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“I told these girls they were special!!”

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, Port Townsend, Sage Renninger, Soccer on October 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Sage Renninger scored her second goal of the season Thursday. (John Fisken photo)

“I told these girls the first day of tryouts, they were special. Still feel the same way today, even more so!”

Coupeville High School girls’ soccer coach Troy Cowan has talked his team up all year and they have responded, continuing to play scrappy, intelligent ball even with several starters out with season-ending injuries.

The Wolves capped their regular season Thursday by drilling visiting Port Townsend 3-0, garnering a bit of revenge for an earlier loss to the Redhawks.

The victory also gave CHS (6-6-1 overall, 3-3 in Olympic League play) 2nd place in the final league standings and a home playoff game. Sort of.

As the #2 team from the Olympic League, Coupeville hosts the #3 squad from the Nisqually League, Vashon Island, in a loser-out game Saturday, Nov. 1.

Win that game and the Wolves advance to the double-elimination portion of the district tourney Nov. 4-8.

But, despite earning a home playoff game, Coupeville is still being sent on the road.

The Olympic League requires all district games to be played on turf, and Cow Town boasts natural sod, baby!

So the “home game” will be held at Kingston High School, which is 45 miles away.

Efforts to move the game to Oak Harbor, which does have a turf field and sits less than 10 miles up the road, were unsuccessful. The Wildcats field will be occupied Saturday by an all-day cheer camp.

Being forced to travel a chunk to host a “home” game left Cowan a bit bemused.

“We have a new season to look forward to. Unfortunately, the Olympic Conference has some strange ways of rewarding their higher seed playoff teams,” he said. “Not sure who gets the home field advantage for this match???

“I can say for certain that CHS doesn’t have the home field advantage.”

Still, he’s not dwelling on the matter.

“Regardless, we are in the playoffs and will be ready to play Vashon Island no matter the location,” Cowan said. “Finishing 2nd is awesome and the entire Coupeville community should be proud of our Lady Wolves and the terrific season we had.

“Not sure I remember when CHS ladies soccer finished with a .500 record across the board.”

Coupeville, which had lost 1-0 at Port Townsend Tuesday, came out firing on this night.

“Best passing and possession match of the year for us,” Cowan said. “They really moved the ball well and played a very intelligent match.

“Even with two defensive gems (Jacki Ginnings and Jenn Spark) missing due to injuries, our defense played really well,” he added. “I think the earlier match certainly provided us with a ton of information.

“They have some solid players, but I was not going to allow the Lady Wolves to let a team come into our house and take away our chance at making history!”

Seniors Erin Rosenkranz and Marisa Etzell each banged home their third goals of the season, while freshman Sage Renninger tallied her second.

Rosenkranz picked up two assists while Renninger recorded the other one.

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It’s the ferry life for me!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, Lauren Rose, Soccer, volleyball, Washington State ferries on October 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Rose works on fellow spiker Hope Lodell’s hair during the trip. (John Fisken photos)

Hanna Seiffert, a German foreign exchange student, is a newcomer to the state ferry system.

McKenzie Bailey (left), Monica Vidoni (center) and Madeline Strasburg run into the paparazzi.

Jacki Ginnings tries to catch a backpack-assisted nap.

Tiffany (left) and Kyla Briscoe grab a snack.

The Briscoe sisters, Tiffany (left) and Kyla, grab a snack.

Sage Renninger (left) and Lauren Bayne enjoy the breezy outdoors.

Sage Renninger (left) and Lauren Bayne enjoy the view from the deck.

Spikers (clockwise from lower left) Sofia Hassapis, Katrina McGranahan, Claire Mietus, Mackenzi Valko, Kameryn St Onge, Maggie Crimmins and Allison Wenzel.

Study or photo op? Jae LeVine can do both at the same time.

Whidbey athletes live on the ferry.

It’s a fact of life, as the boats carry them back and forth over the seasons, dropping them on the other side — whether it be Port Townsend or Mukilteo — then bringing them back home.

Along for a recent ride was travelin’ photo man John Fisken, who snapped the pics above as he bobbed through the water with the combined forces of the Coupeville High School volleyball and girls’ soccer squads.

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Ready to rumble!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, playoffs, Port Townsend, Soccer on October 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Micky LeVine, who leads Coupeville in scoring this season, looks for an opening in the defense. (John Fisken photos)

Mckenzie Meyer unleashes “The Bone Crusher.”

Ivy Luvera sacrifices her noggin. P.S. — those are snappy shoes.

Bree Daigneault is in a hurry to get places.

Erin Rosenkranz leads the attack.

It’s simple.

Win tonight and you get a home playoff game. Lose, and you start the postseason on the road.

When Coupeville (5-6-1 overall, 2-3 in the Olympic League) and Port Townsend (3-10, 2-3) kick off at Mickey Clark Field (5 PM), it’ll be a battle for second place, better postseason seeding and bragging rights.

The Redhawks stunned the Wolves 1-0 Tuesday to force a tie, setting up a chance for Coupeville to get a bit of revenge on its home field in the regular season finale.

Klahowya (14-0, 6-0) is league champ, while Chimacum’s booters (2-12, 1-5) are done.

The #2 seed from the Olympic League will host the #3 team from the Nisqually League Nov. 1, while the loser tonight will take its #3 seed on the road to play the #2 team from the Nisqually League the same day.

The winners of those games advance to the double-elimination portion of the district tourney Nov. 4-8.

To get you ready we present some snappy pics from Tuesday’s game, courtesy John Fisken.

To see more (and possibly purchase some, thereby helping fund scholarships for CHS student/athletes) pop over to:

http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=7097&league=21&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=180&sport=0

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A brush with history!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged CHS Wolves, Crosspoint Academy, Desere'e Doty, Emma Laurion, Soccer, state record on October 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Wolf freshmen Mckenzie Meyer (left) and Mia Littlejohn have a small sliver of a state record. Sort of. (John Fisken photo)

Coupeville witnessed greatness.

When the Wolf girls’ soccer squad traveled to Bremerton in early October for a non-conference game with defending 1B/2B state champs Crosspoint Academy, it was a chance to reunite with Emma Laurion.

A standout senior who played her youth ball on Whidbey before a family move, Laurion has scored more than 100 goals during her incredible run for the Warriors.

But it was actually a different player in that game who has since put her name in the Washington state high school record books.

Senior Desere’e Doty, who punched three goals into the back of the net that day, sparking a 7-1 Crosspoint win, just became the highest-scoring girls’ soccer player in state history.

Doty rained down five goals against Toledo Oct. 27, pushing her career total to 134.

She has been remarkably consistent, scoring 24, 32 and 32 goals across her first three seasons before putting on a big push as a senior.

Crosspoint has reeled off nine straight wins and sits at 10-2-1 with one regular season game to play. The Warriors have outscored their opponents 81-31, with their only losses to 1A Charles Wright Academy and 3A Capital.

With starting Coupeville goaltender Julia Myers absent for the Crosspoint game, as she took the SATs, Wolf freshmen Mia Littlejohn and Mckenzie Meyer debuted in net for CHS that day.

Little did they know they would team-up to surrender .022% of Doty’s historic run.

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One night, big fight!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, Volleyball, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, playoffs, Port Townsend, Soccer, volleyball on October 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The future is now, as Kyla Briscoe (8) and fellow freshmen Lauren Rosen and Katrina McGranahan are seeing solid varsity time. (John Fisken photos)

Wolf booters, fenced in, but ready to break out Thursday and claim second place in the Olympic League.

One team is in the playoffs. One will have to fight for its postseason life.

Everything will be decided Thursday. Maybe.

After absorbing incredibly narrow defeats Tuesday, both the Coupeville High School volleyball and girls’ soccer squads are facing must-win situations when they reunite with Port Townsend for their regular season finales.

Those games, coming on the heels of twin defeats on the road, will be on Whidbey (5 PM starts for both) tomorrow.

The Wolf girls’ soccer team (5-6-1 overall, 2-3 in Olympic League play) fell 1-0 to Port Townsend (3-10, 2-3), which has won back-to-back games after starting its season roughly.

With Chimacum (2-12, 1-5) losing 8-0 to Klahowya (14-1, 6-0) Tuesday, the Cowboys were eliminated from contention.

The Coupeville/Port Townsend rematch will be a battle for second place in a league where the top three make the playoffs.

While the Wolves are in, a win Thursday would be huge.

The #2 team gets a loser-out home playoff game Nov. 1 against the #3 team from the Nisqually League, while the #3 Olympic League team has to travel, facing the #2 Nisqually Valley squad.

While the booters will be playing for positioning, the Wolf spikers will be just trying to survive.

After falling 25-5, 31-33, 24-26, 25-23, 15-11 to Port Townsend, CHS (1-10, 1-4) is mired in last place, trailing Chimacum (4-9, 2-4) by a half game and the Redhawks (8-5, 2-3) by a game.

Klahowya (14-0, 6-0) has the title safely in hand, but Thursday’s rematch will decide the final two playoff spots. Or blow everything up.

A Port Townsend win would give it the #2 seed (and a home playoff match), while Chimacum would be #3 and Coupeville would be done.

But, if the Wolves can rebound and win, which is very reasonable given that they almost won Tuesday, that would create a three-way tie at 2-4.

If that happens, the three schools would have a mini-playoff to decide the #2 and #3 seeds.

The first match-up between Coupeville and Port Townsend got off to a sour start, then turned into a donnybrook.

“A tough loss tonight! They played their hearts out (with the exception of game #1) and can’t wait to take PT on again on Thursday,” CHS coach Breanne Smedley said. “We did a good job of reducing our errors and playing to our potential tonight.

“We just had a hard time holding on to some of our early leads in the fourth and fifth games, leaving us with too much catch-up to do towards the end.”

Valen Trujillo paced the Wolves with a flawless 23-for-23 performance at the service stripe, including three aces. She also went low a team-high 38 digs.

Lauren Rose doled out 37 assists, fellow freshman Katrina McGranahan collected three blocks and the big three — Hailey Hammer (15 kills, six digs), Kacie Kiel (10 kills, 25 digs) and Madeline Strasburg (eight kills, 23 digs, five aces) filled up the stat sheet.

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