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Freeze the standings until winter

Posted in Boys Soccer, Cross Country, Football, Girls Soccer, Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, cross country, football, Northwest League, Soccer, volleyball on November 1, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School cross country runner Johnathan Jacobsen charges towards the finish line in a meet earlier this season. (Julie Wheat photo)

We hit the tape.

With all fall sports regular season games in the Northwest 2B/1B League having wrapped this week, this is our final standings story for the season.

The weekly feature will be back once high school basketball gets rolling, but for now, a breather.

Where things sit through November 1:

Northwest League boys’ soccer:

School	League	Points	Overall
Orcas Island	9-0-0	27	15-0-1
MV Christian	7-1-1	22	10-1-3
PC Christian	7-2-0	21	9-4-1
Friday Harbor	5-2-2	17	8-4-2
Coupeville	5-3-1	16	9-5-1
La Conner	3-6-0	9	6-9-1
Lopez Island	3-6-0	9	4-10-0
Evangel Classical	2-6-1	7	6-6-2
CPC-Lynnwood	1-7-1	4	4-10-1
Grace Academy	0-9-0	0	0-13-0

**3 points for a league win, 1 for a tie**

Northwest League football — (11-Man):

School	League	Overall
Friday Harbor	2-0	6-2
Coupeville	0-2	1-6

Northwest League girls’ soccer:

School	League	Points	Overall
MV Christian	12-0-0	36	14-2-1
Friday Harbor	8-4-0	24	8-8-0
Coupeville	6-4-2	20	7-5-3
Lopez Island	6-4-2	20	6-5-2
La Conner	5-5-2	17	5-9-2
PC Christian	2-10-0	6	2-10-0
Orcas Island	0-12-0	0	1-14-0

**3 points for a league win, 1 for a tie**

Northwest League volleyball:

School	League	Overall
Darrington	8-0	19-3
MV Christian	9-1	15-1
Coupeville	6-4	8-7
La Conner	5-5	7-9
Friday Harbor	3-7	4-8
Orcas Island	2-8	5-12
Concrete	0-8	7-14

Willow Leedy-Bonifas sends a volleyball back where it came from. (Jacob Lujan photo)

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Harriers send nine to state

Posted in Cross Country, tagged Anna Powers, CHS Wolves, cross country, Cyrus Sparacio, districts, Westside Classic on October 31, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Wolves Ivy Rudat (left) and Anna Powers are state meet qualifiers. (Photos courtesy Elizabeth Bitting, Kelly Powers, Dan McCutcheon, and Matt Lachnit.)

Make reservations for nine heading off to Eastern Washington.

The Coupeville High School cross country team won a boys team title at the district meet Saturday, while finishing third in a brutal girls’ battle.

Led by a one-two finish from sophomore Cyrus Sparacio and freshman Henry Purdue, the Wolf boys held off Northwest 2B/1B League rival Friday Harbor 19-39 to claim the crown and earn a fourth-straight trip to state as a full unit.

The final run of the season is set for next Saturday, November 7 at the Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.

Coupeville’s boys finished 10th at state in 2023, 9th in 2024, and 11th in 2025.

Senior Kenneth Jacobsen is the only CHS runner to be a member of all four teams, while Sparacio, Ossian Merkel, and Beckett Green advance to state for a second time.

Ready to rumble on Halloween morning.

While the Wolf boys competed against 2B schools from District 1 and 2 at Saturday’s Westside Classic meet at University Place, the girls faced a steeper uphill battle.

Their race also included runners from District 3, and mashed together 1B and 2B teams, while still retaining the same number of qualifiers for state — the top two teams and top 14 runners.

Pope John Paul II out of Lacey, a juggernaut in the harrier biz, ran away with the team title, placing all seven of its runners in the top 10 led by winner Isla Valpiani to notch a paltry 15 points.

The public school champs.

Covenant from Tacoma nipped Coupeville 68-81 to nab the other team berth to state, with Evangel Classical (114), Summit Classical Christian (125), and Mount Vernon Christian (138) also pushing a full seven runners across the line.

As the only public school to field a full team on the 5,000-meter course — Orcas Island, Friday Harbor, Lummi Nation and others had limited rosters — the Wolves did nab two slots to state.

Freshman Anna Powers hit the tape in 11th place, while senior Ivy Rudat claimed the very last golden ticket in 14th, earning her second trip to Pasco.

While the Wolf girls got tripped up a bit by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association being stingy with its allocations, CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting came away pleased with how her runners approached the royale rumble.

“They fought hard!” she said.

“They ran amazing and did SO WELL! I am proud of them and their season.”

Ivy Rudat perfects the art of the run.

Saturday results:

GIRLS:

Anna Powers (11th) 21:58.0 — *STATE QUALIFIER*
Ivy Rudat (14th) 22:19.7 — *STATE QUALIFIER*
Mikayla Wagner (18th) 23:09.3
Devon Wyman (26th) 24:12.9
Claire Lachnit (31st) 24:58.0
Laken Simpson (36th) 25:34.7
Allie Powers (37th) 25:37.1

Henry Purdue comes roaring up on the outside.

BOYS:

Cyrus Sparacio (1st) 17:10.2 — *STATE QUALIFIER*
Henry Purdue (2nd) 17:52.6 — *STATE QUALIFIER*
Kenneth Jacobsen (6th) 18:31.1 — *STATE QUALIFIER*
Ossian Merkel (10th) 19:15.9 — *STATE QUALIFIER*
Archer Schwarz (14th) 19:23.1 — *STATE QUALIFIER*
Leo Davis (15th) 19:43.6 — *STATE QUALIFIER*
Beckett Green (17th) 20:05.9 — *STATE QUALIFIER*

Ossian Merkel stands tall on the awards stand.

Anna Powers eyeballs the paparazzi as she glides on by.

Archer Schwarz shows ’em how it’s done.

Plotting their strategy.

The fastest 2B squad in the region.

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CHS boys run to #8 state ranking

Posted in Cross Country, tagged WIAA, CHS Wolves, cross country, rankings, Elizabeth Bitting on October 28, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Fast on the trail, agreeable on photo day. (Julie Wheat photo)

The coaches approve.

Mere days before the district meet, which goes down Saturday at University Place, the Coupeville High School boys’ cross country runners find themselves ranked #8 among all 2B schools.

Unlike RPI rankings, which are done by Washington Interscholastic Activities Association computers, the harrier tabulations come directly from humans.

In this case, the Washington State Cross Country Coaches Association.

It’s the third straight week the Wolf boys have shown up in the poll, having made their debut October 12.

Elizabeth Bitting’s squad finished second at the Northwest 2B/1B League meet to Evangel Classical, which is ranked #2 among 1B schools.

Now at districts, which is the qualifier for the state meet in Pasco, the Wolves won’t have to see their private school rivals as 2B and 1B boys compete in different races.

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Wolf harriers build new state meet legacy

Posted in Cross Country, tagged CHS Wolves, cross country, Helen Strelow, Kenneth Jacobsen, state meet on October 26, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Kenneth Jacobsen flies across the prairie. (Julie Wheat photo)

The goal is Pasco.

That’s where the state cross country meet is held each year, and it’s a target Coupeville High School runners have hit more often than not.

Since the school-wide harrier program was relaunched in 2018, after being shut down for 20+ years, the Wolves have reached the big dance in six of eight seasons.

Toss out 2020, when the pandemic erased state for everyone, and it’s actually six of seven, with the only other season-ending meet missing the red and black being 2018.

That includes five trips for an entire team, with the Wolf boys qualifying for state as a group in 2023, 2024, and 2025, while the girls advanced as a unit in 2022 and 2025.

Overall, 26 Coupeville runners — 13 girls and 13 boys — have competed at state in this new era, with Carson Field, Kenneth Jacobsen, George Spear, and Ezekiel Allen reaching the big race three times.

Jacobsen, a senior this year, can make it four-for-four if things break correctly this weekend.

Coupeville will be back at it this Saturday, running on Halloween morning at the Westside Classic district meet at University Place, with Elizabeth Bitting’s squad trying to add to its rapidly-building legacy.

The following breakdown covers the seasons of CHS having its own full program during the rebirth years of 2018-2026.

That means it doesn’t include, say, Danny Conlisk, who made it to state for Coupeville in 2017 while training and traveling with South Whidbey.

Or Tyler King, who won an individual state title in 2010 while doing the same with Oak Harbor.

And certainly not the earlier decades when CHS had its own full program before being shut down in the ’90s.

That time frame includes the boys finishing fifth as a team in 1976 and 1977, while the girls earned a program-best 4th in 1982, before Natasha Bamberger cruised to a state title in 1985.