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Ecks run amuck!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , on August 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »

In between his many touchdowns, Ty Eck found time to drop the boom on defense as well. (John Fisken photos)

   In between his many touchdowns, Ty Eck also found time to drop the boom on defense. (John Fisken photos)

Gabe Eck

Gabe Eck, calm and cool while directing the offense.

A third Coupeville kid playing for Oak harbor, Alex Turner, holds the line.

A third Coupeville kid playing for Oak harbor, Alex Turner (50), holds the line.

Ty Eck was en fuego Saturday.

The eighth grader hit pay dirt nearly every time he touched the ball, busting off touchdown runs of 72 and 82 yards while also teaming up with quarterback brother Gabe on a 75-yard pass-and-run-like-crazy play.

Fueled by the Coupeville duo, who are masquerading as Wildcats right now, Oak Harbor savaged Sedro-Woolley 49-8 in youth football play.

They are joined on their squad by a third Coupeville player, fellow eighth grader Alex Turner.

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Danny Savalza is faster than most of you!!

Posted in Running, tagged , , , , on August 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Danny Savalza, half marathon stud (right) hangs out with Josh Bayne.

Danny Savalza, half marathon stud (right), hangs out with Josh Bayne.

10K runner Abbie Martin with out-of-town friend Sherri Askins.

10K runner Abbie Martin (right) with friend Sherri Askins.

Race marshal Hailey Hammer braves the early morning fog.

Race marshal Hailey Hammer braves early morning fog.

Danny Savalza was back in town Saturday. If you didn’t see him, it’s probably because he was moving too fast.

The former Coupeville High School Athlete of the Year finished 15th in the half marathon at the 2014 edition of Race the Reserve, with his entry fee going to help fund graduation events for the guys and gals following in his footsteps at CHS.

The popular event, which drew nearly 300 entries this year for the half marathon, 10K and 5K, benefits the CHS Class of 2015.

Kurt Warwick of Clinton took the title in the half marathon, clocking in at one hour, 15 minutes and 24.4 seconds.

Joining him on the victory stand were Brian Comer of Sammamish (10K, 37:13.6) and Joshua Sharp of Oxnard (5K, 17:46.5).

Louisa Hays of Seattle (6th in the half marathon), Molly Gwinn of East Wenatchee (3rd in 10K) and Olivia Flack of Coupeville (4th in 5K) were the highest female placers.

Ty Eck, who will be an eighth grader at CMS in the fall, had the best local finish, nabbing second in the 5K.

If you had a Coupeville listed next to your name in the official race results (and my eyes didn’t glaze over too badly while jotting down results), you should see your name below.

If you’re not from Coupeville, tough, this is not Oxnard Sports.

Jump over to http://www.buduracing.com/raceresults/20140809_1081.pdf for complete results.

Half Marathon:

Laura Luginbill (11th) 1:39:24.2
Danny Savalza (15th) 1:40:49.1
David Goodchild (24th) 1:46:19.6
Jon Crimmins (56th) 1:59:52.7
Lincoln Kelley (101st) 2:51:32.2
Sarah Woehrman (104th) 3:03:57.4
Annie Goodchild (105th) 3:03:57.7
Jodi Crimmins (113th) 3:23:30.5

10K:

Neil Rixe (6th) 48:31.2
Helen Lhamon (12th) 55:33.8
Debra Smith (18th) 57:36.6
Mike Griffin (25th) 59:04.3
Jacob Smith (26th) 59:12.0
Mike Carron (49th) 1:07:28.0
Jenny Carroll (63rd) 1:16:21.4
William Papa (70th) 1:31:45.3
Abbie Martin (73rd) 1:37:51.8
Christine Marx (74th) 1:50:07.9
Lynda Richards (75th) 1:50:08.2

5K:

Ty Eck (2nd) 21:00.0
Olivia Flack (4th) 21:58.1
Lindsey Roberts (6th) 22:46.4
Gabe Eck (8th) 22:57.3
Kalia Littlejohn (11th) 23:51.2
Michael Laska (14th) 24:49.8
Megan Taylor (17th) 25:53.5
Christine Jump (24th) 27:23.1
Reed Richards (26th) 27:25.3
Claire Wilson (28th) 27:51.9
Maria Summers (29th) 28:10.3
Kelly Keilwitz (31st) 28:17.6
Janie Keilwitz (32nd) 28:18.5
Malcolm Bishop (33rd) 28:19.9
Anne Marie Griffin (34th) 28:31.2
Kari Habeck (37th) 29:07.8
Cheree Francart (39th) 29:39.7
Susan Marchese (59th) 35:24.4
Sherry Roberts (67th) 37:56.0
Dawn Hesselgrave (69th) 38:00.4
Kenia Eck (73rd) 38:27.1
Jennifer Laska (78th) 42:17.0
Linda Hosek (80th) 42:59.1
Stacey Neumiller (84th) 48:40.0
Kathy Vass (86th) 48:46.1
Scott Ashworth (93rd) 53:08.7
Anne Katherine (94th) 1:03:41.4
Constance Wolfe (95th) 1:03:41.6

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Ty & Gabe’s Excellent Adventure rolls on!!

Posted in Football, Middle School, tagged , , , , , on July 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Gabe Eck sportin' Team USA colors. (Cielo Eck photos)

Gabe Eck sportin’ Team USA colors. (Cielo Eck photos)

The home of football excellence.

The home of football excellence.

Ty Eck

Ty Eck

award

Ty Eck’s award from the U of O camp.

Football is their ticket across the USA.

As they prepare for their eighth grade season at Coupeville Middle School, twins Gabe and Ty Eck are already familiar with their helmet and pads.

The pair took a brief break from their spring baseball season, when they played for the Oak Harbor Babe Ruth squad, to attend a three-day football camp at the University of Oregon.

Out of 350 players in grades 8-12, camp officials singled out 32 to receive awards, with Ty Eck being tabbed as the Most Outstanding 8th Grade Defensive Back.

Then, after wrapping their baseball season, the Ecks hit the road for a far longer trip, heading off to Canton, Ohio, home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

While there, the duo attended the week-long USA Football’s National Team Development Games. The event, sponsored by Shock Doctor, was held at Walsh University.

Drawing in players from across the country, the event, which boasted more than 180 incoming eighth-grade and freshman players, was a 2-in-1 affair.

Players had the chance to receive coaching and skills work while also getting a chance to compete for spots on the U15 U.S. National Team, which competes against Canada in the International Bowl.

Playing and practicing in front of current NCAA coaches and USA Football scouts, the Ecks and their fellow players competed in game action and had numerous seminars.

While there, they received instruction on proper equipment fitting, concussion education, heat preparedness and hydration education and proper tackling techniques.

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Hired guns fuel red-hot baseball squad!!

Posted in Baseball, Little League, tagged , , , , on June 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Ty (left) and Gabe Eck. (Kenia Eck photo)

Ty (left) and Gabe Eck. (Kenia Eck photo)

Five men strong and kickin’ booty.

Fueled by their Coupeville Middle School players, who can now be hailed as the Fab Five, the Oak Harbor Babe Ruth baseball squad is on a hot streak as the playoffs near.

The Wildcats, who feature CMS stars Joey Lippo, Hunter Smith, Ty Eck, Gabe Eck and newcomer Jake Pease, have won four straight and qualified for the district playoffs.

After slipping past Anacortes 9-7, the ‘Cats pounded Concrete 14-3 and 12-1. Oak Harbor then edged Burlington 7-6 to keep the streak alive.

While most of the roster is Oak Town-based, the Coupeville five are making an impact.

Lippo is a fixture behind the plate and he and Smith are swinging hot bats.

Meanwhile, the speed demon Eck bothers chip in wherever they play, with Ty seeing mound duty against Burlington while Gabe patrolled center field.

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Wolves power OH baseball squad!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo

Joey Lippo

Contributed by Joe Lippo.

There were four boys from Coupeville who were invited to play on the Oak Harbor Babe Ruth Wildcats travel baseball team.

CMS 8th graders Hunter Smith and Joey Lippo and 7th graders Gabe and Ty Eck made the cut this year.

To recap the start of the season, the Oak Harbor boys were having issues finding the sweet spot, and dropped their first six games.

Admittedly, these games were against teams from the older section of the league, including a Ferndale team that made the Everett Silvertips look small.

However, things started coming together this week.

A trip to Mount Vernon resulted in a loss, but the Cats answered back with a convincing win in the second game of the home and away series.

Saturday they took the long ferry ride to Friday Harbor for a double header.

The first game featured Friday Harbor scoring all its runs in the first and second innings, and then getting totally outplayed in the last five.

Smith and Lippo accounted for two RBI in the comeback attempt, and Gabe Eck made several key catches at center field. Thomas Anderson flashed the leather at third base, while Kamren Mebane soaked up everything that came his way at first.

It was not to be however, and the game ended as several players could be heard wishing for “one more inning” to complete the comeback.

The second game saw the Oak Harbor bats staying alive to take an early lead off hits from James Besaw, Drew Eaton and Chris Trisler.

Through the middle innings, Friday Harbor chipped away at the Wildcat lead, and the score at the top of the 5th was 6-4 in favor of Oak Harbor, but with Friday Harbor coming on strong.

Sensing that the momentum had shifted away from his team, Coach Shawn Trisler put Josh Margraff on the mound, shifted Ty Eck to second and put Lippo in at shortstop.

Then Margraff, Lippo and Smith, who was catching, proceeded to shut down Friday Harbor over the next three innings.

Margraff threw everything under the sun, including a breaking ball that went straight for the batters head, and then sank neatly across the plate.

Lippo made a dazzling play at shortstop, and Smith picked off a runner at third.

The bats also came back in the sixth for Oak Harbor, as it ran the score up to 8-4.

The bottom of the 7th featured a Friday Harbor home run, but that was all they could muster as Margraff helped his own cause with a pickoff at 2nd and a strikeout.

He capped things by fielding a comeback ball neatly, flipping to Besaw at first for the final out and an 8-5 win.

Both games featured a season low for errors (a problem that Oak Harbor has been struggling with), and more hits, a sure combination for victory.

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