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Net gain!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Sydney Autio won in straight sets Thursday one of two Coupeville victories. (John Fisken photo)

   Sydney Autio won in straight sets Thursday one of two Coupeville victories. (John Fisken photo)

Undeniable progress.

Retaking the courts after a two-week break, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team went toe-to-toe with one of the best net programs in the state Thursday and held its own.

While the Wolves fell 5-2 to perennial power South Whidbey while playing in Langley, that was two matches better than the first time they met this season.

“We performed much better than we did the last time we played South Whidbey,” said Coupeville coach Ken Stange. “Picking up a couple of wins was good.

“More importantly, we were competitive in most of the matches,” he added. “South Whidbey has an excellent team. Luckily, we won’t face them at districts!”

Coupeville (1-3) returns to action quickly, hosting the combined forces of Chimacum/Port Townsend Friday afternoon (3 PM) in a 1A Olympic League match.

Complete Thursday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Valen Trujillo lost to Bailey Gochanour 7-5, 6-2

2nd Singles — Sydney Autio beat Anna Lynch 6-2, 6-4

3rd Singles — Bree Daigneault lost to Alex Foode 6-2, 6-1

4th Singles — Maggie Crimmins lost to Lucy Clements 6-0, 6-0

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger lost to Iona Rohan/Clara Martin 7-6 (10-8), 7-5

2nd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Jazmine Franklin beat Kara Mead/Carmen Warwick 6-4, 7-5

3rd Doubles — Julianne Sem/Julia Borges lost to Taylor Hamilton/Jing Wu 6-0, 6-1

JV:

4th Doubles — Kameryn St Onge/Kenzi LaRue lost to Katherine/Macey 8-7

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Big aces, big photos!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 29, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Kenzi LaRue (John Fisken photos)

   Kenzi LaRue is so excited to smash this winner, she starts to jump with joy midway through her swing. (John Fisken photos)

Bree Dagineault

   Sunglasses in place, Bree Dagineault ignores the glowing orb in the sky and focuses on the fuzzy tennis ball bouncing her way.

Sage Renninger

  With a mere flick of her wrist, Sage Renninger deposits another winner in the bank.

Bailey

   Rabid tennis fans (l to r) Donna, Mollie and McKayla Bailey take a moment away from watching their favorite player (McKenzie Bailey) to snap a family photo.

Payton

Payton Aparicio unleashes Hell. Or a really nice serve. One of the two…

Kameryn St Onge

   Silhouetted against a chain-link background, Kameryn St Onge displays laser-like focus as she and doubles partner Maggie Crimmins roll to a win.

The weather was nice and the tennis even nicer.

Taking advantage of a truly sunny, dare I say warm, spring afternoon Monday, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team rolled to a big win under the ever-clicking eye of the wanderin’ cameraman.

The pics above are courtesy John Fisken.

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

http://www.nw1a2bathletics.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=11049&league=5&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=45&sport=0

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Quick and classy!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Maggie Crimmins teamed with Kameryn St Onge to pull out a doubles win Monday. (John Fisken)

Maggie Crimmins teamed with Kameryn St Onge to pull out a doubles win Monday. (John Fisken)

Everything went to plan.

Playing on its home courts Monday, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad enjoyed sunny skies, warm weather, no breeze and a chance to paddle an opponent.

Facing a Friday Harbor team that was very young and very much in the development stage, the Wolves romped to a 6-1 win, their first official victory of the season.

Coupeville now sits at 1-1, with two matches (a 3-1 lead over Granite Falls and a 3-3 tie with Klahowya) still waiting to be finished later in the season.

The Wolves hit the road Wednesday to face Island arch-rival South Whidbey in Langley, then sit until Apr. 12.

Facing off with a green Wolverine squad (more than half its players are newcomers and the coach is in his first season), Coupeville put them down quickly.

Only two varsity matches resembled anything close to a battle.

Playing pro sets instead of the normal best two-of-three sets format to allow Friday Harbor time to ankle to the ferry, Coupeville dropped two or fewer games in five of seven contests.

Best moments:

Valen Trujillo dropping a series of lobs over her opponents head, artfully using her shot-making skills to baffle her foe.

Bree Daigneault rolling her eyes way into the back of her head and moaning “Moooooooooooommmmm, you’re making me nervous,” and then immediately proving she wasn’t really all that nervous by whipping a winner down the line.

The entire CHS squad proving once again it is the kindest, politest, most considerate tennis squad I have ever witnessed, stopping to compliment their opponents on almost every shot, even when the Wolves were rolling.

When I played at Tumwater High School back in the day, we took great delight in hitting our own teammates during practice and once set off a near-riot while in Aberdeen.

Monday, almost to a girl, the Wolves went out of their way to personally thank the Friday Harbor girls for making the trip to Whidbey.

Kids today, so much classier than we ever were…

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Morgan Timmons 8-0

2nd singles — Sydney Autio beat Alli Benz 8-1

3rd singles — Bree Dagineault beat Madeline King 8-2

1st doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Jillian Urbach/Lucy Urbach 8-0

2nd doubles — Jazmine Franklin/McKenzie Bailey beat Midi Thomas/Mariah Dannibar 8-2

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Katy Kalseth/Joely Loucks 8-6

4th doubles — Julia Borges/Julianne Sem lost to Morgan Timmons/Isabelle Brown 8-3

JV:

5th doubles — Kenzi LaRue/Jazmine Franklin lost to Yasmin Sara/Calina DePue 6-4

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Sizzlin’ spring snaps!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, Track, tagged , , , , , , on March 25, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Julian Welling (John Fisken photos)

   The batter ordered the high, hard cheese and Julian Welling is ready to deliver it piping hot. (John Fisken photos)

Connor McCormick

Airborne and elastic, CHS goalie Connor McCormick covers the entire net.

Mikayla Elfrank

   Hungry for another big hit, Mikayla Elfrank carries a big bat and knows how to use it.

Jacob Martin

 Jacob Martin auditions for the role of the T-1000 in the next “Terminator” film.

HUnter Smith

  Don’t try anything, cause Hunter Smith has his eye on you. (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

Tamika

   Tamika Nastali is aiming for the fence. Yep, the one way out there in center field. (Fisken photos)

Payton

Doubles ace Payton Aparicio reaches to the heavens as she unleashes a serve.

Uriel

Uriel Liquidano (3) keeps his foe as far away as possible.

Sylvia

   Currently sitting as the fastest 4 x 200 girls relay team in 1A, it’s (l to r) Sylvia Hurlburt, Makana Stone, Lindsey Roberts and Lauren Grove.

Friday was lovely.

Sunny, no rain, maybe just a ripple or two of breeze across the prairie.

So, of course, there was absolutely, positively no spring sports games scheduled for today.

As opposed to Wednesday, when Coupeville High School softball waged war while being lashed by gale force winds for three hours.

Such is life for athletes playing outside on a rock in the water in March.

Since we didn’t have any live action to report on, here are a collection of photos showcasing all five CHS sports teams, just to remind you what they look like when in action.

Why? Why not.

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Edge of your seat!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on March 25, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Bree Daigneault (John Fisken photo)

   Wolf junior Bree Daigneault rolled to a straight-sets win at #2 singles Thursday. (John Fisken photo)

The fate of the world, or at least a tennis match, will hang on a thread for almost a month.

Forced to flee to catch a ferry, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team had to leave Thursday’s conference opener at Klahowya knotted at 3-3, with the deciding match locked at 5-5 in the third set.

That match, a #1 singles bout between Wolf Valen Trujillo and Eagle Sydney Jackson, will be decided Apr. 19 when CHS returns to Silverdale for the second of the school’s three matches this season.

The Wolves (0-1) now have two matches sitting unresolved.

They were leading Granite Falls 3-1 when rain brought an early end to their season opener and will pick things up Apr. 22, when they meet to play a second match.

While Coupeville didn’t get closure Thursday, it did get a huge win at #1 doubles, where sophomores Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger upended an Eagle duo that included one half of last year’s state semifinalists.

Complete (mostly) results:

1st Singles — Valen Trujillo tied with Sydney Jackson 6-7 (0-7), 6-4, 5-5

“This match began at 4:00 and was still going three hours later,” Coupeville coach Ken Stange said. “This is a battle of two contrasting styles. Valen brings power, while Sydney brings consistency.

“I think that when we meet again, Valen will prevail.”

2nd Singles — Bree Daigneault (CHS) beat Lara Hooper 7-5, 6-1

“Bree missed our last match, and she was excited to get out onto the singles court. She did not disappoint.

“It took her a set to find her way, but she really took control in the second set. It was quite impressive.”

3rd Singles — Kenzi LaRue lost to Sophia Kovaleskie 6-2, 6-1

1st Doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparacio beat Shania Rose/Haley Sargent 6-3, 0-6, 7-5

“They’d been looking forward to this match since last year’s league tourney. Rose is a dominant doubles player, and Sage/Payton needed to find ways to keep her from dominating both sides of the court.

“It was easily the most satisfying win of the season for our 1’s, who are now 3-0. It was the kind of win that made the struggles of last season’s 4-9 campaign, at #1 Doubles, worth the trouble.

I could not be more proud of Payton and Sage; they were, as Stuart Scott would have said, cooler than the other side of the pillow!”

2nd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Jazmine Franklin (CHS) beat Mary Ann Marker/Maddy Reinks 6-3, 6-2

“3-0 on the season — so dominant — they are picking up where they left off last season, when they went 14-2.

“They will bag many wins for our team at #2 Doubles. On any other team, they’d be the 1’s. Our team is fortunate!”

3rd Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge lost to Taylor Bruce/Emma Lajoie 6-3, 6-3

4th Doubles — Julianne Sem/Julia Borges lost to Desiree Watts/Sarah Ackerman 6-4, 6-0

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