Coupeville Sports

That moment when you’re undefeated in league. (John Fisken photos)

   Maddy Hilkey (left) and the Wolf JV are 6-2 after thrashing Chimacum Tuesday night.

Speed bump? What speed bump?

Adjusting nicely after a brief second-set stumble Tuesday night, the Coupeville High School volleyball squad rallied to down host Chimacum in four sets, staying perfect in league play.

The 25-7, 23-25, 25-19, 25-16 victory lifts the Wolves to 4-0 in 1A Olympic League play, 6-2 overall.

It puts them a game-and-a-half up on Klahowya (2-1) in the standings, while Chimacum (1-3) and Port Townsend (0-3) round out things.

Thanks to a quirk in the schedule, Coupeville will stay flawless in league play for at least two more weeks.

The Wolves play only twice in the next 13 days, facing non-conference foes Port Angeles (Thursday at home, 5:15 varsity only) and Sequim (Oct. 11), before returning to league play Oct. 18.

CHS closes the regular season with five straight league bouts — two apiece against Klahowya and Port Townsend and one against Chimacum — as it seeks its first volleyball league title in 15 seasons.

The last time the Wolf spikers reigned atop the final standings was in 2001.

Back then they resided in the Northwest League and this year’s seniors (Ally Roberts, Tiffany Briscoe and Valen Trujillo) were three years old.

Tuesday night any dreams of championship glory were set firmly on the back burner, as the Wolves focused intently on the matter at hand. For most of the time.

“We came in strong with our serves and got to an early lead,” said CHS coach Cory Whitmore. “We let up on that, they made some adjustments and got momentum.

“Our focus wasn’t all there but we gained it back to finish the game.”

Katrina McGranahan was, as usual, cool as a cucumber in all aspects of the game, and piled up some sweet stats as she kept the young Wolf squad centered.

The junior middle blocker pounded home a team-high nine kills, was remarkably consistent on her hitting and fired off five service aces.

“Katrina had a great game serving but especially attacking,” Whitmore said.

Hope Lodell (five kills, nine digs, five aces), Payton Aparicio (five kills, eight aces) and Ashley Menges (nine assists, five aces) all filled up the stat sheet, while Lauren Rose chipped in with 19 assists and Roberts went low for eight digs.

JV aces another foe:

Kristin Bridges‘ young guns continue to match the varsity, also rolling to their fourth straight victory.

Shredding Chimacum 25-8, 25-8, the Wolf JV also improved to 4-0 in league, 6-2 overall.

The key, as always, was Coupeville’s ability to fire darts from the service line, where the Wolf spikers cranked out 29 aces.

“Our serving really helped us control the game from the start,” Bridges said.

Scout Smith led the way, ripping off 16 winners on her serve, while also finding time to slide forward and hand out five assists.

Hannah Davidson (9), Maddy Hilkey (2) and Zoe Trujillo (2) all nabbed aces as well, with Trujillo’s three kills topping the team.

Nicole Lester and Davidson both recorded a pair of kills, Jillian Mayne added another and Raven Vick rounded out the stat sheet with an assist and a dig.