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CMS harriers zip to the finish line

Posted in Cross Country, Middle School, tagged , , , , on October 21, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Jesse Kehoe gets airborne. (Photos by Kelly Powers and Amber Wyman)

They reached the end of the trail. Quickly.

The Coupeville Middle School cross country team capped its season Wednesday with an appearance at the Cascade League Championships in Langley, and the Wolves held up well on the 3,000-meter course.

Sparked by top five performances from Juniper Dotson and Sarai Dangerfield, the CMS girls finished second in the team standings behind host South Whidbey, while Granite Falls rounded out the top three.

Juniper Dotson and Sarai Dangerfield lead the way for the Wolf girls.

Meanwhile on the boys’ side of things, Coupeville claimed third place, with South Whidbey and King’s going one-two.

In addition to the team titles, the host Cougars also earned both individual crowns, with 7th grader Kaylin Gutzmer and 8th grader Rowan Doonan hitting the tape first.

Overall, there were 169 runners on the course, repping six different schools.

 

Wednesday results:

 

GIRLS:

Juniper Dotson (4th) 12:50.5
Sarai Dangerfield (5th) 12:52.7
Ava Clark (9th) 13:23.4
Abi Dangerfield (16th) 14:21.9
Luna Strong (26th) 15:32.2
Alayla Schwarz (28th) 15:41.5
Dresden Rusch (45th) 17:04.1
Lillian Lachnit (50th) 17:33.8
Gracie Gonzalez (57th) 18:37.6

The Wolf girls attack as a pack.

 

BOYS:

Jesse Kehoe (6th) 11:15.2
Nicholas Strong (14th) 11:50.6
Cole Van Dyke (18th) 12:03.4
John Davis (19th) 12:05.7
Mica McCloskey (25th) 12:36.7
Antonio Echeverria Bryant (31st) 13:05.4
Brody Griffith (40th) 13:54.8
Hayden Maynes (50th) 14:52.2
Gavin Goldman (51st) 14:52.4
Stone Simpson (62nd) 16:01.6
Quinton Freeman (75th) 17:55.5
Danny Powers (85th) 21:17.3
Henry Engel (94th) 25:18.4

Coupeville’s boys get limbered up.

Abi Dangerfield streaks for the finish line.

The Wolves celebrate the end of the season with ice cream and awards.

Team leaders (l to r) Ava Clark, Juniper Dotson, Cole Van Dyke, and Jesse Kehoe.

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Wolf girls run to league title

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , , on October 21, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School senior Ivy Rudat finished 4th at the league championship meet. (Jackie Saia photo)

The Wall of Fame in the Coupeville High School gym gets a new addition.

Sparked by four top 10 finishers, the Wolf girls’ cross country team roared to a team title Wednesday at the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships in Mount Vernon.

The Wolves, led by second place finisher Anna Powers, held off Evangel Classical 27-44 to win the crown, with Mount Vernon Christian (60) rounding out the top three.

On the boys’ side of things, Evangel, a small private school from Marysville, topped everyone with 20 points, while Coupeville (47) and Friday Harbor (67) were hot on their heels.

“So proud of them!!!” said excited CHS trail guru Elizabeth Bitting as she checked out the standings.

The Wolves went 2nd-4th-9th-10th in the girls’ race, while Cyrus Sparacio (3rd) and Henry Purdue (5th) were in the mix for an individual title.

Mount Vernon Christian sophomore Della Carlson and Evangel senior Joshua Sarr ran away from the field on a 5,000-meter course, with eight schools vying for honors.

Da champs, minus Ava Lucero. (Elizabeth Bitting photo)

The league meet was the first of (hopefully) three postseason races for Coupeville, which moves on to the Westside Classic Saturday, October 31 at University Place.

At that district-level meet, the Wolf girls will compete with 2B and 1B schools from District 1, 2, and 3, while the CHS boys will go toe-to-toe with 2B schools from District 1 and 2.

The top two teams and top 14 individuals in each race advances to the state meet, set for November 7 in Pasco.

 

Wednesday results:

 

GIRLS:

Anna Powers (2nd) 21:33.3
Ivy Rudat (4th) 22:42.1
Devon Wyman (9th) 25:17.7
Mikayla Wagner (10th) 25:21.9
Claire Lachnit (12th) 25:24.8
Allie Powers (16th) 25:57.4
Laken Simpson (18th) 26:01.5
Ava Lucero (23rd) 27:21.1

 

Beckett Green hits his stride in an earlier meet. (Jackie Saia photo)

 

BOYS:

Cyrus Sparacio (3rd) 17:10.4
Henry Purdue (5th) 17:31.6
Archer Schwarz (16th) 19:11.0
Kenneth Jacobsen (19th) 19:19.3
Beckett Green (21st) 19:33.7
Ossian Merkel (22nd) 19:44.2
Hunter Atteberry (27th) 20:30.4
Leo Davis (28th) 20:39.9
Isaiah Allen (33rd) 21:11.4
Johnathan Jacobsen (36th) 22:13.2
Nolan Hunt (50th) 26:27.7
Zach Blitch (55th) 32:43.0

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Big games, big stakes

Posted in Football, Volleyball, Girls Soccer, Boys Soccer, Cross Country, tagged , , , , , , on October 18, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School spirit team supernova Bella Karr has had plenty to cheer about this fall. (Jackie Saia photo)

Welcome to crunch time.

As we slip into the second half of October, the games get bigger and the playoff chase becomes a part of every day’s reality.

Cross country is the first Coupeville High School fall sports team to begin the postseason, racing at the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships Wednesday in Mount Vernon.

Meanwhile, Wolf football clashes with conference archrival Friday Harbor on the road Friday, needing a win to keep alive any playoff dreams.

For volleyball and the soccer squads, action continues as well.

The spikers trek off to La Conner Tuesday for a conference rumble, before hosting non-league rival Forks Friday night.

With the booters, the girls are at La Conner Tuesday, then off to Port Townsend Saturday to clash with East Jefferson, while the boys are in Bothell Wednesday to face Providence Classical Christian, then at home Friday against Crosspoint Christian.

Keeping that all in mind, here are where things sit through October 18:

 

Northwest League boys’ soccer:

School League Points Overall
Orcas Island 6-0-0 18 12-0-1
Coupeville 5-1-1 16 8-3-1
MV Christian 5-1-0 15 8-1-2
PC Christian 4-2-0 12 6-4-1
Friday Harbor 3-2-1 10 6-4-1
La Conner 3-3-0 9 6-5-1
CPC-Lynnwood 1-4-1 4 3-7-1
Evangel Classical 1-4-1 4 5-4-2
Lopez Island 1-6-0 3 1-9-0
Grace Academy 0-6-0 0 0-10-0

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

 

Northwest League football — (11-Man):

School League Overall
Friday Harbor 1-0 4-2
Coupeville 0-1 1-5

 

Northwest League girls’ soccer:

School League Points Overall
MV Christian 9-0-0 27 11-2-1
Friday Harbor 7-2-0 21 7-6-0
Lopez Island 6-3-2 20 6-4-2
Coupeville 4-4-2 14 5-5-2
La Conner 2-4-2 8 2-8-2
PC Christian 2-7-0 6 2-7-0
Orcas Island 0-10-0 0 0-12-0

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

 

Northwest League volleyball:

School League Overall
Darrington 5-0 13-2
MV Christian 6-1 12-1
Coupeville 5-3 6-6
La Conner 3-3 5-5
Orcas Island 2-4 5-8
Friday Harbor 2-5 3-6
Concrete 0-7 6-11

Wolf fans bring big energy. (Jacob Lujan photo)

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Terrific trails, fast feet

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , , on October 15, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Leo Davis zipped down the trail Thursday in Bellingham. (Elizabeth Bitting photo)

They aced the pre-test.

With the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships next up on the schedule, the Coupeville High School cross country squad went for a run in Bellingham Thursday to get some prep work done.

And it went rather well.

Competing at the 11-team Lake Lap Invite at Lake Padden, the Wolves claimed second place in the boys’ gold division, third in the boys’ silver class, and fourth in the girls’ platinum race.

Plus, freshman Leo Davis won an individual title in the silver class, outgunning a Sehome harrier by almost seven seconds to top a field of 63 runners on a 2.6-mile course.

With big-timers like Lynden Christian, Meridian, Sehome, Ferndale, and Lynden on site, Coupeville was the only 2B school, but outran schools with much-bigger student bodies.

As she exited Bellingham and began to plan for the next race, CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting was beaming.

“Their times were phenomenal,” she said. “I love this race as a tune up before heading into the league championship race.

“So proud of them!!!”

The Lake Lap Invite was the final regular season run for the Wolves, with the league, district, and state meets still remaining on the schedule.

The NWL championship event goes down first, set for Wednesday, October 21 in Mount Vernon.

 

Thursday results:

 

GIRLS:

Anna Powers (12th) 18:14.0
Ivy Rudat (22nd) 18:36.8
Devon Wyman (37th) 20:25.0
Claire Lachnit (38th) 20:27.1
Allie Powers (45th) 21:14.1
Laken Simpson (47th) 21:17.5
Emma Green (54th) 21:46.7
Ava Lucero (66th) 23:32.0

 

BOYS:

Gold:

Cyrus Sparacio (4th) 14:19.2
Henry Purdue (8th) 14:43.4
Kenneth Jacobsen (23rd) 15:17.9
Archer Schwarz (42nd) 15:56.1
Beckett Green (51st) 16:07.0

 

Silver:

Leo Davis (1st) 16:12.6
Ossian Merkel (5th) 16:22.9
Hunter Atteberry (12th) 16:55.3
Isaiah Allen (28th) 18:04.8
Johnathan Jacobsen (29th) 18:11.4
Nolan Hunt (60th) 23:35.6
Zach Blitch (61st) 25:25.8

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CMS harriers gallop in Granite

Posted in Cross Country, Middle School, tagged , , , , on October 14, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Alayla Schwarz kicks it into overdrive. (Amber Wyman photos)

They tore across the tundra.

Putting on a strong performance Wednesday at the Granite Gallop, the Coupeville Middle School cross country team placed three girls and a boy among the day’s top finishers.

The Wolf girls had three of the six fastest times, with Juniper Dotson (3rd), Sarai Dangerfield (4th), and Ava Clark (6th) helping spark CMS to a second-place finish in the team standings behind South Whidbey.

Meanwhile, the Coupeville boys were third, trailing just South Whidbey and King’s, with Jesse Kehoe delivering a 3rd place performance of his own.

Also notable was Danny Powers, who cracked his PR by a dazzling three minutes, a huge jump in time.

Overall, 22 Wolves hit the 1.67-mile course in Granite Falls, in what is the next-to-last race of the season.

Amber Wyman’s squad travels to Langley Wednesday, October 21 for the Cascade League Championships, before putting away the running shoes.

Luna Strong zips on by.

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

Juniper Dotson (3rd) 11:04.2
Sarai Dangerfield (4th) 11:33.2
Ava Clark (6th) 11:48.7
Abi Dangerfield (14th) 12:22.1
Luna Strong (28th) 13:27.6
Alayla Schwarz (29th) 13:28.4
Dresden Rusch (43rd) 15:17.1
Lillian Lachnit (47th) 15:58.2

Coupeville’s girls are ready to hit the trail.

 

BOYS:

Jesse Kehoe (3rd) 9:55.7
Nicholas Strong (12th) 10:29.5
John Davis (15th) 10:38.1
Cole Van Dyke (17th) 10:38.7
Mica McCloskey (26th) 11:17.4
Antonio Echeverria Bryant (38th) 11:56.9
Gavin Goldman (42nd) 12:32.8
Leo Hernandez-Gomez (43rd) 12:35.0
Hayden Maynes (47th) 12:41.5
Brody Griffith (50th) 12:44.7
Stone Simpson (68th) 14:16.3
Danny Powers (76th) 16:57.3
Quinton Freeman (77th) 17:01.3
Henry Engel (92nd) 22:20.6

The Wolf boys run as a pack.

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