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Lone Wolf begins his victory lap!!

Posted in Golf on May 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »

“Hop in! We’re headin’ to state and I tend to speed a bit in this baby!”

Four years of bouncing around the Island to play golf came to a close Wednesday for Austin Fields.

The Coupeville High School senior, a one-man Wolf links squad, played in his final regular season match, carding a 72 over 14 holes at the Useless Bay Golf and Country Club.

While he still has putts to drain, with an appearance at the 32nd Bill Egbers Memorial Golf Tournament at Skagit Golf & Country Club Friday, followed by the post-season, which kicks off May 6, Wednesday’s match was the beginning of the end for his high school golf career.

It’s been a four-year odyssey that, because CHS doesn’t have a golf program, took him to Oak Harbor his first two seasons, then to South Whidbey the past two years.

In the early days, he was joined by Jim Nguyen. These days, it’s lil’ sis Christine, a Wolf sophomore who comprises her own Lone Wolf squad on the female side of the tee.

After Egbers, Fields will play in the Cascade Conference tourney (May 6), districts (May 13-14) and then, hopefully, make a final trip back to the state tournament May 21-22.

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“No regrets!!”

Posted in Boys Soccer on May 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Kole Kellison played a superb game in goal in his final performance as a Wolf. (John Fisken photo)

Senior Kole Kellison played superbly in goal in his final game as a Wolf. (John Fisken photo)

A goal here and there, and it might have been a far different season.

But, no matter how hard they played — and a senior-heavy team played with passion virtually every night — the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad couldn’t buy a break this season.

At the end of a season of one-goal losses, it was appropriate, and yet sad, that it all ended with yet another “almost,” as the Wolves fell 1-0 at Lynden Christian in a loser-out district playoff game Wednesday night.

The goal in question was a fluke, an own goal on a ball deflected off of a corner kick during a wild melee in front of the net in the game’s 20th minute.

After that, Coupeville threw everything they had against Lync goalie Brady Harvey, but couldn’t breach the net against the tournament’s top seed.

“It was a close one,” said Wolf coach Paul Mendes. “Both teams had good scoring chances throughout the match, but it remained a defensive battle.”

Wolf goaltender Kole Kellison made 11 saves to keep Coupeville in the game, and was hailed for his stellar play by the rival coach.

“Their keeper did a great job,” Lynden coach Brent De Ruyter was quoted in the Bellingham Herald.

While the loss, which left the Wolves at 3-14, was not what he hoped for, Mendes was pleased with the effort his team showed.

“We gave it our best shot and left it all on the field, no regrets,” Mendes said. “This was a fine group. They displayed great sportsmanship and represented their school very well all season long. What will stand out for me the most is their indomitable spirit.”

It was the final game in the red and black for Kellison, Nathan Lamb, Danny Savalza, Jacob Lovell, Josh Wilsey, Luke Pelant, Tim Quinn and Nathan Kircher.

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Diamond dreams captivate on a sunny day!!

Posted in Baseball on May 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Ben Etzell delivers the high, hard cheese. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Josh Bayne sneaks behind a runner. A runner who needs to pull his damn pants up.

Josh Bayne sneaks behind a runner. A runner who needs to pull his dang pants up.

Drew Chan leads a saucy tango.

Kyle Bodamer (10) and Randy Payne race to retrieve a fouled-off ball.

It’s been five years.

You have to go back to 2008 to find the last time Coupeville High School hosted a home baseball playoff game. And while the 2-1 defeat at the hands of Lynden Christian Wednesday will sting for awhile, just earning the chance to be there was an accomplishment.

The 1A Wolves won five of their final six regular season games, all against 2A schools, and held off arch-rival South Whidbey to claim the game. The Falcons had to hit the road and got bounced 16-8 at Mount Baker.

By the bottom of the seventh Wednesday, with the Wolves staging a final rally, the stands were full and a rapidly-growing overflow crowd spilled out in all directions.

The sun was out. The sky was blue. There was nary a gust of wind on the prairie for the first time this spring.

This is the way CHS sports should be.

And, even in defeat, Coupeville plays on, with a 1 PM Thursday loser-out game in Blaine against Nooksack Valley.

Hope lives. Always.

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They wuz robbed!!

Posted in Softball on May 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Madeline Roberts paced the Wolves with three hits Wednesday, including a double. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Another inch and they might still be playing.

Rallying in the bottom of the seventh Wednesday, the Coupeville High School softball team put a scare into first-place Cedarcrest, only to have its hopes snuffed by a spectacular diving catch.

With two runs in and two runners on base, Wolf slugger Maria Rockwell socked a ball that had base hit written all over it, only to see Red Wolf shortstop Taylor Turner make a sprinting, diving, game-ending catch with her glove brushing the top of the blades of grass.

The final highlight of a stellar day (Turner also whacked two doubles and a triple) it sealed a 7-3 victory for Cedarcrest and sent the Wolves to their seventh straight defeat.

Now 4-11 overall, 3-11 in Cascade Conference play, Coupeville hits the road for an unintended doubleheader Friday.

A scheduled home game against the Wildcats was rained out in mid-April, and the schedule makers cost the Wolves an afternoon of making money at the concession stand by rescheduling it as part of a road twinbill.

Coupeville fell behind early Wednesday, then toughened their defense and pitching. Down 7-0 after four, the Wolves shut down Cedarcrest over the final three innings behind reliever McKayla Bailey, then finally launched their offense.

Madeline Roberts led off the sixth with a line drive double over the center fielder’s head — one of her three hits. After Madeline Strasburg singled to put two runners on, Hailey Hammer launched a double to right, but a base running/communication error prevented the second run from getting home.

Then came the rally that almost was.

Bailey doubled to kick-start things, then Sydney Aparicio and Strasburg knocked in runs, before Rockwell’s hit-that-could-have-been.

“It looked like it would find grass for a single,” Wolf coach David King said. “A great defensive effort to end the game.

“We played well overall. We need to take the last two innings and build on that for our games on Friday,” he added. “We hit well in practice and we need to carry this over into our games. Once we do this we will start putting up W’s.”

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Lordy! Lordy! Middle school track results!! (No, seriously!!)

Posted in Middle School, Track on May 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Erin Josue gets a lift from Tiffany Briscoe and Skyler Lawrence, while Kyla Briscoe subtly photobombs them. (Amy Briscoe photos)

Allison Wenzel

Kyla Briscoe (left) and Mckenzie Meyer

And on the eighth day, there were track results, and it was good.

No, results from the first Coupeville Middle School track meet back on April 25 still haven’t appeared on athletic.net, but, lo and behold, the results from Wednesday’s home meet did, just hours after the meet.

It’s a miracle.

So there you go, Luke Merriman. Your life is complete now.

Complete results:

GIRLS:

100 — Allison Wenzel 14.46; Kyla Briscoe 14.62; Lauren Grove 14.65; Valen Trujillo 14.68; Mckenzie Meyer 15.56; Abby Parker 15.87; Ashley Smith 16.19; Maggie Crimmins 17.72

200 — K. Briscoe 31.22; Trujillo 31.46; Meyer 31.72

400 — Sage Renninger 1:09.70; Carlie Rosenkrance 1:10.16

800 — Mattea Miller 3:00.16

1600 — Jillian Pape 6:11; Miller 6:33

75 hurdles — Rosenkrance 13.90; Pape 14.67; Lauren Bayne 15.03; K. Briscoe 15.68; Wenzel 17.17; Hailey Dauphinais 18.16; Smith 22.06

4 x100 — Meyer, K. Briscoe, Renninger, Pape 1:00.66; Parker, Smith, Dauphinais, Bayne 1:06.91

4 x 200 — Trujillo, Rosenkrance, Miller, Grove 2:05.15

Shot put — Skyler Lawrence 21-00; Tiffany Briscoe 20-1.50, Lainey Dickson 15-07

Discus — Lawrence 59-06; T. Briscoe 58-01; Erin Josue 36-04

High Jump — Bayne 3-08; Dauphinais 3-06

BOYS:

100 — Connor Thompson 13.97, Paul Gallahar 14.22; J.T. Quinn 15.41; Joey Lippo 15.44; Lawrence Boado 15.57; Aiden Crimmins 17.87

200 — Zach Nall 31.78; Jacob Smith 32.34

400 — Grey Rische 1:08.32; Smith 1:09.75

800 — Rische 2:56.37

1600 — Henry Wynn 5:38; Noah Allison 5:42.47; Mitchell Carroll 5:49

110 Hurdles — Allison 21.07

4×100 — Rische, Thompson, Carroll, Jimmy Myers 55.46

Shot Put — Woody Liquidano 33-03

Discus — Myers 90-10; Liquidano 88-10; Nall 60-03; Joey Lippo 54-07; Luke Carlson 52-08; Crimmins 45-10

High Jump — Thompson 4-6; Myers 4-4; Luke Merriman 4-2; Nall 4-2; Gallahar 4-2; Cameron Toomey-Stout 4-0; Carroll 3-10; Quinn 3-8; Liquidano 3-8

Long Jump — Carroll 14-09; Crimmins 10-10

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