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Prescott back on the diamond

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on February 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Chelsea Prescott, a three-sport star at Coupeville High School, is playing softball and volleyball as a college athlete. (Photo courtesy Josie Prescott)

New day, new challenge.

Coupeville grad Chelsea Prescott will launch a new season of college sports in March, having made the softball roster at Medaille College in Buffalo, New York.

The former Coupeville High School Athlete of the Year, who is a freshman, played for the Mavericks volleyball program last fall.

Prescott started all 21 of Medaille’s volleyball matches, playing in all 70 sets.

She finished with 116 kills, 165 digs, 24 aces, 12 assists, three solo blocks, 11 block assists, and 148.5 points.

Now it’s back to the softball field to play a sport where she was a holy terror in high school.

A pitcher and shortstop for CHS, Prescott had a lethal bat, killer speed on the base paths, and a gun for an arm.

During her days playing for the Wolves, she helped lead the team to state as a sophomore, before capturing a 12-0 mark during a pandemic-altered senior season.

Prescott and Co. lost their junior campaign on the diamond when Washington state suspended spring sports during the early days of the pandemic.

At Medaille, the former Wolf is looking at a 40-game softball schedule with contests running between March 13 and April 30.

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Wright returns, bat in hand

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on February 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Sarah Wright kicked off her junior year of college softball. (Photo poached from Sylvia Arnold)

Wright in action this weekend. (Photo property Sewanee: University of the South)

She’s back in business on the diamond.

Coupeville High School grad Sarah Wright got her junior season of college softball started in style this weekend, playing in four games for Sewanee: The University of the South.

The former Wolf and her Tigers teammates traveled from Tennessee to Georgia, where they faced off with Albany State University.

While Sewanee lost all four games, Wright piled up two hits — including a double — two runs, two RBI, and two stolen bases, while playing both catcher and third base.

The last two seasons have been shortened by the pandemic, but Sewanee has a full 38-game schedule set for 2022. Games run through mid-April.

Wright, who was a multi-sport star (volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball) and Valedictorian during her time in Coupeville, is majoring in politics.

Sewanee returns to action next weekend, Feb. 11-12, when it travels to Mississippi for the MUW Invitational.

Wright and Co. will play two games apiece against tourney host Mississippi University for Women and Covenant College.

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Prescott understood the assignment

Posted in Volleyball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on February 3, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Chelsea Prescott (bottom, left) in action on the volleyball court.

She’s the face of the program.

Coupeville High School grad Chelsea Prescott was featured prominently Wednesday when Medaille College celebrated National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

The former Wolf is a freshman at the New York school.

Prescott, a Female Athlete of the Year honoree at CHS, was a three-sport sensation for the Wolves, leading volleyball, basketball, and softball teams.

She and her teammates went to state in the first and third of those sports.

During her first season at Medaille, Prescott started all 21 of her team’s matches, playing in all 70 sets.

She finished with 116 kills, 165 digs, 24 aces, 12 assists, three solo blocks, 11 block assists, and 148.5 points.

National Girls and Women in Sports Day, which started in 1987, acknowledges “the accomplishments of female athletes, recognizes the influence of sports participation for women and girls, and honors the progress and continuing struggle for equality for women in sports.”

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She’s still a spiking sensation

Posted in Volleyball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on January 5, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Prairie legend Emma Smith, back when she was smashing volleyballs as a high school player. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The former Wolf (fourth from right, back row), now plays for the University of Washington’s club volleyball program. (Photo courtesy Smith)

She’s still a prairie legend, just in a different uniform.

Emma Smith, who used to tear up the volleyball court at Coupeville High School, has returned to the sport, but at a higher level.

The former All-Conference spiker, who partnered with fellow captain Ashley Menges to lead the Wolves to the state tourney, is now playing club volleyball for the University of Washington.

Making a run at being selected for the program was a bit daunting, but Smith, one of three members of her family to be inducted into the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame, stepped up to the challenge.

“Trying out was pretty overwhelming,” she said. “There were over 150 girls that showed up for two travel teams and it was so exciting but nerve wracking at the same time.

“I hadn’t played in twoish years, so I was rusty, and there were so many really good players,” Smith added.

She made the cut, however, reclaiming her role as a middle blocker and once again running wild on the court.

Instead of making high school rivals like South Whidbey weep salty tears — as Smith did back when she helped crush the Falcons on her 18th birthday — she’s now facing off with foes like Boise State, Montana State, Gonzaga, Oregon, and Washington State.

The Huskies club program plays in the Pacific Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, and it has a creative schedule which is still unfolding for Smith and Co.

“Our schedule is all over the place because it’s pretty much a student run organization, but we play about one tournament a month in different locations,” she said.

Smith and her new teammates played a tourney in December at Gonzaga, where the Huskies claimed 2nd and 3rd place.

After a break, the U-Dub returns to action with two events in February, with one of those set to go down at Oregon State.

During her Coupeville High School days, Smith advanced to state in two sports, earning the trip in both volleyball and track and field.

During her senior track season in 2019, she went on a three-week tear, winning league, district, and bi-district titles in the shot put.

Once at state, Smith competed in both the shot put and discus.

Meanwhile, the Wolf volleyball team which went to the big dance her junior season marked the first time Coupeville spikers reached the promised land in 13 years.

A four-year varsity player in volleyball, Emma upheld a strong family tradition, following in the footsteps of her aunt, Joli Smith, a serene superstar from my Whidbey News-Times days.

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Former Wolves chase college athletic dreams

Posted in Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on December 29, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Chelsea Prescott and former Coupeville High School classmates competed in college sports in 2021. (Photo courtesy Josie Prescott)

Busy year on the Island, busy year off.

While Coupeville High School athletes competed at one level, several of their predecessors continued their athletic careers on bigger stages.

How Wolf alumni did in 2021:

 

Ja’Tarya Hoskins (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Ja’Tarya Hoskins:

The middle of the three Hoskins sisters ran in four track meets as a freshman at Saint Martin’s University.

Also a standout cheerleader during her time at CHS, she saw action in the 200 and 400 during the outdoor season.

 

Mallory Kortuem (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Mallory Kortuem:

The speedy one competed at nine meets for the Western Washington University track and field team, vying in the 200, 400, and 4 x 400.

Kortuem, a two-sport star during her Coupeville days, capped her freshman season with a strong showing at the GNAC Outdoor Championships.

 

Joey Lippo – center. (Photo courtesy Connie Lippo)

Joey Lippo:

Skyy Lippo’s twin brother stayed busy, playing two sports at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.

On the baseball diamond, he recorded a team-high 57 at-bats for the Owls, hitting .263 with 15 hits, seven RBI, eight runs, four walks, and two stolen bases.

Lippo then mixed things up, joining the Presque Isle golf team for its season.

 

Chelsea Prescott (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Chelsea Prescott:

Coming off of an impressive run at CHS which was capped by her selection as the school’s Female Athlete of the Year, Prescott was an immediate hit at the next level.

Playing volleyball for Medaille College in Buffalo, she started all 21 of her team’s matches, and played in all 70 sets.

Prescott finished her frosh campaign with 116 kills, 165 digs, 24 aces, 12 assists, three solo blocks, 11 block assists, and 148.5 points.

That left her #2 among all Mavericks players for kills, digs, and points, #3 for block assists, and #4 for aces.

 

Mica Shipley (Photo courtesy BreAnna Boon)

Mica Shipley:

One of two CHS grads involved with NCAA D-1 athletic programs, she was front and center for the Eastern Washington University cheer squad.

The Eagles finished 10-3, while Shipley flew through the air, achieving a childhood dream of reaching the top rung in her favorite sport.

 

Ben Smith (Deb Smith photo)

Ben Smith:

Coming off a strong senior season in Coupeville, the durable running back redshirted at Culver-Stockton College in Missouri.

Now, he’s entered the transfer portal, and is likely headed to Eureka College in Illinois, though there is a chance he may make a detour and end back up in the Northwest at the University of Puget Sound.

 

Makana Stone (Photo property Loughborough University)

Makana Stone:

It was a busy year for the two-time CHS Athlete of the Year winner, as she signed her first pro contract with the Leicester Riders in August.

Before earning that first paycheck, Stone, as a non-European Union player, needed to qualify for a work permit before being eligible to play in the Women’s British Basketball League.

So, she suited up for Loughborough University, where she finished second among all players in voting for the Women’s National Basketball League Team of the Year.

Stone averaged a double-double, pouring in 270 points and snatching 231 rebounds across 17 games.

She added 33 assists, 58 steals, and eight blocked shots, had the third-best efficiency rating in the league, and delivered one of the year’s best performances.

Matched up against Gonzaga-signee Esther Little, the former Wolf ace went off for 20 points and 21 rebounds, handing previously-unbeaten Ipswich a 77-76 loss when she banked in a buzzer-beater.

 

Sean Toomey-Stout (Photo by Chelle Herbruger)

Sean Toomey-Stout:

“The Torpedo” beat the odds, making the University of Washington football roster as a walk-on.

The former CHS Male Athlete of the Year redshirted, but was in uniform every game for the D-1 Huskies.

 

Sarah Wright (Photo property Sewanee University softball)

Sarah Wright:

The exuberant softball slugger hit .407 during her sophomore season at Sewanee: The University of the South, collecting 11 hits, including two doubles, while driving in five runs.

Thanks to the pandemic, the former CHS valedictorian and her teammates have been limited to 26 games across the past two seasons, but that hasn’t stopped Wright.

Through 26 college games, she sits with a .309 batting average, 68 at-bats, 21 hits, including two home runs and two doubles, and 12 RBI.

Wright has walked nine times, come around to score six times, and anchored the Tigers with her quick glove and explosive throwing arm behind the plate.

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