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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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Scrappy to the final serve!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on March 17, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Kenzi LaRue

   Wolf sophomore Kenzi LaRue has made huge strides on the tennis court. (John Fisken photo)

There are days when a loss can almost feel like a win.

Thursday was one of those days for veteran Coupeville High School girls’ tennis coach Ken Stange.

On the road, facing a large 2A school, with out enough players to fill out a full lineup, and with two of those in attendance making their court debut, the scrappy Wolves still almost upended Port Angeles.

While the Roughriders escaped with a 4-3 non-conference win, dropping Coupeville to 0-1 on the season (it leads Granite Falls 3-1 in a match that hangs in limbo until April), the result drew a fairly satisfied “Not bad” from Stange.

CHS was without two of its 12 players, and those two, Sydney Autio and Bree Daigneault, are top-tier players.

That meant the Wolves had to default at third singles, which was the difference in the otherwise tightly-played contest.

Complete results:

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

“She was a bit slow to warm up, but Valen shifted into overdrive, outlasting her opponent in rallies that seemed endless,” Stange said. “Consistency + power = victory.”

2nd singles — Kenzi LaRue lost to Maddy Woods 6-0, 6-1

“It was a good effort for Kenzi. She’s an inexperienced JV player who has stepped up to play varsity singles, and she’s done it with grace. She keeps improving, too!”

3rd singles — Coupeville defaulted to Claire Fritchler

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Karina Paup/Byrnes 6-3, 6-3

“This pair, after a long ninth grade season playing the same doubles spot, are now in position to dominate almost every opponent. They have found a way to add power while maintaining consistency. Big things await them, if they stay the course.”

2nd doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Jazmine Franklin beat Emily Traugher/Hannah Brown 6-4, 7-5

“They’d be the top doubles team at just about any other school. They went 14-2 last year in the same spot. They were very dominant today, and will likely maintain that dominance all season long.”

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge lost to Summer Olsen/Aeverie Politika 6-1, 7-5

“They put up a good fight against an athletic team. They almost pushed it to a third set. I think they will find their groove soon, and then the wins will come.”

4th doubles — Julianne Sem/Julia Borges lost to Jocelyn Reifenstahl/Paulina Crawford 6-1, 6-0

“It was a tough go for our 4s, but hopefully they’ll find their way soon. It’s not easy joining a team and having to play varsity from day one. It’ll be trial by fire, but I believe they will find their way.”

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Snappy pics, as far as the eye can see!!

Posted in Baseball, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged , , , , on March 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Katrina McGranahan (John Fisken photos)

  Wolf hurler Katrina McGranahan, throwin’ heat on a cold day. (John Fisken photos)

Sage Renninger

Hard-court assassin Sage Renninger delivers another winner.

Matt Hilborn

Freshman phenom Matt Hilborn comes up firing at third.

Jazmine

  Net ace Jazmine Franklin gives one final look back at the opponent she just toasted.

Hunter Smith

The mound was a little mucky, but Hunter Smith’s pitches were downright nasty.

Mikayla Elfrank

   Having tagged the runner out, Mikayla Elfrank can taste the double play she’s about to finish.

mound

   Hardball guru Chris Smith (left) has a meeting of the minds with catcher Cole Payne and son Hunter.

Jae LeVine

  No softball gets past Jae LeVine. Why? She’s too quick. They don’t call her “Flash” for nothing.

team

   Silhouetted against the prairie (and the ever-present rain clouds), new Wolf softball coaches Kevin and Justine McGranahan enjoy a quiet moment with their easily-excitable squad.

The prairie was poppin’ Monday.

Despite the ever-present threat of rain (it never fully arrived) and wind (mostly absent for once), all three Coupeville High School sports teams in action were able to put an (almost) full day in.

The Wolf softball and baseball squads dropped close contests to Sultan, while the CHS netters were drubbing 2A Granite Falls when their courts got too slippery to continue.

Madly bouncing around from site to site, travelin’ photo man John Fisken snapped away, and the pics above are courtesy him.

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

Baseball — http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=10939&league=21&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0

Softball — http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=10937&league=21&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0

Tennis — http://www.cascadeathletics.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=10934&league=2&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=21&sport=0

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No raining on their parade!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 14, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Payton Aparicio and doubles partner Sage Renninger strolled to a straight-sets win Monday afternoon. (John Fisken photos)

   Payton Aparicio and doubles partner Sage Renninger strolled to a straight-sets win Monday afternoon. (John Fisken photos)

Valen Trujillo serves up an ace as she rolls to a win at #1 singles.

Valen Trujillo serves up an ace as she cruises to a win at #1 singles.

The raced the rain and won.

Well, won the match. Not the battle with Mother Nature.

When Monday’s season opener hit a point that both coaches agreed to pack up the rackets and head under cover, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad had the lead and it goes into the books as a win.

Ken Stange’s 11th season at the helm of the Wolves officially kicks off with a 3-1 win.

(Sort-of) complete results:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Laura Gilbertson 6-4, 6-0

2nd singles — Bree Daigneault lost to McKenzie Meyer 6-3, 6-1

3rd singles — Kenzi LaRue vs. Victoria Bell (incomplete due to weather)

1st doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Allison Middleton/Taylor Middleton 6-2, 6-0

2nd doubles — Jazmine Franklin/McKenzie Bailey beat Holly Curry/Danielle Coleman 6-4, 6-3

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge vs. Hannah Rossnagle/Rosie Bradwisch (incomplete due to weather)

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