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College ball draws pack of Wolves!!

Posted in Football, Volleyball, Wolves in college, tagged Central Washington University, CHS Wolves, Josh Bayne, Mitch Pelroy, Monica Vidoni, Simon Fraser University on October 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Monica Vidoni (Photo property of Rainy River Community College

Former Wolf Monica Vidoni (back, far left) and her college volleyball teammates. (Photo property of Rainy River Community College)

Spikers one, gridiron warriors zero.

Of the five former Coupeville High School athletes competing in college sports this week, only one came away a winner.

That was Monica Vidoni, who saw action as her Rainy River Community College volleyball squad rolled to wins Oct. 7 against Hibbing and Oct. 9 against Fond du Lac.

None of her former classmates could say the same Saturday, as three teams, featuring four former Wolves, all fell in college football games.

Central Washington University and former CHS lineman Nick Streubel lost 49-44 to the South Dakota School of Mines, snapping their three-game winning streak.

Also taking a loss was Simon Fraser University, which was edged 38-35 by Dixie State.

The Clan boast two Wolf alumni, Josh Bayne and Jake Tumblin, and Bayne snared a tackle from his defensive back position.

Rounding out the Coupeville contingent was Mitch Pelroy, who brought back a kick-off 37 yards and had a tackle in Montana Western’s 37-30 overtime loss to second-ranked Southern Oregon.

It was the second straight loss for the Bulldogs, who had previously put together a seven-game winning streak covering parts of two seasons.

While her male counterparts are a combined 6-9 this year (Western is 3-2, Central 3-3 and Simon Fraser 0-4), Vidoni and her Voyageurs teammates are 14-11 on the season, 6-3 in conference play.

Vidoni, a freshman, has played in 11 sets over seven matches, compiling four kills and a dig.

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Taking it to the next level!!

Posted in Wolves in college, tagged CHS Wolves, college sports, Hailey Hammer, Monica Vidoni, Nick Streubel, Tyler King on August 26, 2015| 2 Comments »

Former Wolf gridiron giants (l to r) Josh Bayne, Nick Streubel and Jake Tumblin.

Monica Vidoni (18), back row, fourth from left, with her Rainy River Community College teammates.

Tyler King, the lone CHS grad to be a D-1 scholarship athlete.

Tyler King, the lone CHS grad to be a current D-1 scholarship athlete.

At least 15 former Coupeville High School athletes are currently pursuing their athletic dreams in college.

And, as soon as I say 15, someone will drop a name or two and I’ll realize my memory is truly shoddy, but oh well, here goes.

Josh Bayne and Jake Tumblin — The former Wolf two-way football stars are both freshmen at Simon Fraser University in Canada.

While there is no word yet on whether they will redshirt, both are on the Clan roster and listed as defensive backs.

Bayne sports #17, while Tumblin is tabbed as #21 (though is wearing a different number in his school photo.)

Aaron Curtin — Coming off a stellar senior year at CHS, where he was a standout tennis, basketball and baseball player, Curtin plans to walk on the Central Washington University baseball squad.

Amanda d’Almeida — A junior at Carleton College in Minnesota, she’s currently listed as a student manager for the Knights soccer squad after playing for the team the past two years.

While battling through a string of injuries, she’s played in 27 games, starting nine and has been on the pitch for 1,074 minutes of action.

Ben Etzell — Played baseball as a freshman pitcher last spring at Saint John’s in Minnesota.

The former Cascade Conference MVP earned the save as his squad captured the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference tournament title and a berth in the NCAA D-III playoffs.

Hailey Hammer — Scheduled to be a freshman softball slugger at Everett Community College, where she’ll be on scholarship.

Tyler King — The elder statesmen for Wolf athletes in college, he’s a scholarship athlete at the University of Washington heading into his senior year as a cross country and track stud.

Currently owns the sixth-best time in the 10K in school history and was an All-American in cross country, where he teamed with Aaron Nelson to be the first Husky male duo to ever achieve that honor in the same season.

Morgan Payne and Aaron Trumbull — The former Wolf baseball teammates plan to reunite and take the diamond as freshmen at Olympic College in Bremerton the spring.

Mitch Pelroy — The junior returns for another campaign with Montana Western, which is ranked #26 in the NAIA Football Coaches’ Preseason Poll.

The Bulldogs open Sept. 5 on the road against Rocky Mountain College.

In 20 games at the college level, Pelroy has racked up 600 return yards (541 on kickoffs and 59 on punt returns), while collecting 32 tackles, six assists and a sack as a defensive back.

Madeline Roberts — As a freshman last year, she played basketball and softball (scholarship) for Shoreline Community College.

Wearing #21, Roberts played in 32 games on the diamond, racking up 22 hits, 19 runs, 14 walks, a home run and 12 RBI.

Nick Streubel — #68 on the Central Washington University football roster, the 6-foot-3, 301-pound carved-in-granite-these-days Big Hurt is a redshirt scholarship freshman offensive lineman for the Wildcats.

He and his teammates kick off the season Sept. 5 at Colorado State.

Madison Tisa McPhee — The former Wolf track star will be riding with Central Washington’s rodeo team.

Mad Dawg will be running barrels, goat tying and breakaway calf roping.

Monica Vidoni — The former Wolf made her debut as a volleyball player for Rainy River Community College in Minnesota last weekend.

The Voyageurs took second at the Fergus Falls Tournament, falling to Bismarck State College in the championship match, with Vidoni, who just joined the team, getting in for a few plays.

She currently plans to play basketball and softball in addition to volleyball.

Joel Walstad — The record-setting Wolf QB has taken his talents to America’s Heartland.

A three-sport star for Coupeville (football, basketball, soccer) he is a freshman on scholarship at Midland University in Nebraska.

He’s currently listed as a kicker/punter (roles he also handled at Coupeville) and will wear #9 for the Warriors.

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“He wanted to make everyone succeed!!”

Posted in In memory, Softball, tagged Monica Vidoni, Softball, SW Falcons, Tim Collins on August 20, 2015| 3 Comments »

Monica Vidoni (red uniform) stands next to former South Whidbey High School softball coach Tim Collins. (Photo courtesy Vidoni)

Falcon. Wolf. Doesn’t matter in the end, as it’s one Whidbey.

News that South Whidbey High School softball coach Tim Collins had passed away suddenly at 66 reverberated across the Island.

The news hit home especially hard for former CHS player Monica Vidoni, who had left for college in Minnesota earlier in the week.

Vidoni played summer ball for Collins and had the following to say about her coach:

I knew Tim really well. He was very, very kind.

He was my coach last summer and he helped me become a better hitter in softball.

He used to pick me up for softball every week with his daughter.

If it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t of hit that inside of the park grand slam. He adjusted my hitting and now I can hit better then ever.

He let me play first base every game.

He would take us to Jack in the Box after every game.

He invited me to open gyms for softball in South Whidbey.

Even though I was on the rival team, Tim still wanted to make me a better softball player, and that’s what he did.

Tim was and always will be one of my favorite coaches in my life time.

Tim has been such an inspiration to me. Tim always said the most positive things to me.

He wasn’t one of those coaches who got mad at you when you screwed up. He would always say “that’s okay, you’ll get it again next time.”

I first met him the summer of 2014. He needed people for his softball team and he asked if I wanted to play.

We were the combination of Burlington, South Whidbey, and me, the only Coupeville person.

We went 8-1 and we were the number one team.

While we were playing in the summer he adjusted my batting and I was hitting about .400. Then he invited me to come to open gyms for softball practice hitting.

He would always joke with me, telling me that I should bat with a broom because I used to sweep with my bat, he would say.

He was joking with me before a game one day that Mackenzee, his daughter, was gonna strike me out.

And I just laughed and said ” in her dreams” and she ended up striking me out in five pitches.

The smile on Tim’s face was huge and he was so happy.

He always took the time to help everyone out. Tim was a special coach. He wanted to make everyone succeed.

When softball season comes around this year I’ll always think of Tim.

My condolences go out to his family. I will miss you Tim.

You were such a goofball and you always made me laugh. I can’t wait till I get to see you again in heaven.

I will never, ever forget you.

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Help Monica score big!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, tagged Amy Briscoe, Basketball, GoFundMe, Minnesota, Monica Vidoni, Rainy River Community College on August 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Monica Vidoni hauls in a rebound. (John Fisken photos)

Vidoni with high school teammates (l to r) Julia Myers, Madeline Strasburg and Amanda Fabrizi.

Monica Vidoni has made big strides. Now, we can all help her make the biggest one.

The 2015 Coupeville High School grad, a three-sport athlete (volleyball, basketball, softball) for the Wolves, is planning to head to Minnesota for college.

She wants to attend Rainy River Community College in International Falls, with plans to play all three of her sports.

RRCC is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association and competes in the Minnesota Community College Conference.

Amy Briscoe has started a GoFundMe account to help Vidoni cover the cost of her plane ticket and is asking for the community’s help.

For all of those who have seen Monica grow and become a more confident young woman and athlete in the past year, this would be an excellent opportunity to help keep her rising for the top.

To find out more and possibly donate, pop over to:

http://www.gofundme.com/ufj5jym5

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Candy is dandy, if not as sweet as a win!!

Posted in Softball, tagged CHS Wolves, Deanna Rafferty, Monica Vidoni, Senior Night, Softball, Tiffany Briscoe on May 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jae LeVine, seen here making a play Monday, (John Fisken photo)

Jae LeVine, seen here making a play Monday, has been scrambling to come up with big plays at second base. (John Fisken photo)

Wolf seniors McKayla Bailey (13), Monica Vidoni (14) and Hailey Hammer (15) were honored before the game. (Mike Lodell photo)

Sometimes the little things mean the most.

Case in point: the fourth inning Tuesday in an otherwise less-than-memorable Coupeville High School softball game.

Trailing 7-0 to visiting Chimacum in a game they would lose 8-0, the Wolves were challenged by coach Deanna Rafferty to get the game back on track with a 1-2-3 inning.

In fact, she went one better, pledging to buy candy for every one of her players if they did just that.

Boom.

Hope Lodell hauled in a shot to center, then Tiffany Briscoe pulled off back-to-back pretty snags on well-hit balls to left and led the excited charge back to the dugout.

Awaiting them, their coach, huge grin on her face, shook her head and let loose.

“I literally hate all of you right now!!”

Then she laughed and so did her team, and, for a moment, the promise of candy made things that much sweeter.

Ultimately, though, defense would spell doom for the Wolves — in two ways — as they dropped to 5-10 overall, 4-4 in Olympic League play.

The loss guarantees Coupeville will carry the league’s #3 seed into the playoffs.

A hot and cold defense — when they were on, they made several standout plays, but then turned around and booted some routine plays — killed the Wolves.

Not helping matters was Chimacum’s defense, which was on point all game.

Coupeville made good contact with the ball most of the game, but garnered only two late-game hits — a single from Katrina McGranahan and a smash-it-and-hustle double from Hailey Hammer — as the Cowboys swallowed up nearly everything hit their way.

“We hit it well, we just hit it right at them all game,” Rafferty said.

Chimacum, which is still battling Klahowya for the league title, scraped together four runs in the first without really doing much more than talk.

A lot.

The chippy, vocal Cowboys only had one hard-hit ball in the inning — a two-run single into center — but capitalized on Coupeville’s inability to hang on to the ball.

After tacking on another run in the second and two more in the third, Chimacum had little more to do than cruise in with the win.

McGranahan finally broke up the no-hitter with two outs in the sixth, but was left stranded.

Hammer then led off the bottom of the seventh with a shot to right center, legging out the double and beating the throw by a step.

But she too never came around, eventually being picked off of third by the Chimacum catcher to end the game.

In between a stream of bobbled balls, the Wolves did have several nice defensive plays.

Jae LeVine upheld the honor of second basemen everywhere, sprinting around to flag down several balls, including a pop-up near the first base line.

Right fielder Monica Vidoni charged a single and threw out a runner trying to go to second, Lauren Rose dropped a lightning bolt on a Cowboy trying to steal a bag and Hammer alertly gunned down another runner at home after fielding a chopper at third.

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