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Wright steps into college spotlight

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on February 10, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Former Coupeville star Sarah Wright made her college softball debut this weekend. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

She’s entered a whole new world.

Coupeville grad Sarah Wright became the latest in a string of Wolves to take their game to the next level when she made her collegiate softball debut this weekend.

Wright, now a freshman at Sewanee: the University of the South, played four games in two days in two states, as the Tigers softball team kicked off their 40-game season with back-to-back doubleheaders.

While Sewanee came out on the short end of the score, being swept 8-0 and 10-0 by Judson (Ala), and 3-0 and 6-3 by Fort Valley State (GA), Coupeville’s progeny was a bright spot.

Wright collected two hits, a walk, and her team’s only RBI, which came on a bases-loaded free pass.

While the season is just 10% played, the former Wolf star is tied for the team lead in OBP (on base percentage) and hits.

Sewanee returns to action next weekend, when it hits the road again, playing a doubleheader February 15 against Johnson (TN).

The Tigers play their first 15 games away from their home field in Tennessee, not making their home debut until Mar. 7.

Wright’s season stretches from Feb. to late April.

During her time at CHS, the ever-ebullient one was a four-year star for the softball team, helping carry the Wolves to the state tourney during her senior season, where they beat Dear Park and came within a play of upending Cle Elum.

Wright also had strong stints as a basketball, volleyball, and soccer player, was the class valedictorian, and may have threatened to eat a worm of two to amuse her softball teammates.

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Roberts rides to regional championship

Posted in Horse sports, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on February 8, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Ally Roberts collects all the ribbons. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Roberts)

They don’t call her “Rally Ally” for nothing.

Former Coupeville High School volleyball ace Ally Roberts is also an accomplished equestrian, and she saved her biggest performance for her last time in the saddle.

Roberts, who is on her way to graduating from Western Washington University, won a regional championship in Advanced Western Horsemanship Saturday, and will stretch out her farewell tour a bit farther.

While Saturday’s meet at Evergreen State Equestrian Park was the final one of the regular season, the WWU captain now advances on to the post-season.

As regional champ, Roberts is off to West Virginia in late March to compete in the national semifinals.

A top-two finish there would send her to the national championships.

For Roberts, this is the perfect cap on her collegiate sports experience.

“It was such an awesome way to finish out our regular season!,” she said. “It’s been a long time coming and it all finally happened.

“This is an accomplishment I’ve been trying to achieve for the past three years!”

Roberts opened the meet by nabbing first in her class, which allowed her to “point out,” earning her enough points over the course of the season to qualify for regional competition.

Once there, she faced off with riders from Central Washington University, the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, Washington State University, and Oregon State University.

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Stone, Blues clinch playoff berth

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on February 8, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone and Whitman clinched a playoff berth with a win Saturday. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Mission accomplished.

Sparked by a 12-point, 12-rebound performance from Coupeville’s Makana Stone, the Whitman College women’s basketball team swatted host Lewis & Clark College Saturday, setting up the biggest weekend of the season.

Rolling to a 73-58 victory in Portland, the Blues held on to first-place in the Northwest Conference at 11-1, while improving to 19-2 overall.

With the win, their seventh-straight, they clinch a playoff berth and can finish no lower than third in the nine-team league.

The top four teams square off in the conference postseason tourney, with #1 hosting #4 and #2 hosting #3, then the winners meeting in a game which decides the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Stone and Whitman have made it to the Northwest Conference tourney all four seasons she’s been on campus, but never as the #1 seed.

With their hearts set on a league title, the Blues control their own fate going forward, however.

Two games up on George Fox University (9-3, 17-4) and three ahead of freefalling Pacific University (8-4, 14-7), with four to play, Whitman faces those exact teams next weekend.

Both games will be at home in Walla Walla, where the Blues are 7-0, and go down Friday and Saturday, Feb. 14-15.

The second of those matchups is also Senior Night, where Stone, Mady Burdett, Lily Gustafson, Katie Stahl, and Natalie Whitesel will be honored.

Saturday could have been a trap game, with Lewis & Clark (now 1-11, 2-18) sitting in dead last-place in the Northwest Conference.

And it was for a half at least, as the Pioneers took advantage of a Whitman team that was unexpectedly ice-cold from the field.

Normally one of the best-shooting squads in the country, the Blues hit just 9-34 from the floor in the first half.

While Whitman still managed to scrape out a 14-12 lead after one quarter of play, the shooting woes intensified in the second frame, allowing Lewis & Clark to seize its first lead at 17-16.

From there, the Pioneers stretched the margin out to five, though the Blues cut it back to 27-24 on a nice play right before the end of the half.

Stone, directing traffic from the top of the arc, whipped a note-perfect pass over the top, finding teammate Kaylie McCracken for a layup and a brief burst of happiness for the visitors.

Things took a huge change after the break, as Whitman started to nail all of its shots, especially from the outside.

Tickling the twines for five three-balls in the third quarter — with Taylor Chambers and Kaelan Shamseldin nailing two apiece — the Blues erupted on a game-busting 27-10 run.

Stone gave Whitman a lead it wouldn’t lose with a pair of buckets in the paint, then made off with a steal that triggered a fast-break which ended with a Shamseldin trey.

Lewis & Clark, scrappy but painfully young, never got closer than 12 after that, with the Blues stretching the lead out as far as 20 near the end of the game.

McCracken came off the bench to score a team-high 15 points, while Stone added two assists, a steal, and a blocked shot to her 12 and 12 double-double.

On the season, the former Wolf has 332 points, 175 rebounds, 30 assists, 23 steals, and 18 blocks.

Stone is shooting 136-253 (53.8%) from the floor and 57-74 (77%) at the free throw line.

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Conlisk chases college dreams

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on February 8, 2020| Leave a Comment »

A two-time state champ for Coupeville, Danny Conlisk is currently running indoor track for an NCAA D-II school. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

He’s passed the halfway point.

Coupeville’s Danny Conlisk competed in his fifth collegiate track meet Saturday, running at the Ted Nelson Classic in Mankato, Minnesota.

The former Wolf star, now a freshman at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, has an eight-meet schedule for the indoor part of the season.

Then, after a month-long break (from competition, not training) Conlisk and the rest of the Hardrockers head outside, where it’s hopefully warmed up a bit.

Saturday, the CHS grad competed in two events, running the 400 and carrying the baton as part of the 4 x 4 crew.

Conlisk and his relay squad claimed 3rd, combining to run the event in three minutes, 28.13 seconds.

The Hardrocker freshman also finished 20th (out of 42 competitors) in the 400, hitting the line in 52.80 seconds, just off his college PR of 52.40.

He was second in his heat.

SDSM&T returns to action next weekend, when the ‘Rockers head to Brookings, South Dakota for the SDSU Indoor Classic, which runs February 14-15.

After that, Conlisk and Co. have the Stinger Open Feb. 22 at Black Hills State University, then the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor Championships Feb. 28-29 in Colorado Springs.

The first outdoor meet is Mar. 27.

During his time at Coupeville High School, Conlisk set school records in the 100, 200, and 400, while winning state titles in the last two events.

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Put another one in the win column

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on February 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone (23) moved into 5th place on the Whitman College women’s basketball career scoring chart Friday, sparking the Blues to another league win. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One step closer to that elusive league title.

Taking care of business on the front end of a two-game trip to Oregon, the Whitman College women’s basketball squad came out Friday night and polished off Willamette 72-54.

The victory, sparked by a 14-point, 9-rebound performance by Coupeville’s Makana Stone, lifts the Blues to 10-1 in Northwest Conference play, 18-2 overall.

Whitman, ranked #8 in NCAA D-III, is a game-and-a-half up on George Fox University (9-3, 17-4) and two ahead of Pacific University (8-3, 14-6).

The Blues, who have won six straight, go for a weekend sweep Saturday, when they jump from Salem to Portland to face cellar-dweller Lewis & Clark College (1-10, 2-17).

In Friday’s game Whitman struggled a bit in the early going, watching layup after layup slide off the rim.

Willamette netted a pair of long three-balls and led the entire way, heading to the first break up 13-9.

Jump forward a few minutes, and things started to finally click for the Blues.

Trailing 16-11, Whitman went off on a 10-0 run, with Stone dropping six points and Elena McHargue chipping in with four during the surge.

The first lead of the night for the Blues came at 17-16, off of a play on which Stone rolled hard to the hoop, pulled in a lob and slapped home the layup with great emphasis.

While Willamette managed to get back to a 21-21 tie, for a moment at least, the host Bearcats would never lead again on this night.

Up 28-25 at the half, Whitman put the game on ice with a 12-3 run to end the third quarter, stretching the margin out to 49-36.

Stone and Taylor Chambers each banked in five points during the display of run ‘n gun fun times, with the former Coupeville ace moving into 5th place on the Whitman women’s career scoring list with her next-to-last bucket.

The fourth quarter was about getting a fair amount of playing time for the Blues reserves, as Whitman pushed the lead all the way out to 20 points, then sauntered in with the win.

Stone’s 14 points topped the Blues, while her nine boards were a game-high. She also added two steals, an assist, and a thunderous block off the back wall.

Whitman, as usual, had very-balanced scoring, with Kaylie McCracken (12), Mady Burdett (11), Elena McHargue (9), and Lily Gustafson (9) all having strong nights.

On the season, Stone has 320 points, 163 rebounds, 28 assists, 22 steals, and 17 blocked shots, while shooting 131-242 (54.1%) from the floor and 55-72 (76.3%) at the free-throw line.

With 1,247 points and counting, the CHS grad passed Erica Aydelotte (1,243) Friday, and trails just Katie Rubenser (1,693), Jennifer McClure (1,639), Heather Johns (1,411), and Sarah Anderegg (1,342) on Whitman’s career scoring chart.

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