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Former Wolf ace earns college soccer gig

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged CMS Wolves, goaltender, Lauren Marrs, OHHS Wildcats, Skagit Valley College, Soccer on November 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »

The Coupeville to college pipeline continues.

Former Wolf star Lauren Marrs, who has played her high school ball in Oak Harbor, is taking her soccer game to the next level.

She’s officially joining the Skagit Valley College booter program, having signed a letter of intent with the Cardinals.

Marrs was an All-Conference goaltender as a senior at OHHS, helping lead the Wildcats back to the state tournament for the first time in two decades.

When she’s not playing soccer, either for her high school or select squad, Taylor’s older sister is also a standout on the basketball court.

The middle of Brian and Emili’s three daughters — big sis Jaden graduated from CHS and was a cheerleader — Lauren began her sports career in Coupeville and is still a frequent visitor at Wolf games.

A graduate of Coupeville Middle School, she has been at Oak Harbor High School since her freshman year.

Skagit Valley College women’s soccer went 12-2-2 this fall, playing two games at the league tourney.

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Hoops hotshot keeps hardwood dream alive

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged Basketball, Caleb Meyer, CHS Wolves, holiday tournament, Skagit Valley College on November 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville grad Caleb Meyer attacks the turkey like he attacks the basket. (Photo courtesy Aaron Wiley)

He’s still wheelin’ and dealin’ on the hardwood.

Coupeville High School grad Caleb Meyer is in his second season of playing basketball at Skagit Valley College, with the Cardinals off to a perfect start.

SVC sits at 5-0 after shredding Big Bend 90-56 Sunday afternoon.

Next up is a home game Nov. 30 against Douglas College of British Columbia, then a trip to Port Angeles Dec. 2-3 for the Pirate Classic.

Meyer has played in all five games for Skagit, racking up four points, four assists, three steals, a rebound and six tooth-rattling fouls.

During his time in Coupeville, McKenzie’s younger brother helped lead Wolf boys’ basketball to its best season in three decades-plus during his senior campaign.

CHS, a 2B school, went 16-0 during the regular season, stunned 3A Oak Harbor to rule Whidbey, won a league title, and played two games at the state tourney.

Caleb Meyer also earned a 2nd place medal in the 4 x 100 at the state track and field championships.

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Caleb Meyer has (autograph) moves

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged autographs, Basketball, Caleb Meyer, CHS Wolves, Skagit Valley College, Videoville on February 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Caleb Meyer, international man of mystery. (Photo courtesy Molly McPherson)

I knew him before he was big time.

Caleb Meyer is a Coupeville High School grad, current college basketball player, and owner of the most-luxurious naturally curly hair in the Northwest.

But a long time ago, before he got his growth spurt and became a tower of power, he was Videoville royalty, a wee tot hanging out in grampa and grandma’s store.

Caleb guarded the giant gumball machine next to the front door with a righteous passion, and his skills juggling the round candies were a sign of what was to come when he became a basketball whiz kid.

Seeing him return to Coupeville last year for his senior year and play a vital role for a Wolf hoops team which had its best season in three decades-plus, was a personal thrill.

And now Caleb is signing autographs for Skagit Valley College hoops fans who gaze at him like he’s a blend of Harry Styles and Damian Lillard.

Couldn’t happen to a better guy.

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CHS sophomore commands the stage

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged CHS Wolves, Matthew Campbell, poetry, Richard Blanco, Skagit Valley College on January 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Matthew Campbell will be live on stage this weekend, carrying the banner for Wolf Nation.

The Coupeville High School sophomore held off nine other contestants to win a Poetry Out Loud competition, and now moves on to compete at regionals.

That event goes down Saturday at the Phil Tarro Theatre on Skagit Valley College’s Mount Vernon campus, with two finalists advancing to the state finals in March.

Nationals are typically held in Washington DC in late April or early May.

Poetry Out Loud was launched in 2006 by the National Endowment for the Arts, and draws contestants from all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The goal is to promote the art of performing poetry.

Washington state has a previous national champion, with Langston Ward of Spokane claiming top honors in 2013 for his recitation of “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee.

This year’s opening poetry rumble drew 10 Coupeville High School students, with Campbell, Sydney Wallace, and Cristina McGrath finishing in the top three.

Contestants memorized and performed two poems, and were graded on “physical presence,” “voice and articulation,” “dramatic appropriateness,” “evidence of understanding,” and “overall performance.”

Each performer was also checked for accuracy as they recited their poems.

Campbell is slated to perform the work of poets Jones Very and Richard Blanco at regionals.

The former, who died in 1880, was a “poet, clergyman, and mystic” who was also a huge Shakespeare fan boy, while the latter is still going strong, born in 1968 and noted for performing at Barack Obama’s second inauguration.

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Dynamic duo chase college athletic dreams

Posted in Wolves in college, tagged baseball, Basketball, Caleb Meyer, CHS Wolves, Hawthorne Wolfe, Skagit Valley College, Western Washington University on October 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Caleb Meyer rumbles during his high school days. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Hawthorne Wolfe smacks a base-hit.

Add two more to the list.

Coupeville High School Class of 2022 grads Caleb Meyer and Hawthorne Wolfe are joining the ranks of former Wolves playing college sports.

Meyer, a six-foot-two guard and the last heir to the Videoville legacy, is one of 15 players listed on the 2022-2023 men’s basketball roster at Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon.

The Cardinals tip off Nov. 18 at the North/West Classic at Everett, with their season running through March.

A star athlete during his early days in Coupeville, Meyer attended Jackson High School from grades 9-11, before returning to his hometown for his senior year.

He was a crucial part of the most-successful Wolf boys basketball squad in decades, before advancing to the state meet in track and field.

Meyer keeps alive a Whidbey-to-Skagit tradition, with South Whidbey gunner Kody Newman the most recent alumni of The Rock to have played hoops for the Cardinals.

Wolfe, the floppy-haired Pistol Pete of Cow Town, was a four-year starter for Coupeville’s hoops squad who rained down 800 career points, even while Covid threw two of those seasons into turmoil.

But it’s baseball, where he was the Northwest 2B/1B League MVP last spring, which is drawing his early interest.

After tryouts, Wolfe made the roster for the club baseball team at Western Washington University, which plays in the spring.

The Vikings, who play at historic Joe Martin Field in Bellingham, compete in the National Club Baseball Association.

Western went all the way to the NCBA World Series in 2013, a season when one of their key players was Coupeville grad Jordan Wilcox.