Welcome to the gun show. Chloe Marzocca and Co. thrashed Darrington Thursday. (Jackie Saia photo)
Right back in stride.
Bouncing back from a rare loss, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad drilled visiting Darrington Thursday night.
Rolling to a 25-12, 25-19, 15-6 victory, the Wolves improve to 7-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 11-2 overall.
Coupeville’s young guns have one match left on the schedule, and it’s a doozy, as they host conference heavyweight La Conner Tuesday, Oct. 25.
The Wolves prepped for their furious finale by methodically swatting Darrington.
CHS actually trailed in all three sets for a hot moment, then found a different gear and seized control for good.
They key to the opening set was the serving of Taylor Brotemarkle, as the Wolf sophomore ripped off an 11-point run at the line to break open a 4-4 tie.
Mixing nasty aces with slightly softer serves, which the Loggers still couldn’t get back over the net, she was a lethal markswoman with a license to kill.
One of the few times Darrington staged a brief bit of resistance during Brotemarkle’s run of terror, teammate Jada Heaton soared at the net to smash a spike winner which tore off the arm of a Logger defender.
Toss in some nice work from fab frosh Teagan Calkins, both at the service line and rampaging around, dispensing spikes, and the Wolves were clicking.
Things took a brief detour into more dangerous territory in the second set, as Darrington led for a considerable amount of time.
Coupeville got big plays from folks like Aby Wood, who pumped up the Wolf faithful with a thunderous block, but the visitors proved to be resilient.
The Loggers staked themselves to a 17-12 advantage, before Coupeville — having received some slightly stern words of wisdom from coach Ashley Menges — regained its mojo.
CHS fought back to knot things at 18-18, before Katie Marti put things on ice with an extended run at the service stripe.
The ever excitable one popped an ace off a rival’s shoulder, while also slamming a serve which tore off the last flake of paint on the back line as it skipped away.
While the third set was for practice, Marti and Issabel Johnson took things deadly serious, peppering the Loggers with a string of aces to close out the night.
Katie Marti fires up the ace machine. (Delanie Lewis photo)
Thursday stats:
Taylor Brotemarkle — 2 digs, 12 aces
Carly Burt — 1 kill, 1 dig
Teagan Calkins — 6 kills, 2 digs, 1 assist, 3 aces
Jada Heaton — 1 dig, 1 ace
Issabel Johnson — 3 kills, 6 aces
Katie Marti — 3 kills, 2 digs, 16 assists, 9 aces
Chloe Marzocca — 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 assist
Grier Mooney — 2 digs
Aby Wood — 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 solo block
Coupeville Sports 
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