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Teamwork makes the dream work!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , on September 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Julie Bucio leads off our CHS cheer portrait session. (John Fisken photos)

Julie Bucio leads off our CHS cheer portrait session. (John Fisken photos)

Jaden Marrs

Jaden Marrs

Mica Shipley

Mica Shipley

The Wolf cheer squad, moments before taking the field for the first game of the season.

The Wolf cheer squad, moments before taking the field for the first game of the season.

Moira Reed

Moira Reed

Kiara Burdge

Kiara Burdge

Natalie Hollrigel

Natalie Hollrigel

OK, life isn’t always fair.

We’re starting off with that because I have 25 portraits of Coupeville High School cheerleaders and not enough room to run all of them at one time.

I mean, I have the room (it’s the internet, there are no page lengths), but very few people will scroll through that epic a story.

Most of my photo essays are a crisp six to eight photos, which has seemed to be the ideal length for readers.

Enough pics to feel like you got your money’s worth (even though you viewed this page for free…), without total brain overload.

So, I tried to make things as equal as possible by tossing the numbers 1-25 in a random number generator and letting the whims of fate pick who gets their glossy portraits on the internet this fine day.

Truth be told, at some point this season all of the portraits will appear, so, for those who didn’t make the cut (as selected by sheer randomness), your time will come.

And after all, photo #4 is a team photo, so you’re all there anyway.

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All hail Cow Town’s court jester!!

Posted in A freakin' American hero, Baseball, Boys Tennis, Happy birthday, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , , , on February 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Brian Norris, ladies and gentlemen.

Brian Norris, ladies and gentlemen. In all his glory.

He is a scamp.

A walking, talking, joybuzzer-wielding whoopee cushion come to life.

During his time at the center of Coupeville High School sports, few could match the spirit and joy Brian Norris brought to the stage.

He had fun as a baseball and tennis player, taking the sports seriously, but himself and his teammates not so much.

His greatest accomplishments may have come, however, when he stepped to the sideline, and along with other legends like Danny Savalza, Jake Tumblin and Brenden Coleman, goosed Wolf Nation and anyone he could get his hands on.

A loud ‘n proud vuvuzela horn-blowing mad man at a time when the school administration frowned on spontaneous (or choreographed) inanity of any kind, he fought the good battle.

Norris honored those who went before him, the mythical legends like Will Butela and Mike Duke, and, thankfully, seems to have inspired those behind him.

Even as he is off in Colorado matriculating at the University of Denver (and creating havoc on the radio Mondays 4-5 PM and Thursday 2-3, streaming at http://du.orgsync.com/org/kxdu/home), the seeds he helped plant locally have begun to take root.

The CHS sophomores have brought the costumes back out this year, got a little wild at times, staged a rebirth of the lively student section Norris and the lads once made bounce.

He may be gone, but his legacy lives on.

I know he’d be proud of that, and it makes for a nice birthday present as he celebrates his big day today.

So, wherever you are, whatever you’re doing today, make some noise for Brian. Let the sounds of Cow Town wash across the USA and land on his ears in Colorado.

If he can hear them above whatever mischief he’s up to himself, of course.

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