Coupeville Sports

McKenzie Bailey, a force on the tennis and basketball courts. (John Fisken photos)

Wynter Thorne: The smile of a two-time league champ.

Precious few were in attendance for history.

With a busy day of sports (softball and boys’ soccer were playing at home as well) Monday, only a handful of fans were around to witness the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team storm to a league title.

Crushing visiting Chimacum 6-1, the Wolves won their ninth straight match, improved to 10-3 overall, 5-0 in Olympic League play and won the inaugural championship banner in the first-year 1A league.

Sparking them to the victory were the duo of Wynter Thorne and McKenzie Bailey, who are the only Wolves to play on both of Coupeville’s league champs this school year.

Thorne, a senior who won at #3 singles, and Bailey, a junior who teamed with Sydney Autio to win at #2 doubles, also played for the school’s girls’ basketball team, which went 9-0 in league play.

Complete results from Senior Day:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Jacki Ginnings beat Laura De Michelli 6-3, 4-6, 10-6

“It was classic Jacki,” said Wolf coach Ken Stange. “It took forever, but she outlasted her opponent. The win pushed her individual record to 11-5.”

2nd Singles — Valen Trujillo beat Sophia Thurston 6-0, 6-0

“Double bagel. Enough said.”

3rd Singles — Wynter Thorne beat Amelia Breithaupt 6-3, 6-3

“Wynter had to work for it, but she used her deep shots and experience to put her foe in uncomfortable positions.”

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger lost to Sarah Allen/Ray Maki 6-1, 6-3

“Going against the best team in the league, our ninth graders put up a solid fight, making the second set interesting.

“The score doesn’t show how exciting the match was. There were many hotly contested points.”

2nd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Sydney Autio beat Amy Plastow/Rachel Smith 6-1, 6-1

“Sydney and McKenzie are a couple of powerful players. They flat-out overwhelmed their opponents.”