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The net game waits not for sunshine!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged bad weather, CHS Wolves, Ken Stange, spring sports, Sylvia Hurlburt, tennis on March 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Bundled up against the blustery weather, Sydney Autio goes in pursuit of a runaway tennis ball. (Sylvia Hurlburt photos)

Jazmine Franklin (left) prepares to unleash Hell, while McKenzie Bailey dreams of sitting next to a warm heater.

Bree Daigneault flicks a return.

CHS tennis guru Ken Stange dispenses dollops o’ wisdom to Franklin, Julia Borges (middle) and Bailey.

Friday didn’t really feel all that much like tennis weather.

The sun crawled away, the wind got blustery and guess what? Buckle up, cause if past springs are any indication, it’ll probably be like that more often than not.

Experienced netters came to practice wearing several layers, as Coupeville prepared for a season in which it will defend its 1A Olympic League crown.

The first real match is not until Mar. 14 (home against non-league foe Granite Falls), but the Wolves will be battle-ready (or at least weather-ready) by then.

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Pro tip: Can’t beat her! Ever!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, hops, Makana Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt, tip-off on February 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

As the ref launches the ball skyward Makana Stone (23) prepares to spring into action. (Sylvia Hurlburt photos)

Eyes locked on the ball, Stone pushes off…

and hurtles skyward.

Klahowya’s player gets lift-off, but it was over before it began.

Completing the maneuver, Makana not only wins the tip, but is able to flip it right to her intended target.

“Hey, remember that time when you beat me for a tip? Yeah, me neither.”

In four years I have never witnessed Makana Stone lose an opening tip.

Ever.

As the Coupeville High School senior winds her way through her final prep season (she and her Wolf teammates head back to Sumner Friday for a loser-out district playoff game versus Seattle Christian), that still amazes me.

I’ve seen some pretty fair athletes work the center circle, but every once in awhile, most slip up and lose a tip.

With Makana, who has height, crazy hops and the uncanny ability to twist her body while in mid-flight, it has been utter domination.

So take a moment or two to scroll through the series of pics above, which come to us courtesy CHS cheer queen/camera goddess Sylvia Hurlburt, and watch an artist at work.

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Dance the weekend away!!

Posted in Dance, tagged Ballet, Joey Lippo, Katrina McGranahan, Skyy Lippo, Sylvia Hurlburt, The Nutcracker, Whidbey Island Dance Theatre on December 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Dancer Skyy Lippo (left) hangs out with Katrina McGranahan, the president of her fan club. (Joe Lippo photos)

Lippo reppin’ Coupeville on hoodie day.

Joey Lippo (out of costume) gets a photo op with McGranahan.

Sylvia Hurlburt, taking a moment for herself. (John Fisken photo)

One weekend left.

Whidbey Island Dance Theatre’s 23rd annual production of “The Nutcracker” wraps this coming Friday-Sunday, with four performances.

While the performances are held at the South Whidbey High School Performing Arts Center (5675 Maxwelton Rd. in Langley) the ballet features a number of Coupeville High School performers.

From seasoned pros like Sylvia Hurlburt and Skyy Lippo to semi-seasoned pros like Cameron Toomey-Stout and newcomers like Joey Lippo, there’s a Wolf on stage at almost every moment.

The final shows are:

Fri-18 — 7:30 PM

Sat-19 — 2:00 and 7:30

Sun-20 — 2:00

For tickets and more info pop over to:

http://www.widtonline.org/

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Sylvia Hurlburt’s makin’ posters!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Basketball, Cheer, CHS Wolves, Jovanah Foote, Makana Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt on December 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone can already taste the two points. (Sylvia Hurlburt photos)

Lauren Grove (right) is filled with joy at the mere sight of teammate Mia Littlejohn.

Tiffany Briscoe, working the paint like she owns the place.

The Wolves cap their pre-game huddle by firing up a round of shots.

The key to Kyla Briscoe’s success? The purple shoes. Oh, and talent, too. A whole lot of talent helps, as well.

Jovanah Foote will knock you out … with her note-perfect cheer routines.

"Your hair game is strong ... but mine is stronger!!"

“Your hair game is strong, sister … but mine is stronger!!”

“At my signal, unleash Hell, Wolves!!”

Is there anything Sylvia Hurlburt doesn’t do?

No, the answer is no, cause she does it all. And she does it all really, really well.

Cheerleader, choreographer, track star, ballet dancer, and, of course, photographer with mad skills.

All of those words describe the ever-moving, ever-grooving Coupeville High School senior.

Her latest work, which she is nice enough to let me unleash onto the masses, is this collection of girls’ basketball photos.

The eight pics above are just a small fraction of what she shot — I’ll continue to drop Hurlburt originals on you as the season unfolds — but they give you a solid taste of what she’s up to when she gets let loose with a camera.

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Get (nut)crackin’! Ballet fever sweeps the nation!!

Posted in Dance, tagged Cameron Toomey-Stout, no tights, Skyy Lippo, Sylvia Hurlburt, The Nutcracker, Whidbey Island Dance Theatre on November 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »

CHS ballet supernovas Skyy Lippo (left) and Sylvia Hurlburt pose for a post-dance pic last year. (John Fisken photo)

The rumors are NOT true.

No tights, folks.

Coupeville High School athletes Cameron Toomey-Stout and Joey Lippo will be stepping up and onstage in this year’s Whidbey Island Dance Theatre production of The Nutcracker.

But, while the CHS guys (and some South Whidbey athletes whose names don’t really matter to my core Coupeville audience) will be joining Coupeville ballet veterans Sylvia Hurlburt, Skyy Lippo and Jessie Johnson in this year’s event, they have — so far — resisted all calls to slap on some tights and get me some major page hits.

Punks…

But A) it’s possible I really don’t understand the world of dance and B) I digress.

Back in reality land, as memories of Coupeville High School’s recent theatrical production of Stage Door (it starred a bevy of Wolf athletes like tennis ace Sebastian Davis and softball slugger Veronica Crownover) still linger, The Nutcracker is about to take over your life.

Performances are set for Dec. 11-13 and 18-20 (two shows on Saturdays) and tickets are going fast at http://www.widtonline.org/

So, why should you go, other than to avoid getting a purple nurple from Sylvia Hurlburt if you fail to show for a second straight year?

Wait, was she only speaking to me…

While I try to figure that out, we turn over the mic to proud papa (and closet Pittsburgh Penguins fan) Joe Lippo:

It’s time. Time for bumps and bruises received in practice to be ignored, aches and pains tempered with Motrin, and ankles to be taped.

Time to suit up and get out there and make the crowd happy!

Is it the start of hockey season? NO! It’s time for “The Nutcracker.”

Sylvia Hurlburt, Joey Lippo, Cameron Toomey-Stout and company will be turning in track shoes, football spikes and baseball cleats for two weeks of … dance?

That’s right, and Skyy Lippo, Island Dance Company Captain, is in charge.

She and Faith O’Brochta (the other captain of the company) are both old hands at this, with over 20 (yes, TWENTY) performances of “The Nutcracker” between them.

They know how it’s supposed to go, and they will not accept anything less than perfection, which is really the only way in the dance world.

Its either perfect, or it’s wrong. Period.

This isn’t the JV version of “The Nutcracker” either, this is the “start rehearsals in September” version.

Instructors are very vocal, and become more so as the show looms inexorably closer.

Some quotes from dancers and directors alike:

“STOP. What are we doing?? Contrast that with what we are supposed to be doing!”

“Take it from the top. 5 … 6 … 7 … CAN ANYONE HEAR ME COUNTING???”

“Spacing people…SPACING!!!”

“We are so not together.” “Where are we on this? The top…? OK, FROM THE TOP THEN!!”

“Is anyone paying attention? To anything?”

“Can anyone hear me? I said, can … hey turn that down. Can you hear me now?”

So, whether you know your Arabesque from your Croisé or not (and I mean, c’mon, what are you, a provincial rube?!? Spend some time on Wikipedia, folks), respect the work being put in and get your rear in a seat come show time.

Otherwise, I give Sylvia all of your addresses and the nurpling begins…

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