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A new King rises!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Middle School, tagged , , , , on January 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Ryan King

Ryan King

Ryan King (left) hangs out with fellow football coach Brett Smedley, who he will replace (John Fisken photo)

   King, hanging out with the man he’s replacing on the hoops beat, CHS head football coach Brett Smedley. (John Fisken photo)

The King is expanding his empire.

Ryan King, who is already an assistant football coach at Coupeville High School, will be adding to his middle school basketball duties in a few weeks.

After working with Bob Martin to coach CMS 8th grade boys’ hoops this winter, King will step in as head coach for the 7th grade girls when they start practice Feb. 1.

The move, confirmed by Coupeville Athletic Director Duane Baumann Tuesday, fills a spot left open when Brett Smedley recently resigned his hoops job to focus on his roles as a teacher and head CHS football coach.

Martin, who coached 7th grade last year, will slide up and replace Smedley in running the 8th grade girls.

King has two years experience helping to coach the middle school girls, which should make the transition a seamless one.

“I’m excited for the opportunity to be a head coach and look forward to the season,” King said. “I know there is a good group of girls in the 7th grade class and I hope to compete in every game, and, more importantly, have fun.”

CMS girls hoops kick off a 10-game schedule with a home game against Chimacum Thursday, Feb. 18.

A former standout lineman during his days as a Wolf football player, King is a 2007 CHS grad.

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“The whole team deserves recognition!!”

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , , on November 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jake Hoagland (Lisa Jenne photo)

   Jake Hoagland carries Cameron Toomey-Stout off the field as the season ends. (Lisa Jenne photo)

(Brett Smedley)

   Wolf JV players prepare for the final trip of the season, a jaunt down to Concrete. (Photo courtesy Brett Smedley)

Matt Hilborn sprints to daylight. (John Fisken photos)

Matt Hilborn sprints to daylight. (John Fisken photos)

James Vidoni (76) holds the line.

James Vidoni (76) holds the line.

Wins and losses don’t tell the whole story.

While the Coupeville High School JV football team failed to pick up a win this season, being battered 49-0 Monday at Concrete in its finale, the young Wolves showed continued growth each week.

Facing off with a battle-hardened Lions squad after a long bus trip, Coupeville got a taste of where it would like to be this time next year.

“We played a very tough team but the boys fought very hard. It was a hard-fought game,” said Coupeville coach Ryan King. “The whole team deserves recognition.”

The first big positive was making it through an entire season, one in which they played bigger schools such as Klahowya and Anacortes.

In recent years, CHS has had trouble having enough bodies — especially healthy ones — to complete anything close to a full JV season.

This year, they played seven games (Chimacum doesn’t have a JV squad) and got strong work from a variety of players.

Freshman Shane Losey operated at quarterback the entire season, with Jonathan Thurston, Cameron Toomey-Stout, Jake Hoagland and Tavian Woolett all emerging as as dependable targets.

Woolett and Teo Keilwitz carried much of the load as running backs, while a variety of players put in work on the lines.

King, a former Wolf player himself, sees a bright future for his charges. Especially if they continue to hit the weight room and build their skill-sets.

“As for the season, I am honored I got to coach a great group of young men,” King said. “These kids worked hard all season and got better as the season went on.

“Fought in every game and each week you saw improvement,” he added. “Coaching these kids was great and they are gonna do great things for this program in the future.”

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Improvement, every day!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on October 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Teo Keilwitz (John Fisken photos)

Wolf freshman Teo Keilwitz is a rising star at running back. (John Fisken photos)

Tavian Woolett

Tavian Woolett is a big-play guy on both sides of the ball.

The record may not fully reflect it, but it’s been a season of great growth.

While the Coupeville High School JV football team is 0-5 after taking a 40-0 loss at Klahowya Monday night, the young Wolves have taken big strides.

“The kids each game are improving and they are getting better,” said Wolf coach Ryan King.

Facing off with a tough squad from a much-bigger school — Klahowya is a student or two from being 2A while Coupeville is the smallest 1A school in the state — the Wolves weren’t able to hit pay-dirt.

But they did make their presence felt.

“The kids played hard and we were able to run the ball really well on them,” King said.

While getting contributions from up and down his roster, the Wolf coach singled out two players for extra praise.

Freshman running back Teo Keilwitz was lauded for his work carrying the ball, while fellow ninth grader Tavian Woolett popped some Eagles on defense.

It was a nice comeback for Woolett, who had been out with an injury.

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Wolf frosh chases the big play!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , on September 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Tavian Woolett

Tavian Woolett (submitted photo)

“I love the rush of excitement I get when me or a teammate gets a big hit or something goes our way.”

Coupeville High School freshman Tavian Woolett lives for the electricity of the gridiron, and it shows when he talks about the game.

Now in his third year — he started playing as a seventh grader — Woolett splits time between safety and tight end for the Wolves and made his debut Tuesday in Coupeville’s JV game against South Whidbey.

He drew praise after that game from CHS coach Ryan King, and is intent on building on that early buzz.

“My goals are to keep trying my best during each game and to do good in school, so I can come back and play next season,” he said.

Woolett is hard at work fine-tuning his skills on both sides of the ball.

“My strength is stopping the opposite team’s QB completing deep passes,” he said. “I want to work on memorizing more plays on offense.”

Football is not his only sport, as he has prior experience with boxing and wrestling, plus time put in on his board.

“I used to skateboard a lot to pass my time,” Woolett said.

In his free time, he enjoys hanging out with family and friends and listening to music, and he draws inspiration from his fellow football warriors.

“All my teammates have helped me a lot and helped me do better.”

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