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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 • Whidbey News-Times
Whidbey athletes sprinkle success throughout 2012 January The Cascade Conference and Coupeville High School came to an agreement to allow the Wolves to play a partial league football schedule in 2012, dropping the larger schools because of Coupeville’s small enrollment. Devon Burgess, Mike Rettus and Mike Farrell of the Whidbey Island Boxing Club, coached by Rob Sturdevant, captured titles at the annual Tacoma Golden Gloves Championships. Rod Kammenga, a 1968 Oak Harbor High School graduate, was inducted into the Washington State Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Kammenga spent most of his 38-year career at Bellingham and Squalicum high schools and was the first assistant coach to be inducted. Oak Harbor, coached by Amy Merkley, defeated Cascade to win the Wesco North boys swim title. Mike Washington Jr. broke Brannon Stone’s (1994-98) Oak Harbor High School career basketball scoring record of 1,427 points. Washington would go on to finish his career with 1,526. He was also nominated for the McDonald’s All-American all-star game.
February Dr. Trygve Johnson, who graduated from OHHS in 1992 and Northwestern College (Orange City, Iowa) in 1996, was induced into Northwestern’s Hall of Fame. Johnson is Northwestern’s baseball career leader in wins (31) and innings pitched (262.6). He received NAIA scholar-athlete honors in both his junior and senior years. The Oak Harbor High School cheer team, coached by Robin Gohn, finished second in its division at the state tournament. The OHHS boys basketball team, coached by Mike Washington, qualified for consecutive district tournament berths for the first time since 1992 and 1993 and upset Shorewood for its first first-round win since 1996. Led by third-place finishes by Cody Fakkema and Jen Fremd, seven OHHS
wrestlers, coached by Mike Crebbin, competed at the state tournament. Joshua Crebbin, Jeremy Vester, Jahleel Vester, Brittany Johnston and Mark Johnston also qualified. Jacob Jepsen placed seventh in the 200-yard freestyle at the state swim meet. Also qualifying for state were Wildcats Josh Jepsen, Caley Powers, Kevin Levy, John Kaltenbach, Toren Woods and Dakota Powers. The Oak Harbor High School bowing team, coached by Jason Youngsman, repeated as state champions. Jerin Applegarth posted the tournament’s highest average and earned Most Valuable Player and first-team, all-state honors. Brendan McCardle, Stephen Hornback and Carlton Johnson were second team all-state; Tyler Rollyson and Glend Esguerra rounded out the team. The Varsity 2 team, coached by CJ Johnson and Steve Hornback, also won its division. John Hu, an OHHS graduate and a junior at the Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, N.J.), won three events to earn his third consecutive Swimmer of the Meet honor at his collegiate conference meet.
March NWAC’s Laura Rosen, coached by Neil Romney, set five team records in individual events and four in relays at the Senior Sectional Championships in Federal Way, which featured the best swimmers from 12 Western states.
April Coupeville’s Kaida, coowned by Sandi Smith and John Schisel, won Best in Show over 1,100 dogs at the Wichita Kennel Club Dog Show. Four Island Flyers, Hailee Blau, Juliet Aspery, Lauren Bayne and Natalie Hahn, captured titles at the Washington State Trampoline and Tumbling Championships.
May The Coupeville High School soccer team, coached by Paul Mendes and behind Nathan Lamb’s goal, opened district with a 1-0 win over
Denny Zylstra retired after 50 years of coaching softball at Coupeville, Oak Harbor and Skagit Valley College.
June Coupeville’s Dalton Engle, Mitch Pelroy and Cassidi Rosenkrance and Oak Harbor’s Jen Fremd and Mike Washington Jr. earned their respecitive school’s Athletes of the Year honors. Oak Harbor’s Josiah Miller led the West to a 28-21 win with an 80-yard touchdown run in the all-state football game.
July
Oak Harbor’s Marti Malloy shows off her bronze medal from the London Olympic games. Meridian. Coupeville soccer player Taylor Phillips was a firstteam, all-Cascade Conference choice. Oak Harbor sophomore golfer Annie Leete, coached by Andy Wesley, captured the regular-season Western Conference 3A individual title and earned first-team, allleague honors. Later in the month she qualified for the state tournament. The Oak Harbor boys track team, coached by Jay Turner, won its first conference championship since 1978 as Matt Reith and Joshua Schrum earned firstteam, all-conference honors. The Wildcats later added the district crown, the first since 1992. Schrum was the only Wildcat to place at state, finishing eighth in the 1,600. Reith, Josiah Miller, John Rodeheffer, Cody Hernkind, Dominique Jackson, Christine Wicker, Christina Alexander, Maura McKole, Sierra Seabolt and Jessica Hollins also competed. Coupeville singles player Emily Burchfied and doubles
partners Amanda d’Almeida and Lexi Blanchette, coached by Ken Stange, won district tennis titles. Coupeville graduate Kyle King won Eastern Washington University’s first Big Sky Conference 10,000meter championship. He and Oak Harbor’s Adrianna Royal (Sacramento State University) also won Big Sky all-academic honors. Coupeville siblings Austin and Christine Fields qualified for the state 1A golf tournament where Austin placed 36th and Christine eighth. Austin also earned first-team, all-conference honors. Coupeville’s Mitch Pelroy (300 hurdles, 100, 200) and Larry Hurlburt (400), coached by Randy King, qualified for the state 1A track meet where Pelroy placed eighth in the 200. Eric McCardle won his fifth consecutive Whidbey Golf and Country Club Men’s Invitational title. Later in the summer he would earn a spot in the United States Golf Association championship tournament.
Oak Harbor’s Samantha Peterson participated in her second consecutive World CrossFit Games and placed 36th. David Phay, head pro at the Whidbey Golf and Country Club, won the 25th annual Rosauers Open Invitational. The Oak Harbor 14-yearold Babe Ruth baseball team, coached by Bill Young, qualified for the state tournament. Running Unlimited Fitness’ Christina Wicker, coached by Catie Rodeheffer, finished in the top seven in two events at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics in Baltimore. Kaitlyn Chelberg, Jonalynn Horn and Michael Fisken also competed in the meet. Oak Harbor’s Annie Leete placed 13th and Haven Brown 23rd in their divisions in the Washington Junior Golf Association State Tournament in Kent. Marti Malloy, Oak Harbor’s first Olympian, earned a bronze medal in judo at the London games. She won three bouts before falling in the final seconds in the semifinals. In the bronze medal match, she upset Italy’s Guilia Quintavalle.
August Sisters Kelly and Emily Huffer represented NWAC on the Pacific Northwest Swim all-star team and each collected three top-10 finishes in an international meet. Teammate Jerrin Concepcion represented NWAC on another PNS all-star team at the Zone Championships (eight states) and swam four personal bests.
October The Oak Harbor boys cross country team, coached by Eric Peterson, were surprise winners of the District 1 meet; the Wildcats girls finished second. The two teams earned their third consecutive trip to state. At state in November, the boys placed 10th and the girls 11th. Senior Christina Wicker, the only OHHS girl to compete in four state meets, finished 10th, the second-best effort ever by a Wildcat girl. Coupeville High School volleyball coach Toni Crebbin resigned after 25 years of coaching.
November The Oak Harbor High School swim team, coached by Amy Merkley, finished 12th in the state meet thanks in part to four top-eight finishes by Emily Huffer. Sixteen Oak Harbor High School fall athletes earned first-team all-Wesco honors: football, Dayne Herron, JoJo Webster, Fred Webster, Isaiah Trower, Jon Laningham, Sheyenne Sams and Tyler Adamson; cross country, John Rodeheffer and Christina Wicker; volleyball, Roshel Muzzall and Kayleigh Harper; swimming, Marissa Morris, Emily Huffer, Mollie Briddell and Akasha Trisler; and tennis, David Kusnick. On the college front, Oak Harbor graduates Carson McKole (Central Washington University soccer) and Jennie Jansen (Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, volleyball) were all-league, all-academic selections. McKole was also first team all-Great Northern Athletic Conference, and Jansen was a national NAIA scholar athlete. Rodrick Rumble (Idaho State University football) was a first-team Big Sky receiver and broke the school records for receptions and yardage.
December NWAC’s Olivia Tungate and Jerrin Concepcion picked up firsts at the Pacific Northwest Swim 14-andunder State Championships, and Emily Huffer won the high point honor in the PNS Senior Short Course Championships.