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October 17, 2014 by David Svien

John McClarin prepares to unleash hot death on his foes. (John Fisken photos)

John McClarin has been an effective doubles player this season for the Wolves. (John Fisken photo)

It’s unthinkable.

Enjoying an almost flawless final day of the regular season Thursday, the Coupeville High School boys’ tennis squad capped a nine-match run with no actual rain-outs.

Take away one match at Klahowya called at the two-thirds point and this might be the first fall season in which weather, and the notorious Port Townsend ferry run, both declined to make a dent in the schedule.

After a decade in the game, Wolf coach Ken Stange will take it.

“We could not have asked the weather gods for a more pleasant mid-October day in Port Townsend, nor could we have asked the tennis gods for a better day on the court,” Stange crowed. “We absolutely pasted the Chimacum squad today, ending our regular season on an extremely high note!”

Coupeville won for the fourth time in six matches, sweeping their hosts 7-0 to finish the season at 4-5 overall, 4-2 in Olympic League play.

Making an auspicious debut in the new league, the 1A Wolves swept three from the Cowboys, lost twice to Klahowya and also claimed a victory over 2A league mate North Mason this season.

“I’m quite happy that our players continued to improve, posting better scores as they played the same players for the second and third times,” Stange said.

CHS had little trouble with Chimacum, taking 11 of the 14 varsity sets at 6-0 or 6-1.

“It was very fun and very businesslike,” Stange said. “Now we can set our sights on the league tournament.”

Coupeville will take three singles players (Aaron Curtin, Sebastian Davis and Kyle Bodamer) and three doubles team to that tourney.

While his top trio is set in stone, Stange will let all of his doubles duos duel it out for postseason berths.

“We’ve had a fair amount of movement on the doubles ladder this year, so we will be shaking out our doubles lineup tomorrow,” he said.

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Aaron Curtin beat Dylan Glessing 6-2, 6-1

2nd Singles — Sebastian Davis beat Jonny Rodgers 6-1, 6-0

3rd Singles — Kyle Bodamer beat Chris Seville 6-2, 6-0

1st Doubles — Loren Nelson/Connor McCormick beat Ryle Gepitulan/Sean Miller 6-1, 6-1

2nd Doubles — Joseph Wedekind/John McClarin beat Connor Cottier/Zack Smith 6-0, 6-1