Coupeville, Oak Harbor winter athletes receive letters, awards

The Coupeville and Oak Harbor high school winter sports teams concluded the 2017-18 season last month by presenting varsity letters and team awards.

Coupeville Girls Basketball

Coach: David King.

Record: 8-14; 6-3, second in Olympic League.

Senior letter winners: Kyla Briscoe, Mikayla Elfrank, Allison Wenzel.

Juniors: Ema Smith, Lindsey Roberts, Sarah Wright.

Sophomores: Hannah Davidson, Avalon Renninger, Scout Smith.

Freshman: Chelsea Prescott.

Managers: Heidi Meyers, Maddie Vondrak.

Team awards: Briscoe, four-year participation; Wenzel, four-year participation, Best Defense; Elfrank, Captain, Most Inspirational; Roberts, Captain, Leader of the Pack, Best Offense; Scout Smith, Most Improved, Wolf Paw Award; Prescott, Most Improved.

Note: team honored parent Amy Briscoe with the Outstanding Service Award.

League honors: Coupeville, Olympic League Sportsmanship Award; Roberts, first team; Wright, first team; Ema Smith, honorable mention.

Oak Harbor Girls Basketball

Coach: Jon Atkins.

Record: 4-16; 1-11, 12th in Wesco.

Senior letter winners: Lenika Aguilar, Delija Cammon, Kia Ceya, Samantha Hines, Jordan Wood-Pina.

Juniors: Emily Gouge, Sami Olson, Rosa Simpliciano, Miranda Wilson.

Sophomores: Mikhaela Cortez, Jasmine Ford, Madi Maxwell, Olivia Waite.

Team awards: Ford, Offensive Player of the Year; Cortez, Defensive Player of the Year; Maxwell, Most Improved; Gouge, Coaches’ Award; Hines, Miss GLUE 2018.

Coupeville Boys Basketball

Coach: Brad Sherman.

Record: 7-13; 5-4, third in Olympic League.

Senior lettermen: Hunter Downes, Joey Lippo, Kyle Rockwell, Hunter Smith, Ethan Spark, Cameron Toomey-Stout, James Vidoni.

Juniors: Gavin Knoblich, Dane Lucero.

Sophomores: Jared Brown, Mason Grove.

Team awards: Smith, Most Valuable Player; Toomey-Stout, Wolf Pack Award.

Note: Senior class was presented Defensive Player of the Year Award; Smith finished with the 12th-most points in CHS history, 847.

League honors: Coupeville, Olympic League Sportsmanship Award; Smith, first team; Spark, first team.

Oak Harbor Boys Basketball

Coach: John Weston.

Record: 3-17; 1-11, 12th in Wesco.

Senior lettermen: Joe Arinaza, Ozell Jackson, Brennon Ney, Gabe Salinger, Weston Whitefoot.

Juniors: Gavin Allen, Andrew Baloy, Austin Boesch, Haven Brown, Terrell Crumpton, Dorian Hardin, Kevin Schuldt.

Team awards: Hardin, Most Valuable Player; Whitefoot, Intensity Player of the Year, Adam Nelson Toughness Award (14 charges taken); Brown, Mr. Defense; Allen, Wildcat Pride; Schuldt, Most Improved; Arinaza, Servant Leadership.

League honors: Hardin, honorable mention.

Oak Harbor Wrestling

Coach: Larry Falcon.

Record: 2-9; 1-5, sixth in Wesco North.

Senior letter winners: Christopher Brooks, Giovanni Ribay, Dylan Sanchez.

Juniors: Hayden Campbell, Autumn Coker, Jakob Dailey, Caleb Fitzgerald, Michael Fisken, Shingo Johnston, Blake McBride, Ethan Pace, Taiveyon Shaw, Shamus Walden.

Sophomores: Evan Beerbower, Grace Chargualaf, Taylor Cress, Jeremiah Dailey, Jamal Graham, Ella Erikson, Nathaniel Nunez, Cheyanne Winchester.

Freshmen: Elizabeth Clairmont, Adelina Lopez.

Managers: Momoko Johnston, Alicia Whitson.

Team awards: Graham, Most Improved; Coker, Most Improved; Beerbower, Cor Aut Mors; Warden, Cor Aut Mors; Sanchez, Coaches’ Award; Erikson, Coaches’ Award; McBride, Captain; Fitzgerald, Captain.

League honors: Fisken, first team; Clairmont, first team.

State participants: Fisken, Fitzgerald, McBride.

Oak Harbor Swim and Dive

Coach: Amy Merkley.

Record: 1-9.

Senior lettermen: Clifford Hartley, Garrett Karney, Matthew Kolden, Claude Thrailkill, Ethan Wilson.

Juniors: Pablo Closson, Aaron Martinez.

Sophomores: Micah Franklin, Austin Galletta, Andrew Lof, Rylan Quiros, Dallas Riddle-Stevens.

Freshmen: Kyto Morrow, Samuel Noel, Lawrence Zapanta.

Managers: Frances Empinado, Kirsten Polack.

Team awards: Karney, Captain; Franklin, Captain; Morrow, Coach’s Choice; Quiros, Captain’s Choice; Polack, Most Inspirational.