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Can’t stop! Won’t stop!!

October 18, 2016 by David Svien

Maddy Hilkey is the leader of a Wolf JV volleyball squad which has won six straight. (John Fisken photo)

They are the hottest team in all the land.

Sparked by the wicked serves of Raven Vick and Lucy Sandahl, the Coupeville High School JV spikers strolled to a straight-sets win Tuesday night, nabbing their sixth straight victory.

The 26-24, 25-17, 25-19 triumph, coming over visiting Klahowya, lifts the Wolf young guns to 5-0 in 1A Olympic League play, 8-2 overall.

Playing second on Dig for the Cure night, the JV squad started slowly, falling behind 6-2 and showing an uncharacteristic lack of touch at the service stripe by sending its first two offerings into the bottom of the net.

That didn’t last long, however, as the Wolves regrouped, rallied behind a nice run at the service stripe from Hannah Davidson, then settled in for a battle.

The two teams traded the first-set lead back and forth, with 11 ties, before Klahowya started to crawl away.

Up 21-17, the Eagles seemed in control.

Spoiler alert: they weren’t.

Getting the ball back after forcing a side-out, Coupeville tossed the ball to Vick, and the freshman phenom responded in style.

With her twin sister Willow leading the cheers, Raven broke off six straight points with a serve that kicked like a mule and took off Klahowya fingertips as it skidded by.

The Eagles briefly rallied back into a tie, only to have their hearts broken when Sandahl made a lunging save and spun the ball in between three panicky Klahowya players for the decisive point.

Sandahl stayed hot, putting together two nice service runs of her own in the second set, while Maddy Hilkey made a spectacular running save for a winner and Davidson sliced ‘n diced with a series of big hits.

The third set was more of the same, with everyone jumping into the mix.

Peytin Vondrak, Scout Smith and (yep, her again) Sandahl were lights-out on serve.

Meanwhile, Willow Vick and Zoe Trujillo were delivering sweet winners, before Hilkey closed the match with a note-perfect drop shot worthy of a few oohs and ahs.