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Wolf harriers record top times

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Anna Powers feet say, “Go! Go! Go!!” (Elizabeth Bitting photos)

Cross country season is racing towards the finish line.

Coupeville High School harriers have one more regular season meet on the schedule, with a trip to Bellingham this Thursday for the Lake Lap Invite.

After that the Wolves move into the postseason with the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships, districts, and, hopefully, the state meet, which goes down November 7 in Pasco.

As we sit here on October 13, things are shaping up nicely for Elizabeth Bitting’s squad, which currently features the two fastest boys and two of the three quickest girls in the NWL.

How the fleet-footed Wolves rank among league competitors in 5,000-meter races thus far:

 

GIRLS:

Anna Powers (2nd) 21:48.9
Ivy Rudat (3rd) 23:06.8
Claire Lachnit (8th) 24:42.0
Mikayla Wagner (9th) 24:49.2
Allie Powers (10th) 24:55.6
Laken Simpson (11th) 25:42.2
Emma Green (13th) 25:57.9
Devon Wyman (14th) 26:56.5
Ava Lucero (17th) 27:32.1

 

Cyrus Sparacio (left) and Henry Purdue, born to run.

 

BOYS:

Cyrus Sparacio (1st) 16:46.1
Henry Purdue (2nd) 17:47.5
Kenneth Jacobsen (9th) 18:51.5
Beckett Green (10th) 18:54.7
Archer Schwarz (11th) 18:55.4
Ossian Merkel (16th) 19:56.0
Leo Davis (17th) 19:57.4
Isaiah Allen (21st) 20:14.4
Hunter Atteberry (23rd) 20:54.6
Johnathan Jacobsen (26th) 21:10.3
Nolan Hunt (36th) 25:26.9
Zach Blitch (40th) 31:07.8

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They run, son, they run

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Mikayla Wagner (left) and Emma Green get warmed up. (Kelly Powers photos)

They run in the sun for fun.

And in the rain sometimes, even in pain.

Cross country harriers are a different breed, traveling from town to town in packs and zipping over surfaces of all kinds in the endless pursuit of PRs and that elusive runner’s high.

Saturday brought runners from both Coupeville High School and Middle School to the wilds of Granite Falls.

In the collection of photos above and below, which come to us from Kelly Powers, you can glimpse a slice of that runner’s life.

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Home or away, games galore

Posted in Boys Soccer, Cross Country, Football, Girls Soccer, Volleyball, tagged , , , , , , on October 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Aiden Wheat gets a kick out of life. (Julie Wheat photo)

We’re in the thick of things.

Fall sports are raging across the land, and the week ahead gives Wolf fans a chance to see multiple teams play at home.

Coupeville High School volleyball leads things off, with two of three matches in their own gym

The spikers travel to Orcas Island Wednesday, before pulling off a back-to-back home bonanza with Mount Vernon Christian and East Jefferson swinging by Friday and Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Wolf soccer squads have split schedules, with the boys hosting Grace Academy Tuesday, then trekking off to Friday Harbor on Thursday.

Coupeville’s female booters are in action Wednesday on Orcas Island, before hosting MVC in a Friday Night Lights special.

The two remaining CHS squads are road warriors, with cross country visiting Bellingham Thursday for the Lake Lap Invite, while football wanders way down the road to play Medical Lake.

That last clash will technically be a road game for both teams, as they have agreed to meet in the middle in Leavenworth instead of Coupeville traveling the full 312 miles one way to the home of their non-conference foe.

As they fuel up the bus at inflated 2026 gas prices, here’s a look at where things sit through October 11:

 

Northwest League boys’ soccer:

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

**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 1-4

 

Northwest League girls’ soccer:

School League Points Overall
MV Christian 8-0-0 24 10-2-0
Lopez Island 5-2-2 17 5-3-2
Friday Harbor 5-2-0 15 5-6-0
Coupeville 3-3-2 11 4-4-2
La Conner 2-3-2 8 2-7-2
PC Christian 2-6-0 6 2-6-0
Orcas Island 0-9-0 0 0-10-0

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

 

Northwest League volleyball:

School League Overall
MV Christian 5-0 11-0
Darrington 3-0 10-2
Coupeville 4-2 4-5
La Conner 3-2 5-4
Orcas Island 2-3 4-6
Friday Harbor 0-4 1-5
Concrete 0-6 4-9

Wolf cheerleader Cora Fix fires up the crowd. (Jackie Saia photo)

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Up the mountain, down to glory

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Ready to hit the trail on a semi-sunny Saturday. (Photos courtesy Kelly Powers and Elizabeth Bitting)

It was big, if not quite epic.

Coupeville High School cross country has been to larger events this season, but Saturday’s Mountain Loop Invitational in Granite Falls still drew a considerable field, with 267 high school runners from 13 schools vying for awards and PRs.

The Wolves held up well against big school rivals, claiming fifth place in both of the varsity team battles, with Lynden Christian and Cascade (Leavenworth) taking home the crowns in the girls’ and boys’ competitions, respectively.

Sophomore Cyrus Sparacio (3rd) and freshman Anna Powers (10th) had the best finishes for CHS on the 5,000-meter course, which was advertised as having “plenty of rolling terrain, some wide-open flat grass, a nasty little hill, and spectacular mountain views.”

Coupeville competed in pink outfits as Elizabeth Bitting’s squad participated in the battle to raise awareness of breast cancer, which caused junior Laken Simpson to remark that the Wolves “were the highlighters of the race!”

She and her teammates will be back in action next Thursday when they travel to Bellingham for the Lake Lap Invite.

Anna Powers cheers as big sis Allie charges for the finish line.

 

Saturday results:

 

GIRLS:

Anna Powers (10th) 21:48.9 *PR*
Ivy Rudat (19th) 23:06.8 *PR*
Claire Lachnit (36th) 24:42.0 *PR*
Allie Powers (41st) 24:59.1
Mikayla Wagner (43rd) 25:08.3
Emma Green (55th) 25:57.9 *PR*
Laken Simpson (57th) 26:03.3
Devon Wyman (66th) 27:21.6
Ava Lucero (72nd) 27:32.1 *PR*

 

Stylish and quick.

 

BOYS:

Varsity:

Cyrus Sparacio (3rd) 16:46.1 *PR*
Henry Purdue (13th) 17:47.5 *PR*
Beckett Green (40th) 18:58.6
Archer Schwarz (45th) 19:03.3
Kenneth Jacobsen (49th) 19:14.2
Ossian Merkel (72nd) 19:56.0
Leo Davis (74th) 19:57.4 *PR*
Isaiah Allen (98th) 20:51.4
Hunter Atteberry (101st) 20:58.1
Johnathan Jacobsen (111th) 21:42.7

 

JV:

Nolan Hunt (60th) 25:26.9 *PR*
Zach Blitch (70th) 31:07.8

Nolan Hunt (307) and Zach Blitch are ready to roll out.

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Dotson, Kehoe pace CMS harriers

Posted in Cross Country, Middle School, tagged , , , , on October 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Juniper Dotson is in a hurry. (Amber Wyman photos)

They zipped in Granite Falls.

Running at the sixth annual Mountain Loop Invitational Saturday, the Coupeville Middle School cross country squad placed seven runners in the top 10 and made their presence felt in the team scoring as well.

The Wolf girls, led by third place finisher Juniper Dotson, almost caught front-runner Centennial, with the Snohomish-based school edging CMS 36-43.

Granite was third, with Cedar Park Christian-Bothell in fourth.

On the boys’ side of things, Jesse Kehoe claimed a second place showing on the 1.67-mile course, with Coupeville finishing third in the team standings behind Centennial and CPC.

The Wolves return to Granite Falls next Wednesday, October 14 for a different race, the Granite Gallop.

That will be the next-to-last race of the fall, with the Cascade League Championships slated to go down in Langley October 21.

Coupeville’s girls had four of the top nine finishers Saturday.

 

Saturday results:

 

GIRLS:

Juniper Dotson (3rd) 11:13.9
Sarai Dangerfield (5th) 11:25.0
Ava Clark (7th) 11:36.9
Abi Dangerfield (9th) 12:26.7
Alayla Schwarz (24th) 14:28.5
Leah Hernandez (25th) 14:44.3
Dresden Rusch (31st) 15:29.6
Lillian Lachnit (32nd) 15:43.8
Gracie Gonzalez (36th) 16:02.9

 

The Wolves put three boys in the top 10.

 

BOYS:

Jesse Kehoe (2nd) 10:00.9
Cole Van Dyke (7th) 10:42.5
John Davis (10th) 11:22.0
Leo Hernandez-Gomez (18th) 12:17.1
Antonio Echeverria Bryant (19th) 12:19.8
Gavin Goldman (20th) 12:29.1
Brody Griffith (22nd) 12:49.8
Hayden Maynes (23rd) 12:49.8
Stone Simpson (24th) 14:22.9
Danny Powers (28th) 19:55.6
Henry Engel (29th) 22:50.1

 

Resting their feet and letting the ferry do all the work.

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