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Just call us title town!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , on April 26, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Ju7lianne Sem teamed with Julia Borges for a big doubles win Tuesday as Coupeville clinched back-to-back league titles. (John Fisken photo)

   Julianne Sem teamed with Julia Borges for a big doubles win Tuesday as Coupeville clinched back-to-back league titles. (John Fisken photo)

Ken Stange 3, David King 2.

Coupeville High School claimed its fifth league title banner in the short history of the 1A Olympic League Tuesday, and the Wolves did it in style.

Swatting host Chimacum 6-1, the CHS girls’ tennis squad improved to 4-0 in league play (8-3 overall) and sealed the deal on back-to-back crowns.

With the Coupeville boys having claimed a title this fall, that gives Stange three championships in the two years the league has existed.

King and the Wolf girls’ basketball squad have also won back-to-back titles.

The netters took the court Tuesday not sure what to expect, having edged Chimacum 4-3 the first time around on a day when the Cowboys were shorthanded.

Stange had nothing to worry about, however, as top to bottom, the Wolves came out ready to rumble, or, in some cases, get a bit of revenge.

They were especially effective in tiebreakers, which was a good thing, since five of the seven matches were decided that way.

Coupeville won four of the five, with Bree Daigneault pulling out the most suspenseful one at third singles.

Down a set, she rallied for a 2-6, 6-4, 12-10 win that brought a huge grin to her coach’s face.

“Bree played the most exciting match,” Stange said. “Amelia (Breithaupt) was running all over the place, but Bree persevered.

“It’s not easy to win after dropping the first set,” he added. “She was so darned focused. She was also quite nervous. I’m happy that she won, but I’m proud of her for putting forth such effort.”

Complete results:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Sophia Thurston 6-1, 6-4

2nd singles — Sydney Autio beat An Nguyen 6-2, 3-6, 10-3

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Amelia Breithaupt 2-6, 6-4, 12-10

1st doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Amy Plastow/Renee Woods 6-4, 6-1

2nd doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Jazmine Franklin beat Christine Bell/Gladys Hitt 6-4, 1-6, 10-3

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge lost to Marley Music/Aurora Plunkett 6-7(3-7), 6-4, 10-8

4th doubles — Julianne Sem/Julia Borges beat Tessa Rasmussen/Jordyn Johnson 6-3, 2-6, 10-8

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Dazzling duo nets win for Wolves!!

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

Jazmine Franklin teamed with McKenzie Bailey for a match-deciding win Monday. (John Fisken photo)

   Jazmine Franklin teamed with McKenzie Bailey for a match-deciding win Monday. (John Fisken photo)

Need a win? Call on your seniors.

“Grizzled” hard-court vets Jazmine Franklin and McKenzie Bailey dug deep and found some third-set magic Monday, propelling themselves, and the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad, to a huge win over Port Angeles.

Pulling out a 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 win at second doubles, the rock-solid duo lifted the Wolves to a 4-3 victory, avenging an earlier-season loss to the 2A Roughriders.

Coupeville now sits at 7-3 on the season.

Wolf coach Ken Stange knew he could count on his veteran team captains when things got down and dirty.

“They found a way to pull it out,” he said. “They were clutch in the third set!”

Complete results:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Audrey Little 6-3, 6-1

2nd singles — Sydney Autio beat Claire Fritschler 6-2, 6-0

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault lost to Hailey Horton 2-6, 6-3, 10-1 (tiebreaker)

1st doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Maddy Woods/Maria Soule 6-3, 6-1

2nd doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Jazmine Franklin beat Emily Traughber/Patricia Polo 7-5, 5-7, 6-2

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge lost to Summer Olson/Aeverie Politika 6-4, 6-2

4th doubles — Julianne Sem/Julia Borges lost to Lum Fu/Hanna Brown 6-0, 6-1

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Bow to your rulers! Twice!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Sage Renninger teamed with Payton Aparicio for a huge victory at first doubles Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

   Sage Renninger teamed with Payton Aparicio for a huge victory at first doubles Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

Twice the wins. Twice the statement.

Bringing home two victories Tuesday, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad moved a huge step closer to defending its 1A Olympic League title.

Knocking off host Klahowya twice, the Wolves improved to 3-0 in league play, 5-3 overall.

That puts them a game-and-a-half up on Chimacum (1-1, 3-6) and three up on Klahowya (0-3, 4-8).

Beat the Cowboys Apr. 26 on their home court and Coupeville clinches its second straight league title banner.

The Wolves effectively eliminated Klahowya from title contention Tuesday by finishing off a win from a match that was left unfinished Mar. 24, before rolling to a second win in the day’s regularly scheduled match.

The earlier match had been frozen at 3-3 for close to a month, with Valen Trujillo and Sydney Jackson locked at 5-5 in the third set of their singles bout.

Trujillo came out loaded for bear Tuesday, winning eight of nine points as she polished off a 6-7(0-7), 6-4, 7-5 victory.

After that, she and her teammates rolled to a 4-2 win in the nightcap.

Complete Match #2 results:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Sydney Jackson 6-4, 6-3

“She had to work hard to win today’s match, but she came through, big time!,” said CHS coach Ken Stange.

2nd singles — Sydney Autio beat Sophie Kovaleskie 6-1, 6-3

“It was a very businesslike win for Sydney. She was in control the whole way.”

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Ciara Perez 6-2, 6-0

“Bree absolutely rolled.”

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Shania Rose/Haley Sargent 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(7-4)

Hailed by Stange as “the match of the day,” the Wolf sophomores battled back from down 5-4 in the final set to knock off a highly-regarded duo.

With two wins in two matches against Klahowya’s top dogs, Aparicio and Renninger have clinched the league’s top seed heading into the postseason.

“The goal: win league, win district … and beyond,” Stange said.

2nd doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Maggie Crimmins lost to Mary Ann Marker/Maddy Reinks 6-1, 6-2

3rd doubles — Kenzi LaRue/Kameryn St Onge lost to Taylor Bruce/Domnique Sutton 6-3, 6-2

4th doubles — Julia Borges/Julianne Sem led Desiree Watts/Emma LaJoie 6-4, 1-4 (match stopped for Coupeville to catch ferry, but doesn’t affect outcome)

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Bring the brooms! It’s a sweep!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on April 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

McKenzie Bailey (John Fisken photo)

   McKenzie Bailey, seen here in an earlier match, teamed with Jazmine Franklin Monday for a big win. (John Fisken photo)

Road Warrior Week kicked off with a bang.

The Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad is slated to play all or part of five matches in the next five days, all on the road.

And the Wolves took care of their tune-up, a trip to Friday Harbor, in style, sweeping their hosts quickly enough Monday that there was no absolutely no worries about getting back to the ferry on time.

The 5-0 decision was the second straight win for CHS, lifting it to 3-3 on the season.

Things get a bit more complicated the rest of the week, as the Wolves travel to Klahowya Tuesday and Granite Falls Friday.

Both of those trips will be super-sized, as Coupeville will play regular matches against both foes, while also trying to wrap up earlier-season matches which were put on hold midway through by weather or ferry concerns.

The Wolves and the Eagles were tied 3-3 back on Mar. 24, and that match will be decided by the end of a first singles match-up between Valen Trujillo and Klahowya’s Sydney Jackson.

When they left off, it was 5-5 in the deciding third set and the two netters had dueled for three-plus hours.

Jackson won the first 7-6(7-0), before Trujillo rebounded to take the second set 6-4.

If Trujillo can pull out the win, and then the Wolves, who were not at full-strength the first time around, win the regularly-scheduled match, it would take them to 3-0 in 1A Olympic League play.

When it caps the week in Granite Falls, Coupeville will carry a 3-1 lead onto the court to start the first non-conference match.

One singles match and two doubles matches were left unfinished when rain sent the teams scrambling way back on Mar. 14.

Survive three bus and ferry trips, and tons o’ tennis, and the Wolves will be rewarded with four of their final five matches at home.

Complete Friday Harbor results:

Varsity:

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

2nd Singles — Sydney Autio beat Madeline King 8-0

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Yasmin Sarah/Aida Must 8-1

2nd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Jazmine Franklin beat Julian Urbach/Lucy Urbach 8-3

3rd Doubles — Bree Daigneault/Maggie Crimmins beat Midi Thomas/Mariah Dannaher 8-5

JV:

1st Doubles — Kameryn St Onge/Kenzi LaRue beat Katy Kuleth/Renn DiBona 8-0

2nd Doubles — Julia Borges/Julianne Sem beat Cilena DePue/Nam Ketcharung 8-2

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Attack of the aces!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on April 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Payton Aparicio (John Fisken photos)

   It’s all grins for Payton Aparicio, as she and doubles partner Sage Renninger roll to a quick win. (John Fisken photos)

Maggie Crimmins

  Death from above! Maggie Crimmins beats the snot out of a wayward tennis ball.

Sydney Autio

  With a flick of the wrist Sydney Autio sends another winner screaming over the net.

Julianne Sem

Having put a winner away, Julianne Sem basks in the positive vibes.

Sage Renninger

Renninger gets low and lets her racket take care of business.

Valen Trujillo

Valen Trujillo prepares to get medieval on the tennis ball’s fuzzy yellow rear.

Amelia Breithaupt

   Port Townsend basketball/tennis ace Amelia Breithaupt, probably the most popular non-Coupeville athlete among CHS players and fans.

Kameryn St Onge knows, there's always time for air guitar between serves. Always.

   Kameryn St Onge knows there’s always time for air guitar between serves. Always.

The tennis was inspired, the photos even more so.

Battling back in the final match of the afternoon Friday, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad pulled out a 4-3 thriller over visiting Chimacum/Port Townsend.

But the real MVP was rovin’ photo man John Fisken, who slid by and spent time bouncing from court to court in pursuit of snappy pics.

The photos above, which feature a surprise cameo from Port Townsend’s Amelia Breithaupt, who has been a Coupeville fan favorite the last two years, are courtesy him.

To see more of Fisken’s work, and possibly purchase some, thereby helping fund college scholarships for Wolf student/athletes, pop over to:

http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=11251&league=21&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0

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