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We came! We saw! We pinned!!

Posted in Wrestling, tagged , , , , on November 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Gracy Woollet (John Fiskenb photo)

   No mercy. As soon as Gracy Woollet (right) gets this pin, she’s coming for you, Mr. Photographer. (John Fisken photo)

Dylan Estes was on a roll.

The Coupeville Middle School sixth grader won all four of his wrestling matches Sunday — three by fall — at the Wildcat Thanksgiving Throwdown in Oak Harbor.

His title in the Novice 70 class was the top performance delivered by a Wolf, as three Coupeville grapplers competed for the Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club.

Coupeville Elementary second-graders Gracy Woollet and Jacob Barajas each claimed third place.

Complete results:

Gracy Woollet (Bantam 60):

Round 1 – Won by major decision (12-2) over Brayden Ebbesen (Ferndale Force Wrestling Club)

Round 3 – Lost by fall (2:56) to Lukas Romero (Vandit Wrestling Academy)

Round 4 – Lost by fall (2:33) to Edward Pacheco (Blain Barracudas)

Round 5 – Won by decision (8-4) over Grady Anderson (Whidbey Wildcats Wrestling Club)

Jacob Barajas (Bantam 65-67):

Round 2 – Lost by major decision (14-2) to Brendan David (NWWC)

Round 3 – Lost by medical forfeit to Jon Wyngaert (Piranha Wrestling Club)

Dylan Estes (Novice 70):

Round 1 – Won by fall (2:54) over Alexander Clairmont (Whidbey Wildcats Wrestling Club)

Round 2 – Won by fall (1:51) over Joseph Chonka (Anacortes Hawkeyes Wrestling Club)

Round 3 – Won by fall (0:53) over Ryker Marsing (Piranha Wrestling Club)

Round 5 – Won by decision (6-5) over Jorey Johnson (Piranha Wrestling Club)

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Wolf grapplers storm the mat!!

Posted in Wrestling, tagged , , , , , on November 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Woolett

The Battlin’ Woollets are (l to r) Gracy, Lita and Seth. (John Fisken photos)

Estes (right)

Dylan Estes (right) fights for control during one of his matches.

Woollet

Gracy Woollet brings the pain.

There’s no high school team, but that doesn’t stop the young guns.

Six Coupeville students, including three from the same family, are competing with the Whidbey Wildcats Wrestling Club this season.

Five of the six saw action this weekend, with sixth grader Lita Woollet and fourth grader Seth Woollet both taking second place in their divisions Saturday at the Anacortes Hawkeyes Novice Tournament.

Lita advanced to the championship round, while Seth rebounded after an early loss.

Gracy Woollet (2nd grade) and Jacob Barajas (2nd grade) also wrestled Sunday, while Dylan Estes (6th grade) took part in Saturday’s Anacortes Hawkeyes Open.

Sixth-grader Daniel Barajas is also on the club roster, but did not compete this weekend.

Complete results:

Dylan Estes (Novice-70 pound)

Round 1 – Bye
Quarterfinal – Lost by fall (1:00) to Kevin Cantini (Bad Draw Wrestling Club)
Cons. Round 2 – Bye
Cons. Round 3 – Lost by major decision (15-6) to Keaton Mayernik (Team Scorpion)

Gracy Woollet (Bantam 55-56)

Round 1 – Lost by fall (1:57) to Jack Decelle (Skagit Valley Yellow Jackets)
Round 2 – Lost by decision (9-3) to Tanner Requa (Team Scorpions)
Round 3 – Lost by decision (2-2) to Riley Bowen (Sedro Woolley Steelclaw Wrestling Club)

Seth Woollet (Intermediate 64-66)

Round 1 – Won by fall (3:00) over Dallas Prouty (Arlington Wrestling Academy)
Round 2 – Lost by major decision (12-0) to Joseph Davis (Marysville Wrestling Club)
Round 3 – Won by major decision (17-3) over Joseph Pestar (Anacortes Hawkeyes)

Lita Woollet (Novice 60-66)

Round 1 – Won by fall (2:18) over Declan Steeves (Team Scorpions)
Round 2 – Won by fall (1:24) over Ramiro Becerra (Sedro Woolley Steelclaw Wrestling Club)
Round 3 – Lost by fall (2:46) to Cal Wellner (Redmond Bulldogs)

Jacob Barajas (Bantam 63-66)

Round 1 – Won by decision (9-6) over Jaden Kranson (GFYAA Tiger Wrestling)
Round 2 – Lost by decision (10-7) to Gannon Camlin (Arlington Wrestling Academy)
Round 3 – Lost by decision (7-6) to Sonny Mejia (Wrestling Rhinos)

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Little grapplers, big pins!!

Posted in Wrestling, tagged , , , on December 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Dylan Estes (John Fisken photos)

Dylan Estes (in black) unleashes his patented Elbow ‘o Much Hurtin’. (John Fisken photos)

Lita Woollet

Lita Woollet (left) successfully escapes from a would-be pinner.

Seth Woollet

Seth Woollet (right) is ready to tango.

Natasha Estes

Natasha Estes (in black) strikes like a snake. A deadly snake.

Gracy Woollett

Gracy Woollett (on top) just about has this one wrapped up.

Coupeville High School might want to look into getting a wrestling program started.

There are talented future Wolves out there conquering foes on the mats today. Once they reach high school, will they have a team to compete for?

Right now, the Furious Five — Dylan and Natasha Estes and Seth, Gracy and Lita Woollet — are competing for the Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club.

The photos above, courtesy travelin’ camera clicker John Fisken, are from a recent tournament in Skagit Valley.

Both of the Estes siblings took first place, with Dylan sweeping all three of his matches.

Gracy and Lita Woollett both claimed third place in their divisions, with Seth Woollett taking fourth.

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We let a state champ get away!!

Posted in Wrestling, tagged , , , , on February 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Chloe Gardner could have been the best athlete at Coupeville High School, but real life had to go and mess that up. (Wade Gardner photo)

   Chloe Gardner could be the best athlete at Coupeville High School right now, but real life had to go and mess all that up. (Wade Gardner photo)

The Gardners (l to r), Bailey, Trina, Chloe, Wade and Taylor.

The Gardners (l to r), Bailey, Trina, Chloe, Wade and Taylor.

Fools! We had a state champion in Coupeville and let her move away.

Now, of course, one could argue that Chloe Gardner, who won a 1A state wrestling title for Nooksack Valley in the 145 pound classification at Mat Classic XXVI in Tacoma Saturday, never would have done that if she and her family had stayed in Cow Town.

Cause it’s kind of hard to win when your town doesn’t have a wrestling team…

But, thanks to the whims of fate, when a new job for dad Wade took the Gardners off-Island in 2004 (mom Trina was the #1 barista at Miriam’s Espresso at the time and put up with me on a daily basis), a whole new world opened for Chloe.

Not immediately, of course, as she was only in the third grade when she left Coupeville Elementary School.

But flash-forward to now, when the senior pinned Enumclaw’s Danielle Cormier in the championship match, and Chloe capped a remarkably successful run as a high school grappler.

Also a standout softball player and runner for Nooksack, she won all four of her matches at the two-day state tourney by pin. Her title followed a third-place finish as a junior and fourth-place as a sophomore.

Chloe’s younger brother, Taylor, who was in second grade when the family left Coupeville, is now a junior and was also at Mat Classic.

He was disqualified after being accused of biting his opponent in the second round, but was reinstated after a video review showed the other kid to be a little liar.

The family drama almost hurt Chloe as she came out slowly in her first match after her brother’s initial DQ and was almost pinned. Then, she got mad, rallied and whomped on the girl with the same intensity she has brought to all her sports.

An eight-time state qualifier in her various sports, Gardner will suit up for the Nooksack softball squad one final time before heading off to Skagit Valley College to seek a degree in Criminal Justice.

Meanwhile, Wolf fans will be left to wonder what could have been if Chloe, Taylor and 12-year old volleyball ace Bailey (who lived on Swedish Fish as a two-year old running the counter with me at Videoville) hadn’t been taken from Coupeville.

Well played, Nooksack Valley. Well played.

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