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Wolf moms get creative

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged , , , , on August 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »

As a new school year looms, three Wolf moms got together and crafted a message for Coupeville’s students. (Barbi Ford photo)

Positivity through artwork.

With a new school year on the horizon, Wolf moms Christi Messner, Morgan White, and Sarah Stuurmans crafted a bold, vibrant message for local students.

And, before you think those are red Solo cups, they’re not.

They’re actually special, reusable ones specifically made for just this kind of fence-related activity.

So, now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

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“I’m pretty dang excited!”

Posted in Administration, tagged , , , , on August 21, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School/Middle School Athletic Director Willie Smith strides into a new school year. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

A new school year approaches in Coupeville, and the word of the day is optimism.

Back in his office after tearing up the golf course over the summer break, Wolf Athletic Director Willie Smith likes what he sees.

A few thoughts from the head man himself as we roll into the future:

I’m pretty excited!

We begin our second year in the North Sound Conference, and, after last year, I just feel like we are on the cusp of making some significant strides throughout our entire athletic program.

We went into last year with some trepidation, not really knowing how we’d fare against a group of schools that, traditionally, were stronger across the board from our prior league, the Olympic League.

We had a new football coach, a rekindled cross country program, a new superintendent, and quite honestly, a lot of questions within our programs and athletes.

Could we compete, at a high level, each week?

How do we deal with the adversity that a stronger league presents?

Can our struggling programs grow or will the competition be too great and we regress?

I can honestly answer that we not only rose to the challenge of our new league, but in many instances, we shone.

We won a league championship in softball (and went to state), had two coaches of the year, 20+ first or second team All-League players, a multiple state champion in track, and qualified for district tournament play in all but two team sports.

Every varsity/JV sport but one earned a 3.0 or higher team GPA, and our athletes put on a sports clinic for the elementary school that was attended by grades 3-5, and they did the coaching, planning and implementation!

So did we make a mark last year? Yes we did.

As we begin fall practice this week with high school football kicking off Wednesday and the remaining high school sports starting Monday, August 26, I’ve been asked by quite a few members of our community, what can we expect this year?

Our football team is playing an independent schedule, we have new head coaches in cross country (Luke Samford) and girls basketball (Scott Fox), we’ve lost our middle school football program, but have gained a middle school boys soccer program.

So, where are we at?

First off, we had an amazing summer turnout with our athletes and coaches.

We had programs that went to camps and tournaments (boys and girls basketball, volleyball, football, and cheer), youth clinics hosted by our coaches and athletes, team weight room sessions that were well attended, and our football program volunteered to paint the Boys and Girls Club thanks to the efforts of coach Bobby Carr.

Our football program that is struggling?

It had 11-12 freshmen turn out this summer, and 20-25 kids attending camps and weight room sessions.

Head Coach Marcus Carr did a national podcast extolling the work ethic, pride, and sense of community that is Coupeville.

Where are we? Well I don’t know where you’re at, but I’m pretty dang excited!

I really feel like we have made some pretty incredible strides over the last two years.

Our coaching staff is great; they are committed, knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and very high character men and women.

Our athletes have shown a renewed commitment and I couldn’t be more proud of our leaders who paved the way for our teams this summer, both by example and in dedication.

Without a doubt, there are challenges, always are, but I really feel like our athletic program, from top to bottom, is in a place that we haven’t been in for a long time.

It is about character, competing, respect, responsibility and commitment, and regardless of the outcome, our kids will come out way ahead of others because they are embracing all of those.

So yes, I’m excited about that!

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It begins, again

Posted in Ranting and Raving, tagged , , , , on August 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville fans await the start of a new school year. (David Svien photo)

The calendar turns to August, and the countdown begins.

As we sit here Sunday morning, there’s 17 days until the start of fall football practice (Aug. 21), with cross country, volleyball, tennis, cheer, and soccer all officially ramping up Aug. 26.

The Coupeville High School booters are first to take the field, with a jamboree in Oak Harbor Sept. 5, while the Wolf football squad gets the first official game a night later at home against Port Townsend.

After that, we’re fully into the 2019-2020 school year.

Coupeville Sports turns seven years old Aug. 15, so this will be the eighth school year in the history of a blog which has already run 7,111 articles (as of this one).

If you’re new to this, here’s what to expect, based on the last seven years.

If I stay focused, I’ll produce 75-100 articles a month going forward, covering all CHS and Coupeville Middle School teams, as well as local community sports.

This will be a mixture of game and feature stories, and I try and report on every game either the same day it happens, or by the next morning.

Our unwritten agreement is that when you get up in the AM, and have your coffee, or cold cereal, or your coffee in your cold cereal, if it’s that kind of morning, you’ll be able to read about everything which happened the night before.

Sports-wise, at least.

I operate on my own and am NOT EMPLOYED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

If you have an issue with anything I write, you’ll get much further by talking to me than by harassing administration and/or coaches.

Email me at davidsvien@hotmail.com, message me on Facebook or talk to me at a game.

The same works if you have a story idea.

Coupeville Sports, unlike the local newspapers, operates without a pay wall.

Always has. Always will.

If you want to read for free, so be it. But, if you like what I’m doing and want to be part of my support group, even better.

If you want to help keep my fingers pounding away into the wee hours of the morning, donations are greatly appreciated and can be done in person, by mail (165 Sherman, Coupeville, WA), or through PayPal.

Here’s a handy-dandy link:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/DavidSvien

I’m not a non-profit, but I don’t make much profit. And I’m fine with that.

So, onward we go, into a new school year, the second, and, most likely, final one in the North Sound Conference.

Will CHS, one of the smallest 1A schools in the land, be granted its freedom by the new classification counts and return to 2B after many years?

Who will be the CHS Athlete of the Year winners? My money is on Maya and Sean Toomey-Stout pulling off a family daily double.

There’s a thousand other questions lingering — some big, some small — all waiting to have their answers documented on the bloggiest blog in all of Cow Town.

Here … we … go.

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