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Sandahl, Falcons row to nationals

Posted in Rowing, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on May 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Lucy Sandahl (right) with big sis, and former SPU rowing teammate, Sophie. (Photo courtesy Jeannie Sandahl)

Lucy Sandahl is returning to the big dance. Or, more appropriately, the big splash.

Seattle Pacific University was one of six schools chosen Tuesday to fill the field at the NCAA D-II Rowing Championship, which goes down May 31-June 1 in Bethel, Ohio.

The Falcons, with Coupeville grad Sandahl directing traffic in the 8+ boat, have been ranked in the top five nationwide all season.

SPU joins Cal Poly Humboldt, Central Oklahoma, Embry-Riddle (Florida), Mercyhurst, and Western Washington.

Cal Poly is defending champs, while Western Washington, which won seven consecutive titles between 2005-2011, is the winningest program in DII women’s rowing history.

Each school will send an 8+ boat and a 4+ boat, with racing done on East Fork/Harsha Lake.

Marietta College and the Cincinnati USA Sports Commission are hosts.

Sandahl, a standout volleyball and track athlete during her days in Coupeville, is a senior coxswain at SPU.

She was recently named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Academic team for a third time, making her a perfect three-for-three, as freshmen aren’t eligible for that honor.

 

The moment when SPU found out its fate:

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Help fuel Wolf cheer dreams

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , on December 30, 2019| 2 Comments »

Emily Fiedler and friends will compete at the national championships in Florida, if Wolf fans help them get there. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Your dollar bills, plus their sterling work ethic, can equal cheer nirvana.

Having found out late in the game that they qualified for nationals, the Coupeville High School cheer squad is in scramble mode right now.

The Wolves, in just their second year back on the competition cheer mats, are hitting big heights under second-year coach BreAnna Boon.

CHS, which fielded only a sideline cheer squad between 2012-2017, claimed 3rd place at the 1A state meet in 2018, giving the program its fourth top-four finish at the big dance.

Wolf cheer won a state title in 2006, then finished 2nd in 2007, and 4th in 2011, all under legendary coach Sylvia Arnold.

Now, Coupeville has an invite to Florida, having qualified for the National High School Cheerleading Championship.

That event runs Feb. 7-9, 2020 at the Walt Disney World Resort’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, and is televised on ESPN2 and ESPNU.

The Wolves could be seen in 32 countries and 100 million homes.

But, they need some help getting from Cow Town to Trophy Town.

Or, more specifically, they need to raise $8,000 to cover expenses for the trip, and are looking for sponsorship help from Wolf fans.

Individuals or businesses, cheer addicts or people who have no clue what a back spot, bow and arrow, or straight cradle might be – doesn’t matter.

If you’re loyal to the red and black, and want to see 12 extremely hard-working Wolf athletes and their coaches rewarded for their efforts, now is the time.

You’d be helping Ashleigh Battaglia, Ella Bueler, Karyme Castro, Coral Caveness, Emily Fiedler, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Dawson Houston, Marenna Rebischke-Smith, Mica Shipley, Gavin St Onge, Bella Velasco, and Melia Welling, as well as CHS coaches Boon and Sarah Reinstra.

To donate, you can swing by Peoples Bank (107 S. Main) or contact Boon at Chscheer@outlook.com.

CHS cheer has a 501(c)(3) number, so any and all donations can be used as a tax write-off, with receipt provided.

Whether you’re Bill Gates or merely someone willing to shake out the couch cushions, everything helps.

“No donation is too big or too small,” Boon said, with her customary … cheery … outlook.

 

The Wolves at work:

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NCAA denies Stone, Whitman

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , , on February 25, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Makana Stone led Whitman College women’s basketball in 12 statistical categories during her junior season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Well, that’s unfortunate.

The pinheads running the NCAA D-III women’s basketball national championships left Whitman College out of the 64-team bracket, bringing a quicker-than-expected end to Makana Stone’s junior campaign.

The former Coupeville ace misses March Madness for the first time in three seasons.

As a freshman, Stone and the Blues won three games in the tourney, advancing all the way to the Elite Eight before being knocked out. Last year, Whitman fell in the first round to East Texas Baptist.

This time around, despite boasting a 20-7 record and having been ranked in the top 25 several times, the Blues were denied a ticket to the dance.

George Fox University (24-3), the regular-season and postseason tourney champs, were the only school from the Northwest Conference to make the field.

Even then, the Bruins were surprisingly denied a home game to open the tourney, and will travel to St. Louis to face Greenville University (23-4).

Whitman, which went 13-3 in league play and finished second in the nine-team conference, came within a win of earning an automatic bid to the NCAA tourney.

The Blues scorched Puget Sound in the semifinals of the league postseason tourney, but suffered through a turnover-riddled night in the championship game against George Fox.

Stone had the best season of her time in Walla Walla, earning First-Team All-Conference honors for a second-straight season and earning Player of the Week three times.

She led the Blues in 12 different statistical categories, including scoring average, hitting for 14.9 points a game.

The former Wolf star finished with 388 points, 227 rebounds, 40 assists, 31 steals, and 21 blocked shots in 26 games.

Stone hit on 162-318 from the floor (50.9%) and 63-79 (79.7%) from the free throw line.

With a season left, Coupeville’s progeny sits on the cusp of hitting a host of statistical milestones during her senior season.

She has 928 points, 440 rebounds, 123 assists, 65 steals, and 39 blocks for her career, putting her dangerously close to cracking both the 1,000-point and 500-rebound club.

Stone has hit 394-781 field goal attempts (50.4%) and 139-199 free throw tries (69.8%), and Whitman has rolled to a 68-17 record since she first pulled on a Blues uniform.

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King exits, forever a champ!!

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , , on June 8, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King

Tyler King, national treasure.

This, then, is how it ends.

One of the most accomplished athletes in Coupeville High School history brought his equally stellar five-year run as a scholarship D-1 college athlete to an end Wednesday night.

Running at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, University of Washington senior Tyler King finished 23rd in the 10,000 meter race.

Rambling across the finish line at Heyward Field in 32 minutes, 13.48 seconds, King earned Honorable Mention All-American honors.

He was previously an All-American in cross country during the 2014 season.

Edward Cheserek of Oregon won Wednesday’s race, capturing his 11th NCAA track title and 14th overall (he’s a three-time national champ in cross country).

Making his first appearance at college track’s biggest blowout, a four-day affair in the heart of Nike land which runs through Saturday, King was one of 16 Huskies to advance to nationals.

That’s the second-biggest total in school history for U-Dub.

King entered the night coming off of his two best college track performances.

He finished 3rd at the Pac-12 championships in the 10,000 and 9th at the Western Region prelims.

During his time at CHS, the younger brother of Wolf stars Brianne and Kyle King won two 1A state track titles and amassed 11 state meet medals, winning at least two in every one of his four seasons.

Tyler was also a state champ in cross country as a senior, joining Natasha Bamberger as the only Wolves to achieve that feat in the 116-year history of their high school.

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