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Bundy still a badass

Posted in Alumni, tagged CHS Wolves, Kittitas County, Law Enforcement Academy, Soccer, Zane Bundy on January 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville alumni Zane Bundy (right) continues to excel as a member of law enforcement. (Photo property Kittitas County Sheriff’s Department)

From the aisles at Videoville to the streets of Ellensburg, Zane Bundy continues to shine brightly.

The 2016 Coupeville High School grad, who is a deputy with the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Department, has spent the past year achieving milestones.

He married fellow Wolf alum Rebecca Robinson, became a deputy, and, as of Tuesday, is a graduate of Washington state’s Basic Law Enforcement Academy.

The path to graduation, which he took alongside fellow Kittitas deputy Beau Hazzard, was not an easy one, as the ongoing pandemic threw things out of whack.

“Beau and Zane succeeded their way through an academy that was repeatedly interrupted by COVID-related closures and modifications,” the Kittitas County Sheriff Department said in a Facebook post.

“They made the most of delays, spending time helping the Sheriff’s office with its own COVID response and modifications, getting ahead of the game in some more advanced training, and preparing for the field training phase they will now start.”

Bundy, son of Mark Bundy and Janine Coutts, spent a great deal of his younger days camped out in the video game section at Videoville, perusing the N64 games.

A soccer prodigy from a young age, Zane was a top goal-scorer for both select and school teams, then added football to his resume during his senior year at CHS.

Utilizing his powerful kicking leg, he smashed field goals and PAT’s for the Wolves, leading Coupeville’s gridiron team in scoring that season.

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Zane Bundy still The Man

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged CHS Wolves, Kittitas County, sheriff's deputy, Soccer, Zane Bundy on March 18, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Former Coupeville soccer/football star Zane Bundy is now a deputy with the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Department. (Photo poached from Janine Bundy)

The journey continues.

Zane Bundy was one of those Coupeville kids who spent a good chunk of his early days camped out in the video game aisle at Videoville.

Later, he was a soccer star, one of the best to ever come through CHS, a high-flying, often-electrifying player who had superb touch with the ball and a genuine love for the sport which always shone through brightly.

As a senior, he threw everyone a curve, joining the Wolf football team and excelling as a kicker, leading the team in scoring while finishing as one of the best field goal kickers in the state.

Now, the 2016 CHS grad is engaged to fellow Wolf alum Rebecca Robinson and busy being a full-time adult.

Tuesday he was sworn in as a deputy with the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Department, and I just had to pass on the news.

Well done, Mr. Bundy, well done.

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Don’t you (forget about Zane)!!

Posted in Football, Wolves in college, tagged football, fundraiser, kicker, Santa Barbara City College, Zane Bundy on August 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Zane Bundy led CHS football in scoring as a senior. (John Fisken photos)

Bundy celebrates Senior Night with family.

Gone, but not forgotten.

After blazing a mighty trail across Wolf Nation as a soccer and football player, Zane Bundy is now off pursuing his college sports dream.

Bundy is a freshman at Santa Barbara City College, where he’s trying to make the Vaqueros squad as a kicker.

A four-year starter for the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad, Bundy mixed up things as a senior and joined the Wolf football squad.

He ended up leading CHS in scoring and finished among the top kickers in Washington state, earning interest from SBCC, a school with a strong football tradition (and 11 conference championships to its credit).

As the Vaqueros prepare for their season (they open against Ventura Sept. 3), players are raising money to help with expenses.

Donations will go towards helping with “a new rack of dumbbells, resistance-bands, our end of year banquet and awards ceremony, pregame meals, travel expenses, game-day attire and assistant coaching stipends.”

If you’re interested in learning more and helping Bundy, pop over to:

http://app.eteamsponsor.com/ETS/supportUs/22635649?fund_participant_id=23689720&program=208368&fundraiser=22635649&participant=23689717&source=sms

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Ignore the rain, today’s about Zane!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, Football, Happy birthday, tagged cake day, CHS Wolves, football, Happy birthday, Soccer, Zane Bundy on May 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Zane Bundy, through the years.

The best-dressed booter in the biz. (John Fisken photos)

Doin’ what he does.

Zane Bundy is special.

The Coupeville High School senior, who celebrates a birthday today, is a rarity, in many ways.

I’ve seen him grow up seemingly for all of his life, because in his early days he was a fixture at Videoville and David’s DVD Den, the constant companion to mom Janine or dad Mark.

Whether he was knee-deep in the video game section, trying to fast-talk his way to renting a questionable movie that he absolutely, positively needed to see or scampering around the aisles, Zane was a friendly ball o’ fire.

As he grew, both in age and shooting up like a weed in height, young Mr. Bundy picked up the mantle of soccer star and ran with it.

Both as a select player and high school booter, he’s been one of the most consistent stars we’ve had in Coupeville in the last decade.

Zane had a nose for goal-scoring, but also showed an extremely deft touch with the ball when setting others up for the shot.

And, despite always being a pretty dang skinny kid, he has never been afraid to rumble in the scrums, taking and exchanging body blows with the burliest of foes.

Proving people can always surprise you, Bundy slipped off the pitch as a senior to join the CHS football team for the first time.

Utilizing his booming leg, he led the Wolves in scoring and was among the best prep field goal kickers in the state.

He even snagged himself a tackle late in the season, which delighted Zane and coach Ryan King, while causing his mom to (momentarily) hyperventilate.

And lo and behold, it’s football, not soccer, which he’ll be playing in college.

Who saw that coming?

Through it all, whether he was playing “the beautiful game” or staying one step ahead of grunting, 300-pound would-be tacklers, Bundy has never changed as a person.

And that, ultimately, is what has always made him one of my favorite athletes, on and off the field.

He remains today the same fresh-faced, super-friendly person he was as a young boy, though now, as a young man set to graduate high school in a week, he’s become quite the fashion fiend.

Athletes come and athletes go, and a few will always rise above the crowd, for any number of reasons. Some positive, some negative.

With Zane, it has been nothing but positive, from day one to his final moments as a Wolf.

I hope he goes down to Santa Barbara City College and makes a big splash with the Vaqueros gridiron squad. That goes without saying.

But regardless of how his entree into college football goes, this is a young man who will be a success in life, and that’s far more important.

He is too kind, too smart, too friendly, too talented, not to do well.

Today is a small sliver of his life, and I hope his cake day is a smashing one. But I also hope every day around his birthday is equally winning.

Face it, Zane, you’re a pretty awesome guy.

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It’s a long way to the top (but they made it)!!

Posted in Hall o' Fame, tagged 1991, Abraham Leyva, baseball, CHS Wolves, Emily Burchfield, Hall of Fame, Soccer, Zane Bundy on May 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Hall o’ Fame inductee Emily Burchfield is joined by Zane Bundy (top right), the ’91 CHS baseball squad and Abraham Leyva.

Perseverance. Class. Skill.

Pick your adjective and they all describe the athletes who make up the 47th class to be inducted into the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame.

Possibly the two most dynamic booters in school history, a two-sport star who overcame a horrifying injury to excel and one of the best teams in Wolf lore, it’s as solid a bunch as they come.

With that, we welcome Emily Burchfield, Zane Bundy, Abraham Leyva and the 1991 Coupeville High School baseball squad to these hallowed digital walls.

After this, you’ll find them up at the top of the blog, living under the Legends tab with their brethren.

Our first inductee, the world-traveling, brilliant Burchfield, was a star on the soccer pitch and tennis court during her time at CHS.

She was also a superb triathlon competitor, and it was at one of those events where she was hit by a speeding car, shattering her back.

Burchfield amazed the doctors and all around her by not only fighting back in record time, but healing to the extent she was able to return to the hard-court and win a district singles title.

One of the most purely talented players to rep the red and black, Emily was also one of the strongest-willed, and her skills, on and off the athletic stage, are undeniable.

These days the former Science Olympiad world-beater is a college grad who is boppin’ around the globe, but her legend still looms large in the little town she sprang from.

Our next two inductees are about to go out and make their mark on the outside world, and it’s appropriate they go into the Hall together.

Bundy and Leyva, who will graduate in June, grew up on the soccer pitch, uniting to form the most potent scoring duo in CHS boys’ soccer history.

In his three years as a Wolf, Leyva set the regular season (20) and career (45) goal-scoring records, with a ton of those set up by his running mate.

Bundy, who had to battle back through injury, was equally explosive when he had the ball on his foot, and that carried over to the football field.

Playing for the first time as a senior, the little kid who once ran wild in the aisles at Videoville, led the Wolf gridiron squad in scoring this past fall.

He was one of the top field goal booters in the state, and his booming drives drew the eyes of college coaches.

In an unexpected detour, it’s football, not soccer, which Bundy will play at the next level, having signed with Santa Barbara City College.

Rounding out today’s class is the 1991 Wolf baseball squad, a team which won a league title, breaking a decade-long dry spell for the program.

Little did they know at the time it would then be 25 more years before Coupeville would again hoist a league title banner for baseball, a feat finally accomplished by the 2016 edition.

The ’91 squad, which featured several players who were key parts of the ’90 Wolf football squad which went undefeated, went on a rampage both with the bats and the arms.

Staff ace Brad Haslam tossed a no-hitter and recorded double digits in strike outs in two-thirds of his starts, while the Wolves rolled up a 145-79 advantage in runs scored over 19 games.

Four different CHS big boppers (Haslam, Frank Marti, Jason McFadyen and Matt Cross) hit legitimate home runs, as Coupeville featured a lineup that thrived on extra-base hits.

Carving up the Northwest B League to a 9-1 tune, the Wolves went 13-6, rolling along until hitting an unexpected bump in their opening playoff game.

One out away from a win over Winlock, Coupeville couldn’t put the game away, surrendering a lead in the seventh before eventually falling 16-13 in 10 innings.

While the loss put a sour taste in a lot of mouths at the time, the achievements of that Wolf team far overshadow a bad inning or two 25 years down the road.

One of the most dominant teams in school history, in any sport, the ’91 hardball squad officially comes home to reside where they have always belonged — the Hall o’ Fame.

Inducted as a team:

Mike Rice (coach)
Cory Smith (manager)
Eric Anderson
Shawn Ankney
Brian Barr
Troy Blouin
Todd Brown
Chris Cox
Jon Crimmins
Matt Cross
Keith Currier
Chris Frey
Brad Haslam
Frank Marti
Jason McFadyen
Jason McManigle
Jeremiah Prater
Jay Renaux
Ryan Samplawski
John Turner
Aaron Williams
Scott Wofford
Brian Wood
Scott Zustiak