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Oak Harbor AD moves off-Island

Posted in Administration, tagged , , , , , on June 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Jerrod Fleury 

It’ll be a complete turnover.

All three Whidbey Island high schools will have new athletic decision makers next school year, after Oak Harbor Athletic Director Jerrod Fleury was hired as AD by Central Kitsap.

His jump off-Island comes after fellow athletic directors Willie Smith and Paul Lagerstedt announced their retirement from Coupeville and South Whidbey, respectively.

Fleury, who has been an OHHS assistant principal since 2014, became AD at the school in 2018.

That was set to change, however.

Oak Harbor administrators, in the middle of budget cuts, informed Fleury they planned to remove the AD title and transition him from the high school to middle school level for the 2024-2025 school year.

Instead, Central Kitsap, which is a 3A high school in the South Sound Conference, offers a new opportunity for the Pacific Lutheran University grad.

The AD position at Fleury’s new school is a standalone job.

A former collegiate soccer player and coach before his time at OHHS, Fleury is a member of the Tacoma Community College Hall of Fame for his work on the pitch.

He is married to the former Becki Matzen, who was a star Wildcat athlete during my Whidbey News-Times Sports Editor days, and the couple have two sons.

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CHS tabs Sherman as new AD

Posted in Administration, tagged , , , , on April 19, 2024| 1 Comment »

Brad Sherman shows the younger generation how it’s done. (Bailey Thule photo)

There’s a new man with a plan.

Brad Sherman, a Coupeville grad who currently teaches and coaches at the school, has been named as the new athletic director for the high school and middle school.

He replaces Willie Smith, who is retiring from the AD position at the end of the school year.

The transition will be official when the school board approves the hire at its next meeting, with Sherman beginning his duties this summer.

Sherman, a 2003 CHS grad, is a father of four precocious lads, husband to Abbey, and the oldest of Don and Debbie’s three sons.

Both his dad and grandfather, as well as his brothers, are Wolf grads, while mom is a longtime legend in the Coupeville classroom.

During his days as a student at CHS, Brad was a football, basketball, and baseball star, playing for the “holy trinity” of Wolf coaches — Ron Bagby, Randy King, and Willie Smith.

The first and third from that group preceded Sherman in the AD role, and the new head man currently occupies Bagby’s former office in the school’s locker room.

After a stint working in politics in Olympia, Brad Sherman returned to the prairie to start his own family and joined mom in the teaching ranks.

He worked as an assistant football coach for the Wolves and has been the head boys’ basketball coach the past seven seasons.

During that time, Sherman has won 70 games while leading CHS to a pair of league titles, two bi-district crowns, and two trips to the state tourney.

His 2021-2022 squad went 16-0 during the regular season, capturing the first undefeated campaign in the 100+ year history of the program.

Those Wolves were the first CHS boys’ hoops team to win a league title in 20+ seasons, and only the second to win a district-level title, joining the 1969-1970 team.

This past season, Sherman, who still sits #9 on the all-time scoring list with 874 points, helped guide Logan Downes to the finish line, as he set the record for most points scored by a Wolf male athlete.

Downes finished his career with 1,305 points, passing Jeff Stone and Mike Bagby, who both totaled 1,137.

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That’s Chief Hot Stuff to you, thanks!

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2023| 1 Comment »

Jerry Helm and his associate are available for fireman calendars, if the pay is right. (Photo courtesy Lindsey Helm)

Jerry Helm is a man of many titles.

Dad, husband, prairie heartthrob, lead mechanic for the family racing business, which features daughters Finley and Scotlyn burning up the track as members of the Washington Quarter Midget Association.

And, as of next week, the former Wolf athlete and coach will officially be the Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue Chief.

Helm’s swearing in ceremony, open to the public, goes down Tuesday, May 16 at CWIFR Station 54.

The event is scheduled to run from 5:00-6:30 PM, with light refreshments on the menu.

The station is located at 3253 Day Road in Greenbank.

Fire and rescue personnel are encouraged to wear their Class A uniforms, while others are requested to wear business attire.

Helm, a 1998 Coupeville grad, was a four-sport athlete for the Wolves, playing football, basketball, baseball, and track and field.

He was a co-captain on the gridiron, while earning MVP honors and advancing to state as a runner.

During his senior season at CHS, he teamed up with Damon Vracin, Scott Stuurmans and Paul Donnellon to smash the school’s 4 x 400 record.

Helm later returned to the school as an adult, working as an assistant coach with the Wolf football program.

After a tour of duty with the engineering department at Island County Public Works, Helm transitioned into firefighting.

Beginning as a volunteer, he became a full-time firefighter with CWIFR in 2005 and captain in 2015.

Helm has been the acting chief since Ed Hartin retired at the end of 2022, capping a 13-year run with Central Whidbey.

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Wolf grad embraces first responder life

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged , , , , on April 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Morgan Stevens

Morgan Stevens is devoting her time to helping others in need.

The 2022 Coupeville High School grad is the latest in a string of former Wolves who have stepped up and embraced the first responder life.

Stevens, who played basketball and softball at CHS, is following in the footsteps of her parents, Brent and Kristi – a firefighter and ER nurse, respectively.

Morgan recently landed a job as an EMT with Northwest Ambulance Critical Care Transport.

She starts April 24, with a week of new hire training, followed by field training.

After that, Stevens will work three 12–14-hour shifts per week while being stationed in Everett.

Her new company also has stations in Mountlake Terrace and Burlington, and she hopes to work her way back closer to Whidbey if a fulltime position opens at the latter.

For now, the former Wolf is sky-high about her new direction in life.

“It’s been a long process getting my license, but I am SO excited to finally get to use it!!,” Stevens said.

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Former Wolf coach earns college gig

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on January 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Luke Samford poses with the 2019 CHS girls’ cross country team. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

He’s back in the college ranks.

Former Coupeville High School cross country coach Luke Samford has been tabbed as the new Assistant Athletic Director for Bethany College in Kansas.

An NCAA D-1 athlete himself, he coached college athletes for seven seasons before taking over the Wolf harrier program.

In his one season at the helm, Samford helped build a recently revived Coupeville cross country program, with Catherine Lhamon advancing to the state meet.

After also working as an assistant track and field coach at CHS, he and wife Hayley left Whidbey in mid-2020 to pursue career opportunities in Kansas.

After departing Coupeville, Samford worked as a high school pole vault coach and held a position in the Student Success Center at Bethany College.

The NAIA school, located in Lindsborg, Kansas, fields 20+ athletic teams.

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