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Prescott ready to deliver college spikes

Posted in Volleyball, Wolves in college, tagged Buffalo, Chelsea Prescott, CHS Wolves, Medaille College, volleyball on August 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Chelsea Prescott, ready to take her game to the next level. (Photo property Medaille College volleyball)

She’s official.

With Media Day out of the way, Medaille College in Buffalo just posted its 2021 volleyball roster, and Coupeville grad Chelsea Prescott is on there, proudly beaming.

The freshman outside hitter, a three-sport supernova in her Wolf days, is one of nine players listed for the Mavericks.

Medaille opens its season with a game against its alumni next Tuesday, Aug. 31, then flies into regular-season play.

The Mavericks have 23 matches scheduled, starting with an appearance at the University of Rochester Invitational Sept. 3-4.

Prescott and her new teammates tip off against the Rochester Institute of Technology on day one, then play Smith College and the tourney hosts in a Saturday doubleheader.

Growing up in Coupeville, where she was named CHS Female Athlete of the Year as a senior, Chelly was a standout volleyball, basketball, baseball, and softball player.

She went to the state tourney with volleyball and softball, and helped lead the Wolf diamond squad to a 12-0 season during a pandemic-altered senior campaign.

To stay up to date on Prescott and Medaille volleyball, check out the school’s spiker website at:

https://medaillesports.com/sports/womens-volleyball

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CMS athletic programs return to competition

Posted in Boys Soccer, Cross Country, Middle School, Volleyball, tagged boys soccer, CMS Wolves, cross country, fall schedules, volleyball on August 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Cris Matochi leads the Coupeville Middle School volleyball program.

Rivalries revived.

After a pandemic-altered school year in which Coupeville Middle School athletes were restricted to intramurals, the Wolves are returning to games against other teams.

CMS competes in three sports in the fall, and all three have full schedules as the conference it plays in, the Cascade League, fires back up.

Elizabeth Bitting returns to lead the Wolf cross country program, with Cris Matochi running volleyball.

With Reese Cernick staying with the high school program as an assistant coach, CMS is in the market for a boys soccer guru, and also expects to add a second spiker coach in the coming days.

Where things sit with each middle school sport as we head towards fall:

BOYS SOCCER:

Wolf booters start practice September 13, with a potential wrinkle.

With Coupeville High School fighting to field a full roster for boys soccer, the call has been put out for 8th graders who want to jump up and play an extra, early season at the higher level.

Will that make it hard for CMS to also pull together a team, or are there enough 7th graders to make it a moot point?

Only time will tell.

If CMS does have a full team, that squad will no longer play games at Mickey Clark Field, instead moving over to the practice field on Terry Road for home games.

Mon-Sept. 27 — @ Northshore Christian — (3:20)
Wed-Sept. 29 — Lakewood — (4:00)
Mon-Oct. 4 — @ Granite Falls — (3:30)
Wed-Oct. 6 — Northshore Christian — (4:00)
Mon-Oct. 11 — @Lakewood — (3:30)
Wed-Oct. 13 — Granite Falls — (4:00)
Mon-Oct. 18 — @Northshore Christian — (3:20)
Wed-Oct. 20 — Lakewood — (4:00)

CROSS COUNTRY:

While the CHS squad has two home meets, the CMS harriers, who start practice Aug. 28, settle for two events in nearby Langley.

Sat-Sept. 18 — @ Westling Invite (South Whidbey) — (10:00)
Wed-Sept. 22 — @ Lakewood — (3:30)
Sat-Sept. 25 — @ King’s Invite — (12:00)
Thur-Sept. 30 — @ Granite Falls — (3:30)
Fri-Oct. 8 — @ Hole in the Wall (Lakewood) — (3:30)
Thur-Oct. 14 — @ Sultan — (3:30)
Wed-Oct. 20 — Cascade League Championships (South Whidbey) — (3:30)

VOLLEYBALL:

Instead of separating players into 7th and 8th grade teams, Cascade League spiker squads, who start practice Sept. 13, split rosters into three units, sort of like JV, varsity, and C-Team.

Even if they won’t call them that.

Monday matches are played 3-2-1, while Wednesday tilts go 1-2-3. So, varsity plays last early in the week, and first mid-week.

Wed-Sept. 29 — Langley — (3:15)
Mon-Oct. 4 — @ Lakewood — (3:15)
Wed-Oct. 6 — @ Sultan — (3:30)
Mon-Oct. 11 — @ King’s — (3:30)
Wed-Oct. 13 — Granite Falls — (3:15)
Mon-Oct. 18 — Northshore Christian — (3:15)
Wed-Oct. 20 — Sultan — (3:15)
Mon-Oct. 25 — @ Langley — (3:30)

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Clear eyes, full schedules, can’t lose

Posted in Boys Soccer, Boys Tennis, Cross Country, Football, Girls Soccer, Volleyball, tagged Boys Tennis, CHS Wolves, cross country, fall schedules, football, Soccer, volleyball on August 16, 2021| 2 Comments »

Gwen Gustafson and Co. have full schedules this year. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Wolf booters jump from a six-game schedule to a 16-game one.

The schedules are back to normal.

Or, at least a lot closer than they were a year ago.

While some restrictions — like spectators needing to wear masks — are still in place, high school sports schedules have largely reverted to pre-pandemic normalcy.

After playing out of order during the 2020-2021 school year, fall sports are back to the front of the pack, with winter, then spring competitions planned to follow.

Non-conference bouts are back in vogue, which means Coupeville returns to playing next-door rival South Whidbey.

Also, both the Bucket Game and Homecoming live again for football, and almost all CHS teams will play a double-digit number of games.

Hopefully.

As everyone who has lived through the Age of Coronavirus knows, nothing is set in stone. Things can, and may, still change.

But for now, here’s where we sit, sport by sport.

PS — An * indicates a league contest.

BOYS SOCCER:

It’s a 16-game schedule, eight at home, eight on the road, with every tilt a conference showdown.

While just five of seven Northwest 2B/1B League schools play boys soccer — Coupeville, La Conner, Orcas Island, Mount Vernon Christian, and Friday Harbor — they’re joined for this one sport by four other squads.

While Concrete and Darrington avoid the pitch, Grace Academy, Providence Classical Christian, Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood, and Lopez Island take their places.

Tues-Sept. 7 — @ Mount Vernon Christian — (4:00) *
Fri-Sept. 10 — Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood — (6:00) *
Fri-Sept. 17 — Orcas Island — (4:00) *
Tues-Sept. 21 — Grace Academy — (6:00) *
Fri-Sept. 24 — @ Friday Harbor — (4:30) *
Tues-Sept. 28 — @ La Conner — (TBA) *
Fri-Oct. 1 — @ Grace Academy — (3:30) *
Tues-Oct. 5 — La Conner — (6:00) *
Thur-Oct. 7 — Mount Vernon Christian — (6:00) *
Sat-Oct. 9 — Providence Classical Christian — (1:00) *
Fri-Oct. 15 — @ Lopez Island — (TBA) *
Tues-Oct. 19 — Friday Harbor — (4:00) *
Thur-Oct. 21 — @ Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood — (4:00) *
Sat-Oct. 23 — Lopez Island — (12:30) * — SENIOR NIGHT
Tues-Oct. 26 — @ Orcas Island — (TBA) *
Thur-Oct. 28 — @ Providence Classical Christian — (TBA) *

BOYS TENNIS:

Only two NWL schools play boys tennis, which is why there was no season last year.

While Coupeville was ready and rarin’, Friday Harbor shut down all fall sports after Covid cases spiked in the San Juans.

Now, the Wolverines are back in action, and the two schools will link up, in some fashion, to play tennis against South Whidbey and its (mostly private school) rivals in the Emerald Sound League.

A schedule is still being worked out.

CROSS COUNTRY:

Coupeville, Orcas Island, and Mount Vernon Christian once again vie for NWL harrier supremacy, but this season schools also return to competing at invitationals.

The Wolves host one of three league meets, as well as the league championship races.

Sat-Sept. 11 — @ Sehome Invitational — (TBD)
Sat-Sept. 18 — @ Westling Invitational (South Whidbey) — (10:00)
Fri-Sept. 24 — HOME meet (Fort Casey) — (3:30) *
Sat-Sept. 25 — @ King’s Invite — (12:00)
Fri-Oct. 1 — @ Mount Vernon Christian — (3:30) *
Fri-Oct. 8 — @ Orcas Island — (TBD) *
Sat-Oct. 9 — @ Hole in the Wall (Lakewood) — (9:00)
Thur-Oct. 21 — Northwest 2B/1B League Championships (Fort Casey) — (3:30)

FOOTBALL:

Homecoming is back, with the Eastern Washington opponent traveling 142 miles to face off with CHS, while the Bucket Game against South Whidbey goes down in Langley.

Other non-conference games, featuring Klahowya and East Jefferson, are against familiar foes from Coupeville’s time in the Olympic League.

And what is an East Jefferson, you ask?

It’s the name being used by Port Townsend and Chimacum, which combined for all sports after both schools struggled to field teams due to declining student counts.

With Friday Harbor football back in action, Coupeville plays four league games — two each against the Wolverines and La Conner, the only other 2B schools in the NWL.

Currently, there are eight games on the schedule, but the Wolves continue to look for a week six opponent.

Sat-Aug. 28 — @ Sultan Jamboree — (11:00)
Fri-Sept. 3 — Klahowya — (5:00)
Fri-Sept. 10 — @ South Whidbey — (7:00) — BUCKET GAME
Fri-Sept. 17 — @ East Jefferson — (6:00)
Fri-Sept. 24 — La Conner — (7:00) *
Fri-Oct. 1 — @ Friday Harbor — (6:00) *
Fri-Oct. 8 — ?
Fri-Oct. 15 — @ La Conner — (7:00) *
Fri-Oct. 22 — Cascade Leavenworth — (7:00) — HOMECOMING
Fri-Oct. 29 — Friday Harbor — (6:00) * — SENIOR NIGHT

GIRLS SOCCER:

Last year, Mount Vernon Christian, La Conner, and Coupeville played this sport, and now Friday Harbor rejoins the battle.

Unlike other sports, where CHS plays two league games against other schools, here it will play three.

Non-conference games against former league rivals Sultan and Granite Falls, and a home-and-away series with East Jefferson round out the schedule.

Sat-Sept. 4 — @ Oak Harbor Jamboree — (TBD)
Thur-Sept. 16 — La Conner — (6:00) *
Sat-Sept. 18 — @ East Jefferson — (1:00)
Tues-Sept. 21 — @ Mount Vernon Christian — (4:00) *
Thur-Sept. 23 — Granite Falls — (6:00)
Tues-Sept. 28 — @ Friday Harbor — (4:00) *
Thur-Sept. 30 — @ La Conner — (TBA) *
Thur-Oct. 7 — Mount Vernon Christian — (4:00) *
Tues-Oct. 12 — Friday Harbor — (4:00) *
Thur-Oct. 14 — La Conner — (6:00) *
Sat-Oct. 16 — Sultan — (1:00)
Thur-Oct. 21 — @ Mount Vernon Christian — (4:00) *
Sat-Oct. 23 — East Jefferson — (11:00) — SENIOR NIGHT
Tues-Oct 26 — @ Friday Harbor (4:00) *

VOLLEYBALL:

With Friday Harbor’s return, the only fall sport where all seven NWL schools face off.

A couple of tournaments, and a home-and-away with arch-rival South Whidbey highlight a very-full schedule.

Sat-Sept. 4 — @ Oak Harbor Jamboree — (TBD)
Thur-Sept. 9 — @ Concrete — (4:30/6:00) *
Tues-Sept. 14 — Mount Vernon Christian — (4:30/6:00) *
Thur-Sept. 16 — Orcas Island — (3:30/5:00) *
Mon-Sept. 20 — Cedar Park Christian-Bothell — (4:30/6:00)
Tues-Sept. 21 — @ Darrington — (4:30/6:00) *
Thur-Sept. 23 — @ La Conner — (4:30/6:00) *
Sat-Sept. 25 — @ Sultan Tournament (Varsity) — (TBD)
Sat-Sept. 25 — @ Oak Harbor Tournament (JV) — (TBD)
Mon-Sept. 27 — South Whidbey — (4:30/6:00)
Tues-Sept. 28 — @ Friday Harbor — (4:00/5:30) *
Tues-Oct. 5 — Concrete — (4:30/6:00) *
Thur-Oct. 7 — @ Mount Vernon Christian — (4:30/6:00) *
Tues-Oct. 12 — @ Orcas Island — (TBA) *
Thur-Oct. 14 — Darrington — (4:30/6:00) *
Mon-Oct. 18 — @ South Whidbey — (5:15/7:00)
Tue-Oct. 19 — La Conner — (4:30/6:00) *
Thur-Oct. 21 — Friday Harbor — (3:30/5:00) * — SENIOR NIGHT
Sat-Oct. 23 — @ South Whidbey Tournament — (TBD)

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Get your (athletic) papers in order

Posted in Boys Tennis, Cross Country, Football, soccer, Volleyball, tagged CHS Wolves, cross country, football, paperwork, physicals, Soccer, tennis, volleyball on August 12, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Alita Blouin and Co. return to action later this month. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Get ahead of the paperwork curve.

Coupeville High School and Middle School athletes can get all their forms filled out and fees paid before practice begins at an athletic paperwork day Tuesday, August 17.

The event runs from 12-5 PM at the CHS office.

Attendance is not mandatory, as athletes can also obtain paperwork by emailing Lisa Yoder (lyoder@coupeville.k12.wa.us) or Barbi Ford (bford@coupeville.k12.wa.us).

Forms to be completed, with student and parent signatures, include the Athletic/Activities form, Extra-Curricular/Athletic Participant Eligibility form, and the Free/Reduced lunch form.

All athletes need a sports physical as well.

Physicals cover two years, and you can check your status on the school’s Skyward site. It’s under the Health Info button on the left.

ASB and fall athletic fees, which need to be handled prior to the first game, can be paid during this event or online through the eFunds link on Skyward.

CHS plays volleyball, boys tennis, football, co-ed cross country, and boys and girls soccer in the fall, while CMS offers cross country, volleyball, and boys soccer.

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“I love the sense of competition”

Posted in Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, tagged A League of Their Own, Basketball, Madison McMillan, Softball, volleyball on August 7, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Madison McMillan is a three-sport athlete with a very bright future. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Madison McMillan is in a unique position.

As she prepares to enter Coupeville High School as a freshman this fall, the three-sport star already knows what it’s like to be a high school athlete.

McMillan was one of seven 8th grade girls who played above their grade level last year, helping a CHS hoops program which struggled with low numbers.

Given an extra, early season of high school basketball, she tallied 33 points across five JV games in a pandemic-altered season, finishing second on her squad in scoring.

McMillan powers in for a bucket. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Not content to stop there, McMillan quickly moved to the softball diamond, capping her final season in little league by being a homerun-bashing supernova — first for Central Whidbey’s juniors squad, then for an All-Star team which finished fourth at the state tourney.

Along the way, she crushed an out-of-the-park dinger which brought back memories of previous Coupeville sluggers like Hailey Hammer and Veronica Crownover, who both went on to have legendary four-year runs on the high school diamond.

Toss in volleyball, and McMillan plans to be a busy bee during her high school days, playing year-round.

“As long as my grades are good!,” she said with a laugh.

McMillan is part of a tight-knit group of talented young Coupeville athletes who have grown up together, uniting as teammates and friends.

“My most favorite thing about being an athlete is playing the sport with friends and winning and losing as a team,” she said.

“I also love the sense of competition between teams, because both teams want to win.”

McMillan, who enjoys history and English classes when in school, tabs sports classics A League of Their Own and Miracle as her favorite films.

Ready to drop the hammer. (Jackie Saia photo)

Her love of sports has led her to embrace the idea of being a three-sport athlete, which is huge at a small school like Coupeville, which needs as many players as possible.

“My favorite sport really depends on the season,” McMillan said. “Like, if it was the fall, my favorite sport would most likely be volleyball.

“Or, if it was spring and summer then it would be softball, when winter would be basketball,” she added. “So I’m pretty fortunate to have a sport for each season.”

As she has grown as an athlete and young woman, McMillan has had many mentors, with her grandparents, Gordon and Nancy, standing out.

“My grandpa definitely had the greatest influence on not only my sports career, but my life as well,” McMillan said. “He coached the tee-ball team I was on, and rookies.

“And along with my grandma, he comes to cheer every single game, no matter what sport it is.

“And jokes if I play college sports he and my grandma will buy a trailer and drive to each game.”