Posted in coronavirus updates, tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Everett Herald, Washington State ferries, Whidbey Island on June 30, 2020| Leave a Comment »
A Washington state ferry idles in the water during happier times. (Sarah Kirkconnell photo)
Multiple workers on the Clinton/Mukilteo ferry run have tested positive for COVID-19.
The route, which is the busiest in the state in vehicle traffic, has already been running with just one boat, and not the normal two, the past two weekends.
For a complete report, pop over to the Everett Herald:
Posted in History Day, tagged CHS Wolves, Heni Barnes, History Day, jazz, Washington State ferries on June 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Former Coupeville History Day legend Heni Barnes now amazes people on the snow-swept tundra of Alaska. (Photo from Barnes Facebook page)
We have to go back.
Back a decade, that is, thanks to the videos below.
Coupeville teacher Wilbur Purdue has begun posting History Day videos to YouTube, and this four-pack all hail from 2010.
The work of talented Wolves who have long since graduated, they provide a window into two different times – the year they were crafted, and the years their various stories depict.
Get to some learnin’.
Shelby Kulz:
Dawson d’Almeida and Jackson King:
Heni Barnes:
Anna Bailey and Kelsey Miranda:
Posted in Basketball, tagged bad weather, Basketball, Chimacum, CHS Wolves, Washington State ferries on January 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
High winds affecting the Coupeville/Port Townsend ferry run Friday prevented Gavin Knoblich and Co. from traveling to Chimacum. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
The wait for basketball to return will go on a bit longer than expected.
Coupeville High School was slated to return from a 12-day break Friday, with three teams planning to set sail to the mainland to play Chimacum.
Mother Nature had other ideas.
Shortly before the Wolves were set to meet at the CHS gym, school officials announced Coupeville’s teams wouldn’t be traveling after all.
The Coupeville to Port Townsend ferry run had been disrupted off and on Friday by high winds and choppy seas, but was back on schedule as of 1:52 PM.
The Wolves were scheduled to leave Whidbey on the 2:45 ferry.
But, with a wind advisory having been stretched out to 10 PM, the chance Coupeville’s hoops stars would be stuck on the other side overnight — or have to take a much-longer return route — became a definite possibility.
Friday’s games, which would have featured girls and boys varsity games, as well as boys JV (Chimacum has no girls JV), were non-conference affairs.
They are also the second set of non-league games removed from the schedule due to wind, as Coupeville’s trip to play Port Townsend December 19 was also sidelined.
There is a slight possibility both matchups will be rescheduled, but put plenty of emphasis on that word “slight.”
With league play kicking into high gear next week for everyone involved, and a far greater emphasis put on getting those games in, it’s unlikely any of the officials at the three schools involved will spend much time looking for open dates.
Coupeville will now be coming off a 16-day break when it returns to play Tuesday.
The Wolf girls host Cedar Park Christian, while the CHS boys travel to Granite Falls, with both games being North Sound Conference bouts.
All Coupeville teams are home Friday, Jan. 10, as well, with Sultan on tap that night.
Posted in ferries, tagged beach it baby, Chimacum, CHS Wolves, Port Townsend, Salish, Washington State ferries on September 9, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The Salish, seen here in happier days, grounded itself Sunday, throwing a wrench into the Coupeville-Port Townsend ferry run. (Sarah Kirkconnell photo)
Willie Smith looks like even more of a genius.
The Coupeville High School Athletic Director made the call on bouncing from the Olympic League before this school year, ending a four-year run, and sending CHS to the new North Sound Conference.
One of the many benefits of the decision was reducing the number of times Wolf sports teams had to rely on the notoriously unpredictable Coupeville (Keystone)-Port Townsend ferry run.
After the Salish bit it Sunday, running aground and messing up its rudder, memories of earlier mishaps, when the entire run was put on hold for six months, surfaced.
The news got slightly better later in the day, as the Port Townsend Leader reported the Salish was freed from its grounding and a tug boat was on the way to tow the ferry away.
That will allow the Kennewick to slip in and give Washington State ferries at least one boat on a route which normally runs two.
Though there is still intrigue, as the Salish will have to be declared structurally safe to tow. Otherwise it sits in place and the ferry run is DOA for awhile.
But how does this affect Coupeville sports, is what you really want to know.
If the Wolves were still in the Olympic League, with frequent trips to Port Townsend ahead, there would be much gnashing of teeth.
Instead there is some slight angina.
CHS already played a non-league football game against Port Townsend, but the Wolves still have two non-league games against both Chimacum and the RedHawks scheduled this fall.
The first two arrive next Saturday, Sept. 15, when Coupeville is supposed to send boys tennis and girls soccer to play in Chimacum.
The other date in question is Oct. 4, when Port Townsend is scheduled to pop over to Whidbey for volleyball and soccer matches.
Any decision on Saturday’s events, since it’s CHS traveling, falls to Smith.
But, since the games are non-league, he’s not fretting too badly at the moment.
“If they are out of service, we will cancel,” he said. “But they are on a one-boat service now, so I will look at the schedules and see what’s available.
“Good thing we’re not dependent on that ferry now!!”
Posted in Girls Soccer, Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, Lauren Rose, Soccer, volleyball, Washington State ferries on October 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Lauren Rose works on fellow spiker Hope Lodell’s hair during the trip. (John Fisken photos)
Hanna Seiffert, a German foreign exchange student, is a newcomer to the state ferry system.
McKenzie Bailey (left), Monica Vidoni (center) and Madeline Strasburg run into the paparazzi.
Jacki Ginnings tries to catch a backpack-assisted nap.
The Briscoe sisters, Tiffany (left) and Kyla, grab a snack.
Sage Renninger (left) and Lauren Bayne enjoy the view from the deck.
Spikers (clockwise from lower left) Sofia Hassapis, Katrina McGranahan, Claire Mietus, Mackenzi Valko, Kameryn St Onge, Maggie Crimmins and Allison Wenzel.
Study or photo op? Jae LeVine can do both at the same time.
Whidbey athletes live on the ferry.
It’s a fact of life, as the boats carry them back and forth over the seasons, dropping them on the other side — whether it be Port Townsend or Mukilteo — then bringing them back home.
Along for a recent ride was travelin’ photo man John Fisken, who snapped the pics above as he bobbed through the water with the combined forces of the Coupeville High School volleyball and girls’ soccer squads.
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