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Olivia Martin fires off an ace. (Julie Wheat photo)

Time to add up the numbers and call it a day.

With the final Coupeville High School volleyball match in the books for 2025, we can present a complete look at individual stats for the Wolf spikers.

The numbers came from stat sheets collected by CHS coaches, and hopefully I added correctly.

Ari Cunningham filled up the stat sheet during her first season as a varsity player. (Jennifer Camarena Herrera photo)

 

Final season stats:

 

Varsity
(16 matches):

 

Kills:

Teagan Calkins – 185
Haylee Armstrong – 100
Tenley Stuurmans – 47
Dakota Strong – 39
Ari Cunningham – 35
Lexis Drake – 16
Capri Anter – 2
Adeline Maynes – 2

 

Digs:

Calkins – 176
Armstrong – 140
Stuurmans – 91
Maynes – 59
Drake – 46
Anter – 38
Cunningham – 36
Strong – 10
Sydney Van Dyke – 5

 

Assists:

Stuurmans – 320
Maynes – 30
Armstrong – 16
Calkins – 12
Cunningham – 9
Drake – 8
Strong – 4
Kennedy O’Neill – 1

 

Solo Blocks:

Stuurmans – 5
Armstrong – 2
Drake – 2
Cunningham – 1
Strong – 1

 

Block Assists:

Cunningham – 9
Drake – 8
Armstrong – 3
Calkins – 3
Strong – 3
Stuurmans – 3
Maynes – 1

 

Service Aces:

Stuurmans – 62
Calkins – 37
Maynes – 20
Armstrong – 19
Cunningham – 18
Drake – 15
Anter – 7
O’Neill – 2
Van Dyke – 2
Strong – 1

 

JV
(13 matches):

 

Kills:

Sydney Van Dyke – 40
Kennedy O’Neill – 31
Isa Mc Fetridge – 25
Chelsi Stevens – 24
Cassandra Powers – 12
Emma Leavitt – 8
Willow Leedy-Bonifas – 5
Adeline Maynes – 4
Olivia Martin – 3
Hailey Grijalva – 2

 

Digs:

Leedy-Bonifas – 46
O’Neill – 44
Mc Fetridge – 41
Stevens – 26
Van Dyke – 13
Maynes – 11
Martin – 7
Powers – 7
Grijalva – 4
Leavitt – 2
Kee’Arya Brown – 1
Mary Western – 1

 

Assists:

Maynes – 50
Leavitt – 27
Leedy-Bonifas – 15
Powers – 13
Van Dyke – 8
O’Neill – 5
Grijalva – 4
Mc Fetridge – 3
Stevens – 3
Martin – 1

 

Solo Blocks:

Van Dyke – 2
Leedy-Bonifas – 1

 

Service Aces:

Powers – 30
Van Dyke – 26
O’Neill – 24
Leavitt – 19
Mc Fetridge – 18
Stevens – 18
Maynes – 14
Leedy-Bonifas – 7
Martin – 4
Grijalva – 3

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Lyla Stuurmans (left) and Mia Farris catch up with super fan Kim Brotemarkle. (Susan Farris photos)

It was the reunion rumble redux.

Facing off for the second time at the college level, Coupeville High School volleyball alumni Mia Farris and Lyla Stuurmans (and their current teams) clashed Wednesday night in a five-set thriller.

Back on Oct. 10, Stuurmans and Skagit Valley College beat Farris and Whatcom College in straight sets, but this time around, the Orcas rallied from two sets down to pull out a 12-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-19, 15-10 win on their home floor.

The fab frosh duo, who shared CHS Female Athlete of the Year honors as seniors, both played strongly in their second reunion.

Farris finished with 12 digs and two service aces, while Stuurmans piled up 11 kills, four digs, and a solo block.

With the victory, Whatcom moves into a tie with Skagit at 5-6 in Northwest Athletic Conference play, with one regular-season match left on both school’s schedules.

On the season, Stuurmans and Co. are 16-13, while Farris and her squad are 7-16 overall.

A moment with their high school coach, Cory Whitmore.

The former Wolves, who helped lead CHS volleyball to the best season in program history in 2024, have both seen plenty of floor time in their first college season.

Farris has played in all 23 of her team’s matches, racking up 52 kills, 187 digs, 10 assists, one solo block, seven block assists, and 36 aces.

Meanwhile, Stuurmans has participated in 27 of 29 matches, collecting 165 kills, 69 digs, three assists, six solo blocks, 35 block assists, and 21 aces.

Lifelong friends first and foremost.

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Haylee Armstrong pounds a winner. (Danica Strong photo)

A rebuilding season ended a few days too early.

One year after a veteran-dominated squad went undefeated to the final day of the campaign and brought home a program-best 4th place state trophy, the Coupeville High School volleyball team was denied a playoff berth.

The young Wolves, who had only one senior this time around, fell 25-17, 25-18 to Friday Harbor in a tiebreaker played on a neutral court in La Conner Wednesday night.

With the victory, the Wolverines earn the #4 seed for 2B schools from District 1 to the six-team District 1/2 tourney, which runs Thursday through Saturday.

Coupeville finishes its first season under new head coach Scout Smith at 5-10-1.

The tiebreaker was required because CHS and Friday Harbor finished in a stalemate, both going 2-8 in league play.

La Conner (8-2), Mount Vernon Christian (8-2), and Orcas Island (5-5) are the other playoff-bound 2B schools, while NWL champ Darrington (8-0) and last-place finisher Concrete (0-8), both 1B schools, have already begun postseason play.

Wednesday’s tiebreaker marked the end of the road for Wolf senior Teagan Calkins. A key contributor to last year’s trophy winners, she led Coupeville in kills and digs as a senior.

Teagan Calkins was a rock for the Wolves all season. (Jackie Saia photo)

“We are extremely grateful to our lone senior,” said CHS coach Scout Smith. “Her unwavering dedication and commitment to our program is unmatched and she will be dearly missed.

“However, she has undoubtedly left her mark on this program and has left it better than she found it.”

While she was hoping for a different outcome Wednesday, and a chance to take her squad to the postseason, Smith liked the continued growth she witnessed as a new group of varsity players began to make an impact.

“Obviously not the ending we hoped for, but still a lot of positives to take from this season,” she said. “We will continue to build to come back as an even stronger team next year.

“Hats off to Friday Harbor. They too were against the ropes fighting for a spot in districts and showed great composure in the moment.

“We are excited to have so many players returning for next year,” Smith added. “We will focus on and build off of all the positives from this year.”

 

Wednesday stats:

Haylee Armstrong — 3 kills, 2 digs, 1 assist, 1 ace
Teagan Calkins — 4 kills, 2 assists
Ari Cunningham — 2 digs
Lexis Drake — 1 block assist
Adeline Maynes — 4 digs, 2 aces
Dakota Strong — 1 dig, 1 assist, 1 block assist
Tenley Stuurmans — 4 kills, 3 digs, 7 assists

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Tenley Stuurmans filled up the stat sheet Monday in Sultan. (Marquette Cunningham photo)

If it was the finale, it was a strong one.

Playing on the road Monday, the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball squad scorched host Sultan, while the Wolf JV waged a wild brawl against the Turks before falling just short.

While the non-conference matchups against a 2A school were the final ones on the regular season schedule, there is still hope the CHS varsity will play a bit longer.

That will be decided Tuesday, when Orcas Island and Friday Harbor square off in their regular season finale.

Five of the six tickets to the District 1/2 tourney, which goes down Nov. 6-8, have been clinched.

Northwest 2B/1B League teams La Conner, Mount Vernon Christian, and Orcas are in, while District 2 is sending Forest Ridge and Auburn Adventist Academy.

Tuesday’s tilt decides (maybe) the final slot.

If Friday Harbor wins, they finish 3-7 in league play, and edge Coupeville (2-8) for that #4 seed.

But if Orcas wins, the Wolverines and Wolves finish in a stalemate and play a tiebreaker Wednesday on a neutral court in La Conner.

It would be a full win-three-out-of-five sets match, with tip-off at 5:00 PM and the winner moving on to open the district tourney Thursday.

If Coupeville gets a chance to keep going, it will be coming off a powerhouse win, having rocked Sultan 25-9, 27-25, 25-23.

The Wolves piled up 30 kills and 14 service aces as they kept their big-school rivals at bay, raising their record to 5-9-1.

 

Monday stats:

Haylee Armstrong — 6 kills, 14 digs, 1 assist, 1 ace
Teagan Calkins — 13 kills, 2 digs, 1 assist, 4 aces
Ari Cunningham — 2 kills, 5 digs, 2 aces
Lexis Drake — 1 kill, 5 digs
Adeline Maynes — 6 digs, 2 assists, 1 ace
Dakota Strong — 3 kills, 1 dig, 1 solo block
Tenley Stuurmans — 5 kills, 3 digs, 22 assists, 1 solo block, 6 aces

 

Kennedy O’Neill keeps the play jumpin’. (Julie Wheat photo)

JV:

Coupeville’s second squad couldn’t quite pull out the victory but still compiled the best win/loss record of any athletic team at the school this fall.

The Wolves fell 25-20, 23-25, 25-23 to the Turks and finish 8-4 on the season.

 

Monday stats:

Willow Leedy-Bonifas — 9 digs, 7 assists, 1 ace
Isa Mc Fetridge — 2 kills, 2 digs, 1 assist, 1 ace
Kennedy O’Neill — 1 kill, 4 digs, 4 aces
Cassandra Powers — 2 kills, 1 dig, 2 assists, 4 aces
Chelsi Stevens — 3 kills, 3 digs, 2 aces
Sydney Van Dyke — 4 kills, 1 dig, 1 solo block

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Ari Cunningham launches a serve. (Marquette Cunningham photo)

It was a back-and-forth brawl.

Two closely matched varsity volleyball squads went spike for spike Tuesday on Orcas Island, with the host Vikings eking out a five-set thriller against visiting Coupeville.

The Wolves had to rally from a nine-point deficit in the fourth set to even keep things alive, and did, before running out of steam at the end of a 22-25, 25-21, 25-22, 24-26, 15-10 rumble.

“It was a really hard-fought battle,” said CHS coach Scout Smith. “The girls showed lot of grit and determination.

“Lots of props to Orcas Island – they are well-coached and today they got the best of us.”

While the loss drops her young squad to 2-8 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-9-1 overall, Smith prizes the growth she sees, which speaks well for the future as the Wolves rebuild and reload.

“I’m very proud of the fight I saw from our team today,” Smith said.

Coupeville has one regular season match left on the schedule — a non-conference road trip to Sultan next Monday, Nov. 3.

 

Tuesday stats:

Haylee Armstrong — 13 kills, 13 digs, 1 assist, 2 solo blocks
Teagan Calkins — 18 kills, 39 digs, 2 assists, 2 aces
Ari Cunningham — 5 kills, 3 digs, 3 block assists, 2 aces
Lexis Drake — 3 kills, 3 digs, 2 assists, 2 block assists
Adeline Maynes — 11 digs, 4 assists, 4 aces
Dakota Strong — 2 digs
Tenley Stuurmans — 7 kills, 11 digs, 33 assists, 1 block assist, 1 ace
Sydney Van Dyke — 1 dig

Sydney Van Dyke prepares to inflict damage. (Julie Wheat photo)

 

JV:

Time ran out on the Wolves.

With the varsity playing first, and going a full five sets, the JV spikers only had time for one set before having to leg it back to the ferry.

Orcas captured that frame 25-12, but as the “official” recorder of CHS athletics, I’m not counting it as a loss, as we all know the Wolves would have come roaring back to take sets #2 and #3 and net a season sweep against the Vikings.

Don’t like my ruling? Start your own blog, Orcas.

 

Tuesday (limited) stats:

Willow Leedy-Bonifas — 1 kill, 1 dig
Emma Leavitt — 1 assist, 1 ace
Kennedy O’Neill — 1 assist, 1 ace
Chelsi Stevens — 1 kill, 2 digs

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