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Now, things get interesting!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged 1A Olympic League, baseball, CHS Wolves, Soccer, Softball, tennis on April 22, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Two wins against Chimacum next week. That’s what Coupeville baseball coach Chris Smith wants. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Two down, two to go.

Coupeville softball and Klahowya boys soccer clinched Olympic League crowns this week, while the races for titles in baseball and girls tennis remain wide open.

The Wolves, who currently sit in second and first, respectively, in those sports, can make a lot of noise in the coming week.

CHS baseball is set to play three games in five days, with Monday and Friday home games against Chimacum, the school it’s chasing.

With the Wolves just a game back, a sweep of the Cowboys would be huge.

Meanwhile, the Coupeville netters can clinch a fourth-straight league title with a good week.

Sitting a half game up on Chimacum, they play the Cowboys Tuesday, then face-off with Klahowya Thursday for a two-in-one affair.

The Wolves and Eagles need to finish a rain-delayed match, then play their regularly-scheduled finale.

While titles aren’t on the line for softball and soccer, the sluggers get a chance to sweep the season series from non-conference rival South Whidbey, while the booters play Port Townsend with second-place at stake.

Come back a week from now to find out how it all played out.

Current standings through Apr. 22:

Olympic League baseball:

School	League	Overall
Chimacum	4-0	6-6
COUPEVILLE	3-1	9-4
Port Townsend	1-3	1-8
Klahowya	1-5	2-10

Olympic League boys soccer:

School	League	Overall
Klahowya	6-0	9-2-1
COUPEVILLE	3-3	4-6-2
Port Townsend	3-3	3-7-0
Chimacum	0-6	0-9-0

Olympic League girls tennis:

School	League	Overall
COUPEVILLE	2-0	4-6
Chimacum	2-1	3-6
Klahowya	0-3	1-8

Olympic League softball:

School	League	Overall
COUPEVILLE	2-0	9-4
Klahowya	0-2	5-3

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Always in there swinging!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged 1A vs. 2A, CHS Wolves, Maggie Crimmins, Olympic, tennis on April 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Nanci Melendrez teamed with Jillian Mayne Friday to push their 2A foes hard in a narrow loss. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

No one can accuse the Coupeville netters of not swinging for the stars.

By the time the season is done, the Wolves, who rep a 2B-sized school masquerading as a 1A, will have played almost half of their matches against 2A foes.

Facing much-deeper, more battle-tested squads, Coupeville has seen its win/loss record take a bit of a hit.

But learning under fire should hopefully benefit the Wolves in league and postseason play.

Friday, CHS ran into another 2A buzz-saw, falling 6-1 to host Olympic in Bremerton, but the Wolves came away with one huge bright spot at #1 doubles.

Seniors Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger continued their stellar run, picking apart their big school rivals for a quick, straight-sets win.

“They’ve found a new, higher level,” said Coupeville coach Ken Stange.

The Wolves, 4-6 overall, have a key week coming up.

For one, they play only 1A schools, and two of the matches will be against Olympic League foes.

CHS, which is 2-0 in conference action, travels to Chimacum (2-1) Tuesday, then after a non-conference home match with South Whidbey the next day, ambles to Silverdale Thursday.

The finale to the week pits the Wolves against Klahowya (0-3) for a match-and-a-half.

The two teams need to finish the final three bouts from a rain-delayed match (the team score is tied 2-2), then play their regularly-scheduled match.

Complete Friday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Genna Wright lost to Marissa Nemeth 6-0, 6-0

2nd Singles — Heather Nastali lost to Breanne Nemeth 6-0, 6-1

3rd Singles — Zara Bradley lost to Jamie Frei 6-2, 6-4

1st Doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Sydney Troy/Brooklyn Haro 6-1, 6-3

2nd Doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Avalon Renninger lost to SarahAnn Polsin/Emry Bohlman 6-0, 7-5

3rd Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge lost to Kaylani Riley/Ryleigh Barrett 6-1, 6-1

4th Doubles — Jillian Mayne/Nanci Melendrez lost to Alexis Valenzuela/Nicole Barber 7-6(7-5), 6-4

JV:

5th Doubles — Jaimee Masters/Emily Fiedler lost 6-3

6th Doubles — Megan Behan/Elaira Nicolle lost 6-2

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Shred ’em, with style and grace!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, Kameryn St Onge, old school rivalry, tennis on April 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Kameryn St Onge ripped off a series of silky shots Wednesday as she and partner Maggie Crimmins sailed to a straight-sets win. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was a genteel beat-down.

In a match where every other sentence began with “thank you” and the sound of laughter-laced conversation drifted from almost every court, Wednesday’s girls tennis match was far from a fight to the death.

Even if one team convincingly crushed the other between the lines.

The victor was a Coupeville High School squad which captured its fourth win in its last five matches, blanking visiting Friday Harbor 5-0.

The non-conference victory, coming against a longtime foe, lifts the Wolves to 4-5 on the season.

Adding two wins in three JV matches (against Friday Harbor’s varsity players), Coupeville was on cruise control all afternoon.

In fact, CHS coach Ken Stange gave his top two players a break, sending doubles duo Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger off to train with a volunteer assistant coach rather than play against Friday Harbor.

The Wolves who did take the court were often deadly efficient, with Kameryn St Onge and Avalon Renninger, in particular, ripping off some extremely-nasty left-handed winners in two different matches.

The biggest drama came at #1 singles, but it didn’t involve any shot-making or rallies.

Instead, it arrived thanks to a broken shoelace which momentarily brought Coupeville ace Claire Mietus down low midway through the second set.

But, after pulling out the remaining lace, moving it around and retying a now much-shorter lace, she was able to keep her shoe on her foot long enough to close out her second win in as many days.

Complete Wednesday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Claire Mietus beat Alli Benz 6-2, 6-4

2nd Singles — Genna Wright beat Laurel Robertson 6-2, 6-3

1st Doubles — Avalon Renninger/Tia Wurzrainer beat Midi Thomas/Joely Loucks 6-0, 6-2

2nd Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Katie Kulseth/Tori Polda 6-2, 7-6(7-5)

3rd Doubles — Jillian Mayne/Zara Bradley beat Rachel Snow/Kai Di Bona 6-0, 6-2

JV:

4th Doubles — Heather Nastali/Megan Behan beat Thomas/Loucks 8-6

5th Doubles — Jaimee Masters/Emily Fiedler lost to Benz/Robertson 6-4

6th Doubles — Nanci Melendrez/Elaira Nicolle beat Di Bona/Snow 7-5

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Game, set, match … to Mother Nature!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, Claire Mietus, Klahowya Secondary School, Mother Nature, rain, tennis on April 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »

After playing singles all season, Wolf senior Claire Mietus teamed with Tia Wurzrainer Tuesday to win at #2 doubles. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

No, it will never, ever stop raining this spring.

That point was driven home yet again Tuesday, as the Coupeville High School girls tennis squad traveled to Silverdale, got on the court, but then couldn’t finish its match.

A key 1A Olympic League tilt, it ground to a halt with four of seven varsity matches in the book and things tied 2-2.

Of the three remaining matches yet to be finished, CHS trailed at #2 singles, led at #3 doubles and was just starting #4 doubles.

The match will be completed Apr. 26 when Coupeville returns to Silverdale for the third and final match of the season with the Eagles.

For the moment, the Wolves (2-0 in league play, 3-5 overall) hold a game-and-a-half lead on Klahowya (0-1, 1-5) and Chimacum (0-1, 1-6) in the league standings as they chase a fourth-straight conference title.

Coupeville is scheduled to host Friday Harbor Wednesday (3:30 PM) in a non-conference match.

The biggest surprise? The weather forecast for Central Whidbey is for 56 degrees and … NO RAIN.

I’ll believe it when I see it…

Semi-complete Tuesday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Heather Nastali lost to Hailey Sargent 6-0, 6-0

2nd Singles — Nanci Melendrez trails Maddy Rienks 5-7, 6-4, 5-1

3rd Singles — Megan Behan lost to Anna Wells 6-2, 6-0

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Taylor Bruce/Marianne Maker 6-3, 7-5

2nd Doubles — Claire Mietus/Tia Wurzrainer beat Kelisha Harris/Kristin Powell 6-4, 7-6(7-1)

3rd Doubles — Jillian Mayne/Zara Bradley lead Emma Heckert/Mia Brill 2-0

4th Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Genna Wright facing Rachelle Adams/Angelina Robinson (deuce in first game)

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The battle rages!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged 1A Olympic League, baseball, CHS Wolves, Soccer, Softball, standings, tennis on April 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Maggie Crimmins and CHS tennis swept two league matches this week to claim control of first-place in the 1A Olympic League. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Let the jockeying begin.

In a week where many teams were beset by the never-ending rain, two of the four Olympic League races we’re tracking had changes at the top of the standings.

In baseball, Chimacum, which has never finished higher than third in the previous three seasons of the conference, jumped past Coupeville and into first-place.

A one-run win put the Cowboys a game up on the Wolves, but there’s still two-thirds of the league season to play — including two more bouts between these very two teams.

Over on the tennis courts, not a single league match had been played prior to this week.

That’s changed, and with back-to-back wins at the tail end of the week, the Coupeville netters staked a solid claim to being a favorite to win a fourth straight crown.

While softball (Coupeville) and boys soccer (Klahowya) didn’t change leaders, none of the races are anywhere close to being decided yet, ensuring several more weeks of excitement.

Maybe.

Softball, thanks to the unique challenges raised by Port Townsend and Chimacum abandoning their programs this season due to a lack of players, could be settled five days from now.

If CHS beats Klahowya Friday at home, the Wolves, with wins in the first two of three games the squads will play, will clinch their first softball title since 2002.

An Eagle upset (Coupeville won 15-1 Mar. 28 and weather has kept KSS sidelined since that day) and the championship would come down to an Apr. 30 meeting in Silverdale.

And, speaking of upsets, the most unexpected score came from the world of baseball, where Port Townsend shocked Klahowya 6-2 Friday.

The win snapped a 48-game losing skid for the RedHawks, who last won Apr. 9, 2015, and sent the Eagles, the defending champs, crashing into the cellar.

My, oh my.

Current standings through Apr. 15:

Olympic League baseball: