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“A win’s a win!!”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged 1A Olympic League, aces, CHS Wolves, Katrina McGranahan, Tiffany Briscoe, volleyball on October 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Tiffany Briscoe delivered 10 service aces Tuesday to spark Coupeville to its first win in league play. (John Fisken photo)

You take W’s any way you get them.

Especially when you’re knee-deep in the battle for a playoff berth.

Getting a boost at a crucial moment, the Coupeville High School volleyball squad dug down and eked out a four-set win at Port Townsend Tuesday night.

The 25-13, 22-25, 30-28, 25-19 victory lifted the Wolves out of the 1A Olympic League cellar, where they had been tied with the Redhawks.

Now 1-2 in league play, 3-8 overall, Coupeville sits in third place, a game behind Chimacum (2-1, 7-6), which lost to Klahowya (3-0, 6-6) in a first-place showdown.

The top three teams in the Olympic League go to the postseason, and all three will host their opening playoff match, so the first goal is to stay ahead of Port Townsend (0-3, 1-8).

Coupeville can make a move on second-place Thursday, when it hosts Chimacum.

After that is a road trip to Klahowya Oct. 26 and the regular-season finale at home Oct. 29 vs. Port Townsend.

Following the oldest rule in the sports cliche book — play them one game at a time — the Wolves took care of business Tuesday.

Which is all that matters.

“It wasn’t pretty … but a win’s a win right?!,” said CHS coach Breanne Smedley. “We were able to finish, which was great.

“We put ourselves in unnecessary situations through our hitting and serving errors,” she added. “However, their ability to fight and close out the game was something that we will build on for Chimacum.”

Coupeville got a big boost from its service game, with Tiffany Briscoe sparking things with ten service aces.

Sydney Autio and Payton Aparicio added nine aces apiece, while Valen Trujillo delivered six and Katrina McGranahan popped for five.

Autio doled out 17 assists, with a variety of Wolves rising to the occasion to put the ball down, hard.

McGranahan led the assault on the stat sheet with nine kills, while McKenzie Bailey, Ally Roberts and Kyla Briscoe each had four.

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Spikers serve sizzlin’ stats!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged Ally Roberts, CHS Wolves, Katrina McGranahan, Stats, volleyball on October 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Katrina McGranahan leads teh Wolves in blocks (John Fisken photos)

Katrina McGranahan leads the Wolves in blocks and sets played and is second in kills. (John Fisken photos)

Lauren Rose tops the CHS spikers in four categories, yet still finds time to swing by and watch the Wolf booters play.

Stats are not just for football.

Every week we plop down an updated list for Coupeville High School football, and then, boom, this afternoon I finally notice the Wolf spikers have stats on MaxPreps as well.

So, here you go, with two caveats.

One, it’s varsity only (that’s all I have), and two, if you disagree with your totals, talk to your coaches.

I’m just relaying the stats, not recording them.

With that being said, some pertinent info, through 10 matches:

Sets Played:

Sydney Autio 32
McKenzie Bailey 32
Katrina McGranahan 32
Lauren Rose 32
Payton Aparicio 30
Tiffany Briscoe 30
Valen Trujillo 29
Ally Roberts 27
Kyla Briscoe 26
Hope Lodell 25
Emma Smith 22
Maddy Hilkey 4
Ashley Menges 1
Sarah Wright 1

Kills:

Bailey 56 (#19 in 1A)
McGranahan 41 (#25 in 1A)
Aparicio 31
Roberts 28
K. Briscoe 22
T. Briscoe 15
Smith 15
Lodell 12
Trujillo 1

Kill Percentage:

Roberts 37.3
Aparicio 34.4
Bailey 31.3
T. Briscoe 26.8
Smith 25.4
K. Briscoe 24.7
McGranahan 24.6
Lodell 24.5
Trujillo 14.3

Hitting Percentage:

Aparicio .178
Roberts .133
McGranahan .060
Bailey .028

Digs:

Trujillo 107 (#12 in 1A)
T. Briscoe 37
Aparicio 36
Lodell 26
Autio 11
Rose 9
K. Briscoe 5
Hilkey 5
Roberts 5
McGranahan 4
Bailey 2
Smith 1

Blocks:

McGranahan 7
Bailey 4
Smith 4
K. Briscoe 2
Roberts 2
Aparicio 1

Assists:

Rose 84 (#10 in 1A)
Autio 78 (#12 in 1A)
Menges 2
Roberts 2
Smith 1

Serving Percentage:

Rose 96.8
Aparicio 89.4
Hilkey 87.5
Trujillo 84.6
T. Briscoe 78.0
McGranahan 77.6
Autio 77.2
Lodell 66.7
Bailey 66.0

Service Points:

Rose 64
Aparicio 41
Autio 41
McGranahan 37
Trujillo 24
T. Briscoe 23
Lodell 15

Service Aces:

Autio 26 (#17 in 1A)
Rose 22 (#25 in 1A)
McGranahan 20
T. Briscoe 15
Trujillo 13
Aparicio 12
Lodell 9
Hilkey 2

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Think pink, and cram the stands!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged cancer, CHS Wolves, Dig for the Cure, pink, Susan G. Komen Foundation, volleyball on October 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Clear the calendar. (Illustration courtesy Breanne Smedley)

John Fisken is going pink.

And, I might be too. That’s still being negotiated.

The dye job for the travelin’ photo man, who you often see working the sidelines at Coupeville sporting events, will come before the start of this Thursday’s CHS volleyball matches.

The opponent that night is Chimacum, and the result will have a huge impact on the 1A Olympic League playoff race.

But there will be a bigger foe that night, and that is where the pink comes in.

The Wolves will be hosting their annual Dig for the Cure breast cancer awareness night.

Fisken (and probably me) will be getting pinked-up around 3:30 PM, with the Wolf JV taking the court at 3:45. Varsity action is set for around 5 PM.

The photo man is letting his luscious silver locks go pink in honor of his sister Mary, who is traveling to town for the match.

A three-time cancer survivor who has been fighting the good fight for the past decade, she doesn’t know what her brother has planned out with the Wolf players.

I’ve been told she doesn’t read this blog (and why not?!?!?), so, we’re dancing a tricky dance here.

We want to get as many people as possible there for the event, but we don’t want to spoil John’s side surprise for his sister.

So, remember that when you talk about this on social media, please.

The Wolves will be wearing pink jerseys, honoring cancer survivors with roses and raising money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation with a donation bucket at the game.

Sandi Farris, a cancer survivor and honorary coach for the night, will give the Coupeville girls a pregame speech to remind them that, win or lose, the match is big, but the fight against cancer means much more.

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Undefeated? Not after facing the Wolves!!

Posted in Middle School, Volleyball, tagged CMS Wolves, Forks, Randy King, Scout Smith, Twilight, upset, volleyball on October 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

"I've been coaching since (John Fisken photos)

“Vampires? I ain’t afraid of no stinkin’ vampires!!” Randy King is the man to lead a team into bat country. (John Fisken photos)

Ashleigh Battaglia chases down a ball during an earlier match.

Want flawless form? Call Zoe Trujillo.

Scout Smith is a star, even when she plays Stevie Wonder-style.

Raven Vick (19) and Maya Toomey-Stout celebrate

Raven Vick (19) and Maya Toomey-Stout are just happy to see each other.

Randy King with the upset!

The longtime Coupeville High School/Middle School coach picked up a new sport at the last second this year, taking over the CMS 8th grade volleyball squad a match into the season when coach Sadi Foltz abruptly left to take a new job.

Jump forward to Monday night, and, after a long road trip to the town former CHS football coach Ron Bagby (well … and “Twilight“) built, King and his spikers emerged with a stunning upset.

The Wolves knocked off undefeated Forks 29-27, 25-20 for the win of the season.

The score is all the info we have at the moment (and nothing on the 7th grade squad), so let’s toss out a bunch of photos to fill the rest of your time.

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