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Time to dig deep!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on April 24, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Emily Fiedler teamed with Jaimee Masters Tuesday to knock off their Chimacum rivals. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

All good things must come to an end. It just wasn’t supposed to happen this early.

Playing with a shuffled lineup Tuesday, the Coupeville High School girls tennis team tasted defeat for the first time in 18 matches against its fellow 1A Olympic League foes.

Falling 4-3 at Chimacum, the Wolves not only saw their four-year unbeaten streak end, but also fell out of first-place for the first time since joining the conference in 2014.

Coupeville (2-1 in league play, 4-7 overall) trails the Cowboys (3-1, 4-6) by half a game, while Klahowya (0-3, 1-9) sits mired in the cellar.

If things break right, though, this is all just a prelude to staging a winner-take-all bout May 3 on Whidbey in what would be the final Olympic League contest for any CHS sports team.

Coupeville is jumping to the new six-team North Sound Conference in the fall, but the Wolf netters still intend to make it four-for-four on league titles before they depart.

Here’s how it lays out:

Coupeville travels to Silverdale this Thursday, Apr. 26 to play a match-and-a-half against Klahowya.

The two squads will complete a rain-delayed match (it currently sits at 2-2 with three matches in flux), then play their regularly-scheduled bout.

Chimacum and Klahowya face off May 1, then the Cowboys come to Whidbey May 3 for the rubber match in their three-game season series with the Wolves.

If the Eagles keep on losing, both Coupeville and Chimacum would enter the finale bearing identical 4-1 records.

There are several other ways the Wolves could win the title, but we’ll just let the most exciting one — a battle royal for all the chips in front of Coupeville’s fans — sit out there as the most tantalizing opportunity.

While the end result wasn’t what he wanted, or intended, Coupeville coach Ken Stange found positives amid the wreckage.

“Zara (Bradley) and Jillian (Mayne) were on fire today!,” he said. “Down 4-0 in the first set, they won seven of the next eight to take the set. Then they dominated.

“Kameryn (St Onge) and Maggie (Crimmins) were solid,” Stange added. “Kam was a magician today.”

 

Complete Tuesday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Genna Wright lost to Gladys Hitt 6-1, 6-3

2nd Singles — Heather Nastali lost to Vilma Jurmu 6-0, 6-2

3rd Singles — Nanci Melendrez lost to Makaela Caskey 6-3, 6-1

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Renee Woods/Emma Craighead 6-2, 6-3

2nd Doubles — Claire Mietus/Tia Wurzrainer lost to Grace Yaley/Chloe Patterson 6-1, 6-2

3rd Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Marley Music/Christina Bell 7-5, 6-3

4th Doubles — Jillian Mayne/Zara Bradley beat Denisse Lopez/Madison Hess 7-5, 6-2

JV:

5th Doubles — Jaimee Masters/Emily Fiedler won 6-2

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

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Now, things get interesting!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged , , , , , 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 , , , , 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 , , , , 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 , , , , , , 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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