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“It’s always fun for me, whether we lose or win!!”

Posted in Girls Basketball, Gymnastics, Track, Volleyball, tagged , , , , on March 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Bayne (left), with CMS track teammates ? and Sage Renninger (right).

Lauren Bayne (left), last spring with CMS track teammates Jillian Pape (center) and Sage Renninger (right).

Lauren Bayne picks things up quickly.

The Coupeville Middle School 8th grader is a multiple sport athlete, like older brother Josh, a star football and baseball player at the high school level.

And, like her sibling, she seems to do well at any sport she picks up.

Case in point, basketball.

While she had played on a rec team when she was little, that team never actually played any games. Jump forward to this year, she chose to return to the hardwood, and bam, has made an immediate impact.

“This year was the first year that I ever played in a game, and I’m on the 8th grade varsity team!,” Bayne said. “I like to exercise and sports are always fun things to do, which is why I started this year.”

Helping her succeed is a natural sense of drive.

“I’m a competitive person, and like to push myself to do new things,” Bayne said. “It is always fun for me, whether we lose or win.”

While she’s not sure if she’ll stick with the sport when she moves up to high school — she also plays volleyball, runs track and is on a competitive gymnastics team outside of school — she’s intent on building her game as this season plays out.

“I want to play hard and improve my all-around skills,” Bayne said. “I think that I am a team player, and can play many positions — except post, because I’m not that tall. I need to work on my ball handling skills and shooting.”

When not playing one of her many sports, she enjoys geometry and gym class.

Following in the successful athletic footsteps of her brother, a junior at CHS, comes naturally to her. Having him, and her parents, to help and support her, is a key.

“My brother Josh is very good at a lot of sports, and my whole family is active,” Bayne said. “It is usual for me to play multiple sports, and get good grades, because of my help from family and friends.”

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Spring Sports Preview: Sprint to state!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , , , on March 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Sylvia Hurlburt

Sylvia Hurlburt poses with the new school records she helped set last year as a freshman.

The young guns, fleet-footed freshmen (l to r) Lauren Grove, Mattea Miller, Carlie Rosenkrance and Valen Trujillo.

The young guns, fleet-footed freshmen (l to r) Lauren Grove, Mattea Miller, Carlie Rosenkrance and Valen Trujillo (who has jumped to tennis as a high schooler).

Randy King is on the hunt.

The veteran Coupeville High School track coach had 41 athletes turn out for the first day of practice Monday, but he’d always like to add some more depth.

“There are still a few capable athletes out there in the halls of Coupeville not doing other sports and we are still actively looking, hoping, and trying to persuade more girls to come on out!,” King said.

The 17 girls he already has include three returning state meet veterans in sophomores Makana Stone and Sylvia Hurlburt and junior Marisa Etzell.

That trio was part of a unit that smashed school records, tore up the Cascade Conference and claimed fifth place in the 4 x 200 at the 1A state meet. The Wolf girls finished 26th out of 47 teams in Cheney.

Stone also won the first 32 races of her high school career — best debut ever, by far, for a Wolf — and broke or helped break four school records (200, 4 x 100, 4 x 200, 4 x 400). Etzell and Hurlburt each ran on two of the record relay teams.

“They really enjoyed their experience in the relays and are looking forward to some new sprint relay team members,” King said.

The loss to graduation of sprinters Jai’Lysa Hoskins and Madison Tisa McPhee is huge, but a strong young group led by freshmen Lauren Grove and Carlie Rosenkrance is ready to step in.

First-timers Nene Maxie Stokes and Amanda Foley will also vie for spots on the sprint teams.

Junior Erin Rosenkranz returns to anchor the distance runners, while freshman Mattea Miller will join her.

Veteran throwers Heni Barnes and Briess Potter will be joined by a pack of newcomers, as CHS has a deeper-than-normal group of female athletes picking up the shot put and discus. Sophia Jebrail, Joye Jackson, Ashlyn Miller and Skyler Lawrence are also in the mix.

On the boys side, there are deeper numbers, with 11 of the 24 being returning athletes.

Senior thrower Nick Streubel and sprinter/jumper Josiah Campbell, who missed qualifying for state by one place in the 100 as a junior, anchor the squad.

Sophomore sprinters Jared Helmstadter and Lathom Kelley, junior distance runner Matthew Hampton and senior hurdler/sprinter Brandon Kelley provide depth.

When he wasn’t doing cartwheels off the gym walls, the irrepressible Lathom Kelley, also a gridiron standout, was working hard on building his body into a force of nature.

“Lathom’s speed, which was on display during football season, has taken an explosive jump due to his hard work in the weight room and he may jump to the front of this group,” King said. “Jared loves track, just came off a successful basketball season and is going to be one of our fastest as well.”

And who knows what gems may be lurking in the newcomers?

“We have quite a large group of boys out for the first time and they are enthusiastic and in some cases pretty talented,” King said. “It’s going to be a great year.”

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Throwback Thursday: The Crafty Ones!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, Girls Soccer, Softball, Throwback Thursday, Track, Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on February 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone (left) and Hailey Hammer (right), the early days. (Photo courtesy Hailey Hammer)

   Makana Stone (left) and Hailey Hammer (right), the early days. (Photo courtesy Hailey Hammer)

Hammer (center) during this year's basketball season, with teammates Amanda Fabrizi (left) and Breeanna Messner. (John Fisken photos)

   Hammer (center) during this year’s basketball season, with teammates Amanda Fabrizi (left) and Breeanna Messner. (John Fisken photos)

Makana Stone: track supernova.

Makana Stone: track supernova.

They’ve been skilled all their lives.

It used to be arts and crafts, and now Coupeville High School three-sport stars Hailey Hammer and Makana Stone excel on the playing fields and hardcourts.

Basketball, softball, track, volleyball, soccer — it doesn’t matter the sport, pick one and they’ll dominate.

The hand-eye coordination and attention to detail? It came at an early age.

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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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Wolf track stars exiled!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , , on February 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »

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CHS track stars Makana Stone (left), Lathom Kelley (center) and Sylvia Hurlburt (sunglasses) will travel to every one of their meets in 2014. (Kristin Hurlburt photo)

The most dynamic athlete at Coupeville High School will NOT perform in front of home fans this spring.

Sophomore sprinter and relay ace Makana Stone, who smashed school records, placed at state and won her first 30+ races as a freshman, will spend the spring on the road.

She and fellow state meet veterans like Sylvia Hurlburt and Marisa Etzell will travel to every one of their 2014 track meets, as CHS, for the first time in memory, will not host a home meet.

The only time the Wolves will perform on Whidbey Island, in fact, is Thursday, March 20 when they kick off the season with an appearance at the Oak Harbor Jamboree (3:30 PM start).

After that, there’s trips to Sultan, Cedarcrest (twice) and Granite Falls, among other destinations, but no home meets and no trips to South Whidbey.

No reason has been given for the lack of a home meet.

Coupeville Middle School will host a home meet April 30, when King’s, Langley and Lopez Island will come to town.

But the lack of a home meet for the high school squad could derail one of the school’s traditions.

Does that mean that Senior Night for thrower Nick Streubel and others will take place on a bouncing school bus somewhere on the back roads of America as Coupeville completes its never-ending road trip?

Probably.

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