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And thus it begins!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Golf, Softball, Track, tagged , , , , , , , on March 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »

YOur 2014 CHS softball squad. (Amy King photo)

 Your 2014 CHS softball squad. Back (l to r): McKayla Bailey, Breeanna Messner, Tiffany Briscoe, Monica Vidoni, Hailey Hammer, Madeline Strasburg, Haley Sherman. Front: Erin Josue, Robin Cedillo, Jae LeVine, Madeline Roberts, Emily Licence, Emily Coulter. (Amy King photo)

Cue the rain. Cue the wind. It’s time for spring sports on Whidbey.

Did you really think the gentle, balmy, blue sky-drenched weather that we’ve seen the last week would last into the start of the actual seasons?

Oh, you sad, sad fool…

Well, weather or not, the 2014 spring sports season — the last one for Coupeville High School in the 1A/2A Cascade Conference — officially kicks off today, when the Wolf boys’ soccer squad hosts a jamboree (2 PM) at Micky Clark Field.

Lake Stevens and South Whidbey are in town, the event officially puts a stamp on Kyle Nelson’s hiring as Wolf coach (replacing the retired legend, Paul Mendes), and it will go on, regardless of weather.

Soccer doesn’t stop for anything short of a hurricane, and then it depends on what category of hurricane we’re talking about.

The lone CHS golfer, two-time state meet qualifier Christine Fields, was actually supposed to kick off the new season Friday, but excess rain caused a scheduled match at Useless Bay Golf and Country Club between South Whidbey, Overlake and the Lone Wolf to be postponed.

Monday, weather permitting, the season will move into being a full-on reality, with baseball traveling to South Whidbey, softball hopping across to Port Townsend and girls’ tennis welcoming Port Townsend to town.

Tuesday, Friday Harbor comes to Coupeville for soccer and tennis, Fields and her Falcon traveling mates go to Bush and softball squares off at home with arch-rival South Whidbey and its new coach.

Get your bets in now. How many games will be postponed and rescheduled due to weather in ’14?

I’m saying 71, and I feel pretty confident in that number.

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Allie Hanigan rules the courts!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on March 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Allie Hanigan -- numero uno on the hardcourts in 2014.

Allie Hanigan — numero uno on the hardcourts in 2014.

She came. She saw. She kicked her teammates rears.

Living up to her advance billing as the top returning Coupeville High School girls’ tennis player, senior Allie Hanigan successfully defended her hardcourt honor and will enter the season as the #1 singles player for the Wolves.

She survived a pre-season team tourney to claim the title, while junior Jacki Ginnings, who played as part of a doubles team with Micky LeVine last season, claimed runner-up honors.

The netters, who will be the first CHS team to kick off the spring season at home when they host Port Townsend Monday, Mar. 17 (4 PM), are still shuffling players as coach Ken Stange looks for the perfect combinations.

Recent partnerings include new doubles duos comprised of Samantha Martin and Sydney Aparicio and basketball buddies Wynter Thorne and McKenzie Bailey.

“We’re rounding it all out,” Stange said.

And, while he may tinker with his lineup up until the last moment, and then some more after that, he’ll do so with one thing set in stone — Hanigan is The Woman. End of story.

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The best story you’ll read today!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , on March 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Zen and the art of tennis. (Ken Stange photo)

Zen and the art of tennis. (Ken Stange photo)

We’re four days into the start of spring sports and we already have a winner for best story.

Ladies and gentlemen, Coupeville High School tennis guru Ken Stange.

Today at tennis practice, one of my players was having trouble keeping her lead foot firmly planted while serving.

It’s a common mistake volleyball players make when transitioning to tennis.

Despite our efforts, she just couldn’t keep that foot down!

I decided to lay down on the court and hold her foot down so she could learn how to serve properly.

After missing the first two tries, she hit a great serve.

However, her racquet followed through directly into my head!

Game. Set. Match. And still the undisputed champion.

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Spring Sports Preview: Hanigan eyes throne!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , , on March 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Allie Hanigan is the early favorite to be Coupeville's #1 player in 2w014. (John Fisken photo)

  Allie Hanigan is the early favorite to be Coupeville’s #1 player in 2014. (John Fisken photos)

Julia Myers is one of many returning letter winners for the Wolves.

Julia Myers is one of many returning letter winners for the Wolves.

The queen is gone. Long live the queen.

Amanda d’Almeida has graduated and is off in college playing soccer, leaving the #1 singles slot open as the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad gears up for a new season. Let the battle for hard-court supremacy begin.

Longtime Wolf tennis guru Ken Stange has numerous options to fill the top spot, and will hold an inter-squad tourney to see who wants to claim top dog status.

The early favorite, however, has to be senior Allie Hanigan. With two strong seasons behind her, the graceful netter is the top returning player on a veteran-heavy team and sliding up one spot on the rankings ladder would seem in the cards.

How the other varsity spots play out, both at #2 singles and with the doubles teams, should be interesting.

They might also change somewhat from match to match, with CHS having a number of battle-tested players fighting for the jobs.

Samantha Martin, who played in last year’s district doubles tourney, is joined by returning letter winners Jacki Ginnings, Micky LeVine, Ana Luvera, Ivy Luvera, Breanna Koym, Maureen Rice, Wynter Thorne, Julia Myers and McKenzie Bailey.

If any of them stumble, three newcomers are waiting for their time to shine, as well.  Senior Sydney Aparicio is jumping over from softball and freshmen Valen Trujillo and Bree Daigneault have been impressive in off-season workouts.

“I’ve seen Sydney play, and she could challenge for a varsity spot,” Stange said. “So could Valen and Bree. They’ve been practicing, even in bad weather.”

While he’ll have a deep roster (“I’ve got bunches of returning players and my new kids seem to be eager to get out there and play”), no one on the current roster has played at the very top for a consistent amount of time.

“I’ve got lots of girls who have played varsity tennis, but none of them have played much at #1 singles or doubles,” Stange said. “We’ll have to learn by beating up on ourselves, and then we’ll see what we can do against the competition.”

The cream of that competition will be the usual suspects from down the Island. Even with the loss of state meet veteran Hayley Newman, South Whidbey is still the team to beat.

“It’d be nice to take it to the Falcons,” Stange said. “South Whidbey, even though they don’t have any more Newman sisters, is always tough. Karyle Kramer runs a solid program.”

The Wolves will face more teams than in years past, as Stange and Coupeville AD Lori Stolee have been able to expand the schedule to seven teams and 13 matches.

Archbishop Thomas Murphy, Granite Falls, Lakewood and South Whidbey join the Wolves as Cascade Conference schools fielding squads, while perennial rival Friday Harbor, powerful Blaine and the combined forces of Port Townsend and Chimacum (the two schools play as one for tennis) round out the opponents.

Regardless of who is on the other side of the net, or which Wolf players end up in the varsity slots, Stange has one overwhelming wish. The same one he takes into every season on typically weather-torn Whidbey.

“I’m just hoping for some dry courts!!”

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Spring sports just around the corner!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Golf, Softball, Track, tagged , , , , , , on February 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Softball coaches Amy and David King survey the action last season. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Softball coaches Amy and David King wait for the rain to come back. It always does. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Four of the six Coupeville girls who went to the state track meet last year can return in 2014.

The state track meet contingent in 2013 was (l to r) Kirsten Pelroy, Marisa Etzell, Jai’Lysa Hoskins, Sylvia Hurlburt, Madison Tisa McPhee and Makana Stone. Only Hoskins and Tisa McPhee graduated. (Kristin Hurlburt photo)

Saint Patricks’s Day is opening day.

Coupeville High School kicks off its spring sports season — its last as a member of the 1A/2A Cascade Conference — with baseball and softball games and a girls’ tennis match Monday, Mar. 17.

Boys’ soccer and track join the battle a day or two later, and the season runs into early May, when the postseason will start to play out.

Below are the schedules, as they sit today.

Baseball and softball schedules are still being tweaked, and a 20th game will be added to both schedules shortly.

Also, as we go forward, expect weather to play havoc with things (the sun will come out just as the season winds down…), so keep an eye on the schedule at http://coupeville.tandemcal.com/.

Things to keep in mind:

*If boys’ soccer has enough players for a JV squad, they will play the same dates and locations as the varsity, with their games kicking off two hours earlier.

*There is a chance baseball will field a JV team this season. If they do, that schedule will be announced later.

*There is no JV for softball or track and tennis matches are one big mash-up. Varsity netters go first, but JV players then hit the courts as they open up, meaning often varsity and JV are playing at the same time.

*There are no home meets for track this season.

*Coupeville has one golfer — junior Christine Fields, a two-time state meet qualifier (she placed 8th as a freshman, 15th as a sophomore). She practices and travels with South Whidbey, since CHS does not have a team, but competes as a one-woman Wolf squad.

Of the eight teams in the Cascade Conference, three (South Whidbey, King’s and Coupeville) are 1A, but King’s does not field baseball, softball or girls’ tennis teams.

*Coupeville, the smallest 1A school in the state, is jumping to an all-1A division of the Olympic League next school year, where its counterparts will be Port Townsend, Chimacum and Klahowya. Softball and girls’ tennis both play Port Townsend this spring, giving them an early look at their future rivals.

BASEBALL

(Home games — 4 PM)

Mon-Mar. 17 @ South Whidbey
Wed-Mar. 19 South Whidbey
Fri-Mar. 21 @ South Whidbey
Sat-Mar. 29 @ Nooksack Valley
Mon-Mar. 31 @ ATM
Wed-April 2 ATM
Fri-April 4 @ ATM
Mon-April 7 Cedarcrest
Wed-April 9 @ Cedarcrest
Fri-April 11 Cedarcrest
Mon-April 14 Lakewood
Wed-April 16 @ Lakewood
Fri-April 18 Lakewood
Mon-April 21 Granite Falls
Wed-April 23 @ Granite Falls
Fri-April 25 Granite Falls
Mon-April 28 @ Sultan
Wed-April 30 Sultan
Fri-May 2 @ Sultan

BOYS SOCCER

(Home games — 6 PM)

Tue-Mar. 18 Friday Harbor
Tue-Mar. 25 Cedarcrest
Fri-Mar. 28 South Whidbey
Tues-April 1 @ Lakewood
Fri-April 4 Sultan
Tues-April 8 @ ATM
Fri-April 11 Granite Falls
Mon-April 14 @ King’s
Wed-April 16 @ Cedarcrest
Fri-April 18 @ South Whidbey
Mon-April 21 @ Friday Harbor
Tues-April 22 Lakewood
Fri-April 25 @ Sultan
Tues-April 29 ATM
Fri-May 2 @ Granite Falls
Mon-May 5 King’s

GIRLS TENNIS

(Home matches — 3:30 PM)

Mon-Mar. 17 Port Townsend
Tues-Mar. 18 Friday Harbor
Fri-Mar. 20 @ Blaine
Mon-Mar. 24 @ South Whidbey
Wed-Mar. 26 Lakewood
Tue-April 15 ATM
Thur-April 17 @ Granite Falls
Mon-April 21 @ Friday Harbor
Tues-April 22 South Whidbey
Thur-April 24 Lakewood
Mon-April 28 @ Port Townsend
Tues-April 29 Granite Falls
Thur-May 1 @ ATM

SOFTBALL

(Home games — 4 PM)

Mon-Mar. 17 @ Port Townsend
Tues-Mar. 18 South Whidbey
Wed-Mar. 19 @ ATM
Tues-Mar. 25 @ Sultan
Thur-Mar. 27 Cedarcrest
Mon-Mar. 31 Lakewood
Wed-April 2 Granite Falls
Fri-April 4 @ South Whidbey
Tues-April 8 @ ATM
Mon-April 14 @ Sultan
Wed-April 16 Cedarcrest
Fri-April 18 Lakewood
Tues-April 22 Granite Falls
Thur-April 24 @ South Whidbey
Tues-April 29 ATM
Mon-May 5 South Whidbey
Wed-May 7 @ Cedarcrest
Fri-May 9 @ Lakewood
Tues-May 13 @ Granite Falls

TRACK

Thur-Mar. 20 @ Oak Harbor Jamboree
Sat-Mar. 22 @ Seattle Academy Relays
Thur-Mar. 27 @ Sultan
Thur-April 10 @ Cedarcrest
Thur-April 17 @ King’s
Thur-April 24 @ Cedarcrest
Sat-April 26 @ Mountlake Terrace Invite
Thur-May 1 @ Granite Falls
Thur-May 8/Fri-May 9 @ Cascade Conference League Meet (King’s)
Wed-May 14/Fri-May 16 @ Districts (Lynden Christian)
Thur-May 22/Fri-May 23 @ Tri-Districts (King’s)
Fri-May 30/Sat-May 31 @ State (Cheney)

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