2023-06-30 01:38
Wolf netters are on the move. After getting school board approval for the project Thursday, Coupeville High School will build new tennis courts this summer, financed by money from its capita… Read More
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2023-06-30 00:05
Their stories are unique, but the sentiment at the core is the same. Local students, current and former, are pouring their hearts out in the wake of Tom Black’s 19-year run at Coupevil… Read More
2023-06-29 20:23
Your wallet will NOT take a hit, after all. A proposal to raise athletic fees for Coupeville High School and Middle School athletes has been pulled from the consent agenda for tonight’… Read More
2023-06-29 16:43
They’re on a pizza-eating tour of Eastern Washington. Coupeville High School athletes are spending some of the first days of summer hanging out at Gonzaga University, picking up pointe… Read More
2023-06-29 11:14
It’s not just students. Parents are speaking out as well, determined to convince Coupeville Schools Superintendent Steve King to reverse his decision to cut the Dean of Students positi… Read More
2023-06-29 06:03
Get your car nice and shiny before it’s covered in bits and pieces of fireworks. Coupeville High School volleyball players are hosting a two-day car wash at Ebey Academy Saturday and S… Read More
2023-06-28 21:44
His community is embracing him. Budget cuts in the Coupeville School District claimed the job of CHS/CMS Dean of Students Tom Black, but people are not having it. The through line, as captur… Read More
2023-06-28 12:12
They continue to turn up the heat in creative ways. The fan club for Coupeville High School Dean of Students Tom Black is using old-school paint and new-school social media to drive home the… Read More
2023-06-28 05:10
Roll on, mighty Wolves, roll on. Beating visiting Sedro-Woolley 10-0 for the second night in a row, the Central Whidbey Little League Majors softball team cleared a major hurdle Tuesday nigh… Read More
2023-06-27 21:11
Life after life, changed. Student after student, made to feel seen, cared about, and protected. Whatever title you want to give Tom Black, whether it be Dean of Students or something else, t… Read More
2023-06-27 10:21
Every generation is speaking out. Coupeville alumni have come on strong in support of Tom Black, the Dean of Students, saying his value is more than a dollar amount, and he shouldn’t b… Read More
2023-06-27 05:35
They’re halfway to the promised land. The Central Whidbey Little League Majors softball squad kept its unbeaten streak alive Monday, thrashing Sedro-Woolley 10-0 in the District 11 pla… Read More
2023-06-27 04:31
There’s a new hashtag sweeping across numerous social media sites. It’s #bringbackblack, launched by community members who view Coupeville High School/Middle School Dean of Stude… Read More
2023-06-27 00:00
Facebook comments are not real life. It’s a Wild West out there, where anyone can say anything, and I don’t have the time or desire to spend countless hours shooting down every h… Read More
2023-06-26 21:01
They’re making some noise on the diamond. A year after failing to win a game at the National Softball Association state tourney as a 16U team, the Whidbey Island Thunder moved up a div… Read More
2023-06-26 19:22
Class is out, so they’re schoolin’ fools on the track. Coupeville sisters Finley and Scotlyn Helm kicked off the summer racing season this past weekend, taking lil’ bro alo… Read More
2023-06-26 01:44
Two victories away from a big-time road trip. The Central Whidbey Little League Majors softball squad carries an undefeated 12-0 record into the District 11 tourney, which runs June 26-28 at… Read More
2023-06-25 19:22
Of all the coaches I’ve worked with, Ken Stange remains the very definition of a straight shooter. A longtime teacher, both here in Coupeville, and before that, in reservation schools… Read More
2023-06-25 05:50
Coupeville represented in the Eastern heat. On a sunny Saturday where temps in Yakima crested into the mid-80’s, recent Wolf grad Dominic Coffman participated in the Earl Barden Classi… Read More
2023-06-25 05:07
Listen to the community. The decision to cut the Dean of Students position at Coupeville High School/Middle School, ending Tom Black’s 19-year run, is being met with universal resistan… Read More
2023-06-24 20:29
Barring a major plot twist, Coupeville Schools Superintendent Steve King’s contract will be extended through 2025 at next Thursday’s school board meeting. Approval of a new contr… Read More
2023-06-24 08:18
You’ll soon be paying more for your kids to play. If approved by the school board at its meeting June 29, Coupeville High School and Middle School will hike athletic fees beginning thi… Read More
2023-06-23 17:57
He is their friend, their mentor, their rock. For 19 years, Tom Black has stood tall for Coupeville students, knowing when to joke, when to gently aim a foot for a butt, when to administer h… Read More
2023-06-23 04:59
There is a human cost to every budget cut. On paper, it’s dollars and cents. But the impact one school employee can have on a generation of students is immeasurable. This week Coupevil… Read More
2023-06-22 16:30
The newest round of budget cuts in the Coupeville School District affects paraeducators and the farm manager, while eliminating the Dean of Students position. The School Board, on a 4-1 vote… Read More
2023-06-21 16:36
He’s batting .1000. Coupeville grad Joey Lippo made the All-Academic team for the North Atlantic Conference twice during the 2022-2023 school year, honored for his classroom work durin… Read More
2023-06-20 22:52
Great coffee for great people. That’s the slogan driving Chad Rickner, who recently retired from a 25-year teaching career to fully focus on his new love, running Coupeville Coffee Roa… Read More
2023-06-20 11:04
I am not a photographer. With the exception of one (accidentally) well-timed high school wrestling pic I snapped 30 years ago during my Whidbey News-Times days, no one is likely to look at a… Read More
2023-06-19 18:40
Everything was clicking. The glove work was nearly impeccable. The pitching was overpowering. And the bats? They were booming. Putting together a rock-solid run Sunday, the Whidbey Island Th… Read More
2023-06-19 01:22
Don’t hurt ’em, Kwamane! Whoops, too late. Former Coupeville High School football coach Kwamane Bowens is pulling double duty these days, working with a new generation of gridiro… Read More
2023-06-18 17:26
One more chance to earn some floor burn. A week after graduating from Coupeville High School, hoops hotshot Maddie Georges capped her prep sports career by playing in the Washington All-Stat… Read More
2023-06-17 03:06
“We need to keep this great organization healthy and vibrant.” The Coupeville Booster Club has been at the forefront of Wolf athletics in recent years, providing financial suppor… Read More
2023-06-15 06:24
God’s chosen sport was in full bloom Wednesday night. Basketball, of the early summer variety, was on the schedule, and Coupeville High School’s boys’ hoops squads were in… Read More
2023-06-15 04:40
They’re movin’ on and movin’ up. Coupeville Elementary School Principal David Ebersole sent 85(!!) fifth graders on to their next destination Wednesday afternoon. The Class… Read More
2023-06-14 23:43
Maybe this one I really will get to call “The Chosen One.” When Coupeville High School girls’ basketball coach (and three-time CHS Female Athlete of the Year) Megan Smith w… Read More
2023-06-14 23:23
It’s the first of many milestones, school-wise. Coupeville’s kindergartners got their walking papers Wednesday, and now head off to 1st grade in the fall. But before they went, t… Read More
2023-06-14 21:01
She’s off to an impressive start. Coupeville Middle School 6th grader Tamsin Ward won 11 times, across four different events, in the just-concluded track and field season. While middle… Read More
2023-06-13 20:25
The campus will be the same, but everything else will be (slightly) different. Coupeville Middle School 8th graders officially become high schoolers Wednesday, with a “passages”… Read More
2023-06-13 04:54
Let the awards rain down. Coupeville 5th grader Abbie Moss and her horse Blu have been to two reigning and ranch riding horse shows and brought home six ribbons each time. The second time ou… Read More
2023-06-13 02:41
They’re thunder and lightning. Coupeville sisters Finley and Scotlyn Helm continue to rip up the racing oval (and sometimes their own cars) in the pursuit of pedal to the metal excelle… Read More
2023-06-12 20:37
We have to go back. Graduation photos equals page hits, so, we return to Saturday’s Coupeville High School festivities one more time. With a big thanks to Wolf Moms (and dads, and gran… Read More
2023-06-12 14:51
Yep, you’re all still wrong. Back in 1996, two years into my 12-year run working behind the counter at Videoville, I relentlessly pushed a movie on renters. A film which fractured Coup… Read More
2023-06-11 13:19
Graduation photos, falling from the heavens like rain drops. Bouncing around the internet, I’m back to poach some more pics from Wolf Moms (and dads, and students). Together, they form… Read More
2023-06-10 23:48
Mission accomplished. Coupeville High School Class of 2023 students stepped lightly across damp grass Saturday at Mickey Clark Field to accept their diplomas. New worlds and new challenges a… Read More
2023-06-10 16:31
Want to support Wolf athletics in the future? Then it’s time to get in on the ground floor today. The Coupeville Booster Club is holding its “year-end” meeting this coming… Read More
2023-06-10 04:34
Hit the gas and head to graduation. Coupeville High School seniors hopped in an assortment of vehicles Friday and did a tour through downtown. Now it’s on to the big show itself &mdash&hell…Read More
2023-06-10 04:04
They walked this way. Then back that way. A day before graduation, Coupeville High School seniors strolled down a familiar path. The Wolves exited CHS Friday morning and strolled down the st… Read More
2023-06-09 17:03
It’s a mad swirl of awards and scholarships being handed out in the days leading up to graduation. The busiest time of the school year creates a madhouse atmosphere for teachers, admin… Read More
2023-06-09 01:22
Remember when Coupeville High School graduated about 35-40 students every year? Pepperidge Farm does. Well, tell that to my typing fingers, which are working a lot harder this time around, a… Read More
2023-06-09 00:29
Like cream, they rose to the top. When Coupeville High School’s Class of 2023 graduates Saturday, six girls and four boys will comprise the inner circle. Led by Valedictorians Helen St… Read More
2023-06-08 21:16
God’s chosen sport rules in any season. The end of the school year is just around the corner, but basketballs are bouncing in gyms even as temps heat up. Coupeville High School girls&r&hell…Read More
2023-06-08 20:47
They fire lightning bolts and make the heavens quake with the fury from their bats. Hitting the travel ball trail this summer, the 14 young women who comprise the Whidbey Island Thunder 18U… Read More
2023-06-08 17:47
Feel the coaching itch? Now’s the time to scratch it. Coupeville High School has openings for a girls and boys tennis coach, while also looking for someone to head up the JV boys&rsquo&hell…Read More
2023-06-07 22:14
Strong to the end. Sparked by a stellar spring, Coupeville High School held on for its first-ever top-five finish in the annual chase for the Scholastic Cup. The Wolves, who sent athletes to… Read More
2023-06-07 16:30
If you golf, the paparazzi will be there. Responding to the thunk of drivers hitting balls, and the gentle sizzle of hotdogs on the grill, wanderin’ camera clicker John Fisken haunted… Read More
2023-06-07 03:07
It’s the final stop on the final ride. Longtime Coupeville High School tennis coach Ken Stange called it a career this spring, after guiding Wolf netters for almost two decades. But be… Read More
2023-06-06 03:00
They’re going up on the wall. The display in the Coupeville High School gym hailing the school’s Athlete of the Year winners is growing by three. That was the official word Monda… Read More
2023-06-06 02:58
A trio for the win. Three multi-sport stars claimed awards Monday night, with Coupeville High School seniors Maddie Georges, Alita Blouin, and Aidan Wilson receiving the Cliff Gillies&n&hell…Read More
2023-06-06 02:05
Washington state’s most important high school football games are getting a big stage. For one year, at least. After using a mix of sites in recent years, the Washington Interscholastic… Read More
2023-06-05 16:53
The love of the game is already in place. A pack of future Wolf volleyball stars flooded the Coupeville High School gym for a recent skills camp put on by CHS coaches and players. The young… Read More
2023-06-04 22:25
No more meets, but a few photos left to deal with. The Coupeville Middle School track and field team wrapped its season last week with the Cascade League Championships, and today we offer up… Read More
2023-06-04 02:28
Tomorrow’s stars already own the gym. Coupeville High School volleyball coaches and players kicked off a series of skills camps, and first up was the K-6 group, as seen in the pics abo… Read More
2023-06-04 02:06
He went out like a champ. Just a few days before graduation, Coupeville High School senior Aidan Wilson finished 7th out of 32 competitors at the 51st annual Dennis McDonald Multi… Read More
2023-06-03 05:35
He’s on the prowl. Fresh off earning three medals at the state track and field championships, Coupeville High School senior Aidan Wilson is back out there, kickin’ fanny and taki… Read More
2023-06-03 05:11
It’s a squeaky-clean win-win. Get your vehicle de-grimed at a car wash Saturday, June 3, and you can help Coupeville’s Scout Troop 4058 attend a bold hiking trip to New Mexico. T… Read More
2023-06-03 04:06
MVP in the fall, MVP in the spring. Coupeville’s Scott Hilborn doesn’t play basketball, but he did pretty well in the other seasons. Coming off a trip to the state tourney, where… Read More
2023-06-03 04:05
The seniors shall lead the way. Coupeville’s two oldest players brought home hardware Friday night, with Scott Hilborn and Jonathan Valenzuela topping the list as Wolf baseball handed… Read More
2023-06-02 07:41
It’s an event so big it takes two trips to Lakewood to complete. Coupeville Middle School track and field athletes officially wrapped their season Wednesday at Day #2 of the Cascade Le… Read More
2023-06-02 06:10
They’re on a tear. Coupeville High School sophomore Gabriella Gebhard and her trusty canine companion, Walker – Set’r Ridge’s Legend in the Making, are picking up win… Read More
2023-06-02 05:47
One more time on the diamond, but with a twist. Coupeville High School seniors Jonathan Valenzuela and Scott Hilborn were on opposing teams Thursday night in Anacortes. The duo played in the… Read More
2023-06-01 03:06
The team with the deepest roster in town put a bow on things. Coupeville High School’s super-sized track and field squad handed out letters and certificates Wednesday, as Wolf coaches… Read More
2023-05-31 21:14
Further and further away, the implement flies. Despite adding the hammer throw to her repertoire late in her senior year, Coupeville track star Taygin Jump has shown amazing progression. The… Read More
2023-05-30 12:28
You can’t get in the door unless you earned some hardware. Scanning the internet for high school track and field state meet accomplishments, you can find results back to 1963, with 87… Read More
2023-05-30 11:50
Can’t play without one. Sports physicals are required for high school and middle school athletes, and are something every parent needs to stay on top of when monitoring their athletes… Read More
2023-05-29 00:19
One island, two state champs. While Coupeville celebrates Alex Murdy’s triumph in the long jump, South Whidbey also had a chance to see one of its track athletes ascend the podium at t… Read More
2023-05-28 04:07
Jam-packed and never-ending. The final day of the 2B state track and field championships went long Saturday, with unpredictable Yakima weather adding a two-hour delay to things. But, before… Read More
2023-05-28 00:49
The future is bright for Coupeville High School softball. Coming off a strong 14-6 season, seven Wolves were tabbed to All-Conference teams by Northwest 2B/1B League coaches. Better still, f… Read More
2023-05-28 00:46
It was a season of success. Playing through brutal “spring” weather until the final week, with a non-conference schedule stuffed full of top-level foes, the Coupeville High Schoo… Read More
2023-05-27 20:43
Class and competitive fire. Coupeville High School senior netter Helen Strelow has both traits, and so does her coach, Ken Stange. So, it’s sort of fitting the two concluded their prep… Read More
2023-05-27 16:26
They went for one final early morning row. Coupeville sisters Sophie and Lucy Sandahl were in the boat Saturday at the crack of dawn, competing in New Jersey at the NCAA D-II women’s r… Read More
2023-05-27 02:20
They’re set up for an awards windfall. Coupeville High School track and field athletes have claimed three medals, including a state title, at the three-day 2B state championships in Ya… Read More
2023-05-27 01:17
We’re in double digits. Coupeville senior Alex Murdy became the 10th track and field state champion in school history Friday, smashing his PR as he sailed to a win in the long jump at… Read More
2023-05-26 22:29
She’s sticking around. Having traveled all the way to Yakima for the 1B/2B state tennis championships, Coupeville’s Helen Strelow is giving the school van time to cool down befor… Read More
2023-05-26 21:47
Tamsin Ward is starting to get historical. The Coupeville Middle School 6th grader soared over the high jump at four feet, six inches Thursday in Lakewood, winning the title at day #1 of the… Read More
2023-05-26 04:55
You are NOT reading this on Facebook. Or Instagram. Or Twitter. Or any of a million other social media platforms sprouting up, dying, then sprouting back up, like poisonous mushrooms clingin… Read More
2023-05-26 03:27
Two medals in hand, and a third one on order. Day #1 of the three-day 2B state track and field championships went to plan for Coupeville High School, with all three athletes in competition d… Read More
2023-05-26 00:05
They’re in the swing of things. With another season of Central Whidbey Little League action playing out, there’s still time for group photos. The pics above and below come to us… Read More
2023-05-25 17:59
The community is united. While understanding budget cuts may be necessary as Coupeville schools deal with financial issues, a proposal to cut the athletic trainer position at the high school… Read More
2023-05-25 17:18
Time to hit the road. Coupeville High School track and field athletes and coaches rumbled out of town Thursday morning at the crack of dawn, headed for Yakima. The 2B state championships awa… Read More
2023-05-25 13:53
Support for Jessica Caselden continues to roll in. As Coupeville Schools administrators debate proposed budget cuts — including removing Caselden’s Athletic Trainer position &mda&hell…Read More
2023-05-25 04:33
She is needed, she is appreciated, she is valued. All of that and much more comes out when Coupeville athletes, coaches and parents talk about Jessica Caselden, who returned to her hometown… Read More
2023-05-24 17:03
With proposed budget cuts swirling in the air, many are speaking out about the importance of athletics in Coupeville schools. The idea that Jessica Caselden, a CHS alumnus who has had a huge… Read More
2023-05-24 02:26
It’s the big walk, before the final walk. A day before they graduate, Coupeville High School Class of 2023 members will wind their way down S. Main St., traveling from the high school… Read More
2023-05-24 02:03
Three Coupeville High School athletic teams combined to raise more than $1,700 for the fight against cancer. Numbers released by the WhidbeyHealth Foundation show the Wolf softball program b… Read More
2023-05-24 01:43
Proposed budget cuts by Coupeville Schools administrators have drawn strong responses. The following is a letter to the editor from a community member concerned about the possibility Jessica… Read More
2023-05-23 12:55
Mia Farris has a big bat, and she knows how to use it. The sophomore sensation spent much of the spring racking up stats on the softball field, helping pace Coupeville to a strong 14-6 campa… Read More
2023-05-23 11:16
Scott Hilborn had a pretty sweet swan song. The Coupeville High School senior led Wolf baseball to a 17-6 record, league and district titles, and the program’s first state tourney win… Read More
2023-05-23 04:02
Go East, young woman. Coupeville High School senior Taygin Jump is New York-bound after graduation, and she signed a letter of intent Monday to compete in indoor and outdoor track and field… Read More
2023-05-23 03:54
Tate Wyman is running off to a different state. The Coupeville High School senior signed a letter of intent Monday to compete in track and field at Oregon Tech. He’s the third member o… Read More
2023-05-22 22:22
The consent agenda for Thursday’s Coupeville School Board meeting includes a recommendation to hire Brian Gianello as the district’s new Director of Finance and Human Resources… Read More
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