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It’s the look of excellence!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, Track, tagged , , , , , , on March 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Wolf third-baseman Emily Licence comes up firing. (John Fisken photos)

Wolf third-baseman Emily Licence comes up firing. (John Fisken photos)

Jacki Ginnings makes sweet net music.

Jacki Ginnings makes sweet net music.

Nick Weatherford prepares to launch the shotput.

Nick Weatherford prepares to launch the shotput.

Cole Payne

Cole Payne gets low during fielding practice.

Brandon Bartley: "Of course we're winning. We're Coupeville!"

Brandon Bartley: “Of course we’re winning. We’re Coupeville!”

Mattea Miller (left) and Erin Rosenkranz pace the Wolves in the distance races.

Mattea Miller (left) and Erin Rosenkranz pace the Wolves in the distance races.

The ball tries to sneak up on Jeremiah Pace.

The ball tries to sneak up on Jeremiah Pace.

Hailey Hammer makes the snag at first, while Emily Coulter charges in to back her up.

   Hailey Hammer makes the snag at first, while Emily Coulter charges in to back her up.

I’m talking about a .667 winning percentage.

That’s where Coupeville High School currently sits, with its spring sports teams boasting a combined 10-5 mark. Actually 11-5 if you count the fact the lone Wolf golfer, Christine Fields, won the individual title at her only meet.

But wait, it gets better.

The Wolves are a shiny 5-2 against their arch-rivals from down the Island, the bigger, but not necessarily better, South Whidbey Falcons.

How do you like them (road) apples, Langley?

But, enough of the bluster. There will be plenty of time for that as the spring plays out.

For now, I’ll shut up and move on, allowing you the time to do what you came here for — gazing at the glossy photos of traveling clicker John Fisken.

But did I mention CHS was 5-2 against South Whidbey?!?! I did? OK, good, good…

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Islanders cap thrilling run!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, GU18 Whidbey Islanders, tagged , , , , on March 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Jenn Spark

Jenn Spark delivers a thunderous kick earlier in the season. (John Fisken photo)

This is the way the season ends, not with a whimper, but a proud scream of joy.

Capping a nine-game unbeaten run, the Whidbey Islanders GU18 select soccer squad fought to a 0-0 tie against a very talented Pacific Sound United team in Everett Saturday.

The 7-0-2 finish left the team, which brought together booters from Coupeville, Oak Harbor and South Whidbey, with a sterling 8-2-2 record.

The only two losses came early in the season to what proved to be the top two teams in the league.

The Islanders will now have two months off, with tryouts for the next team in mid-May.

Whidbey will lose two high school seniors — Oak Harbor’s Selena Medina and Coupeville’s Tori Wellman — but could return almost its entire roster if things work out.

The current team played with a collective fire all season, making its name with a stingy defense and a high-flying offense.

And while that offense couldn’t get one into the back of the net Saturday, the defense more than held its own.

With starting goaltender Kenzie Perry off on vacation, Morgan Zylstra slid into net and recorded her first complete game shutout of the season. Helping her out was the back wall that refuses to give an inch.

“Our back four — Alyssa Cross, Jacki Ginnings, Jenn Spark and Paige Waterman — proved, again, to be the best in the league,” said Islander coach Sean LeVine.

The Islanders came hard in the second half, flooding the Everett side of the field. Jacalyn Hefflefinger, Bailey Olson, Becca Pabona and Medina ripped off shots on goal, but the net gods were not of a giving nature in the end.

Still, keeping the unbeaten streak alive for the final 75% of the season is something for the entire team to be proud of accomplishing.

“You are my favorite sports team on the planet!,” LeVine told his team. “I enjoyed this season more than any other!

“We improved, had fun, and had you seen by colleges,” he added. “That is a successful season!”

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Fun Police can’t stop Batman!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, Boys Tennis, Happy birthday, tagged , , , , , , on March 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Jason Knoll -- The Man.

Jason Knoll — The Man.

Jason Knoll doesn’t play by your silly rules.

Crack down on students dressing up at games and cheering for their classmates, and the Coupeville High School senior, who happens to be celebrating his birthday today, will arrive to save the day — and the school year– by dressing up as Batman and popping up at as many games as possible.

A triple threat (tennis, soccer, band) with Jack Nicholson eyebrows, Knoll is the last brave man fighting the good fight.

The Fun Police will never catch him, never shut him down, and his legend builds day by day.

Years from now, when CHS students are allowed to run free again in the stands, they will look back and whisper the name of the man who refused (with a smile on his face) to give in and be quiet.

And he’ll be there in the shadows, watching from above, and a low growl will trickle down on a new generation.

“I’m Batman!”

He fought for your freedom. He refused to bend his knee.

For Knoll lives by the creed you all should remember: “They can take our vuvuzela horns, but they will never take our freedom!!”

Shine on, you crazy genius.

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South Whidbey, you can’t handle the tooth!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on March 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Cameron Boyd (center) smiles through the pain of a broken tooth, while teammates Jared Dickson (left) and Brett Arnold join him in celebrating their win. (Sylvia Arnold photo)

  Cameron Boyd (center) smiles through the pain of a broken tooth, while Jared Dickson (14) and Brett Arnold (5) join him in celebrating their win. (Sylvia Arnold photos)

Wolves rule, Falcons drool. Celebrating are (l t r)

Wolves rule, Falcons drool. L to r, Loren Nelson, Keegan Korteum, Dickson, Boyd, Tanner Kircher, Arnold, Jason Knoll, Sean Donley, Josiah Campbell and Gunnar Langvold.

Cameron Boyd gave his tooth for the cause, and his teammates responded.

Playing inspired defense, the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad pulled off a stunning 2-1 upset of visiting South Whidbey Friday night, knocking off a team that has openly talked of expecting to compete for a 1A state title.

According to a story in the South Whidbey Record, the Falcons end their practices with the chant “State on three: one-two-three, state!”

Friday that chant could have been replaced with “One-two-three, Wolves rule, Falcons drool!” or that old favorite, “What do Wolves eat? Falcon meat!!”

The best South Whidbey could do was to knock out one of Boyd’s front teeth in a late-game scrum. The Wolf senior took a knee to the face, but was still smiling as he and his teammates celebrated their huge victory.

After posing for pictures after the game, he had to go to the dentist. Boyd eventually had a new tooth put in, and temporary braces attached to a second tooth that was traumatized.

When they weren’t sacrificing their molars, the Wolves shattered the Falcons with a stellar defense anchored by senior defender Brett Arnold and junior goaltender Joel Walstad.

“We had an outstanding group effort, playing with intensity and tenacity,” said CHS coach Kyle Nelson. “Joel  had an outstanding performance in goal, making some spectacular saves.”

CHS surrendered a goal early, then frustrated South Whidbey the remainder of the game.

Coupeville answered with goals of its own, one from senior Josiah Campbell and one from sophomore Zane Bundy, who found the back of the net for the third straight game this season.

Now 2-1 overall, 1-1 in Cascade Conference play, the Wolves will venture on the road for the first time this season Tuesday, when they travel to Lakewood.

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“Two Fists” has your back!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, Girls Tennis, Happy birthday, tagged , , , , , on March 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Micky LeVine, urban legend.

Micky LeVine, urban legend.

Micky LeVine will knock a girl out.

Now, you may be surprised to hear that, since the Coupeville High School junior seems like a pretty easy-going young woman who usually is wearing a smile.

Add on that she seems like a devoted older sister to younger siblings Jae and Izzy, and she doesn’t fit the classic profile of a brawler.

But mess with one of her soccer teammates, and the petite one will unleash the wrath of freakin’ God upon your head.

Her enduring moment on the pitch — and she’s had a ton of big ones playing for both CHS and the Whidbey Islanders GU18 select squad — came when she felt one of her girls had been unnecessarily roughed up by a rival team.

Out came the fists, like Wolverine popping the claws, and LeVine offered to drop-kick the entire other squad, and the ref as well, into tomorrow.

Rarely has a yellow card been more appreciated by a player’s coach and teammates.

Interesting fact: the other team immediately stopped trying to push the Islanders around.

And thus a nickname was born.

Well, at least in my mind, it was. Who knows if anyone else calls Ms. LeVine “Two Fists?”

They should, though.

Today, as she celebrates her 17th birthday — rumor has it that her arrival forced mom Joline to skip out early on an episode of “Days of Our Lives” — Micky is a justly-celebrated soccer and tennis standout.

She’s a bright, shining star who deserves her moment in the spotlight.

Just don’t get between her and her birthday cake, that’s all I’m sayin’. Cause she has two fists, and she knows how to use ’em.

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