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Get the big van, baby!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged 1A Olympic League, John McClarin, Joseph Wedekind, Klahowya, tennis on October 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »

John McClarin teamed with Joseph Wedekind to win the doubles crown at Saturday’s 1A Olympic League tourney. (John Fisken photos)

Nick Etzell finished third in singles play, earning a trip to districts.

The Elite Eight. (Photo courtesy Ken Stange)

Ken Stange is going to have a lot of company.

When the Coupeville High School boys’ tennis coach heads to Tacoma next Wednesday for districts, he’ll be taking along the biggest contingent of players in his decade-plus career at the school.

Sweeping the top three doubles slots and pulling off a pair of upsets on the singles side Saturday at the 1A Olympic League tournament, the Wolves qualified eight players to advance.

Coupeville, the regular season champs, accounted for two-thirds of the players who punched their tickets, with only one Wolf, freshman Mason Grove, failing to advance.

Grove did win a match, though, as the CHS netters went a combined 9-6 on the day.

The Wolves finished 1-2-3 in doubles and claimed third and fourth in singles, while Klahowya took the top two singles slots and fourth in doubles.

Chimacum and Port Townsend failed to advance any players.

Complete results:

Singles:

Nick Etzell (3rd)

Beat Spencer Winters (K) 9-7
Lost to Taylor Fite (K) 6-0, 6-0
Beat Jakobi Baumann (CP) 4-6, 6-2, 12-10

Jakobi Baumann (4th)

Beat Isaiah Treibel (PT) 8-2
Lost to Caden Haga (K) 6-0, 6-1
Lost to Etzell (CP) 4-6, 6-2, 12-10

Mason Grove (DNP)

Beat Zackery Kienle (PT) 8-0
Lost to Fite (K) 8-0

Doubles:

John McClarin/Joseph Wedekind (1st)

Bye
Beat Grey Rische/Jimmy Myers (CP) 6-4, 6-2
Beat William Nelson/Joey Lippo (CP) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5

William Nelson/Joey Lippo (2nd)

Bye
Beat Kyle Schoening/Parker Short (K) 6-0, 6-2
Lost to McClarin/Wedekind (CP) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5

Grey Rische/Jimmy Myers (3rd)

Beat Ben Cook/Joe Bowman (K) 8-2
Lost to McClarin/Wedekind (CP) 6-4, 6-2
Beat Schoening/Short (K) 7-6(8-6), 7-5

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Netters postseason bound!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged CHS Wolves, Mason Grove, Nick Etzell, South Whidbey, tennis on October 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Zach Ginnings teamed with Jaschon Baumann to put up a strong fight at #4 doubles Tuesday afternoon. (John Fisken photo)

Tuesday was the appetizer, Thursday is the main course.

Two days before it heads off to the Olympic League tournament, the Coupeville High School boys’ tennis squad wrapped up regular-season play with a 6-2 non-conference loss at South Whidbey.

The match gave the Wolves, who finished 5-8 on the season, some valuable court time, as two of their previous three matches were rained-out.

With little at stake, CHS shuffled its roster a bit Tuesday, giving doubles ace Joey Lippo his first crack at playing singles.

Thursday, the Wolves will take three singles players (Nick Etzell, Jakobi Baumann and Mason Grove) and three doubles duos to Chimacum for the league tourney.

John McClarin/Joseph Wedekind, Lippo/William Nelson and Grey Rische/Jimmy Myers will represent CHS, which went 4-0 in conference play to nab its second straight regular season league title.

The top four finishers in each flight at the league tourney advance to districts Oct. 26-27.

Complete Tuesday results:

1st singles — Joey Lippo lost to Levi Buck 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(7-2)

2nd singles — Nick Etzell beat Jeffrey Parker 6-3, 6-0

3rd singles — Jakobi Baumann lost to Nick Simmons 7-5, 4-6, 10-2

4th singles — Mason Grove beat Andrew Baeslar (retired)

1st doubles — Joseph Wedekind/John McClarin lost to Ryan Wenzek/Austin Sterba 7-5, 6-2

2nd doubles — Grey Rische/Jimmy Myers lost to Kody Newman/Cameron Asay 6-2, 6-2

3rd doubles — Aiden Crimmins/Tiger Johnson lost to Ari Rohan/Aengus Dubendorf 6-0, 6-1

4th doubles — Jaschon Baumann/Zach Ginnings lost to Larsen Christiansen/Sean Drake 6-3, 6-0

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Different town, same results!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged CHS Wolves, doubles, Sequim, tennis, William Nelson on October 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Mason Grove, seen here in an earlier match, fought hard but fell at #3 singles Tuesday. (John Fisken photos)

Grey Rische and doubles partner Jimmy Myers collected one of Coupeville’s two victories on the day.

Almost a mirror image. Almost.

Completing a rare home-and-away series with a non-conference rival, the Coupeville High School boys’ tennis squad fell 5-2 in Sequim Tuesday afternoon.

While several players on both sides were shuffled from the first meeting on Whidbey way back on Sept. 12, the same two Wolf duos won and the final team score was identical.

Sequim, a 2A school, swept to victory by blitzing through the singles matches, while 1A Coupeville split the doubles matches.

Again.

The loss snaps a four-match winning streak for the Wolves and drops them to 5-7.

Coupeville (4-0 in 1A Olympic League play) closes the regular season with matches at Chimacum (0-12) Thursday and South Whidbey (7-4) Oct. 17.

After that the Wolves, who won their second straight league crown, head to the postseason, starting with the league tourney Oct. 20.

Complete Tuesday results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Nick Etzell lost to Steven Prorok 6-2, 6-2

2nd singles — Jakobi Baumann lost to Justin Porter 6-2, 6-3

3rd singles — Mason Grove lost to Raymond Lamb 6-1, 6-1

1st doubles — Joseph Wedekind/John McClarin lost to Blake Wiker/Thomas Hughes 6-2, 6-1

2nd doubles — William Nelson/Joey Lippo beat Tim Porter/Damon Little 6-2, 6-1

3rd doubles — Grey Rische/Jimmy Myers beat Dillon Liebert/Paul Jacobsen 7-6(7-5), 6-1

4th doubles — Tiger Johnson/Jaschon Baumann lost to Liam Payne/Kevin Meyer 6-0, 6-0

JV:

5th doubles — Koby Schreiber/Zach Ginnings lost to Sam/Jake 6-4

6th doubles — Elliot Johnson/Grove lost

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Champs, again!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, doubles, Ken Stange, league title, tennis on October 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »

William Nelson has played a key role on back-to-back league champion CHS tennis teams. (John Fisken photos)

The champs, minus Jimmy Myers, who was absent the day team photos were taken.

Prepare the wall, we have incoming.

Taking advantage of another sunny day, the Coupeville High School boys’ tennis squad scorched visiting Chimacum 6-1 Wednesday, clinching their second consecutive 1A Olympic League title.

Now 4-0 in league, 5-6 overall, the Wolves will hang another title board on the school’s Wall of Fame, regardless of how they do in their final two conference bouts.

Coupeville finishes the regular season with four straight road matches, including one each against Klahowya (2-2) and Chimacum (0-4).

Even if they were to somehow lose both of those matches, the Wolves could finish no worse than 4-2 in league play and own the tiebreaker, having swept their first two matches against Klahowya.

With year three just underway, CHS has won seven Olympic League crowns, with four coming on the tennis courts.

Wednesday they shredded the Cowboys final hope by savaging them in doubles play.

The Wolves swept all four of those matches, surrendering just a single game at #1 doubles.

Complete results:

1st singles — Nick Etzell lost to Isaiah Treibel 7-6, 6-2

2nd singles — Jakobi Baumann beat Nate Miller 6-1, 7-5

3rd singles — Mason Grove beat Jonah Diehl 6-0, 7-5

1st doubles — Joseph Wedekind/John McClarin beat Zach Engle/Jack Meissner 6-1, 6-0

2nd doubles — Joey Lippo/William Nelson beat Mason Lawson/Bradon Coleman 6-0, 6-0

3rd doubles — Jimmy Myers/Grey Rische beat Rowan Powell/Zackery Kienle 6-0, 6-0

4th doubles — Aiden Crimmins/Tiger Johnson beat JJ Brennan/Jack Gibbons 6-0, 6-0

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A step closer to the crown!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, doubles, Ken Stange, Klahowya, tennis, titles on September 30, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Tiger Johnson and the CHS netters are one win away from clinching back-to-back league titles. (John Fisken photo)

One win away from another title.

That’s where Coupeville High School boys’ tennis coach Ken Stange finds himself, after he successfully juggled his roster again Friday and set the Wolves up to nip visiting Klahowya 4-3.

The victory lifts the Wolves to 3-0 in 1A Olympic League play, two up on the Eagles (1-2) with three to play.

Chimacum (0-2) brings up the rear.

Since Coupeville holds the tiebreaker on Klahowya, having won the first two meetings between the schools, the Wolves can defend their league title and clinch with a victory in their next match.

That comes Wednesday, Oct. 5 at Chimacum.

Friday’s triumph came courtesy of a sweep of the four doubles matches, and, to get there, Stange shuffled his roster, putting his top two singles players, Nick Etzell and Jakobi Baumann together as a team.

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Mason Grove lost to Taylor Fite 6-1, 6-0

2nd singles — Aiden Crimmins lost to Caden Haga 6-1, 6-1

3rd singles — Tiger Johnson lost to Connor Swaney 6-1, 6-0

1st doubles — Joseph Wedekind/John McClarin beat Kyle Schoening/Parker Short 6-0, 7-6(7-2)

2nd doubles — Joey Lippo/William Nelson beat Spencer Winters/Will Stewart 6-0, 6-1

3rd doubles — Jimmy Myers/Grey Rische beat Joe Bowman/Nick Hytinen 6-7(5-7), 6-2, 6-2

4th doubles — Jakobi Baumann/Nick Etzell beat Carson Short/Morgan Seidel 6-2, 6-1

JV:

5th doubles — Jaschon Baumann/Elliott Johnson lost to Logan Brunson/Eric Loehrs 8-4

6th doubles — Grove/Crimmins beat Dylan Jackson/Matt Hytinen 8-3