Taylor Brotemarkle and Wolf JV volleyball are a school-best 11-3 this fall. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
Issabel Johnson hit like a freight train.
By the time the Coupeville High School sophomore was done Thursday, visiting Friday Harbor’s JV volleyball team was shell-shocked, shattered, and utterly destroyed.
Throwing down 23 consecutive points on her serve, Johnson was the first of many Wolves to soar as CHS strolled to a 25-2, 25-6, 25-13 rout.
The win lifts Coupeville’s young guns to a crisp 9-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 11-3 overall.
Boasting the best record of any Wolf fall sports team, the JV spikers and coach Ashley Menges close their season on the road at Mount Vernon Christian next Thursday, Oct. 28.
Playing in front of its home fans for the final time this season, Coupeville made short work of Friday Harbor.
The opening set was actually knotted at 2-2 when Johnson stepped to the service stripe, gently twirling the ball in her hands as she waited for the ref’s signal.
Then, she unleashed Hell.
Or, at least that’s what Friday Harbor probably thought, as serve after serve ripped off their fingertips, skidded away, or was completely unhittable.
The few times the Wolverines got the ball back over the net on a Johnson serve, her teammates made sure to quickly take care of business.
Madison McMillan smoked a nasty kill, while Jada Heaton delivered a pair of big-time thumps, crushing the volleyball and Friday Harbor’s spirit.
The only thing which stopped Johnson’s delicious rampage of terror was the simple fact the set ended, her 23-point run turning a 2-2 stalemate into a 25-2 romp.
How convincing was the first-set demolition?
The notebooks I use have 28 lines in them, which means, recording one point per line, you always go to a second page for each set.
Not so this time, as one page was all he wrote…
The second set was almost as big a romp, though the scrappy Wolverines did fight back a bit.
Katie Marti and McMillan both had strong runs on serve (though not 23 straight points strong), while Grey Peabody and Mia Farris owned control of the net.
Farris uncorked one kill which is still causing the gym walls to shake, while Peabody was a wild woman unleashed.
A tip winner here, a tip winner there, two solo blocks — which made her coach arch both eyebrows in approval — and her own ferocious spike.
The only thing slowing down Peabody was she occasionally had to sit on the bench long enough to allow the stat keeper to rest their over-worked fingers and apply some ice.
While the match was decided after two sets, the teams played a third for practice, allowing Taylor Brotemarkle, Peabody, and Marti a chance to shine at the service line.
Things ended on a very-appropriate note with Peabody soaring to the heavens, or at least the top of the net, to stuff Friday Harbor’s final rally.
At which point the stat keeper’s hand fell off, the ever-exuberant Marti bum-rushed her teammates, giving them all bear hugs, and the Wolves exited the floor like gunslingers who had just won another duel at high noon.
Thursday stats:
Taylor Brotemarkle — 1 kill, 2 digs, 3 assists, 4 aces
Mia Farris — 2 kills, 1 dig
Jada Heaton — 2 kills, 3 aces
Issabel Johnson — 8 digs, 1 assist, 11 aces
Katie Marti — 1 kill, 6 assists, 5 aces
Madison McMillan — 2 kills, 3 digs, 3 aces
Grey Peabody — 5 kills, 2 solo blocks, 2 aces
Aby Wood — 1 dig, 1 assist
Mia Farris and Co. were deadly on serve once again.
Coupeville Sports 
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