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Wolves dazzle with metal and sugar

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged baking, CHS Wolves, Danica Strong, Kassidy Upchurch, welding on January 23, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Cheer captain and artful welder, Kassidy Upchurch is a young woman of many talents. (Lincoln Kelley photos)

Their skills are many.

A batch of Coupeville High School students spent last weekend competing in area competitions with a focus on their work with both metal and sweet sugar.

Shepherded by CHS teacher Lincoln Kelley, the first group of Wolves visited Everett Community College Friday, Jan. 17, where they vied in the SkillsUSA Welding Sculpture, Welding Fabrication, and Technical Welding competitions.

Delanie Lewis, who displayed her project “The Nutty Giraffe,” placed twelfth in Welding Sculpture.

She had a busy day, taking part in an interview, showing her art piece, and taking a written knowledge test.

Meanwhile, Kassidy Upchurch claimed ninth in Technical Welding, where she demonstrated Oxy-Fuel Cutting, Shielded Metal Arc Welding, and the ability to construct a project from blueprints.

Jesus Madrigal and Danica Strong make the sparks fly.

Finally, the trio of Danica Strong, Jesus Madrigal, and Landon Roberts collected fifth place in Welding Fabrication.

The trio followed blueprints, measuring, cutting to length and various dimensions, fitting, and then welding together the pieces.

The result was a jet stove constructed from stock materials that had been provided.

Marz Halstead is on point in the kitchen.

After a few hours of downtime, Kelley was back on the road Saturday, taking Marz Halstead and Tenley Stuurmans to Arlington for a pastry and baking arts contest.

The duo baked a braided bread roll, two types of yeast rolls, a cherry pie, chocolate chip cookies, and biscuits, while also decorating a cake.

Get in my stomach.

Stuurmans placed ninth, with Halstead claiming eleventh place in a very close contest where the difference between first and ninth was less than seventy points.

While it was a long weekend, Kelley came away pleased with the skills shown by his young proteges.

“Great work by every one of our contestants,” he said. “They represented Coupeville very well.”

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“I continue to be impressed with this team”

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged Adeline Maynes, CHS Wolves, Concrete, girls basketball, Haylee Armstrong, JV on January 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Haylee Armstrong, dropping daggers and taking names. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re deceptive.

Off the court, Adeline Maynes and Haylee Armstrong come across as very kind young women, the sort of people you’d leave your baby or puppy with and feel like the tykes would come home happier than when they left.

But hand the Wolf duo a basketball, fling open the door to the gymnasium, and woe to anyone foolish enough to wander into their path.

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” are possibly the last words you’ll hear before the destruction hits like a hurricane, leaving twisted bodies and psyches in their wake.

Or something like that.

Suffice it to say that Maynes and Armstrong — which sort of sounds like a powerhouse law firm — are the linchpins of the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball team.

And once again the dazzling duo went off Tuesday night, this time wreaking havoc on visiting Concrete.

Combining to rattle the rims for 35 points, Coupeville’s twin terrors outscored the Lions by themselves, spurring Scout Smith’s squad to a resounding 62-30 win.

The victory lifts the Wolf JV to 3-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-5 overall, heading into a road trip Friday to the wilds of Orcas Island.

While Maynes and Armstrong were the tip of the spear, it was a strong team-wide effort all night, with much of Coupeville’s success springing from its work on the defensive end of the floor.

“Our team played a great game, executed our system well, and fought hard,” Smith said. “This team continues to adapt and improve to develop as players and not remain stagnant in their play.”

Maynes “did an excellent job crashing the boards and getting putback points,” while Lexis Drake “did an excellent job defensively.

“She played an integral role in our press, sniping any long range passes the offense tried to make.”

Once they had control of the ball, Smith’s rampaging warriors kept the pressure on Concrete, immediately kicking into gear.

“We pushed the ball up the court, ran the floor well, and attacked the hoop offensively,” Smith said.

“We were tenacious and active on defense both on the ball and in help.”

Coupeville surged to a 13-6 lead after one quarter, then steadily added to the lead quarter after quarter.

Up 22-14 at the half, the Wolves went on a 23-10 romp in the third frame, with Maynes pouring in 11 points.

The fab frosh finished with a season-best 23 points, while Armstrong netted a trio of three-balls on her way to 12 in support.

Capri Anter (8), Ava Lucero (8), Drake (5), Sydney Van Dyke (4), and Marin Winger (2) also scored, with Amelia Crowder, Chelsi Stevens, and Jeann Nitta all seeing floor time in the win.

Smith, who is in her first season at the helm of the Wolf JV, is enjoying watching the growth of her young players.

“Overall, I continue to be impressed with this team and the effort and energy they bring to each game,” she said.

“They continue to pursue excellence day in and day out.”

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You eat, kids benefit

Posted in Fundraisers, tagged Andreas Wurzrainer, chef dinner, Community Foundation for Coupeville Public Schools, Coupeville schools, fundraiser on January 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Take a bite and help Coupeville schoolchildren.

Five local chefs are joining together to present “A Tonic to Winter” — a gourmet dinner which will fundraise for the Community Foundation for Coupeville Public Schools.

The event is set for Wednesday, Feb. 25 and will go down at Gordon’s Fusion Cuisine, which is located at 103 NW Coveland.

Seats are limited, with 30 tickets left as of Wednesday morning.

Cost for the five-course meal, which includes two appetizers, two entrees (meat and fish), and dessert, is $150 per person, with all tickets sold online.

The featured chefs include Andreas Wurzrainer, Tyler Hanson, Sedrick Livingston, Ben Jones, and Gordon Stewart.

The night will include hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction featuring “unique Coupeville experiences,” and raffles.

Proceeds benefit The Boomerang Project, a student leadership program the Foundation and the schools are partnering to launch.

For more info on the dinner and to order tickets:

https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MjIzOTEz

For info on The Boomerang Project:

https://www.boomerangproject.com/transition-programs/web

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Balanced scoring fuels hardwood win

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged Boys Basketball, CHS Wolves, Concrete, Hurlee Bronec, Jack Porter on January 21, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Johnny Porter powers to the hoop. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

This is something new, in a good way.

Outscoring visiting Concrete in every quarter Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team rolled to a 60-39 victory, capturing back-to-back W’s for the first time in the 2024-2025 season.

With the win, which comes on the heels of a recent triumph against Darrington, the Wolves get to 4-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-10 overall.

Sitting in third place in the seven-team conference, trailing Mount Vernon Christian (5-0) and La Conner (5-1), Brad Sherman’s squad will aim for a third-straight win when it travels Friday to Orcas Island.

If CHS can boast the same kind of balanced scoring it found Tuesday, odds will be in its favor.

The Wolves got 51 of their 60 points from the trio of Chase Anderson, Jack Porter, and Hurlee Bronec, which each taking over the game at times.

The latter two from that threesome both dropped in six points in the opening quarter, spurring Coupeville to a quick 19-8 lead after eight minutes of play.

Jack Porter rolls in for a bucket.

Jack Porter closed the frame with back-to-back buckets, one on a bank shot, the other off of a steal and breakaway, and things were crackling.

But then both teams hit a dry spell, as points were hard to come by in the second quarter.

Concrete held Coupeville scoreless for a solid four minutes, cutting the deficit back to 21-13, but the Wolves had an answer.

Anderson made off with consecutive steals, turning both into buckets, before Hurlee Bronec danced his way through the paint for a reverse layup a second before the halftime buzzer.

Holding a 27-13 advantage at the break, the Wolves continued to push, and the Lions crumbled a bit.

The Porter brothers teamed up for a highlight reel-worthy bucket, with Johnny’s pass setting up Jack’s jumper, before Landon Roberts zipped his own John Stockton-style assist to Jack Porter for the game-buster.

A three-ball from the right side of the floor, it staked CHS to a 20-point lead and effectively ended any comeback hopes for the visitors.

As the game’s final minutes played out, Coupeville stayed riled up on defense, however.

Davin Houston rejected a Concrete shot, while Camden Glover used and abused the Lions on a play where he snatched an offensive board, before promptly powering back up for the putback.

As noted before, Coupeville balanced the books, with Anderson (20), Jack Porter (19), and Hurlee Bronec (12) all notching double digit scoring.

Glover (4), Roberts (3), and Johnny Porter (2) also knocked down buckets, with Carson Field, Zander Pulliam, Houston, Hunter Bronec, and Easton Green seeing floor time.

It was Pulliam’s varsity debut.

Coupeville’s seniors are pushing for the best possible playoff seeding.

While the win, and the team-wide effort, was the true highlight, stats hounds will also note that two Wolves set personal milestones.

Jack Porter (115) cracked the 100-point club, while Anderson joined the 500-point club.

The Wolf junior, who sits with 517 career points and counting, also passed Jason Bagby (499) and David Lortz (502) Tuesday to become the #50 scorer in the 108-year history of CHS varsity boys’ basketball.

No JV rumble:

Concrete doesn’t have a second boys’ squad this season, so the Wolves were limited to one game.

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Different continent, still a star

Posted in Football, tagged CHS Wolves, Dominic Coffman, football, Las Rozas, Spain on January 21, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Dominic Coffman heads up field in Spain.

Give him the ball and get out of his way.

Coupeville grad Dominic Coffman continues to carve up the football field in Spain, where the former Wolf star plays for the Las Bravas Black Demons.

This past Sunday he picked up 108 rushing yards and a touchdown to help spur his gridiron crew to a second-straight win to open a new season.

With wins over Osos and Zaragoza, the Black Demons are a crisp 2-0.

During his time at CHS, Coffman went to state in football, basketball, and track and field, bringing home a second-place medal in the 4 x 100 relay as a senior.