlisk (7th) 5:08.90

4×100 — Eck, Jordan Ford, Jacob Martin, J. Smith (1st) 47.83

Shot Put — Ryan Labrador (21st) 31-04; Keahi Sorrows (23rd) 28-10; Grey Rische (27th) 27-01

Discus — Dominic Dausey (13th) 87-11; Sorrows (19th) 76-11; Jakobi Baumann (30th) 44-11

Javelin — Losey (16th) 116-06; Rische (19th) 108-07; Dausey (26th) 99-06; Ariah Bepler (28th) 88-00; Labrador (33rd) 80-02; Nile Lockwood (34th) 79-09

High Jump — Ford (1st) 5-06; Chris Battaglia (3rd) 5-02; Connor Thompson (6th) 5-00

Long Jump — Martin (4th) 18-07; Mitchell Carroll (7th) 17-08.50; Bepler (16th) 14-07.50; Lockwood (17th) 14-06.50

Triple Jump — Carroll (1st) 37-03; Thompson (2nd) 35-03

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Mr. Smooth hits a cake day!!

Posted in Football, Happy birthday, Track, tagged , , , , on July 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Mitchell Carroll at work. (John Fisken photos)

Mitchell Carroll at work. (John Fisken photos)

Kid’s got moves.

Coupeville High School junior Mitchell Carroll, who celebrates a birthday today, is one of the slickest Wolves on campus.

Whether on the football field or the track oval, the multi-sport threat can turn on the afterburners and leave his foes grasping at air.

On the gridiron, he played both ways as a sophomore.

On a team deep in talent, Carroll finished 8th in total yards and 18th in tackles, and those numbers could take a large spike if he gets more playing time this fall.

During track season, he flexed some muscle (as depicted in the photo montage above) to go with the speed.

Occasionally working as a sprinter and relay runner, Mitchell excelled as a jumper, making his mark in all three events (triple, long and high jump).

Plus, he still found time to be a member of the school’s Homecoming royalty and has been known to grace the Honor Roll.

Not bad, and he’s still got two years to set the school afire.

So, from all of us at Coupeville Sports, happy birthday, Mr. Carroll!

Keep aiming for excellence and none of us will be surprised when you go blazing by, like a bright, shining star.

Cause that’s what you are.

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