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Vidoni nets farewell spotlight!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, Monica Vidoni, Rainy River Community College, volleyball on October 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Monica Vidoni (Photos property of Rainy River Volleyball)

Monica Vidoni (back, far right) and fellow Rainy River Community College sophomore spikers. (Photos property of RRCC Volleyball)

Sophomore Appreciation night.

The end of one journey is nearing.

Coupeville High School grad Monica Vidoni was one of five sophomore volleyball players honored by Rainy River Community College.

While the Voyageurs still have five regular-season matches left, they recently held their Sophomore Appreciation night.

Vidoni has two more of those to go, as she also plays basketball and softball at the two-year Minnesota school.

On the volleyball court, she’s appeared in 19 matches this season for a Rainy River squad which has won six straight to get to 15-8 overall, 9-2 in league play.

Vidoni has played in 34 sets, with four kills, three digs and a service ace to her credit.

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Epic match? Epic win!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged Allison Wenzel, CHS Wolves, epic win, JV, Scout Smith, Sequim, volleyball on October 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Scout Smith, seen here serving in an earlier match, had a team-high 14 assists in Coupeville’s JV win Tuesday night. (John Fisken photo)

No quit. Ever.

Battling back ferociously, the Coupeville High School JV spikers pulled out a thrilling three-set win Tuesday night, garnering some revenge for an earlier-season loss.

By the time things were (finally) done, the Wolves were the proud owners of a 28-26, 14-25, 32-30 victory over their hosts, 2A Sequim.

That was sweet payback for a loss Sept. 14 on Whidbey and lifts Coupeville’s young guns to 7-2.

It also gives Kristin Bridge’s squad its fifth consecutive win, the longest active streak for any CHS team, varsity or JV.

Coupeville’s C-Team won as well, sweeping all three sets it played.

Its 25-14, 25-11, 25-23 victory propelled the third unit to a crisp 3-1 mark on the season.

The Wolf JV got something from everyone, with a number of players filling up the stat sheet against Sequim.

Scout Smith set the big hitters up, doling out a team-high 14 assists, and her snipers took advantage.

Hannah Davidson mashed eight kills, while Zoe Trujillo and Sarah Wright had three apiece.

Allison Wenzel and Maddy Hilkey paced the service attack with four aces each, with Hilkey adding six digs.

Trujillo and Wenzel had three digs apiece.

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Wrong end of the buzz-saw!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, Katrina McGranahan, Lauren Rose, Sequim, volleyball on October 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Rose, seen here firing off a serve in an earlier match, had a team-high 12 assists Tuesday night. (John Fisken photo)

Some nights you just shake your head and walk away.

This season has been so good for the Coupeville High School volleyball squad that one flat night can’t derail the fun express.

And flat was the key word, as the Wolves, flying high with a five-match winning streak, stumbled against a brutally-efficient squad ready to take advantage.

Falling 25-17, 25-14, 25-13 in a non-conference road match against 2A Sequim, Coupeville took a small step back, dropping to 7-3.

Sequim is 8-1, has won 24 of 28 sets this season and is the only school to blank CHS in a match.

“We played tentative tonight and without fire to take down a very good Sequim team,” said Coupeville coach Cory Whitmore. “We had moments of brilliance, taking aggressive swings, but then would get back on our heels.”

Katrina McGranahan paced Coupeville with four kills and four service aces, while Lauren Rose doled out a team-high 12 assists.

Mikayla Elfrank (four kills), Valen Trujillo (14 digs) and Hope Lodell (seven digs) also dropped their names into the stat sheets with stellar play.

The best news is Sequim, which has given Coupeville two of its three losses this season, is out of sight, out of mind now.

The Wolves, who sit atop the 1A Olympic League at 4-0, close the regular season with five straight conference bouts, starting with a home affair against second-place Klahowya (3-1) Oct. 18.

Having some time off to recover from the crush of Homecoming, Spirit Week and several big matches back-to-back should allow Coupeville to get its mojo back before the matches which matter the most.

“We’ll have a long week of practice to get our confidence back,” an upbeat Whitmore said.

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Serving up success!!

Posted in Middle School, Volleyball, tagged action shots, CMS Wolves, John Fisken photos, spikers, volleyball on October 8, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Audrianna Shaw gets her whole body into her hit. (John Fisken photos)

Coral Caveness and Chandell Schoonover (9) plot strategy.

Lita Woollet, a highly-accomplished scrapper on the wrestling mat, is ready to rumble on the hardwood.

Ella Colwell (18) and Samantha Streitler exchange high fives after a successful point.

Caveness fires up a lethal serve.

Before taking the court Genna Wright gets a family portrait with her grandparents/biggest fans, Ron and Gretchen Smith.

Finding ways to kill time between matches.

The future is coming, one spike at a time.

Coupeville’s younger volleyball players are busy tearing up the court right now at the middle school level, anxious to emulate their high-flying role models on the first-place high school squad.

As they played Thursday at home against Chimacum, photographer John Fisken snapped away, capturing a mix of 7th and 8th grade action.

To see all of his photos (purchases fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes) pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/MSVB-20161006-Coupeville-vs-Ch/

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Killin’ the stat sheet!!

Posted in stats, Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, Emma Smith, Hope Lodell, kills, Stats, volleyball on October 7, 2016| Leave a Comment »

First-year CHS volleyball coach Cory Whitmore has his team at 7-2 and storming up the state stat charts. (John Fisken photos)

Katrina McGranahan is second among all 1A players in service aces, trailing only teammate Hope Lodell.

Hope Lodell is dangerous.

Through nine volleyball matches, the Coupeville High School junior has recorded 66 service aces, which puts her #1 among all 1A players who have had their stats reported to MaxPreps.

Lodell currently sits #3 across all divisions (2B-4A), trailing only Samantha Johnson of Northwest Christian (72 aces) and Mollie Olson of Napavine (68) for the top spot.

And it’s not really a fair fight, as Johnson has played four more sets than Lodell, with 75 more service opportunities, while Olson has an extra 13 sets and 84 chances at the stripe.

When the Wolf ace fires up a serve, she hits an ace on 42.6% of her attempts, a mark matched by only Sophia Spoja of Steilacoom (43.8%), who benefits from having put up only 80 serves to Lodell’s 155.

After all that, it should come as no surprise that the high-flying, rocket-serving young woman known as “The Surgeon” has already shattered Coupeville’s single-season ace mark.

With six more regular season matches and a playoff run ahead, Lodell is now four ahead of the 62 aces achieved by Mindy Horr in 2004.

So, while digesting all that info, here’s more, the stats season-to-date for all 12 Wolf varsity players who have helped CHS roar out to a 7-2 record overall, 4-0 in 1A Olympic League play.

Sets Played:

Katrina McGranahan 33
Ashley Menges 33
Lauren Rose 33
Emma Smith 33
Valen Trujillo 33
Payton Aparicio 32
Tiffany Briscoe 32
Hope Lodell 32
Mikayla Elfrank 29
Ally Roberts 17
Sarah Wright 3
Allison Wenzel 3

Kills:

Lodell 41 (#16 in 1A)
Elfrank 39 (#17 in 1A)
McGranahan 39 (#17 in 1A)
Smith 23
Aparicio 21
Briscoe 21
Roberts 7
Wright 4
Trujillo 3
Wenzel 3
Menges 1
Rose 1

Kill Percentage:

Menges 50.0
Wenzel 50.0
Elfrank 39.4
Wright 36.4
Roberts 35.0
Smith 32.9
Lodell 32.3
McGranahan 31.5
Briscoe 30.9
Aparicio 21.6
Rose 20.0
Trujillo 17.6

Hitting Percentage (State leaders need 106.7 attempts):

Wright .364
Wenzel .333
Roberts .200
Briscoe .162
McGranahan .121 (#12 in 1A)
Elfrank .071
Smith .043

Digs:

Trujillo 101 (#4 in 1A)
Lodell 67 (#10 in 1A)
Aparicio 50
Rose 19
Roberts 18
Menges 12
McGranahan 10
Briscoe 8
Elfrank 5
Smith 3
Wright 2
Wenzel 1

Blocks:

Smith 7 (#19 in 1A)
McGranahan 5
Elfrank 4
Aparicio 2
Briscoe 1

Service Returns:

Trujillo 167
Lodell 115
Aparicio 80
Roberts 13
Wenzel 4
Elfrank 3
McGranahan 3
Smith 3
Menges 2
Briscoe 1
Rose 1

Assists:

Rose 92 (#6 in 1A)
Menges 68 (#9 in 1A)
Trujillo6
Lodell 4
Aparicio2
Roberts 2
Briscoe 1
Elfrank 1

Serving Percentage:

Elfrank 100.0
Rose 93.5
Trujillo 87.7
Aparicio 85.4
Lodell 85.2
Menges 84.2
McGranahan 80.5

Service Points:

Lodell 98
Rose 84
Menges 70
McGranahan 64
Aparicio 58
Trujillo 47
Elfrank 3

Service Aces:

Lodell 66 (#1 in 1A, #3 in all divisions)
McGranahan 35 (#2 in 1A)
Aparicio 31 (#5 in 1A)
Menges 26 (#7 in 1A)
Trujillo 26 (#7 in 1A)
Rose 20 (#9 in 1A)
Elfrank 1

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