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It’s Hammer Time in the neighborhood!!

Posted in Booster Club, Volleyball on October 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Not even Applebee’s could resist the siren call of Hammer Time!

Working in conjunction with the Coupeville Booster Club, the restaurant is honoring Wolf spiker Hailey Hammer as the fourth Star of the Week for the fall sports season, and Hammer’s name (reader board outside) and face (restaurant wall inside) will reign supreme for the next week or so.

Hammer, who helped spark CHS to two wins (and a narrow loss to unbeaten King’s) in its last four matches, follows in the award-carrying footsteps of netter Aaron Curtin, quarterback Josh Bayne and the Wolf girls’ soccer squad.

The sophomore middle blocker will help lead her team into district play this weekend, when Coupeville travels to Lynden for an eight-team double elimination tourney. The Wolves will open against Nooksack Valley, and four of the eight teams will earn bids to tri-districts.

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Dear Nooksack Valley, prepare for utter destruction!!

Posted in Volleyball on October 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »

     Wolf spikers (left to right) Haley Sherman, Amanda Fabrizi and Sydney Aparicio are set to open a can of whup-ass at Saturday’s district tourney. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

They won’t know what hit them!

All flush and momentarily happy from a five-set come-from-behind win Wednesday night, the Nooksack Valley High School volleyball team has actually put themselves right in the bulls-eye of the Wolves.

The Pioneers’ 21-25, 20-25, 25-22, 25-18, 15-12 victory over Lynden Christian netted them a top seed in Saturday’s 1A Northwest district tournament and earned Nooksack Valley (8-6) a first-round match-up with Coupeville (4-11). The tourney is double elimination, with four of the eight teams advancing on to tri-districts.

Coupeville will join Cascade Conference mates King’s and South Whidbey, while the Northwest Conference will send five schools. South Whidbey will open against Friday Harbor on Coupeville’s side of the bracket, while Lynden Christian faces Mount Baker and King’s meets Meridian in the top half of the draw.

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Kacie Kiel is movin’ on up!!

Posted in Volleyball on October 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Kacie Kiel (right) gets to join Katie Kiel (left) and Breeanna Messner at the district volleyball tournament Saturday.

In professional baseball they call them the September call-ups — that time when you expand the roster and bring up a promising player or two to the big leagues to see what they can do in late-season action.

Well, it’s late October, but the same concept fits in the promotion Tuesday of sophomore outside hitter Kacie Kiel from the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad to the varsity. With the addition, Wolf coach Toni Crebbin will have a full dozen on her bench as CHS heads into district play this Saturday.

Kiel, who has shown bursts of power, will get to spend quality time with big sister Katie, one of three seniors on the Wolf squad.

Should both get into a match at the same time, it’s possible their dad, Steve, the undisputed king of the lung-busting “Let’s go CHS!” exhortations, may pass out from hyperventilating.

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Perfect Knights nip feisty Wolves!!

Posted in Volleyball on October 23, 2012| 2 Comments »

Allie Hanigan goes up for a hit in a match earlier this season. Hanigan and her Wolf teammates start district play this Saturday. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Thirteen was King’s lucky number.

Despite a plucky fight from a visiting Coupeville High School volleyball squad that refused to go down easily, the host Knights wrapped up a perfect regular season Tuesday night. The 25-22, 25-15, 25-19 loss dropped Coupeville’s final mark to 4-11 overall, 3-11 in Cascade Conference play.

The 1A Wolves, who won two of their final four matches, finished with more wins than two of the conference’s five 2A schools — Granite Falls and Sultan. They split with the Tigers and swept the Turks this season.

Coupeville now advances to districts this Saturday, Oct. 27. The Wolves, who will be the number three seed from their league behind King’s and South Whidbey, will open the double-elimination tourney at 11:30 AM against the number one team from the Northwest Conference.

That team will be decided Wednesday, Oct. 24, when Nooksack Valley hosts Lynden Christian.

Against King’s, the Wolves, who played down a woman (Madeline Strasburg was out sick) were paced by Bessie Walstad, who went low for 23 digs and hammered home five kills, and Megan Oakes, who doled out 15 assists. It was the final regular season match for CHS seniors Walstad, Katie Kiel and Lauren Escalle.

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Briscoe, Trujillo spark explosive spikers!!

Posted in Middle School, Volleyball on October 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The future of Wolf volleyball. (Amy King photos)

Tiffany Briscoe

Valen Trujillo

Toni Crebbin’s cupboard is well-stocked.

The Coupeville High School volleyball coach will lose only three varsity players (Bessie Walstad, Katie Kiel and Lauren Escalle) to graduation this spring, while an influx of talent will come in looking to replace them, when this year’s eighth-grade spikers move on to high school ball.

At the forefront are two players — Tiffany Briscoe and Valen Trujillo — who played varsity the entire season. Right on their heels are the other nine girls who alternated between JV and varsity as the eighth-grade season played out.

“It was a great season,” said Coupeville Middle School coach Amy King. “The girls were fun and hard-working, so will be missed next year, but we will look forward to them adding to the high school squads!”

Delaney Armstrong led a stellar group of servers (“Our serving got stronger as the season went,” King said.), nailing 71 serves in play during the year. Mattea Miller (66) and Trujillo (62) completed the top trio.

“We had strong overhand hitting from Tiffany, Valen, Mattea and Skyler Lawrence, with great setting from Jae LeVine, Ally Roberts, Emily Licence and Holly Mathusek,” King said.

“We had several players who were first year players (Erin Kali-Edgar, Miller, Licence, Lawrence) who really added to the program this year,” she added. “Other returners who did a great job of not complaining, but just working hard and playing the best they could on both JV and varsity courts were Armstrong, LeVine, Roberts, Samee Arrants and Mathusek.”

The highlight of the season came Oct. 15, when the Wolves stuffed Sultan 25-18, 25-17, 13-15 to win their first match dating back to their time together as seventh-graders. They also took sets off of Langley, Sultan and Lakewood and played the epic set of the year — at any level — when they were edged 32-30 in the final set by Langley.

The JV squad beat Northshore 20-16, 20-8 and split matches with Langley, Sultan and Granite Falls.

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