2024-04-06 02:28
Logan Martin didn’t have much down time Friday. The Coupeville grad, now a sophomore at Central Washington University, threw in three events at the John Knight Twilight meet in Monmout… Read More
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2024-04-05 22:36
He’s movin’ on up. Former Coupeville football coach Jon Atkins is now the Athletic Director at Mariner High School in Everett. That’s a 4A institution which plays in Wesco… Read More
2024-04-05 22:10
Whether she lives on Whidbey or in far-flung destinations, Grace Roberts is a winner. The latest in a long line of distinguished athletes from her family, the former Wolf is now a multi-spor… Read More
2024-04-04 16:33
Every at-bat, every pitch recorded for posterity. Coupeville High School baseball coaches use Game Changer to record stats, which makes it easy for me to poach their numbers. So, as the Wolv… Read More
2024-04-03 20:00
We love it. We hate it. We sort of respect it. With spring sports in full swing, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association is back at it, issuing RPI rankings and hoping we&rsquo&hell…Read More
2024-04-02 10:23
Cameras clicking, as far as the eye can see. Coupeville High School yearbook photographers swarmed a recent track and field meet, capturing their classmates in action and behind the scenes… Read More
2024-04-01 20:40
The uniforms were different, but the superior style of play was still in place. Stepping up in the fight against cancer, the Coupeville High School softball sluggers wore special jerseys Sat… Read More
2024-04-01 09:14
The margin is incredibly thin. As the high school track and field season plays out, the best performance in each event constantly fluctuates. If you didn’t deliver this week, you might… Read More
2024-04-01 03:06
The fire captain is burning up the track. Even when his equipment fails to fully cooperate with him. Overcoming a snapped front spindle, Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue head honcho Jerry Hel… Read More
2024-03-31 10:44
The upcoming schedule is kind of light. As in, there are no Coupeville High School games next week. With spring break arriving, all four Wolf spring sports programs go into slow-down mode fo… Read More
2024-03-31 05:17
The scorebook will say Coupeville and Onalaska split their varsity softball doubleheader Saturday afternoon on the prairie. But for the Wolves, it was really a total win. CHS got the W in th… Read More
2024-03-31 03:09
Time to step back and take a deep breath. Coming off a 14-1 loss to visiting South Whidbey Saturday, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad sits at 3-6 on the season. But the defe… Read More
2024-03-31 02:12
The great outdoors agrees with Taygin Jump. The Coupeville grad, now a freshman at Plattsburgh State in New York, was finally let loose from the gym Saturday afternoon. And she promptly tore… Read More
2024-03-30 15:24
Live and in color. The four finalists to become the next superintendent for the Coupeville School District will be front and center early next month. There will be public forums April 8 and… Read More
2024-03-30 10:58
Warren Ove was one of the kindest men I have known. He always had a smile, a chuckle, a light in his eyes. Over the years, as I saw him from across the counter at Videoville, whether he was… Read More
2024-03-30 05:22
Former Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley is currently in a life-or-death health battle. According to a GoFundMe launched Friday by his family, he was “rushed to the hospital with a severe… Read More
2024-03-30 04:15
They drove to Concrete, then walked to a win. Collecting 20 free bases and 10 hits Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity softball squad crushed host Concrete 21-1 in a game mercy-ruled… Read More
2024-03-30 02:58
They’ve left the gym, but you can still hear the cheers. The Coupeville High School spirit team lit up winter nights during basketball season, providing a brisk backbeat to the squeaki… Read More
2024-03-30 02:51
Concrete was the cure. A Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad which had tallied 20 runs across its first seven games topped that total in just five innings of play Friday afternoon… Read More
2024-03-29 22:11
Logan Martin traveled across the USA, then threw the hammer almost all the way back. The Coupeville grad, now a sophomore at Central Washington University, earned 2nd place (out of 38 compet… Read More
2024-03-29 04:30
It wasn’t perfect, but it’ll do. Coming off a string of first-place team performances, the Coupeville High School track and field squad coasted into spring break with a decent, i… Read More
2024-03-28 10:36
They’re out there, if you look hard enough. With their home stomping grounds out of service this spring as new courts are built, Coupeville High School netters are on a season-long roa… Read More
2024-03-28 02:29
Welcome to Willie Smith Day, sort of. The Coupeville High School Athletic Director was a busy bee buzzing around the prairie Wednesday afternoon. First, he brought me both candy and a sizzli… Read More
2024-03-27 20:12
I came from the turbulent sea, where whitecaps rocked our boat at all hours and the smell of decaying seafood forever scarred my nose hairs. It was … what … yes, it was Penn Co… Read More
2024-03-27 17:28
It’s final four time. While the NCAA basketball tourney still has a way to go to chop its teams down, the Coupeville School Board has cut candidates for superintendent to that magic nu… Read More
2024-03-27 03:05
Three digits for the ol’ ball coach. A pandemic slowed his roll just a bit, but Coupeville High School varsity softball coach Kevin McGranahan hung around long enough to collect win #1… Read More
2024-03-27 01:09
This is not the direction they want to head in. A game after pulling off an impressive rally to claim a league win in extra innings, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball team didn&rsq&hell…Read More
2024-03-26 09:08
To shade, or not to shade, that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous sunshine, or to take up reflective glasses against a sea… Read More
2024-03-26 01:00
Your donation can help “strike out” cancer. The Coupeville High School softball squad is holding a gift basket fundraiser this Saturday, Mar. 30 during its home doubleheader with… Read More
2024-03-25 15:50
Paige Mueller is a local success story. A Coupeville High School grad who followed in the footsteps of her forefathers by becoming a farmer, she and her husband own Bell’s Farm. Muelle… Read More
2024-03-25 15:18
The name is changing, but the mission is not. The Coupeville School Board is slated to rename the district’s Open Den High School to the Coupeville Open Academy at its meeting this Thu… Read More
2024-03-25 12:37
They’re still chasing her. Here we are in 2024 and Natasha Bamberger still rules the Coupeville High School track and field record books. The five-time state champ — four in trac… Read More
2024-03-25 12:15
It’s complicated. With an entire state recording and posting times and distances, things naturally ebb and flow as the high school track season develops. A look at the top 10 marks for… Read More
2024-03-24 16:06
As he prepares for his exit, let’s hear from the man himself. It was publicly announced Friday that Willie Smith was stepping down as Coupeville High School/Middle School Athletic Dire… Read More
2024-03-24 09:44
If Mother Nature plays nice, everyone will be busy bees. Coupeville High School spring sports teams have full schedules next week, and weather is the only thing which might slow the roll of… Read More
2024-03-24 00:54
Saturday was time for the young guns to shine, even if the weather didn’t cooperate. Coupeville High School track and field sent its freshmen and sophomores on the road, where they end… Read More
2024-03-23 23:32
They’ve gone to a higher level but are still making headlines. Three Coupeville High School grads pulled on college athletic uniforms Saturday, continuing to provide an inspiration to… Read More
2024-03-23 22:29
They’ll have to wait at least one more game for a milestone. The softball sluggers, who would have been playing for coach Kevin McGranahan’s 100th win Saturday, instead were the… Read More
2024-03-23 14:47
The lead custodian for the Coupeville School District is calling on the school board to address a year-long shortage in staff. Pete Gebhard has sent a letter to the directors, which is inclu… Read More
2024-03-23 06:48
“BE BIG!!” Wish granted. Rallying from four runs down late Friday, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad survived nail-shredding tension and pulled out a stunning com… Read More
2024-03-23 05:36
Some days are more about growth, and less about wins and losses. Friday was one of those afternoons, as two high school tennis programs in very different places found a way to meet in the mi… Read More
2024-03-23 04:49
And then there were six. The Coupeville School Board narrowed its list of candidates to replace departing Superintendent Steve King after holding an executive session Thursday night. Who are… Read More
2024-03-23 03:32
One more year in the gym, but with a lot less stress. Willie Smith, the last of a “trinity” of longtime Coupeville High School/Middle School coaches/teachers/admins, is moving to… Read More
2024-03-21 13:20
People staring thoughtfully into the mid-distance. It’s the bread and butter for photographers, as these pics demonstrate. Captured at Wednesday’s home Coupeville High School tra… Read More
2024-03-21 06:12
Welcoming six other schools to Cow Town Wednesday, the Coupeville High School track and field team put on a show, picking up eight wins and 55 PR’s. That carried the Wolves to a pair o… Read More
2024-03-21 03:01
Three for three. When the Coupeville Lions Club honored its CHS Students of the Quarter Wednesday, there were three teenagers on hand instead of the normal two. A rare tie in the voting proc… Read More
2024-03-20 15:06
Plenty of things rained down Tuesday afternoon on the prairie. Just no actual rain. There were tons o’ runs, a big softball win, enough sunshine for everyone, and glossy pics by the do… Read More
2024-03-20 03:41
We’re back in charge. Last season a pair of one-run losses to Friday Harbor denied the Coupeville High School varsity softball team a Northwest 2B/1B League title. If the first meeting… Read More
2024-03-20 02:29
The silence was deafening. Held without a hit Tuesday afternoon, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad absorbed a 6-2 loss to visiting Friday Harbor in the conference opener for… Read More
2024-03-19 02:09
The rest of the world is catching on to what Cow Town always knew. Aimee Bishop is legendary. The true power behind the throne, the middle of Paul and Marilyn Messner’s three daughters… Read More
2024-03-18 15:52
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Overcoming issues with their robot, the Whidbey Island Robotics Club scored big at an event in Bonney Lake this weekend and is now off to the… Read More
2024-03-18 09:27
Let the wheels hit the oval, and the bodies hit the floor. Saturday night is made for roller derby, and wanderin’ photographer John Fisken was on hand to snap pics as Whidbey Island&rs&hell…Read More
2024-03-18 08:57
They’re off to a strong start. Two meets into a new season, Coupeville High School track and field athletes can be found all over the statewide top 10 rankings. The Wolves appear in ni… Read More
2024-03-17 15:21
We’re in the thick of things now. Spring sports are fully up and going, and the week ahead presents Coupeville High School fans with many viewing options. Wolf baseball is at home twic… Read More
2024-03-17 05:45
They came, they saw, they held their own. Competing at the 23-team Rainier Icebreaker Saturday, the Coupeville High School track and field teams put in a long day’s work. The Wolves le… Read More
2024-03-17 04:37
After a tough opening week, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad bounced back big Saturday, drilling visiting North Mason 5-2. Sparked by a powerhouse performance on the mound f… Read More
2024-03-17 03:14
All around the world, the Wolves were howling. Four different Coupeville High School grads were in action at the next level this weekend, with action going down in three sports and on two co… Read More
2024-03-17 02:42
Even in a game featuring a murderer’s row of basketball players, Logan Downes made his presence felt. There weren’t a ton of available shots Saturday at the All-State game, with… Read More
2024-03-17 01:57
They’re making do with a limited roster. The Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team only has eight players this season, and through the first two matches, the Wolves have yet… Read More
2024-03-16 04:31
They may be young, but they’re not going to wait around to win. Starting two 8th graders and two freshmen Friday, the Coupeville High School softball squad opened the season with a ban… Read More
2024-03-16 02:12
First batter, great. After that, not so great. Coupeville High School senior catcher Peyton Caveness led off his team’s road game at South Whidbey Friday with a double to center field… Read More
2024-03-16 00:23
Coupeville School District officials want to hear your thoughts. As they prepare to work on a budget for the 2024-2025 school year, they have indicated they may need to cut as much as $1.6 m… Read More
2024-03-15 20:25
The sun is in their rearview mirrors. After opening the season with seven games in Florida, University of Maine at Presque Isle baseball players return to the likely chillier weather of home… Read More
2024-03-15 18:14
The roster is thin, but the program is still alive. That’s the big positive to take away from the opening match for the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team. The Wolves only… Read More
2024-03-15 03:58
Not even a hurt leg could slow her down. Despite missing several games late in the season after a bad on-court fall, Mia Farris was the spark which lit the fire for the Coupeville High Schoo… Read More
2024-03-14 13:12
Just when I thought I was out … they pull me back in. Video stores are long gone, and streaming has almost totally replaced the days of VCR’s and DVD players. With a Roku device… Read More
2024-03-14 11:15
It’s liable to get worse before it gets better. But the goal of everyone involved is for it to get better. That was the consensus Wednesday as the Coupeville School Board and the distr… Read More
2024-03-14 04:41
“Our team did great today!” From unexpectedly nice weather to athletes performing in mid-season form, Wednesday was pleasant for Coupeville High School track and field coaches. C… Read More
2024-03-13 04:00
They shoot, they score. Whether on the hardwood or at a season-ending awards banquet, Coupeville High School basketball players racked up big-time success this season. The Wolf boys’ v… Read More
2024-03-12 20:44
Lexis Drake has gone to a different level this school year. As we note the 24 Coupeville High School students who are making the grade as three-sport athletes, we should also hail the Wolf f… Read More
2024-03-12 17:33
We have a record. I believe. I’ve been tracking the number of three-sport athletes at Coupeville High School since the blog started in 2012, and an early look at spring rosters indicat… Read More
2024-03-12 14:26
Thousands of kids, running and jumping. OK, maybe not thousands, but expect the Coupeville Middle School track and field roster to be jam-packed once again when the Wolves start a new season… Read More
2024-03-12 03:56
March 11 is too dang early to be playing baseball on the prairie. When you have off and on rain spatters, occasionally fiendish wind gusts, and an all-around soul-draining coldness that ling… Read More
2024-03-12 02:48
His bat is on fire. Coupeville grad Joey Lippo has kicked off his senior season of college baseball with a bang, piling up stats across the first three games. While the University of Maine a… Read More
2024-03-11 12:38
She still rules the mat. Her school season is over, but former Coupeville supernova Izzy LeVine is right back at it, with the start of freestyle wrestling. And by right back at it, I mean ri… Read More
2024-03-11 03:15
The bar has been set high. Last spring was one of the best in Coupeville High School track and field history, with the Wolf girls finishing third in the 2B team standings at the state champi… Read More
2024-03-10 15:04
It was some early March Madness. Entering play as the #5 seed Saturday, Coupeville shocked the world, claiming the title at the Skagit Parks and Rec 8th grade SWISH boys’ basketball to… Read More
2024-03-10 01:46
It was quite the heroic hardwood run. Logan Downes exited as the top male scorer in Coupeville High School’s 107-year basketball history, and #2 all-time to Brianne King. Along the way… Read More
2024-03-10 01:16
Her final season begins. Coupeville grad Lucy Sandahl and her Seattle Pacific University rowing teammates made their season debut Saturday at the PLU Invitational at American Lake in Lakewoo… Read More
2024-03-09 20:49
He’s running wild. Coupeville grad Dominic Coffman broke through the defense Saturday in Spain, crashing into the end zone with a pair of touchdown runs as he helped keep his gridiron… Read More
2024-03-08 21:14
The Coupeville School Board will hold a community forum next week to discuss the district’s financial state and the process for building a budget for the 2024-2025 school year. It will… Read More
2024-03-08 10:50
It’s the first close-ups from a new season. Spring sports have arrived on the prairie — no matter what Mother Nature might have to say on that matter. The initial batch of coache… Read More
2024-03-07 18:11
Dominant on the floor, dominant in the voting. The Coupeville High School boys’ basketball team, which shared a league title, claimed a Bi-District crown, and advanced to state, got no… Read More
2024-03-07 17:47
A little rough and tumble, a little polite. Coupeville High School nabbed two awards when Northwest 2B/1B League coaches voted for All-Conference honors this week. Junior point guard Katie M… Read More
2024-03-07 13:14
The Storm has arrived. The pics above and below, which come to us courtesy photographer John Fisken, capture young Central Whidbey Volleyball Club players in a rare quiet moment. Once the ca… Read More
2024-03-07 04:46
It began with the unmistakable sound of squeaking shoes and basketballs thunking rhythmically off the hardwood and ended with hugs and shared popsicles. All accompanied by much high-pitched… Read More
2024-03-07 03:25
Athletes helping athletes, generation after generation. Coupeville High School grads, led by Class of 1978 alumni Richard Cook, have launched a “Future Generations Endowment” whi… Read More
2024-03-07 02:21
The kid has mad skills. Avery Parker, the prairie Rembrandt whose artwork kept Coupeville Sports afloat in the darkest hours of the pandemic, is back at it. Already a stage veteran with mult… Read More
2024-03-06 21:42
A reversal of fortune, in just one month. Jump back to the opening rumble on Feb. 8, and the Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball squads were swept in three games by next door ne… Read More
2024-03-06 19:45
Wolf Nation has taken a hit with the sudden passing of Mitch Meffert. I knew him in passing, as his daughter Kaela appeared here on Coupeville Sports during her days as a softball slugger, a… Read More
2024-03-06 02:30
Have an eggs-cellent Easter by letting someone else do the work while you take the credit. The Coupeville High School cheer squad is running a fundraiser in which the Wolves set up your holi… Read More
2024-03-05 21:13
Three more names in the scoring column. Making their next-to-last road trip of the season Monday, the Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball teams went bucket for bucket with host… Read More
2024-03-04 19:27
It’s not about building robots — it’s about building good people. That’s the mantra for the Whidbey Island Robotics Club, which brings together students from Oak Harb… Read More
2024-03-04 03:28
Put a basketball in their hands, and they soar. Two Whidbey Island hoops teams participated in the Special Olympics state championships in Wenatchee this weekend, with both nabbing top finis… Read More
2024-03-03 14:13
Same location, different name. A little over a month after the Penn Cove Brewing Company shut down, ending an eight-year run, one of the two brothers behind that business has reopened its Co… Read More
2024-03-03 13:39
Another milestone for Mica Shipley. The Coupeville grad, now an NCAA D-I cheerleader, was honored Saturday during Eastern Washington University’s Senior Night for men’s basketbal… Read More
2024-03-03 13:17
The Northwest 2B/1B League kept it going until the final day. While the conference didn’t claim any state basketball titles this winter, it did send six teams to the big dance and earn… Read More
2024-03-02 11:35
Use your time well. Not all Coupeville Middle School basketball players have hit the hardwood the full six times this season. Whether it’s injuries, or other schools not fielding a Lev… Read More
2024-03-01 23:33
Get ready for spike season. Wolf Pup volleyball launches in early April, giving Coupeville girls in grades 3-5 a chance to learn drills, play games, and rub elbows with high school stars and… Read More
2024-03-01 16:49
One of Coupeville’s most successful rivals is leaving the gridiron. Brock Hauck has stepped down as Friday Harbor’s head football coach but will remain as the school’s athl… Read More
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