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Wolves run in Falcon territory

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on September 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville freshman Noelle Western flies down the path. (Jackie Saia photos)

The ground trembled.

Footsteps echoed through the woods Saturday, as the Coupeville High School cross country squad competed at the 43rd annual Carl Westling Invite in Langley.

The massive harrier event, hosted by South Whidbey, drew 33 high school teams, plus a pack of middle school programs.

Coupeville sent 16 runners to the line, with seniors Mitchell Hall and Claire Mayne nabbing the fastest times for the Wolves on the 5,000-meter course.

The Wolves get a 2-for-1 special next week, running Wednesday, Sept. 21 and Saturday, Sept. 24.

First up is a Northwest 2B/1B League meet on Orcas Island, with the weekend bringing the King’s Invite.

Nick Wasik spends some quality time with his phone before Saturday’s race.

 

Saturday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

Varsity:

Claire Mayne (61st) 24:49.72
Noelle Western (72nd) 26:00.78
Cristina McGrath (82nd) 26:53.86
Helen Strelow (86th) 27:44.66
Erica McGrath (93rd) 30:10.66

 

JV:

Reagan Callahan (121st) 29:08.35

 

BOYS:

Varsity:

Mitchell Hall (62nd) 19:22.15
Carson Field (78th) 20:12.37
Thomas Strelow (86th) 20:40.79
George Spear (88th) 20:46.43
Landon Roberts (90th) 21:04.58
Preston Howard (103rd) 22:16.10
Nick Wasik (110th) 23:07.18

 

JV:

Tate Wyman (49th) 22:26.69
Easton Green (91st) 23:38.22
Ezekiel Allen (115th) 24:13.22

Preston Howard is on the move.

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Run, harriers, run

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on September 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Landon Roberts was one of 12 CHS cross country runners who competed Saturday in Bellingham. (Photo courtesy Sherry Bonacci)

The Wolves pause for a group photo before running. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The trail calls to them.

Dodging the wildfire smoke which blanketed Washington state Saturday, the Coupeville High School cross country squad kicked off a new season.

The Wolves sent 12 runners to the line at the Gear Up Northwest Cross Country Preview in Bellingham, an event which drew 36 schools.

Saturday’s two-mile races were largely divided by grade, with sophomores facing sophomores, seniors vs. seniors, and so on.

Next up for CHS is the 43rd annual Carl Westling Invite, which goes down next Saturday, Sept. 17 at South Whidbey High School.

 

Saturday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

 

Freshmen:

Reagan Callahan (64th) 19:03.35

 

Seniors:

Claire Mayne (56th) 16:36.36

 

BOYS:

 

Freshmen:

George Spear (29th) 12:16.19
Easton Green (91st) 14:34.64

 

Sophomores:

Landon Roberts (83rd) 13:18.94
Carson Field (84th) 13:21.08
Thomas Strelow (92nd) 13:36.66
Preston Howard (104th) 14:07.25

 

Seniors:

Mitchell Hall (53rd) 12:22.33
Tate Wyman (85th) 14:17.31

 

JV:

Nick Wasik (59th) 13:57.75
Ezekiel Allen (98th) 15:10.26

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Wolves ready to run up that hill

Posted in Cross Country, Middle School, tagged , , , , on August 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Ivy Rudat is one of 33 Coupeville Middle School athletes signed up for cross country. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“Here we go again!!!!”

A new season of middle school cross country kicks off Thursday, and Coupeville coach Elizabeth Bitting couldn’t be more excited.

“Would you take a look at the roster!” she said. “It’s a big one!! This warms my heart.”

While the roster may ebb and flow a bit before the first meet, Bitting is currently expecting 33 athletes for the first day of practice.

The highlight for the Wolves arrives Oct. 12, when CMS hosts its first-ever home middle school meet at Fort Casey Park.

For anyone wondering, Coupeville’s coach is a perfect hype machine for the event.

“The course is, of course, magnificent, beautiful, breathtaking, jaw dropping, the most scenic in the league!

“But I am biased,” Bitting added with a big smile.

 

The roster as it sits now:

 

GIRLS:

8th grade:

Tirsit Cannon
Lydia Price
Ivy Rudat

 

7th grade:

Amelia Crowder
Ari Cunningham
Olivia Hall
Alexandra Lo
Emma McFadden
Laken Simpson
Mikayla Wagner
Mary Western
Marin Winger
Devon Wyman

 

6th grade:

Hailey Goldman
Ellie Marshall
Allie Powers
Sage Stavros
Maci Wofford
Camilla Wolfe

 

BOYS:

8th grade:

Zach Blitch
Kenny Jacobsen
Axel Marshall
Dylan Robinett

 

7th grade:

Isaiah Allen
Beckett Green
Johnny Jacobsen
Roger Martinez-Moreno
Nathan Niewald
Max Ohme

 

6th grade:

Avery Eelkema
Ossian Merkel
Cyrus Sparacio
Andre Volanos-Gerber

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Wolf harriers chase more success

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on August 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Helen Strelow returns for another crack at capturing cross country glory. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Welcome to year five.

It may seem like just yesterday that Coupeville High School reactivated its cross-country program, but here we are, with the Wolves going strong and building on past success.

CHS sent three runners to the state meet a year ago — the program’s best showing since the 1980’s — and all three return for their senior season.

Helen Strelow is the defending Northwest 2B/1B League women’s champ, and she and Claire Mayne helped lead the Wolves to a team title.

Coupeville’s girls came within a single point of advancing to state as a team.

On the boys side of things, Mitchell Hall paced Coupeville to a second-place showing at the league championships, and a third-place finish at tri-districts.

That trio are joined by a strong group of returning runners and newbies.

Sophomores Landon Roberts, Thomas Strelow, and Carson Field are among those expected to have an impact for the Wolves, while George Spear and Zeke Allen are promising freshmen.

Thomas Strelow is part of a group of hard-working Wolf runners. 

Perennial powerhouse Mount Vernon Christian is Coupeville’s biggest league rival heading into a new season, but, as always, the Wolf runners largely control their own destiny.

“The goals for this season are to hopefully claim league champions and take as many runners to state as possible,” said Coupeville coach Paige Spangler.

“I really want the athletes to enjoy the season while still working hard and setting several personal records.”

The Wolf running guru, who is in her second year at the helm of the program, is excited to add “new speed work to our training program” to “put us in the best position to win.”

As her harriers prep to kick off their season — they debut at the Sehome Invite Sept. 10 — it’s all about getting better, race by race, practice by practice.

“The team has already shown how much they have improved from last year,” Spangler said. “They are really dedicated and spent their summer working hard.

“Everyone is pacing really quickly and it’s only the second week of the season.”

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CMS runners, spikers rev up for new year

Posted in Cross Country, Middle School, Volleyball, tagged , , , , on August 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville Athletic Director Willie Smith is super-excited about the return of middle school sports. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Two on deck, one off the schedule.

Coupeville Middle School is offering cross country and volleyball this fall but has discontinued its boys soccer program and is directing interested players to local rec leagues.

Practice for CMS runners begins Sept. 1, with the spikers hitting the court Sept. 12.

The fall season plays out through the end of Oct., then is followed by basketball in the winter and track in the spring.

With middle school volleyball, the plan is to have players in grades 6-8 divided across three teams by talent level.

Matches played Monday or Tuesday will operate with level one playing first, followed by two and three.

The schedule flips and goes 3-2-1 when matches are contested on Wednesday or Thursday.

Both sports welcome back returning coaches, with Elizabeth Bitting mentoring the harriers and the duo of Cris Matochi and Katie Kiel calling the shots for volleyball.

 

Schedules for the young Wolves:

 

CROSS COUNTRY:

Sat-Sept. 17 — @ Westling Invitational (South Whidbey) — (10:00)
Wed-Sept. 21 — @ Sultan (3:30)
Sat-Sept. 24 — @ King’s Invite — (12:00)
Thur-Sept. 29 — @ Granite Falls — (3:30)
Fri-Oct. 7 — @ Hole in the Wall (Lakewood) — (3:30)
Wed-Oct. 12 — HOME meet (Fort Casey) — (3:30)
Wed-Oct. 19 — @ Cascade League Championships (South Whidbey) — (3:30)

 

VOLLEYBALL:

Thur-Sept. 29 — @ Langley — (3:30)
Mon-Oct. 9 — Lakewood — (3:15)
Wed-Oct. 5 — Sultan — (3:15)
Mon-Oct. 10 — King’s — (3:15)
Thur-Oct. 13 — @ Granite Falls — (3:15)
Tues-Oct. 18 — @ Northshore Christian — (3:30)
Thur-Oct. 20 — @ Sultan — (3:15)
Mon-Oct. 24 — Langley — (3:15)

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