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Booters blinded me with science!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, Science, tagged CHS Wolves, Connor McCormick, Nick Dion, Science Olympiad, Soccer on April 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Wolf booters Nick Dion (left) and Connor McCormick celebrate nabbing the “Au.” (Beth Dion photo)

Sebastian Davis (left) and Garrett Woody bask in the glow of their accomplishment. (Mckenzie Meyer photo)

“Gooooooooooooooooooooolllllllddddddd!!” (John Fisken photo)

Soccer and science have become the best combo since chocolate and peanut butter.

Putting the student part squarely in student/athlete, four Coupeville High School soccer players captured gold at last weekend’s state Science Olympiad competition.

Guided by teacher Terry Welch, the quartet of Nick Dion, Connor McCormick, Sebastian Davis and Garrett Woody brought home the “Au.”

Dion and McCormick won for their work with the Scrambler, while Davis and Woody topped the field in the “Write It. Do It.” competition.

All four have also excelled on the field for the Wolves this season and return to action this afternoon, when the Wolves host Chimacum in an Olympic League showdown.

Play starts at 3:30.

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Nick Dion a man of many talents!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, Boys Tennis, Science, tagged CHS Wolves, Nick Dion, Science Olympiad, ski bus, Soccer, tennis on March 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Nick Dion (22) prepares to fly into battle during Coupeville’s soccer jamboree. (John Fisken photo)

Dion (right) and Sebastian Davis head back to their seat with their district championship medal at this year's Science Olympiad. (Janine Bundy photo)

On to state! Dion (right) and Sebastian Davis head back to their seats with their district championship medal at this year’s Science Olympiad. (Janine Bundy photo)

Nick Dion is hitting the big time.

The Coupeville High School freshman will have a busy mid-April, as he takes a brief break from soccer season to join up with Sebastian Davis and head to Eastern Washington for the Science Olympiad state meet.

The duo won a title in mag-lev at regionals (“that was a lot of fun!”) and would like to keep the joy ride going all the way to nationals in Florida.

It’s been a busy first year of high school for Dion, who played tennis in the fall, rode the ski bus in the winter and is now one of just two freshmen to be kicking the ball on the pitch for the Wolves.

Staying busy comes naturally to him, and soccer has been a part of his life since he was young. He first picked up the beautiful game at age six.

“My dad liked the sport, so he just introduced me to it,” Dion said. “I enjoy it cause it takes strategy and skill to find where you need to send the ball.”

He favors his Spanish and science classes (not a surprise there) in school, and is intent on building his skills on the pitch.

“In the past, my goal is to try to get in the corners of the other team’s area,” Dion said. “I would definitely like to work on that as well as getting control of the ball as quick as possible.

“My goal is to get better at maintaining control of the ball, as well as getting in better shape,” he added.

Dion credits his father (“my dad liked soccer, so I got a lot of practice from him”) for helping him develop his game, but is also quick to pick up tips from older teammates.

“I have been learning a lot from the upperclassmen.”

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It’s time … time for science!!

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, Sporty science, tagged Coupeville High School, Nikola Tesla is a dreamboat, Science Olympiad, Sebastian Davis, Zane Bundy on March 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »

CHS science warriors (l to r) Loren Nelson, Zane Bundy and Sam Wynn. (Janine Bundy photos)

CHS science warriors (l to r) Loren Nelson, Zane “Dreamboat” Bundy and Sam Wynn. (Janine Bundy photos)

Sebastian Davis (left) and Nick Dion hum “We are the Champions” as they head back to their seats.

Brandon Kelley — winning medals and taking names.

Bundy and Nelson, plotting to take over the world.

The combined brain power on display in this photo is staggering.

There was something for everyone.

Big wins. Big controversies. Groupies screaming.

Cause science.

Regionals for the Science Olympiad were held Saturday at Seattle Central Community College and the duo of Sebastian Davis and Nick Dion ruled in mag-lev.

I’m not going to pretend to know what that is, but the victory earned them and adviser Terry Welch a trip to the state meet April 12 at Eastern Washington University. A win there and they qualify for nationals, which are held at the University of Central Florida.

Wolf teammates Brandon Kelley and John McClarin placed third in their category, while Loren Nelson and Zane Bundy grabbed the spotlight two times.

First they became embroiled in a controversy over their Scrambler and had to have a volunteer coach come to their defense.

The coach was up to the task. If asked “What? Are you some kind of rocket scientist?” they would be one of the few people in the world able to respond “Why yes, yes I am.”

Later the dandy duo had to beat off the fans with a stick, as a band of girls swooned over Bundy like he was the second coming of ion-charged dreamboat Nikola Tesla.

Cause science.

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Live from the (science) Olympiad!!

Posted in Sporty science, tagged CHS Wolves, Marisa Etzell, Pinky and the Brain, Science Olympiad, Zane Bundy on February 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »

“Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?” “The same thing we do every night, Pinky — try and take over the world!” (Janine Bundy photos)

Marisa Etzell, possibly building a nuclear reactor while having some lunch.

Science!

It’s good to be Zane Bundy. “All your medals belong to me!!”

They came, they saw, they did science … in a really sporty kind of way.

Coupeville High School’s Science Olympiad team competed Saturday in the NW Region C Invitational Tournament at Raisbeck Aviation High School in Tukwila, bringing home several medals for accomplishing scientific things that make my brain hurt when I think about them.

So, basically, while I have no idea what they did, or how they did what they did (I took as few science classes as possible in my school days…), I do know this — CHS students are smart. And successful.

Go, enjoy the photos, courtesy Janine Bundy. I’m taking my brain back to bed.

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