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Prove me wrong (I dare you)!!

Posted in history, tagged CHS Wolves, history, Jeff Fielding, Natasha Bamberger, state, title boards on July 20, 2016| 1 Comment »

CHS state track champs (clockwise from top left) Jeff Fielding, Kyle King, Steven McDonald, Chris Hutchinson, Jon Chittim, Amy (Mouw) Fasolo, Tyler King, Natasha Bamberger.

This is actually going to happen.

After a lot of work, by a lot of people, the effort to install 116 years of Coupeville High School athletic history on the school’s gym walls is heading down the backstretch.

The research has been done (though, in a second I’m going to ask for your proofreading on that), the proper authorities have signed off on the idea, most of the fundraising is accomplished, and we meet with the sign guy Friday.

The plan has always been to have this installed prior to the start of the new school year in Sept., and it seems 99.2% likely at this point.

After years of having just a handful of banners hanging in the gym, the new installation aims to honor every league and district title won by Wolf teams, as well as individual state championships (there are 17) and top 10 team finishes at state.

That entails, as far as I have been able to determine, 112 title boards.

Originally, it was 109, but supporters of CHS cheer have made a solid argument that the program’s three top-four finishes at state (including a title in 2006) deserve to be on the wall as well.

And, before you say it, this is a SPORTS installation going up.

I am well aware the school has a strong run of accomplishments in History Day, band, Science Olympiad and the like.

Some of those are honored in other places at the school, and, to those who would like to see a more complete version, go get ’em.

I’m behind you, I support you, I would certainly write about your efforts and help drive your cause, but Indiana Jonesing 116 years of CHS sports history, on my own time, with no pay, has wiped me out.

The sports history was my crusade.

Someone else better suited to the task will have to take up the academic side of things, if that’s something you’re burning to get accomplished.

It can be done.

We’re proving that with this project, which has brought together the Whidbey newspapers (primarily Jim Waller and Keven R. Graves) with the pain in the ass blogger who you’re currently reading.

The Booster Club, bigwigs like Coupeville Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim Shank and CHS Principal Duane Baumann, and all the people who have donated money or offered research tips, are a huge part of this.

Of course, without the athletes who accomplished these feats, and the coaches who guided them, none of this would be possible in the first place.

When the display goes up, it’s all for us, Wolf Nation, near and far.

But now, as we head towards that meeting with the sign guy Friday, scan my list and see if you notice anything off. Did I miss a title somewhere in my bleary-eyed final days?

If so, let me know. You can reach me at davidsvien@hotmail.com.

And also, you can still chip in and help the fundraising efforts. Every buck counts, especially as we add cheer.

https://www.gofundme.com/2bzt6x76

Titles being honored:

BASEBALL:

1960 — Northwest League

1965 — Northwest League

1969 — Northwest League

1973 — Northwest League

1973 — District

1974 — Northwest League

1975 — Northwest League

1976 — Northwest League

1976 — District

1977 — Northwest League

1977 — District

1978 — District

1980 — Cascade League

1987 — District

1987 — 3rd at State

1991 — Northwest League

2008 — District

2016 — Olympic League

BOYS BASKETBALL:

1970 — Northwest League

1970 — District

1971 — Northwest League

1972 — Cascade League

1975 — Northwest League

1979 — Cascade League

1998 — Northwest League

2002 — Northwest League

BOYS TENNIS:

1961 — Northwest League

1967 — Northwest League

1968 — Northwest League

2002 — Northwest League

2009 — Northwest League

2009 — District

2010 — Northwest League

2011 — Northwest League

2015 — Olympic League

CHEER:

2006 — 1st at State

2007 — 2nd at State

2011 — 4th at State

CROSS COUNTRY:

1975 — Boys 9th at State

1976 — Boys 5th at State

1977 — Boys – Cascade League

1977 — Boys – District

1977 — Boys 5th at State

1981 — Girls 8th at State

1982 — Girls – Cascade League

1982 — Girls 4th at State

1985 — Natasha Bamberger – State Champ

2010 — Tyler King – State Champ

FOOTBALL:

1974 — Northwest League

1990 — Northwest League

GIRLS BASKETBALL:

1998 — Northwest League

2002 — Northwest League

2002 — 6th at State

2003 — 8th at State

2005 — Northwest League

2005 — 8th at State

2006 — Northwest League

2015 — Olympic League

2016 — Olympic League

GIRLS TENNIS:

1981 — Cascade League

1982 — Cascade League

1983 — Cascade League

1998 — Northwest League

1999 — Northwest League

2000 — Northwest League

2001 — Northwest League

2002 — Northwest League

2003 — Northwest League

2004 — Northwest League

2005 — Northwest League

2005 — 3rd at State

2008 — Northwest League

2009 — Northwest League

2010 — Northwest League

2011 — Northwest League

2012 — Northwest League

2015 — Olympic League

2016 — Olympic League

SOFTBALL:

2002 — Northwest League

2002 — 3rd at State

TRACK:

1979 — Jeff Fielding – State Champ (3200)

1979 — Boys 8th at State

1984 — Boys – Northwest League

1984 — Natasha Bamberger – State Champ (1600, 3200)

1984 — Girls 5th at State

1985 — Boys – District

1985 — Natasha Bamberger – State Champ (3200)

1986 — Natasha Bamberger – State Champ (3200)

1986 — Boys – 6th at State

1986 — Girls – 8th at State

1987 — Boys – Northwest League

1987 — Boys – District

1989 — Girls – Northwest League

1989 — Girls – District

2003 — Amy Mouw – State Champ (800)

2005 — Boys – Bi-District

2005 — Boys – 8th at State

2006 — Boys – Bi-District

2006 — Jon Chittim – State Champ (200, 400)

2006 — Kyle King – State Champ (3200)

2006 — Boys 4 x 400 – State Champ (Chris Hutchinson, Jon Chittim, Kyle King, Steven McDonald)

2006 — Boys – 4th at State

2007 — Kyle King – State Champ (1600, 3200)

2008 — Kyle King – State Champ (3200)

2008 — Boys – 4th at State

2010 — Tyler King – State Champ (1600, 3200)

2010 — Boys — 6th at State

2011 — Boys – 7th at State

VOLLEYBALL:

1997 — Northwest League

2001 — Northwest League

2002 — Tri-District

2002 — District

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Top of the mountain!!

Posted in Hall o' Fame, tagged 2002, Ashley Ellsworth-Bagby, CHS Wolves, Hall of Fame, Sarah Mouw, Softball, state on July 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The 2002 Coupeville HS softball squad, which won four of five at state. For a list of who’s who, head to the bottom of this article. (Photo courtesy Jim Wheat)

They were trailblazers who shocked the world.

Today, as we celebrate our 54th induction ceremony for the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame, we honor a team which reached peaks never seen before, or since, at Coupeville High School.

So, let’s open these hallowed digital walls and welcome, finally (I needed a roster and a pic and it took some digging), the 2002 CHS softball squad.

After this, you’ll find them enshrined together, as a team, at the top of the blog, under the Legends tab.

And frankly, that’s what they are — legends.

Coupeville High School has 17 individual state titles thanks to cross country and track, but has yet to reach the top of the mountain in a team sport.

No team came closer than the 2002 softball sluggers.

They are one of three Wolf teams to have brought home a 3rd place state trophy, but their feat tops, at least a bit, what those other two teams accomplished.

The 2005 Wolf girls’ tennis team rode one hot doubles team to their trophy in a sport with extremely quirky scoring, while the 1987 CHS baseball team played through an easier format than the softball sluggers.

When Coupeville took the field at state in 2002, having reached the big dance in the school’s very first year of playing fast-pitch softball, the Wolves had to win four straight to win a title.

And they almost did, falling only to eventual champ Adna in their third game.

Rebounding with back-to-back wins to close the tourney, CHS exited with four wins in five games, the most victories achieved in a single state tourney by any Wolf team, in any sport.

Coupeville outscored their foes 28-13, beating Cle Elum-Rosalyn (8-0), Royal (3-2), Okanogan (6-1) and Napavine (11-6) behind the leadership of Sarah Mouw and Ashley Ellsworth-Bagby.

The lone loss, a 4-0 defeat to Adna, a school which has won nine state titles on the softball diamond, was even closer than the score might indicate.

While they may not have gotten the big trophy, those Wolves loom large in CHS history, even now as most of those players break through into their early 30s.

“Without a doubt the best group of coachable athletes I’ve ever worked with,” said Jim Wheat, an assistant coach on that squad who now trains umpires when he’s not calling games himself.

They could hit, for power and precision. They were slick-fielding. They ran the base-paths with authority. They were beasts in the pitcher’s circle.

Mouw was the league co-MVP, going 22-2 as a pitcher on a team which finished 24-3.

She also led the Wolves in hitting, doubles, triples, home runs and RBI.

Backing her up were fellow First-Team All-League players Erica Lamb and Ellsworth-Bagby (a four-time pick) and Second-Team selections Lindsey Tucker and Tracy Taylor.

Along with their teammates they are, arguably, the most successful sports team in the 116-year history of the school, and 99% of that argument is set in stone.

This much we know for 100% — today, 14 years after they made their run, we bring them back together again (at least on the internet.)

Instead of listing them alphabetically, we’re going to put them in the order they appear in the team photo above.

The guy with the #1 is a random WIAA official, but the ones who go in the Hall together, as a team:

2 — Kim Meche
3 — Kristin Gwartney
4 — Erica Lamb
5 — Randy Dickson (head coach)
6 — Sarah Mouw
7 — Tracy Taylor
8 — Jim Wheat
9 — Ashley Ellsworth-Bagby
10 — Laura Crandall
11 — Heather Davis
12 — Angel Black
13 — Andrea Larson
14 — Tara Guillory
15 — Ashley Ginnetti
16 — Samantha Roehl
17 — Caitlin Harada
18 — Carly Guillory
19 — Brooke Croghan
20 — Christine Larson
21 — Lindsey Tucker

Plus, they’re not in the photo, but Bruce Berg and Dale Folkestad.

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Cheney, prepare for a Wolf invasion!!

Posted in Track, tagged 1A, CHS Wolves, Lauren Grove, state, track and field on May 26, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Wolf junior Lauren Grove is Cheney-bound in three events.

Wolf moms (l to r) Dawnelle Conlisk, Deb Smith, Mindy Grove and Barbi Ford bask in the glow of a freshly spray-painted rock.

Cheney, the Wolves are inbound.

They have to take a bus.

After several years of getting away with sending a van to the state track and field meet, Coupeville High School qualified so many athletes this year it had to upgrade.

The season finale, which brings the best in 1A, 2B and 1B to “Heatstroke City,” AKA Cheney, Washington, kicks off Thursday afternoon, then continues in full-force through Friday and Saturday.

The pictures above, which come to us from a number of Wolf moms, help build the anticipation.

Now, let the butt-whuppin’ commence.

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One step from state!!

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, districts, state, Sylvia Hurlburt, track and field on May 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Jordan Ford: “I’m going first and I’m finishing first!” (John Fisken photos)

Lindsey Roberts and her relay teammates will try and punch their ticket to state in two events Friday in Bremerton.

Want to risk getting a sunburn in Cheney in a week?

Than the next two days are all-important.

Coupeville will make the trek to Bremerton High School’s stadium Friday and Saturday for the West Central District 3 meet, with state berths waiting to be won.

Competing against their three foes in the 1A Olympic League as well as the best from the five-team Nisqually League, each Wolf needs a top four performance in their event to advance to the big dance.

If they finish outside the top four, there’s still a remote chance of advancing if they achieve a preset state standard.

To be safe, though, it’s 99.99% certain you want to be top four or bust.

Districts will kick off with a flurry of finals Friday afternoon, then wrap up Saturday with an all-day bonanza.

Unlike the 2A competitors, who will also be conducting their district meet in the same stadium, Coupeville and the 1A schools will have no heats, just finals, in all their events.

That means less chance to get worn down, but also puts a premium on throwing down your best performance right out of the gate.

As we look at the list of who’s (currently) in the field, remember it’s fluid.

Some athletes are battling injuries, while others may choose to pass on certain events to focus on others.

That could allow some Wolves who are currently alternates to move up and claim spots in the district field.

So, with that in mind, the schedule (with eligible CHS participants):

Friday:

3:25 — Girls 4 x 200 relay (Lauren Grove, Lindsey Roberts, Sylvia Hurlburt, Makana Stone)

3:30 — Boys pole vault (Jordan Ford)

3:30 — Girls long jump (Roberts, Grove)

3:30 — Girls high jump (Lauren Bayne)

3:30 — Boys triple jump (Mitchell Carroll, Connor Thompson)

3:30 — Boys javelin (Dalton Martin, Mitchell Losey)

3:30 — Boys discus (Martin)

4:15 — Girls 100 hurdles (Roberts)

4:30 — Boys 100 (Jacob Smith)

4:45 — Girls 100 (Hurlburt)

5:00 — Girls shot put (Skyler Lawrence)

5:00 — Boys 1600 (Henry Wynn, Danny Conlisk)

5:40 — Girls 4 x 100 relay (Grove, Roberts, Stone, Hurlburt)

5:55 — Boys 400 (Jared Helmstadter)

6:10 — Girls 400 (Stone)

Saturday:

10:00 — Girls javelin (Naika Hallam, Allison Wenzel)

10:00 — Boys shot put (Martin)

11:45 — Boys long jump (Lathom Kelley, Carroll)

11:45 — Boys high jump (Ford, Thompson, Chris Battaglia)

12:40 — Boys 800 (Conlisk)

12:50 — Girls 800 (Stone)

2:30 — Girls 300 hurdles (Mckenzie Meyer)

2:40 — Boys 200 (Smith)

2:50 — Girls 200 (Hurlburt, Grove)

3:40 — Girls 4 x 400 relay (Wenzel, Madison Rixe, Bayne, Meyer)

3:45 — Boys 4 x 400 relay (Smith, Wynn, Helmstadter, Conlisk)

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“Very, very proud of them!!”

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Basketball, CMS Wolves, Spokane, state, SWISH on March 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Daniel Olson knows proper hydration is important. (Photos courtesy Pat Kelley)

The Wolves huddle before taking the floor.

The experience was invaluable.

While they won’t be coming back from Spokane with any wins, the Coupeville 6th/7th grade SWISH boys’ basketball team learned big-time lessons.

Facing off with more experienced squads at the state tourney, three of whom won trophies, the Wolves discovered what it will take to compete at a higher level.

As the players move upwards through middle school and high school play in the coming years, the weekend trip East may turn out to be a major turning point for Coupeville hoops.

The Wolves opened against Tahoma and jumped out to a six-point lead in the early going, but couldn’t keep it going, eventually falling 53-21.

Tahoma went 3-1 in the tourney, claiming fourth-place.

Game two against Juanita was virtually a mirror image.

Coupeville soared to an eight-point lead after the first eight minutes of play, then stalled out, losing 51-23 to the eventual Consolation Division state champs.

The Wolves came within a play or two of upending Hazen Select of Kent in their third contest, leading all the way until the final minute.

With team scoring and rebounding leader Jake Mitten missing for the final three-and-a-half minutes — victim to fouling out — Coupeville was nipped 43-40.

While Hazen went on to win the consolation bracket, bouncing Oak Harbor by 13, the Wolves wrapped things with a 43-31 loss to Woodinville.

Having survived their longest (three-day) tournament, on the biggest stage they’ve yet seen, the young Coupeville players earned praise from their coaches.

11 of 12 players scored, and, despite the team battling a flu bug, they were competitive every time out.

“Very, very proud of them,” said Pat Kelley.

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