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Netters stand tall in the big city

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on May 15, 2025| Leave a Comment »

CHS singles aces Tenley Stuurmans (left) and Dahlia Miller were both undefeated this season until districts. (Starla Seal photo)

The stakes were high, the competition was top-tier, and the city was big.

Coupeville High School girls’ tennis players wrapped their season Thursday in Seattle with a strong team-wide performance at the District 1/2 tourney.

And while the Wolves came up just short of sending anyone to state, the small-town net aces impressed their coaches.

“We had some great competition today,” Starla Seal said. “Played their hearts out until the very end. Proud coach moment over here.”

When Coupeville arrived at the Amy Yee Tennis Center, it joined rivals from fellow Northwest 2B/1B League schools Friday Harbor and La Conner, as well as three programs from District 2’s SeaTac League.

Puget Sound Adventist, Forest Ridge, and Summit Classical Christian rounded out the field, with Forest Ridge winning both the singles and doubles titles.

This year that meant more than normal, with Districts 1 and 2 only getting a single slot to state.

The D1/2 tourney reverts back to having two singles players and two doubles teams advance to the big dance again next spring.

This time around, Forest Ridge freshman Julia Mielke thwarted Coupeville’s Tenley Stuurmans in the singles finale, preventing the Wolf netter from making a return trip to Yakima after qualifying for state as an 8th grader.

Stuurmans claimed second in a 10-woman field, with Wolf teammate Dahlia Miller beating her #5 seed to earn 4th place.

In the doubles competition, the title went to Julia Hofler and Yazhen Qui of Forest Ridge, who held off Friday Harbor duo Megan Mellinger and Kira Clark in the title match.

Districts marked not only the end of the season for the Wolves, but the end of the road for CHS seniors Ember Light and Delanie Lewis.

Light, teaming with younger sister Mila, played one of the most-intense matches of the day, with the sisters pushing a Summit Classical duo to tiebreakers in both of their sets.

The Wolves invade Seattle. (Starla Seal photo)

 

Thursday results:

 

Singles:

 

Tenley Stuurmans:

Beat Aubrey Mathewson (Summit Classical) 6-0, 6-1
Beat Dahlia Miller (Coupeville) 6-0, 6-1
Lost to Julia Mielke (Forest Ridge) 6-1, 6-1

 

Dahlia Miller:

Beat Jacklin Liu (Forest Ridge) 6-2, 6-0
Lost to Tenley Stuurmans (Coupeville) 6-0, 6-1
Lost to Kendall Lee (La Conner) 5-7, 6-3, 9-1(tiebreaker)

 

Doubles:

 

Brynn Parker/Delanie Lewis:

Lost to Julia Hofler/Yazhen Qui (Forest Ridge) 6-2, 6-1

 

Ember Light/Mila Light:

Beat Abril Aguilar/Valaria Nizovtsev (Puget Sound) 6-1
Lost to Kelsey Milojevich/Abby Gilbert (Summit Classical) 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-4)

With their second season in the books, CHS coaches Tim Stelling and Starla Seal head home. (Delanie Lewis photo)

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Spring teams head for finish line

Posted in Baseball, Girls Tennis, Softball, standings, tagged , , , , , on May 10, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Things are coming into focus. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s all gravy from here on out.

Regular season play is over for spring sports teams, with those squads left standing busy with postseason work now.

For Coupeville, three of four teams are still alive.

While baseball failed to make the playoffs, both Wolf softball and girls’ tennis are off to their district tourneys Thursday, May 15, to play for berths at the state championships.

The sluggers go to Mount Vernon, while the netters travel to Seattle for those events.

Two days after that, the CHS track team hosts the district meet, the last stop before its own hoped-for trip to state.

With everyone knee-deep in the playoffs, this also marks our final league standings story for the 2024-2025 school year.

Where win/loss records sit through May 10:

 

Northwest League baseball:

School League Overall
MV Christian 11-1 13-6
Friday Harbor 10-2 13-6
Orcas Island 7-5 7-12
Coupeville 5-7 6-13
Darrington 5-7 9-10
La Conner 4-8 5-9
Concrete 0-12 1-14

 

Northwest League girls’ tennis:

School League Overall
Friday Harbor 3-1 3-3
Coupeville 1-3 2-9-1

 

Northwest League softball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 10-0 17-1
Darrington 8-2 13-4
Friday Harbor 5-5 8-11
Orcas Island 4-6 7-13
La Conner 2-8 2-13
Concrete 1-9 1-9

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Seniors celebrated, victory claimed

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on May 7, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville senior netters Ember Light (left) and Delanie Lewis are celebrated. (Photos courtesy Starla Seal and Shannon Hilborn)

The weather was cloudy, but the atmosphere was sunny.

Coupeville High School girls’ tennis hailed its veterans on Senior Night Wednesday, then went out and bounced visiting Friday Harbor off the court.

The Wolves celebrated 12th graders Delanie Lewis and Ember Light, with the former teaming up with young gun Brynn Parker to seal the deal in a 3-2 victory for CHS in Northwest 2B/1B League action.

Lewis and Brynn Parker celebrate with their biggest fan (and the ball boy for their match).

CHS finishes 2-9-1 this season, but that record is deceptive.

The Wolves increased their roster size from a year ago, debuted their new home courts, showed great growth, and were highly competitive, with all of their losses coming by razor-thin 3-2 scores.

As it has all season, Coupeville swept both singles matches Wednesday, while this time out also breaking through in a doubles bout.

The match brought an end to the regular season for the Wolves, but the postseason beckons.

Coupeville will travel to Seattle May 15, taking two singles players and two doubles teams to compete in the District 1/2 tourney at the Amy Yee Tennis Center.

Things will be intense there, as the two districts only get to send one singles player and one doubles team on to the state tourney this year.

Which means you win a bi-district crown and you’re off to Yakima. Don’t, and you’re not.

Next spring, a different district loses a slot, and two singles players and two doubles teams will once again advance from the District 1/2 tourney to state.

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans beat Nikki Clark Cole 6-0, 6-1

2nd Singles — Dahlia Miller beat Lyla Ovenell 6-2

1st Doubles — Ember Light/Mila Light lost to Kira Clark/Megan Mellinger 6-0, 6-0

2nd Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Sofia Phay lost to Hazel Leighton/Norah Leighton 6-2, 6-4

3rd Doubles — Brynn Parker/Delanie Lewis beat Ava Gamez/Sofia Ramirez 6-2, 6-3

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Ashley Wells/Samantha Wallace lost to Charisse Ho/Frankie Pignatiello 6-1, 6-0

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Netters pull double duty in Granite

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on May 6, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Tenley Stuurmans smashes a winner. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One more road trip.

Making their final trek of the season as a complete team Monday, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team battled it out with Granite Falls.

While the host Tigers swept the doubles matches to escape with a 3-2 victory in the official varsity portion of the rumble, the Wolves earned a 6-6 split overall.

With everyone in action for CHS playing two matches, the first round consisted of pro sets to eight points, with the second round a regular set to six.

The Wolves have one more regular season match on their schedule, hosting Friday Harbor Wednesday at 3:30 PM.

It’s Senior Night, with netters Ember Light and Delanie Lewis being honored.

Hardcourt aces Ember Light (left) and Delanie Lewis are ready for their celebration. (Bailey Thule photo)

After that, Coupeville sends two singles players and two doubles teams to the District 1/2 tournament May 15 in Seattle.

The winners of that event qualify for the state meet May 23-24 in Yakima.

 

Monday’s results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans won 8-0

2nd Singles — Dahlia Miller won 8-1

1st Doubles — Ember Light/Mila Light lost 8-2

2nd Doubles — Brynn Parker/Delanie Lewis lost 8-2

3rd Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Ashley Wells lost 8-1

 

JV:

3rd Singles — Kauri Hamilton won 6-3

4th Singles — Miles Gerber lost 6-0

3rd Doubles — Tenley Stuurmans/Ember Light won 6-0

4th Doubles — Dahlia Miller/Mila Light won 6-1

5th Doubles — Brynn Parker/Delanie Lewis won 6-1

6th Doubles — Samantha Wallace/Ashley Wells lost 6-0

7th Doubles — Samantha Wallace/Miles Gerber lost 8-1

The Wolves ride their ferry to a new adventure. (Photo courtesy Shannon Hilborn)

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Wolf singles aces stay undefeated

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on May 1, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Dahlia Miller is undefeated this season. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Pick a town, and they win.

Whether playing at home or on the road this season, Coupeville High School netters Tenley Stuurmans and Dahlia Miller have been perfect.

And that continued Wednesday, as both hardcourt aces won in straight sets while playing on Friday Harbor in a Northwest 2B/1B League match.

The host Wolverines did escape with a 3-2 match victory after sweeping the doubles portion of the festivities, clinching the league title.

But the big story remains the undefeated run by Coupeville’s singles players as they head into the final matches of the regular season.

The Wolves travel to Granite Falls Monday, May 5, before hosting Friday Harbor two days later for Senior Night.

After that, it’s on to the postseason for Stuurmans, Miller, and associates.

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Tenley Stuurmans beat Nikki Clark Cole 6-2, 6-2

2nd Singles — Dahlia Miller beat Lyla Ovenell 6-3, 6-2

1st Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Sofia Phay lost to Kira Clark/Megan Mellinger 6-0, 6-0

2nd Doubles — Brynn Parker/Delanie Lewis lost to Hazel Leighton/Norah Leighton 6-4, 6-1

3rd Doubles — Chloe Ferguson/Rowan Stoner lost to Ava Gamez/Charisse Ho 6-2, 6-2

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Ashley Wells/Savannah Coxsey lost to Daisy Bautista/Kate Curtis 8-0

5th Doubles — Miles Gerber/Samantha Wallace lost to Isabelle Derksema/Laura Smith 8-1

6th Doubles — Ember Light/Mila Light beat Bella Allen/Frankie Pignatiello 8-5

Samantha Wallace charges the net.

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