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Scotlyn Helm is coming for all your medals!

Posted in taekwondo, tagged awards, Coupeville Elementary School, Lindsey Helm, Scotlyn Helm, taekwondo on April 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Scotlyn Helm, queen of well-earned taekwondo bling. (Photos courtesy Lindsey Helm)

She’s the terror of taekwondo town.

Coupeville Elementary School multi-sport star Scotlyn Helm continues to set the sports world ablaze.

When she’s not punching the pedal through the metal on the racetrack, Finley’s talented lil’ sis is busy flinging kicks and punches on the mat.

Competing with mom Lindsey at her first Class A taekwondo tournament in Eugene this weekend, Scotlyn brought home an assortment of medals.

She scored in forms, weapons, combat, and sparring.

Scotlyn gets congratulations from her trainer, who told her to “sweep the leg!”

While Scotlyn was kickin’ fanny and takin’ names, mom Lindsey was also busy.

The popular Coupeville teacher, staying on top of her game in case she has to put down any ruckuses in class, earned her own medals in combat, creative weapons, and X-Treme weapons.

Lindsey and Finley share a moment before mom goes out and lays down a whuppin’.

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One family, all the success

Posted in auto sports, taekwondo, tagged Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue, Evergreen Speedway, Finley Helm, Jerry Helm, Lindsey Helm, Scotlyn Helm, taekwondo on April 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Finley (left) and Scotlyn Helm collect medals and swag at a Canadian taekwondo tourney. (Photos courtesy Lindsey Helm)

It was an action-packed weekend for the Helm family.

Dad Jerry, Central Whidbey’s Fire Chief, was busy revving his engine as a stock car racer at Evergreen Speedway, while mom Lindsey, Coupeville Elementary teacher extraordinaire, was off to Canada to kick some fanny.

She took daughters Finley and Scotlyn with her, and the trio brought home nine medals from a taekwondo tournament of champions in Surrey, British Columbia.

“Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat!”

The tourney marked Scotlyn’s first time competing internationally, and Finley’s debut in a black belt ring.

Lindsey earned gold medals in combat sparring, X-Treme weapons, and sparring, while Scotlyn copped first-place in weapons.

Overall, the trio amassed four golds, three silvers, and two bronzes.

All your medals will be ours.

Back in the USA, Jerry, racing for the second time this season, logged his fastest lap times as a driver, ultimately finishing sixth in the main event.

Afterwards, he paid tribute to his support crew.

“Another amazing night from my pit crew, Michael Matros and Philip Brotemarkle,” Jerry Helm said.

“They knocked it out of the park once again on getting the car set up to run with the best.”

Jerry Helm puts the medal to the metal. (Photo property Evergreen Speedway Photographs)

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Helm sisters roar to auto racing glory

Posted in auto sports, tagged auto racing, awards, Finley Helm, Jerry Helm, Scotlyn Helm, Washington Quarter Midget Association on January 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville just produces better racers than other places. No lies, all truth. (Photos courtesy Jerry Helm)

They’re in the empire building business.

Coupeville sisters Finley and Scotlyn Helm, with some help from the family, have taken the auto racing world by storm.

Dad Jerry is the lead mechanic (and a bit of a racer himself), mom Lindsey the benevolent power behind the throne, and lil’ bro Kasen hot to trot to join his older siblings behind the wheel.

“Brakes? Where I’m going, I don’t need brakes!!”

The latest triumph for the Helm sisters, who are in 6th and 3rd grade respectively, was the Washington Quarter Midget Association’s season-ending awards banquet Friday at Angel of the Winds Casino.

The wrecking crew.

Both Scotlyn and Finley brought home awards, with big sis claiming a 3rd place in the Heavy Honda division.

Finley also was tabbed as the 2023 Senior Rookie of the Year, which has been handed out since 1979.

Her name is now engraved on the trophy along with previous winners.

“Pass me? As if.”

Meanwhile, somewhere in the background, Kasen has made off with the keys and is already practicing for his own run at nabbing the award.

Spoiler: he can only reach the gas pedal, and not the brakes.

“Pops! Clean out my room! I’m bringing all the trophies home!!”

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Junior cheer powerhouses rock the prairie

Posted in Cheer, tagged CHS Wolves, halftime performance, junior cheer, Scotlyn Helm, Sylvia Arnold on September 23, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville spirit legend Sylvia Arnold welcomes the next generation of cheerleaders to the pom pom life. (Lindsey Helm photo)

Triple digits, we’re talking triple digits.

There were 101 athletes (or was it 103?) on the field Friday night for Coupeville’s annual Junior Cheer performance, and that’s not counting the current Wolf spirit leaders.

Under the guidance of CHS cheer alumni Sylvia Arnold and Cavan Simonson, nearly every child of a certain age charged on to the gridiron as parents recorded the performance on their phones.

And yes, it got kind of loud on the prairie.

Of that you can be sure.

Who’s got her routine down cold? This girl does! (Brittany Kolbet photo)

Ready to bring the house down. (Rainy Simpson photo)

Two for the win. (Phoenix Da Costa-Ford photo)

Get yourself the kind of kid who races cars one day and rocks the stadium the next. (Lindsey Helm photo)

The future of Wolf cheer.

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One family, many trophies

Posted in auto sports, tagged auto racing, Finley Helm, Jerry Helm, Scotlyn Helm, Washington Quarter Midget Association on September 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Scotlyn Helm, building a mountain of trophies. (Photos courtesy Jerry Helm)

They’re in the empire-building business.

Coupeville’s Helm Race Team, featuring dad Jerry and speed demon daughters Finley and Scotlyn — with mom Lindsey and junior mechanic Kasen keeping things running smoothly — continues to tear up the racing oval.

The trio of pedal through the metal contenders all ran strongly this past weekend at off-Island events.

Scotlyn, the Helm driver with the most time in the competitive seat, claimed 3rd place in her Washington Quarter Midget Association main event.

To get there, the elementary school hotshot showed major gumption, fighting from behind after a spin-out sent her to the back of the pack for a hot minute.

Finley Helm, standing tall in the auto racing world.

Big sis Finley, who made her middle school debut with the start of a new school year, had her own car-related issues to overcome.

After trading metal with another racer, the oldest of the Helm children did a nifty 180-degree spin and launched backwards through a wall.

Recovering quickly, Finley jammed the gas pedal through the floorboards, driving with “fire in her belly,” eventually sliding past a foe to snatch 2nd place while adding to her legend.

While pops didn’t get a chance to pull off any last-second come-from-behind moves like his daughters, Jerry Helm did set a new PR in just his second official race while piloting the big car.

Finishing 12th out of 17 racers, he earned a (small) nod of approval from his lil’ mechanic, Kasen, and is getting “faster and more comfortable with every lap.”