Coupeville Sports

Wyman aces classwork, track work

April 25, 2026 by David Svien

Tate Wyman

He’s smart and fast.

Coupeville grad Tate Wyman, now a junior studying embedded systems engineering technology at Oregon Tech, had a busy, varied week.

Thursday he was one of 14 Hustlin’ Owl male track and field stars to be tabbed to the U.S. Bank Academic All-Cascade Collegiate Conference team, an honor reserved for student/athletes earning a 3.2 GPA or higher.

Then Saturday Wyman returned to the arena, competing at the Nancy and Norm Berney Classic in Salem, where he picked up 10 points for his team with a 3rd place finish in the 110 hurdles (16.35 seconds) and a 5th in the long jump (21 feet, 5.25 inches).

Oregon Tech held off meet host Corban 148-133 to win the men’s team title.

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Track stars defend home turf in style

April 25, 2026 by David Svien

Zachary Saho set PRs in the discus, shot put, and 800 Saturday. (Jackie Saia photo)

They had home field advantage and they claimed it.

Competing on their own oval Saturday, the Coupeville High School track and field squad dominated six other schools, sweeping to lopsided wins in the Cow Town Classic Invite.

The Wolf boys stormed to a massive win, piling up 235 points while runner-up Clallam Bay collected 85.

Lopez Island (58), Chief Leschi (48), Neah Bay (41), Forks (36), and Concrete (25) rounded out the competitors.

On the girls’ side of things, CHS finished with 196 points, with Forks (85), Lopez (84), and Neah Bay (84) bunched up in a second-place battle.

Clallam Bay (21), Chief Leschi (8), and Concrete (6) brought up the rear.

On the day Coupeville snagged 14 wins and 33 PRs, with Cyrus Sparacio (800, 1600, 3200), Kennedy O’Neill (100 and 300 Hurdles), Arianna Cunningham (Javelin, 4 x 100 Relay), and Wyatt Fitch-Marron (4 x 1, 4 x 4) winning multiple events.

Sparacio, just a freshman, hit PRs in all three of his events, as well.

Cyrus Sparacio hits the gas. (Julie Wheat photo)

While Fitch-Marron finished second in the high jump, the sophomore smashed his PR by four inches, elevating six feet, two inches.

That puts him just two inches away from the school record of 6-4, jointly held by the non-related Rich Wilson and Cael Wilson.

While the times were fast and the wins many, making the day a total success were the volunteers, who poured into Coupeville’s stadium ready and rarin’ to go on a sunny Saturday.

“A great big shout out to all our volunteers!” said CHS coaches Elizabeth Bitting and Bob Martin. “Not one spot was empty!

“From the elementary school principal (Erica McColl) to Melissa and Brett Casey, to the many parents, family members, even a King (Randy) was present.

“EVERY position was filled. This helped with the meet running so smoothly.”

Fresh off their home success, Coupeville returns to action next Saturday, May 2, when it travels to Sammamish High School for the 22-team BCS Invitational, the final regular-season meet.

After that comes the league meet, districts, and, hopefully, the state championships.

Kennedy O’Neill glides through the hurdles. (Jackie Saia photo)

Saturday’s results:

GIRLS:

100 — Tamsin Ward (3rd) 14.24

200 — Isa Mc Fetridge (2nd) 28.71 *PR*

400 — Taylor Marrs (4th) 1:13.40 *PR*

800 — Laken Simpson (1st) 2:51.29 *PR*; Mikayla Wagner (2nd) 3:02.10

1600 — Devon Wyman (1st) 8:19.26; Wagner (2nd) 8:19.42

3200 — Wyman (2nd) 14:07.90 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Kennedy O’Neill (1st) 20.61; Lexis Drake (2nd) 22.55; Myra McDonald (3rd) 23.62; Frankie Tenore (4th) 24.30

300 Hurdles — O’Neill (1st) 1:01.87; Wyman (2nd) 1:07.10; Drake (3rd) 1:12.50; McDonald (4th) 1:16.27

4 x 100 Relay — Arianna Cunningham, Olivia Hall, Ward, Mc Fetridge (1st) 54.08

4 x 200 Relay — A. Cunningham, Drake, Simpson, Mc Fetridge (3rd) 2:00.43

4 x 400 Relay — Hall, Marrs, Lillian Ketterling, Simpson (2nd) 4:40.57

Shot Put — Ward (2nd) 31-07 *PR*; A. Cunningham (4th) 23-01 *PR*

Discus — Ketterling (2nd) 78-03; Marrs (6th) 59-10.50 *PR*

Javelin — A. Cunningham (1st) 76-04

High Jump — Ward (3rd) 4-06; Tenore (4th) 4-02

Pole Vault — Ketterling (1st) 8-03 *PR*

Long Jump — O’Neill (6th) 12-02; McDonald (8th) 10-05.50

Devon Wyman claimed a victory in the 1600. (Marquette Cunningham photo)

BOYS:

100 — Marquette Cunningham (3rd) 12.60; Liam Blas (5th) 12.64; Nathan Coxsey (9th) 12.85; Beckett Green (12th) 13.05; Edmund Wilson (13th) 13.09

200 — Davin Houston (2nd) 24.27; Green (4th) 25.38; Richmond Bandong (6th) 26.68 *PR*; Will Tierney (8th) 27.02; Sage Arends (10th) 27.21 *PR*; Shilo Sandlin (11th) 27.42 *PR*

400 — George Spear (3rd) 57.10 *PR*; Tierney (4th) 57.76 *PR*; Brian Thompson (5th) 58.93; Coxsey (6th) 1:03.80

800 — Cyrus Sparacio (1st) 2:08.47 *PR*; Ossian Merkel (4th) 2:27.19; Johnathan Jacobsen (5th) 2:30.93 *PR*; Kenneth Jacobsen (6th) 2:37.38; Hunter Atteberry (7th) 2:37.66 *PR*; Zach Blitch (11th) 3:15.22 *PR*; Nolan Hunt (12th) 3:35.29; Zachary Saho (13th) 3:36.86 *PR*

1600 — Sparacio (1st) 4:43.31 *PR*; Merkel (2nd) 5:28.39; K. Jacobsen (3rd) 5:29.77; Atteberry (4th) 6:05.94; Hunt (5th) 7:34.82

3200 — Sparacio (1st) 10:42.73 *PR*; Spear (2nd) 10:55.79; K. Jacobsen (3rd) 11:59.18

300 Hurdles — Wilson (3rd) 48.64 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — M. Cunningham, Blas, Wyatt Fitch-Marron, Houston (1st) 48.67

4 x 400 Relay — Wilson, Thompson, Fitch-Marron, Green (1st) 3:53.33; Tierney, Coxsey, Arends, Blas (3rd) 4:08.78

Shot Put — Saho (2nd) 42-10 *PR*; Khanor Jump (4th) 36-02.50 *PR*; Blitch (13th) 22-05

Discus — Blas (3rd) 112-00.50 *PR*; Jump (4th) 110-06 *PR*; Saho (8th) 90-04 *PR*; J. Jacobsen (11th) 65-02; Tierney (12th) 63-11.50 *PR*; Sandlin (13th) 57-11 *PR*; Blitch (15th) 55-05

Javelin — Bandong (3rd) 105-06; K. Jacobsen (6th) 94-08 *PR*; Sandlin (7th) 92-02 *PR*; J. Jacobsen (13th) 78-10; Hunt (20th) 23-10

Hammer Throw — Jump (1st) 106-07

High Jump — Fitch-Marron (2nd) 6-02 *PR*; Houston (3rd) 5-08; J. Jacobsen (4th) 5-04

Pole Vault — Russell Miller (1st) 7-00 *PR*; Edmund Kunz (2nd) 7-00

Long Jump — Arends (2nd) 18-01.75; Wilson (5th) 16-08.25; Thompson (6th) 16-07.50; Merkel (13th) 11-06.50 *PR*

Squishy cows were given to top finishers. (Erin Coxsey photo)

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Netters bounce private school foe

April 25, 2026 by David Svien

Savannah Coxsey strolls to victory. (Jackie Saia photos)

Score one for the public schools.

The Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team rolled into Seattle Saturday and captured a hard-fought 3-2 win over the University Prep JV squad, sending a shot across the bows of ritzy private schools everywhere.

With the non-conference victory, the Wolves get to 4-3 on the season and finally get to think about heading home for a match.

CHS hosts Friday Harbor Wednesday in the third of their four Northwest 2B/1B League showdowns, the first time the Wolves have hosted a match since April 3.

Saturday’s win, which featured a variety of match styles (two sets, one set, pro set) was sparked by a sweep from singles players Tenley Stuurmans and Savannah Coxsey.

Saturday’s results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans won 6-0, 6-0

2nd Singles — Savannah Coxsey won 6-4

1st Doubles — Dahlia Miller/Aleksia Jump won 8-4

2nd Doubles — Jade Peabody/Rowan Stoner lost 8-3

3rd Doubles — Hailey Goldman/Hazel Goldman lost 8-1

JV:

4th Doubles — Savannah Coxsey/Miles Gerber lost 8-4

5th Doubles — Lakshmi Erickson/Milana Light lost 11-9

6th Doubles — Jade Peabody/Rowan Stoner won 8-2

7th Doubles — Hazel Goldman/Miles Gerber won 8-2

Rowan Stoner lines up a serve.

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I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille

April 25, 2026 by David Svien

Wolf catcher Carson Grove is ready for his modeling contract. (Jackie Saia photos)

It’s portrait season.

The sun was shining on the prairie Friday, Coupeville High School softball and baseball teams were in action, and Jackie Saia’s camera was busy.

The wanderin’ photographer snapped the pics you see above and below, and is nice enough to share them with the rest of Wolf Nation.

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Principal/CTE Director resigns

April 25, 2026 by David Svien

The agenda for next Thursday’s school board meeting includes approval of the resignation of Coupeville High School Principal/CTE Director Dan Berard.

Berard, who has held those positions since April 2025, announced in February he was stepping down at the end of the school year.

At the time, he said he would be transitioning to a different, as yet to be named, position within the district.

Instead, on March 16, Superintendent Shannon Leatherwood announced that Berard had been placed on “paid administrative leave while the district conducted a review process.”

Berard, who came to Coupeville after working 27 years in the Mount Vernon school district, replaced Geoff Kappes, who resigned as high school and middle school principal in April 2025.

Kappes was placed on “non-disciplinary leave pending an investigation” by Leatherwood in December 2024.

Saturday morning the Superintendent released the following statement:

Principal Dan Berard has been on approved medical leave and has submitted his resignation effective at the end of his contract.

He will remain on medical leave through the end of his employment with the district.

We are grateful for Dan’s service to our students and community and wish him well.

I will be sharing information about our leadership transition and search process in the coming weeks. Thank you for your continued support of Coupeville schools.

The latest move comes on the heels of the results of a union survey being released which shows low support for Berard, Leatherwood, and the School Board.

You can read a story about that survey, conducted by the Coupeville Education Association and the Coupeville Educational Support Association, here: