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Tate’s fate? To be great!

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged CHS Wolves, long jump, Oregon Tech, relay, Tate Wyman, track and field on April 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Tate Wyman eyeballs the competition. (Photo courtesy Amber Wyman)

You can start calling him Tate the Great.

Saturday was a standout day for Coupeville grad Tate Wyman, now a sophomore track and field athlete plying his trade a state away.

Competing on his home turf at the Oregon Tech Invitational in Klamath Falls, the former Wolf put in his strongest performance of the season, winning two of three events he vied in.

Wyman soared 21 feet, eight inches in the long jump, setting a PR and finishing an impressive eight inches better than anyone else in the field.

He also ran a leg on a triumphant 4 x 100 relay unit which set a season best at 42.66 seconds, before finishing the day as part of a 4 x 400 squad which hit the tape in 3:38.27, earning 5th.

Coming off today’s home meet, the Hustlin’ Owls are slated to be back in action next Saturday, April 26, traveling to Salem, Oregon for the Berney Classic.

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She’s a triple threat, son

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged CHS Wolves, javelin, SUNY Plattsburgh, Taygin Jump, track and field on April 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Taygin Jump whirls into action. (Photo courtesy Christina Jump)

Let it fly!

Coupeville grad Taygin Jump, now a sophomore at Plattsburgh State, kept busy Saturday, competing in three events at the Middlebury Invitational in Vermont.

The former Wolf topped out with a 4th place finish in the javelin, tossing her implement 93 feet, nine inches.

Jump also chucked the hammer 101-10 and smashed her PR in the discus with a throw of 77-05.

The triple-threat performance allowed her to keep a season of success rolling along, but she’s not done yet.

Plattsburgh State is slated to be in Canton, New York next Friday, April 25 for the SLU Twilight Invite hosted by St. Lawrence University.

Jump, who is majoring in Environmental Planning & Management/Geology, was a top-notch volleyball player (school and club) and track and field athlete during her days growing up in Coupeville.

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Sunny skies, sizzlin’ performances

Posted in Track, tagged Cael Wilson, CHS Wolves, home meet, Katie Marti, track and field on April 17, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Aleksia Jump prepares to fly into the wild blue yonder. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was a day for winners.

Hosting its first home meet of the season Wednesday, the Coupeville High School track and field team went wild in the sun, racking up 12 wins, 62 PRs, and a ton of positive memories.

Toss in a team title for the Wolf boys, and the fact that an athlete accidentally left behind by Orcas Island eventually got retrieved, and things were fairly peachy all around.

“Thanks to our all-star crew, it ran smoother than a sprinter on a tailwind,” said CHS coach Bob Martin.

“Christi Messner, Jen Marzocca, Aimee Bishop, and Barbi Ford worked their magic on the timing system, Jerry Helm fired the gun like a pro, and Neil Rixe caught every finish with eagle-eyed precision.

“Huge thanks to the incredible coaches who jumped in to help run events, so every athlete had a chance to shine.

“And let’s not forget our legendary team parents — fueling the crew with hot chili, soup, and enough snacks to power a relay team. It truly takes a village to run a meet, and Coupeville showed up in style.”

The Wolf boys topped the 13-team field with a 219-point explosion, putting them way ahead of runner-up La Conner (103), while the Wolf girls (98) were third, behind Mount Vernon Christian (185) and La Conner (111.5).

Axel Marshall (left) and Cael Wilson discuss strategy.

Cael Wilson led the way, picking up three individual wins (high jump, pole vault, long jump), while also running a leg on a triumphant 4 x 400 relay squad.

Carson Field (800, 1600, 3200), Katie Marti (discus, javelin), Lyla Stuurmans (800), and Matthew Ward (triple jump) also came out on top, as did the boys 4 x 100 unit.

The Wolves get back at it this Saturday, but with a change in their game plan.

Originally slated to travel to Cashmere, they are instead trekking off to the Forks Lion Club Invitational.

Wednesday’s results:

GIRLS:

100 — Laken Simpson (13th) 14.61; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (27th) 15.43

200 — Isa Mc Fetridge (10th) 30.88

400 — Olivia Hall (5th) 1:10.63 *PR*; Marin Winger (8th) 1:16.61; Ivy Rudat (9th) 1:16.64

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 2:41.43; Mikayla Wagner (5th) 3:02.90 *PR*; I. Rudat (8th) 3:15.39; Lexis Drake (9th) 3:26.80

1600 — Stuurmans (3rd) 5:55.39 *PR*; Wagner (7th) 6:31.13 *PR*; Aleksia Jump (11th) 6:36.43; Lillian Ketterling (12th) 6:58.63 *PR*; Devon Wyman (13th) 7:58.17

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (8th) 20.51; Ari Cunningham (10th) 21.74; Frankie Tenore (12th) 24.57

300 Hurdles — McDonald (9th) 1:02.2; A. Cunningham (12th) 1:06.14; Tenore (13th) 1:08.00 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — A. Cunningham, Mc Fetridge, Ayden Wyman, Leedy-Bonifas (5th) 58.43

4 x 400 Relay — Hall, Winger, Drake, Simpson (2nd) 5:02.04

Shot Put — Katie Marti (2nd) 31-02; Emma McFadden (14th) 20-05 *PR*

Discus — Marti (1st) 100-06 *PR*; Ketterling (6th) 75-02 *PR*; McFadden (23rd) 49-08.50 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (1st) 99-02

High Jump — A. Wyman (6th) 4-06; Tenore (7th) 4-04

Pole Vault — A. Jump (2nd) 7-00; Ketterling (3rd) 6-00 *PR*; I. Rudat (4th) 6-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Leedy-Bonifas (7th) 13-06 *PR*; A. Cunningham (10th) 13-05 *PR*; Mc Fetridge (13th) 12-10 *PR*

BOYS:

100 — Chase Anderson (3rd) 11.88; Matthew Ward (8th) 12.20 *PR*; Marquette Cunningham (9th) 12.24; Davin Houston (10th) 12.29; Liam Blas (12th) 12.42 *PR*; Easton Green (21st) 12.70 *PR*; Marcelo Gebhard (23rd) 12.73; Beckett Green (27th) 12.85 *PR*; Nathan Coxsey (37th) 13.02; Will Tierney (51st) 13.67 *PR*; Richmond Bandong (52nd) 13.71; Nikolas Rogers (57th) 14.06 *PR*; Diego Gonzalez (60th) 14.52 *PR*; William Hamm (74th) 17.36 *PR*

200 — Anderson (2nd) 24.33; Houston (4th) 25.09; M. Cunningham (5th) 25.31; Ward (7th) 25.48; Blake Burrows (8th) 25.81; E. Green (9th) 25.85; B. Green (12th) 26.07 *PR*; Coxsey (21st) 27.51; Edmund Wilson (22nd) 27.61; Bandong (24th) 28.20 *PR*; Rogers (26th) 28.98 *PR*; Gonzalez (30th) 30.40 *PR*; Hamm (37th) 35.93 *PR*

400 — Preston Epp (2nd) 52.48 *PR*; Burrows (7th) 56.50 *PR*; Dane Hadsall (15th) 58.80 *PR*; Weyl (21st) 1:02.61 *PR*; Malachi Somes (24th) 1:04.38 *PR*; Tierney (25th) 1:05.14 *PR*; Rogers (27th) 1:10.44

800 — Carson Field (1st) 2:10.76; Kenneth Jacobsen (5th) 2:20.34; Joshua Stockdale (6th) 2:21.32 *PR*; Solomon Rudat (7th) 2:25.35 *PR*; Ethan Walling (8th) 2:33.65 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (12th) 2:55.00; Isaiah Allen (15th) 3:07.45

1600 — Field (1st) 4:52.89; Malachi Somes (2nd) 4:59.01 *PR*; Stockdale (5th) 5:15.96; George Spear (6th) 5:22.29; Walling (18th) 5:55.52; Edmund Kunz (19th) 5:55.61 *PR*; Allen (22nd) 6:26.77

3200 — Field (1st) 10:50.81 *PR*; Spear (4th) 11:15.83; Walling (8th) 12:43.72 *PR*; Kunz (9th) 12:45.31 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (9th) 12:45.31

110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (4th) 19.20

300 Hurdles — Blas (2nd) 47.32 *PR*; Marshall (5th) 48.29 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — M. Cunningham, Gebhard, Epp, Anderson (1st) 45.75; Hadsall, E. Green, B. Green, Ward (4th) 48.44; Badong, Coxsey, Tierney, E. Wilson (8th) 51.06

4 x 400 Relay — Anderson, Blas, Cael Wilson, Epp (1st) 3:46.51; Hadsall, Burrows, Badong, Weyl (4th) 4:19.58

Shot Put — Zac Tackett (7th) 34-01.50; Gebhard (8th) 33-09.50; Khanor Jump (12th) 30-06.25; Mason Butler (23rd) 27-00; David Somes (25th) 26-05.50 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (34th) 24-05.25; Zach Blitch (39th) 22-04.50 *PR*

Discus — Butler (4th) 107-03; K. Jacobsen (11th) 92-10.50 *PR*; Blas (14th) 85-07.50; J. Jacobsen (25th) 69-05.50 *PR*; Nicholas Wasik (26th) 67-03.50; D. Somes (32nd) 60-04.50 *PR*; Blitch (37th) 52-11

Javelin — Gebhard (6th) 122-08; M. Somes (14th) 102-05; D. Somes (34th) 75-00 *PR*; Rogers (38th) 68-11; J. Jacobsen (41st) 63-07 *PR*

High Jump — C. Wilson (1st) 6-01 *PR*; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (5th) 5-04; Houston (9th) 5-04; J. Jacobsen (12th) 5-02 *PR*; Tierney (19th) 4-10 *PR*

Pole Vault — C. Wilson (1st) 12-00; Marshall (3rd) 10-00; S. Rudat (6th) 8-00 *PR*; Kunz (8th) 6-06 *PR*

Long Jump — C. Wilson (1st) 20-00 *PR*; Fitch-Marron (13th) 16-03 *PR*; B. Green (15th) 16-02 *PR*; E. Wilson (18th) 16-00 *PR*; M. Somes (22nd) 15-06; S. Rudat (25th) 15-02; Coxsey (27th) 15-00 *PR*

Triple Jump — Ward (1st) 39-06.25; Marshall (3rd) 36-02 *PR*

“Fly away and pierce the sky!”

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“Joseph was larger than life”

Posted in In memory, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, in memory, Joe Tessaro, track and field on April 14, 2025| 2 Comments »

Joe Tessaro (50) stood tall for one of the best boys’ basketball teams in CHS history. (Photos courtesy Chuck Tessaro)

Joe Tessaro was a big man who left a big impact.

Before graduating with the Coupeville High School Class of 1988, the six-foot-five tower of power competed at the state championships in basketball and track, with the discus record he set standing untouched by any other Wolf for 23 seasons.

Tessaro, who passed away at age 54 in March, brought home a 6th place medal from the state track meet as a senior, with his mark of 143 feet, eight inches in the discus sitting atop the CHS record board from 1988-2011.

He was also a starter on the 1987-88 boys’ hoops squad which went to state, pouring in 260 points during his senior season.

The Coupeville native combined with older sibling Chuck to score 598 points across their prep hoops careers, making for one of the most successful brother combos in program history.

Middle school hoops dreams.

From the family:

Joseph Lucine Tessaro – September 29, 1970 – March 11, 2025

It is with deep sorrow and sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Joseph L. Tessaro on March 11, 2025.

He was 54 years old and will be remembered for his love of life, profound kindness, and generosity.

Joseph was born on September 29, 1970 (a gift to his mother Leah, who shared the same birthday) in Oak Harbor, Washington.

Growing up in Coupeville, on Whidbey Island, Joseph loved and appreciated all that island life offered, including spending time on the beach, fishing in the sound, and hanging out with close friends.

Enjoying time out on the water.

He graduated in 1988 from Coupeville High School, holding the school record in the discus (which stood for 23 years) and was instrumental as a starter on the varsity basketball squad that earned a berth to the state tournament in his senior year, 1988.

After high school, Joseph found his way to Denver, Colorado, where he met the love of his life, Amy, in 1998. They were married on September 2, 2000.

Joseph managed a bicycle shop, worked in the import/export business, and over the past 18 years served as a “Landman” in the oil, gas, and mineral industry – most recently a partner/owner of Pacer Energy in Wyoming.

Joseph also served as President of the Wyoming Association of Professional Landmen from 2017-2018.

Aside from his work, Joseph enjoyed all the mountain region afforded – mountain biking, snowboarding, fishing, and hunting.

Joseph was also an aficionado of classic cars, appreciating their uniqueness and history.

Joseph was larger than life, both in his physical presence at 6 feet, 5 inches, coupled with an infectious smile and uncanny ability to immediately connect with anyone.

With quick wit and humor, Joseph found the best in people, and those around him enjoyed his company immensely.

What Joseph cared most deeply about was his family – wife Amy and daughter Leah, who he dedicated his life and energy to.

Joseph loved spending time with them and supporting Leah’s interests like taekwondo and cheer.

Daughter Leah, makin’ her old man proud.

Joseph was known for his generosity and finding ways to give back to others, whether helping friends and associates in need, or simple and kind acts like buying meals for those that serve our country.

Joseph L. Tessaro is survived by his wife Amy and daughter Leah (Cheyenne, WY), Father Wayne Tessaro (Coupeville, WA), and brother Charles Tessaro (Seattle, WA).

He was preceded in death by his mother, Leah Tessaro (May 1991).

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Wolves vie for top marks

Posted in Track, tagged Aleksia Jump, CHS Wolves, Preston Epp, Top 10, track and field on April 14, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Preston Epp is coming for all the top times. (Bailey Thule photo)

The Wolves had a good weekend.

Back from a two-week break, the Coupeville High School track and field squad lit up the Birger Solberg Invitational in Bellingham Saturday, and it has paid off big time.

As we scan the best times and distances statewide, there are 12 CHS athletes who currently land in the top 10 rankings for 2B schools, with nearly half of those top-level performances having been thrown down two days ago.

There’s still plenty of time, and competition, left in the season, starting with a home meet this Wednesday at Mickey Clark Field for the Wolves.

But here’s where we sit through April 14:

GIRLS:

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (8th) 2:33.53

Shot Put — Katie Marti (7th) 32-11

Pole Vault — Aleksia Jump (7th-tie) 7-00

BOYS:

400 — Preston Epp (6th) 52.62

800 — Carson Field (4th) 2:05.85

4 x 100 Relay — Marquette Cunningham, Davin Houston, Epp, Chase Anderson (8th) 45.67

4 x 400 Relay — Anderson, Blake Burrows, Cael Wilson, Epp (4th) 3:38.79

High Jump — Wilson (4th) 6-00; Houston (6th-tie) 5-08