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Young spikers end on a high note

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Sabrina Judnich was part of a JV volleyball squad which won seven of its final 10 matches. (Leann Leavitt photo)

It was short but sweet.

Limited to (almost) one set Tuesday night thanks to Friday Harbor needing to haul tail back to the ferry, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad beat the visiting Wolverines 23-17.

The victory, coming in the season finale for Alita Blouin’s spikers, lifts them to 6-4 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 7-8 overall.

The young Wolves finished the season on a torrid run, winning seven of their final 10 matches as they grew in confidence and jelled as a team.

Tuesday’s tilt barely happened, as Friday Harbor was seriously tardy after some transportation snafus, with the varsity match starting 45+ minutes late and being played first.

By the time the JV took the floor, they were being pushed hard by a 6:30 PM kill time but took advantage of what floor time they could.

Coupeville led, start to finish, with Emma Leavitt and Olivia Martin peppering nasty service aces, and Annabelle Cundiff slicing a winner while patrolling the net.

A strong run at the service line from Cassandra Powers pushed the lead out to 18-8, before Friday Harbor rallied a bit.

But just a bit, with Emily Rains launching a looping shot which split the defenders and skipped away for a winner, before Cundiff delivered another slicer for which the visitors had no answers.

 

Tuesday stats:

Annabelle Cundiff — 1 kill
Emma Leavitt — 1 dig, 1 assist, 2 aces
Olivia Martin — 2 aces
Cassandra Powers — 2 aces
Emily Rains — 1 kill, 1 dig

 

A team on the rise. (Jacob Lujan photo)

 

Final season stats:

Kills:

Cassandra Powers – 51
Emma Leavitt – 43
Emily Rains – 27
Scarlett Spencer – 15
Addison Jacobson – 11
Annabelle Cundiff – 6
Olivia Martin – 3
Sabrina Judnich – 2

 

Digs:

Martin – 120
Leavitt – 32
Rains – 27
Powers – 21
Spencer – 21
Jacobson – 15
Cundiff – 6
Judnich – 2

 

Assists:

Leavitt – 68
Powers – 39
Martin – 7
Jacobson – 1

 

Aces:

Leavitt – 59
Powers – 33
Rains – 26
Martin – 23
Jacobson – 12
Cundiff – 9
Spencer – 8
Amira Anunciado – 1
Hannah Roberts – 1

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Farris hits major milestone

Posted in Volleyball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on October 26, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Mia Farris continues to excel on the volleyball court. (Photo courtesy Susan Farris)

She’s a social media star.

Coupeville grad Mia Farris was called out on Instagram Sunday by Whatcom College volleyball coaches — in a positive way — for hitting a major milestone number.

The former Wolf, now a college sophomore, was hailed for piling up 500 career digs (she actually has 509 and counting) while playing for the Orcas.

Farris has four regular season matches left to play, including a reunion with fellow CHS alumni Lyla Stuurmans October 30 when Skagit Valley College hosts Whatcom.

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One final push, then possible playoffs

Posted in Boys Soccer, Football, Girls Soccer, Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 25, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Bettie Woolworth performs a ballet with the soccer ball. (Julie Wheat photo)

Let the tributes pour in.

Three Coupeville High School fall sports teams have Senior Night events slated for this coming week, though one doesn’t actually have any 12th graders on its roster.

Wolf volleyball and boys’ soccer will each acknowledge three players Tuesday, before playing Friday Harbor and Orcas Island, respectively.

Meanwhile, CHS girls’ soccer, which has a roster full of young’uns, hosts Friday Harbor on Thursday, and there has been talk the booters are reaching out to local senior citizens to take the place of their non-existent senior players.

A fourth Coupeville team, cross country, which has already held its Senior Night festivities, travels to University Prep Saturday for the district meet, putting a wrap on things.

Maybe.

Boys’ soccer could also end up hosting a tie-breaker game Thursday, and the booters may open district play Saturday, depending on where they finish in the final standings.

With the regular season rushing to a close and postseason activity heating up, here are where things sit through October 25:

 

Northwest League boys’ soccer:

School League Points Overall
Orcas Island 8-0-0 24 14-0-1
MV Christian 7-1-0 21 10-1-2
PC Christian 6-2-0 18 8-4-1
Coupeville 5-2-1 16 8-4-1
Friday Harbor 5-2-1 16 8-4-1
La Conner 3-5-0 9 6-7-1
Lopez Island 2-6-0 6 2-10-0
CPC-Lynnwood 1-6-1 4 4-9-1
Evangel Classical 1-6-1 4 5-6-2
Grace Academy 0-8-0 0 0-12-0

**3 points for a league win, 1 for a tie**

 

Northwest League football — (11-Man):

School League Overall
Friday Harbor 2-0 6-2
Coupeville 0-2 1-6

 

Northwest League girls’ soccer:

School League Points Overall
MV Christian 11-0-0 33 13-2-1
Friday Harbor 7-3-0 21 7-7-0
Lopez Island 6-3-2 20 6-4-2
Coupeville 5-4-2 17 6-5-3
La Conner 3-5-2 11 3-9-2
PC Christian 2-8-0 6 2-8-0
Orcas Island 0-11-0 0 1-13-0

**3 points for a league win, 1 for a tie**

 

Northwest League volleyball:

School League Overall
Darrington 7-0 16-2
MV Christian 7-1 13-1
La Conner 5-3 7-5
Coupeville 5-4 7-7
Orcas Island 2-6 5-10
Friday Harbor 2-6 3-7
Concrete 0-8 6-12

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Power, pop, and a big win

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 23, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Arianna Cunningham rises up to destroy the volleyball. (Jacob Lujan photos)

They brought a bunch of knives to a Forks fight.

With their big hitters delivering plenty of daggers Friday night, the Coupeville High School varsity volleyball squad swept the visiting Spartans off the floor.

It was a well-played match, with plenty of long rallies, but ultimately the Wolves had the answer for anything and everything Forks hit their way, scoring a 25-22, 25-20, 25-22 straight-sets victory.

With the non-conference win, Scout Smith’s spikers get to 7-7 on the season and have won six of their last nine.

Up next is the regular season finale (and Senior Night) this coming Tuesday, October 27, with Friday Harbor visiting Cow Town.

After that, the district playoffs, which may include a home match.

But, if the Wolves were thinking of the postseason, they didn’t get ahead of themselves, staying committed and focused against a well-balanced foe.

The opening set was a battle of surges, with Coupeville jumping in front 6-3 with Tenley Stuurmans slicing winners from the service line, followed by Forks flipping things and surging ahead at 19-13.

But things ended positively for the Wolves, as they closed the frame on a 12-3 tear, with Arianna Cunningham madly mashing at the net while Capri Anter and Rhylee Inman peppered the Spartans with fiery aces.

Forks, proving plucky to the end, held off two set points but then helped out by sailing a serve long to hand CHS the magical 25th point.

Set #2 opened with freshman Zariyah Allen roaring in from the side to slice winners on back-to-back plays, before Inman and Kennedy O’Neill showed off their muscles by brutalizing the innocent volleyball to end intense rallies.

Kennedy O’Neill (3) and Rhylee Inman (4), ready to start flexing.

Haylee Armstrong was feeling it at the service line, winning five straight points, with Cunningham drilling a ball off the backline to push Coupeville way out in front at 12-4.

The visitors found their own mini hot streak, cutting the margin back down to 14-12, but couldn’t get any closer.

More highlight reel worthy plays from Inman and Cunningham, plus a dazzling flip winner off of Stuurmans fingertips, put CHS ahead 24-16, though Forks once again proved to be hard to knock out, avoiding four set points before #5 proved to be fatal.

The third, and final frame, was Coupeville’s all the way, as the Wolves led from start to (almost) finish, with one brief burp when Forks turned a 14-8 deficit into a very brief 16-15 lead.

Once again, however, CHS had the answer, with Anter and Armstrong making a deadly duo on their serve, and fellow Wolf senior Lexis Drake delivering several tasty kills.

Forks, the masters of never saying die apparently, played one ball off both the gym lights and a raised basketball backboard, then fought off three match points.

Answer needed?

Answer given, as Drake swooped in, walking on air to deliver a tip winner for the night’s final point, before dancing off to embrace her celebrating teammates.

 

Friday stats:

Zariyah Allen –4 kills, 2 digs
Capri Anter — 4 digs, 3 aces
Haylee Armstrong — 5 digs, 8 assists, 3 aces
Arianna Cunningham — 9 kills, 13 digs, 2 block assists
Lexis Drake — 3 kills, 1 block assist
Rhylee Inman — 2 kills, 5 digs, 1 assist, 1 solo block, 1 block assist, 2 aces
Willow Leedy-Bonifas — 27 digs, 1 assist
Kennedy O’Neill — 3 kills, 2 digs
Tenley Stuurmans — 3 kills, 8 digs, 14 assists, 2 block assists, 5 aces

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Wolf JV spikers KO Spartans

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 23, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Cassandra Powers keeps her eye on the volleyball. (Julie Wheat photo)

“Back up and be ready!”

One of the visiting Forks fans was insistent on that strategy Friday as their JV volleyball squad clashed with Coupeville.

Spoiler alert: The Spartans did not and were not.

Led by a power surge that saw seven different players rack up a kill, the host Wolves ran away with a 25-19, 25-12, 11-15 win to nail down their sixth victory in their last nine contests.

Now 6-8 on the season after nabbing the non-conference win, Alita Blouin’s scrappy young guns wrap their season next Tuesday, October 27 with another home rumble, this time against Friday Harbor.

Squaring off with Forks, which came a long way to get hammered, Coupeville jumped out to an early lead and never relented.

Strong service work from Emma Leavitt and Emily Rains staked the Wolves to a quick 5-1 advantage, with an ace from Leavitt crawling up a rival player’s face and delivering a wicked kiss before ricocheting away.

Once Forks started to get its returns back over the net, Wolf sniper Cassandra Powers was here, there, and everywhere, patrolling the net and swatting away most incoming volleyballs for rally-ending kills.

The Spartans hung tough for a bit, but eventually the power show from Powers, especially when supplemented by a couple of explosive smashes from Emily Rains, proved to be too much.

Annabelle Cundiff and Leavitt popped a few more winners from the service line and it was on to set #2, where the lead blossomed out to 19-6 at one point.

Powers, having herself a big-time performance, alternated between scorching serves and even-hotter kills at the net, while Olivia Martin and Addison Jacobson joined the ace parade.

Martin, who got the call-up to join the varsity team later in the evening, also crunched a kill from way back, the ball skidding across the net and slicing away from the defense.

With the third set just for practice, Forks made a late stand, breaking an 11-11 tie by scoring the final four points of the match.

Before then, Sabrina Judnich, Powers, Rains, and Jacobson all delivered winners, while Martin and Leavitt teamed up for the best point of the rumble.

Madly scrambling to her right and reaching as far as she possibly could, Martin saved a runaway ball by the length of her fingertips, flicking it back skyward and setting up Leavitt for a tip winner which froze the Spartans in place.

 

Friday stats:

Annabelle Cundiff — 1 dig, 3 aces
Addison Jacobson — 1 kill, 1 dig, 2 aces
Sabrina Judnich — 1 kill
Emma Leavitt — 1 kill, 2 digs, 7 assists, 3 aces
Olivia Martin — 1 kill, 9 digs, 1 assist, 4 aces
Cassandra Powers — 7 kills, 1 dig, 3 aces
Emily Rains — 5 kills, 4 digs
Scarlett Spencer — 1 kill

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