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Side note — see my favorite film from the last year. It’s available on Kanopy, the free streaming site offered by your local library!

This is probably the spot where I should put on a suit and slick my hair back, televangelist-style.

Looks in closet … no suits, lots of shorts.

Looks in mirror … no hair, or at least not enough to get that lush Jim Bakker or Kenneth Copeland ‘do going.

See, a receding hairline is why I don’t have that indoor/outdoor swimming pool, with mansion attached, yet.

Anyways.

I won’t take much of your time. Or offer any miracles, ala the fancy-haired dudes rambling on your Grandma’s TV at 3 AM in the morning.

The facts are these:

Spring sports for Coupeville High School teams start Monday, with the first practices for softball, girls’ tennis, track and field, and baseball.

Games begin about two weeks later.

This blog writer has been there, freezing his tush off on the prairie in “spring” weather since 2012.

Varsity, JV, C-Team, middle school, little league, community sports, I cover it all and you can read about it all for free.

We’re pushing 12,000 articles about the sporting life in Cow Town.

But if I’m going to make it through another season and make a run at a 13-year anniversary this August, I need your support.

WordPress wants its annual $107 in mid-March, and I don’t have it.

I also don’t have the money to get the oil change on the car I’ve been borrowing since my own Xterra melted down and joined all the other vehicles I’ve sent to the great auto wrecking lot in the sky.

And I’m fairly certain the landlord’s cats are eyeballing me.

“You’d better not mess with our ability to get wet food, slick!”

So, here we are again.

If you’d like to see the blog make it through another spring, I’m asking for your support. Whether it’s $5 or a new indoor/outdoor swimming pool, everything helps.

If not, I understand.

There will be a time at some point where I will have to hang up the keyboard and go back to a job that likely requires wearing pants. That’s life.

I leave the decision in your hands.

 

To keep Coupeville Sports chugging along:

 

PayPal:

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Venmo:

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Snail mail:

David Svien
165 Sherman
Coupeville, WA 98239

 

In person:

The ol’ Mafia-style handshake

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Inara Maund is one of many CMS track stars eligible to return to the oval this spring. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Thousands of kids, running and jumping.

OK, maybe not thousands, but expect the Coupeville Middle School track and field roster to be jam-packed once again when the Wolves start a new season.

The first day of practice is April 8, with six meets scheduled between April 24 and May 23.

CMS coaches Amber Wyman, Jon Gabelein, and Jaylen Nitta return to guide the Wolves, who will draw athletes from grades 6-8.

 

The schedule:

Wed-April 24 — HOME — 3:30
Wed-May 1 — @ Granite Falls — 3:30
Wed-May 8 — HOME — 3:30
Thur-May 16 @ South Whidbey
Mon-May 20 — @ Cascade League Prelims (Lakewood) — 3:30
Wed-May 29 — @ Cascade League Finals (Lakewood) — 3:30

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Coupeville track stars Jackie Contreras, Josh Guay and Zac Tackett begin a long day of competition. (Photo courtesy Guay)

The click of the camera, the ping of the phone.

However they capture the moment, photographers are out there, everywhere, documenting spring sports in Coupeville and in towns near and far.

The photos above and below showcase Wolf track and field, girls’ tennis, softball, and baseball, with nary a rain drop in sight.

Netters Vivian Farris (left) and Hayley Fiedler roll up the points. (Jackie Saia photo)

Jada Heaton, a fireball of energy and positive team spirit. (Jennifer Heaton photo)

Chase Anderson keeps an eye on the runner. (Morgan White photo)

Allie Lucero chucks heat. (Jackie Saia photo)

Skylar Parker tends to Kaitlyn Leavell’s hair needs before their match. (Lucy Tenore photo)

Landon Roberts puts some zip in his get up and go. (Morgan White photo)

CHS runners (l to r) Tate Wyman, Preston Epp, Cameron Epp, and Reiley Araceley pose under sunny skies. (Bob Martin photo)

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Jada Heaton (jumping), Mia Farris (12), and Skylar Parker (right) are all three-sport athletes. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

No rest for the truly dedicated.

A look at spring rosters shows that 22 Coupeville High School students — 10 girls and 12 boys — are finishing the job as three-sport athletes for the 2022-2023 school year.

At schools with small student bodies, having a strong showing in year-round athletes is huge, so it’s great to see so many Wolves complete the trifecta.

There are plenty of reasons why some CHS athletes choose to play just one or two sports, starting with the fact basketball is their only option during winter.

Don’t play God’s chosen sport? Can’t be a three-sport athlete in Cow Town.

Unless you make the move to wrestle or swim with another school during the snowy months, but that has been an infrequent occurrence.

Injuries, a need to concentrate on academics, home life requirements, or simply a desire to have a job or get your license — all reasons which sometimes come into play when sports-related decisions are made.

To each, their own choice.

But today we praise the 22 who made the commitment, in time and effort, to be an athlete for all seasons.

The blog is called Coupeville Sports, after all, and not Coupeville Teens Washing Dishes.

Anyways, those who gave all:

 

GIRLS:

Teagan Calkins (Volleyball, Basketball, Softball)
Mia Farris
(Volleyball, Basketball, Softball)
Jada Heaton (Volleyball, Basketball, Softball)
Ryanne Knoblich
(Volleyball, Basketball, Track)
Carolyn Lhamon
(Soccer, Basketball, Track)
Katie Marti
(Volleyball, Basketball, Track)
Madison McMillan
(Volleyball, Basketball, Softball)
Brynn Parker
(Soccer, Basketball, Tennis)
Skylar Parker
(Soccer, Basketball, Tennis)
Lyla Stuurmans
(Volleyball, Basketball, Track)

 

BOYS:

Chase Anderson (Football, Basketball, Baseball)
Dominic Coffman
(Football, Basketball, Track)
Nick Guay (Soccer, Basketball, Track)
Zane Oldenstadt
(Football, Basketball, Track)
Aiden O’Neill
(Football, Basketball, Baseball)
Jack Porter
(Football, Basketball, Baseball)
Johnny Porter
(Football, Basketball, Baseball)
Landon Roberts
(Cross Country, Basketball, Baseball)
Yohannon Sandles
(Football, Basketball, Baseball)
Malachi Somes
(Football, Basketball, Track)
Jonathan Valenzuela
(Football, Basketball, Baseball)
Cole White
(Soccer, Basketball, Baseball)

Aiden O’Neill is a man for all seasons. (Davin Houston photo)

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The Battlin’ Lucero twins are back to lead Coupeville High School softball into a new season. (Photo courtesy Jess Lucero)

Spring is sprung.

The weather isn’t all that balmy, but the calendar says Feb. 27 and Washington state is famous for starting prep spring sports way too early, so here we go again.

Coupeville High School softball, baseball, track and field, and girls’ tennis are back at it, with the first games two weeks away.

Wolf track and field has a stacked roster. (Photo courtesy Bob Martin)

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