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CHS spike crew hosts Dig Pink Night

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Mia Farris fires off a shot. (Jackie Saia photo)

They’re digging deep.

The Coupeville High School volleyball teams host Concrete Tuesday on Dig Pink Night, and the theme is the fight against breast cancer.

JV tips at 5:00 PM, varsity at 6:30.

In between sets and spikes, the Wolves and Lions will team up to help raise money and awareness, with all funds going to the Whidbey Health Foundation’s mastectomy gift basket fund.

There will be raffles for gift baskets at the volleyball match, with tickets set at $5.00 or five for $20, and fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of those battling cancer.

A sampling of the gift baskets up for auction. (Jennifer Heaton photos)

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Serve game strong, camera game stronger

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 7, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Taygin Jump (right) and Mia Farris share a moment. (Jackie Saia photos)

Spikes zinged and cameras clicked.

Thursday night’s Coupeville vs. South Whidbey rivalry rumble on the volleyball court attracted its fair share of photographers, and the photos above and below come to us courtesy Jackie Saia.

Madison McMillan sacrifices her body for the good of the team.

CHS coach Cory Whitmore has a heart-to-heart talk with his spikers.

Jada Heaton delivers the lightning and the thunder.

Maddie Georges gets artful with her tip game.

Lyla Stuurmans (4) and McMillan swap spots in the lineup.

Ryanne Knoblich abuses the volleyball.

It’s a party on the hardwood.

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Thunder rolls, spikes fly

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 7, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Katie Marti has been a sparkplug off the bench for the Wolf varsity. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The positive numbers keep piling up.

Eight matches into the season, Coupeville High School varsity volleyball players continue to fill up the stat sheet, making stories like this possible.

Seniors Alita Blouin (digs) and Maddie Georges (assists, service aces) and junior Grey Peabody (kills) top categories, while there are three-way ties for solo blocks and block assists.

Of course, with five regular season matches left to play, plus a likely trip to the playoffs, all of that can change in the days ahead.

As we hit Oct. 7, where the varsity spikers stand:

 

Player Kills Digs Block-Solo Block-Assist Assists Aces
Maddie Georges 8 61 180 46
Alita Blouin 2 124 11 11
Lyla Stuurmans 35 39 2 2 12
Ryanne Knoblich 56 57 2 1 1 17
Mia Farris 55 7 3 1 5
Jill Prince 44 3 2 3
Grey Peabody 71 7 1 3
Madison McMillan 4 24 1 14
Taygin Jump 2 25 2 4
Katie Marti 1 6 6
Issabel Johnson
Jada Heaton 1 2

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Wolves feast on Falcon meat

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Carly Burt and the Wolf JV spikers are 7-1. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re pretty much untouchable.

The Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad has the best record of any Wolf fall sports team, and it can slay you in multiple ways.

Thursday night the young guns showed they had grit, rallying to topple visiting South Whidbey 18-25, 25-20, 15-12.

The non-conference victory lifts the Wolves to 7-1 on the season and gives them a season sweep of the two matches with their archrivals from Langley.

“Pretty good!” said CHS coach Ashley Menges. “I was glad the girls were able to pull out the win.

“We don’t see many tests throughout the season, so I was pleased to see they can handle the pressure as well as they did.”

The Falcons claimed the early advantage, but the Wolves, who got stats from all nine girls to see the floor, never folded.

“We had a few up and down moments, getting rattled at times, especially in serve receive, but they were able to pull it together when it was needed,” Menges said.

“We definitely are going to start fine-tuning some skills getting towards the second half of the season,” she added. “But so far the girls have made great progress, and, as always, I’m very proud of them.”

Next up for the JV spikers is a return to Northwest 2B/1B League action.

The Wolves put their 4-0 conference record on the line Tuesday, Oct. 11, when Concrete visits Whidbey.

 

Thursday stats:

Taylor Brotemarkle — 9 digs, 3 aces
Carly Burt — 1 kill, 1 dig
Teagan Calkins — 5 kills, 6 digs, 3 aces
Jada Heaton — 2 kills
Issabel Johnson — 6 kills, 3 digs, 1 assist, 3 aces
Katie Marti — 2 kills, 2 digs, 16 assists, 9 aces
Chloe Marzocca — 2 digs
Grier Mooney — 1 dig, 1 ace
Aby Wood — 3 kills

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“I was proud of the girls”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Madison McMillan had a career-best night Thursday against South Whidbey. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Not all losses are created equal.

Case in point, Thursday night’s titanic volleyball showdown between Coupeville High School and archrival South Whidbey.

The Wolves, a scrappy 2B squad who didn’t get the audience they deserved thanks to a rescheduled football game pulling fans to a different part of town, left it all on the floor.

But the 1A Falcons, who have been playing superb ball of late, were able to fend off CHS, pulling out a 25-27, 25-12, 25-23, 25-18 non-conference win.

The loss drops Coupeville to 5-3, with all three of the team’s losses coming against schools from bigger classifications.

Two of those defeats have been to South Whidbey, which is 7-3 on the season.

While his squad wasn’t able to overcome the Falcon big hitters, CHS coach Cory Whitmore was pleased with the grit his players showed.

“Besides our second set, I thought we played really tough defensively and found ways to generate points when needed,” he said. “We just came up short with the amount of points generated.

“It is tough to be strong in the back row for so long, but I was proud of the girls for continuing to focus there.”

Coupeville got big performances from several players, with Grey Peabody notching a career-high 17 kills on a .500 hitting percentage.

“Madison McMillan was phenomenal on serve receive,” Whitmore said. “While Ryanne Knoblich really turned it up on her swing, taking aggressive swings, paying off to generate 13 kills.”

McMillan paced the Wolves with five service aces, while collecting a career-best 14 digs after coming into the night with 10 at the varsity level.

Coupeville has a couple of days to fine-tune things in practice before getting back into league play.

The Wolves, who sit atop the Northwest 2B/1B League with a 4-0 mark, host Concrete Tuesday, Oct. 11.

 

Thursday stats:

Alita Blouin — 12 digs, 4 assists
Mia Farris — 7 kills, 1 dig, 1 assist
Maddie Georges — 2 kills, 16 digs, 32 assists, 2 aces
Taygin Jump — 5 digs, 1 ace
Ryanne Knoblich — 13 kills, 4 digs
Katie Marti — 2 digs
Madison McMillan — 1 kill, 14 digs, 1 assist, 5 aces
Grey Peabody — 17 kills, 3 digs
Jill Prince — 4 kills
Lyla Stuurmans — 1 kill, 1 dig

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