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Wyman wows ’em, again

March 29, 2025 by David Svien

Tate Wyman

Tate Wyman probably ate his Wheaties.

Fueled by something, the Coupeville grad had a stellar day Saturday while competing as a collegiate track and field athlete.

Wyman, now a sophomore at Oregon Tech, set two PRs, and narrowly missed a third, while vying at the Cal Poly Humboldt Invitational in Arcata, California.

The former Wolf ace claimed 4th place in the long jump, traveling 21 feet, eight inches through the air — nearly five inches better than his previous top performance.

He also finished 10th in the 100 in 11.31 seconds — almost a full second better than his previous PR — and hit the tape in 11th in the 200 in 23.03.

Wyman’s best mark in the last of those events is 22.94.

Ayden and Devon’s older brother was a standout track and cross country runner during his CHS days, helping the Wolves finish 2nd in the 4 x 100 at the state championships during his senior season.

Oregon Tech returns to action April 5 with an appearance at the Jenn Boyman Invitational in McMinnville, Oregon.

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“The future is looking bright!”

March 29, 2025 by David Svien

Axel Marshall, seen here last season, won the 110 hurdles Saturday at Stanwood. (Parker Hammons photo)

Young guns, having some fun.

That’s not just lyrics from an extra-bouncy 1982 song by Wham, but also an apt description of Saturday’s track and field meet.

Coupeville High School sent its young bunch on the road for the Stanwood Freshman/Sophomore Showcase, returning with 26 PRs and a win in the 110 hurdles from Axel Marshall.

Competing against a packed field of bigger schools, the Wolves claimed seventh place in the freshman boys’ team standings and eighth among sophomores, while the CHS girls were ninth best in both competitions.

Lake Stevens (boys) and Stanwood (girls) finished atop the reader board for freshmen, with Arlington coming out on top in both sophomore battles.

Marshall narrowly missed a double dip, finishing 2nd in the 300 hurdles, while Wyatt Fitch-Marron was 2nd in the freshman high jump.

Toss in some third and fourth-place finishes, plus a lot of personal bests, and the young Wolves made their mark in the big time.

“Great showing by our freshman and sophomore athletes today, well done!” said CHS coach Bob Martin. “The future is looking bright!”

With Spring Break upon them, the Wolves, young or old, don’t have another meet for a bit.

Coupeville returns to action as a complete team Thursday, April 10, when it travels to Shoreline to join Archbishop Thomas Murphy, Shorecrest, and Shorewood for an afternoon of competition.

 

Saturday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

FRESHMEN:

100 — Laken Simpson (10th) 14.90

200 — Willow Leedy-Bonifas (11th) 32.53 *PR*

400 — Olivia Hall (10th) 1:11.85 *PR*; Marin Winger (12th) 1:16.04 *PR*

800 — Lillian Ketterling (13th) 3:13.83 *PR*

1600 — Devon Wyman (14th) 7:33.61 *PR*

3200 — Ketterling (5th) 14:53.62 *PR*; Wyman (7th) 16:04.70 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Ari Cunningham (8th) 22.12

300 Hurdles — Cunningham (6th) 1:06.92

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Leedy-Bonifas, Hall, Simpson (5th) 59.91

4 x 400 Relay — Hall, Ketterling, Winger, Simpson (3rd) 5:07.97

Discus — Ketterling (7th) 68-04

Long Jump — Cunningham (9th) 12-09 *PR*; Leedy-Bonifas (11th) 12-0

 

SOPHOMORES:

800 — Ivy Rudat (10th) 3:09.24; Lexis Drake (12th) 3:16.54 *PR*

1600 — I. Rudat (5th) 7:07.02 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (6th) 21.16

300 Hurdles — McDonald (4th) 1:04.69

4 x 400 Relay –– Drake, I. Rudat, McDonald, Mikayla Wagner (3rd) 5:26.79

Long Jump — McDonald (8th) 11-0

 

BOYS:

FRESHMEN:

100 — William Hamm (21st) 17.55 *PR*

200 — Nathan Coxsey (11th) 26.94 *PR*

400 — Jonah Weyl (15th) 1:02.95 *PR*

800 — Johnathan Jacobsen (19th) 2:55.58; Isaiah Allen (20th) 2:56.53 *PR*

1600 — Allen (19th) 6:04.04 *PR*

3200 — Edmund Kunz (14th) 13:02.08 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Liam Blas (8th) 21.49

300 Hurdles — Blas (6th) 49.53

4 x 100 Relay — Will Tierney, Coxsey, Richmond Bandong, Beckett Green (4th) 51.00

4 x 400 Relay — Weyl, Blas, Edmund Wilson, Green (4th) 4:04.90

Shot Put — Khanor Jump (5th) 31-11.25 *PR*

Discus — Blas (4th) 85-11 *PR*; Jump (15th) 64-02

Javelin — J. Jacobsen (13th) 53-04

High Jump — Wyatt Fitch-Marron (2nd) 5-06 *PR*; J. Jacobsen (7th) 5-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Wilson (11th) 12-07

 

SOPHOMORES:

200 — Nikolas Rogers (19th) 30.05

400 — Rogers (16th) 1:09.52 *PR*

800 — Joshua Stockdale (11th) 2:21.62 *PR*; Solomon Rudat (15th) 2:28.23

1600 — Stockdale (12th) 5:21.42 *PR*; Kenneth Jacobsen (13th) 5:23.75, Ethan Walling (17th) 5:57.58

3200 — K. Jacobsen (8th) 11:27.40 *PR*; Walling (15th) 12:46.71

110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (1st) 19.45

300 Hurdles — Marshall (2nd) 48.55 *PR*

Shot Put — K. Jacobsen (13th) 23-02; Zach Blitch (14th) 20-11.50 *PR*

Discus — Blitch (16th) 56-07 *PR*

Javelin — K. Jacobsen (17th) 36-07

Pole Vault — Marshall (3rd) 10-0; S. Rudat (9th) 7-06

Long Jump — S. Rudat (15th) 13-02

Triple Jump — Marshall (3rd) 34-07

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Hardball squad learns under fire

March 29, 2025 by David Svien

Landon Roberts, seen here with Aunt Stephanie Blas, tossed two shutout innings Saturday. (Kevin Blas photo)

Can’t score? Can’t win.

It’s a reality in the baseball world, and one that a very inexperienced Coupeville High School team has come to appreciate.

Coming off back-to-back trips to the state tourney, the Wolves find themselves with a thin roster full of largely new-to-the-game players, which is a big part of why the squad has failed to push a run across in five of six games.

The latest loss came Saturday, with Coupeville falling 13-0 to visiting South Whidbey in a non-conference rumble shortened to five innings by the mercy rule.

Having been outscored 63-3 this season, the Wolves now have some time off, with Spring Break keeping them out of games until a trip to Darrington arrives April 8.

Saturday’s island rivalry clash was decided in the middle part of the game, with South Whidbey tossing five runs on the board in the top of the second, then another eight in the third.

Landon Roberts came on to toss two scoreless innings of relief, and he and starting pitcher Carson Grove combined for seven strikeouts on the afternoon.

The Wolves had runners aboard in every inning but couldn’t come up with a game-altering hit.

After two-out singles by Camden Glover and Jayden Little across the first two frames, CHS started the third strongly.

Phin Rhodes cracked a single, followed by Roberts lacing a base knock, but that was where the rally stopped as a strikeout and a double play denied the Wolves.

All total, Coupeville had seven baserunners (six hits, one walk), while the visitors racked up 14 hits and five walks while taking advantage of three Wolf errors.

Collier Honold paced the Falcons with three hits, while his teammates rapped out four doubles.

Grady Davis recorded a pair of two-baggers, with Levi Batchelor and Malachi Pierson also whacking extra base hits for Tom Fallon’s South Whidbey squad, which got to 2-3 with the victory.

 

Saturday stats:

Camden Glover — One single
Carson Grove — One single
Jayden Little — One single
Phin Rhodes — Two singles
Landon Roberts — One single
Trent Thule — One walk

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Windy weather, titanic tennis

March 28, 2025 by David Svien

Ember Light (left) and Kauri Hamilton, hardcourt queens. (Bailey Thule photo)

It was a day for adventures.

The Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team went island-hopping right before Spring Break, bopping over to Friday Harbor for a league match.

While on that “other” rock sitting out in the water Friday afternoon, the Wolves weathered windy conditions, a match stopped early for injury, and a shuffled lineup.

And while Coupeville fell 3-1, with the #2 singles match suspended early in the first set, the day was a successful one.

Especially for Dahlia Miller, who slid up from #2 singles to #1 singles with Tenley Stuurmans absent, and proved to be adept no matter what her position on the roster might be.

While Coupeville is 0-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 0-3 overall after Friday’s loss, Miller is the reverse, having won all three of her matches this season.

Another highlight was the battle at #2 varsity doubles, a rumble in which both teams sent sister combinations to the court.

Ember and Mila Light repped CHS and put up a strong fight.

With Spring Break roaring on to the scene, the Wolves don’t play another match until April 9, when they host Granite Falls in a non-conference tussle.

 

Friday’s results:

 

Varsity:

1st Singles — Dahlia Miller beat Frankie Pignatiello 6-1, 6-2

2nd Singles — Sofia Phay tied Lyla Overell 2-2 (injury)

1st Doubles — Kauri Hamilton/Savannah Coxsey lost to Kira Clark/Megan Mellinger 6-0, 6-1

2nd Doubles — Ember Light/Mila Light lost to Hazel Leighton/Norah Leighton 6-3, 6-2

3rd Doubles — Delanie Lewis/Miles Gerber lost to Ava Gomez/Sophia Ramirez 6-1, 6-0

 

JV:

4th Doubles — Samantha Wallace/Hailey Goldman lost to Bella Allen/Charisse Ho 8-0

5th Doubles — Rowan Stoner/Chloe Ferguson lost to Isabelle D./Indi Minter 8-1

6th Doubles — Savannah Coxsey/Ashley Wells lost to Olive Furber/Flora Vaught 8-2

If you play tennis on Friday Harbor, you play by the rules. Or else. (Starla Seal photo)

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Big bats, big gloves, big win

March 27, 2025 by David Svien

Sydney Van Dyke (right) racked up four RBI’s Thursday, sparking Coupeville softball to another win. (Photo courtesy Colleen Henderson-Van Dyke)

The Wolves are rolling into Spring Break on a high note.

Crushing the game in every way, the Coupeville High School softball squad ripped off its fourth straight mercy-rule win Thursday, stiff-arming host Friday Harbor 10-0 in five innings.

The victory lifts CHS to 2-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-1 overall, and the diamond queens head to the break having outscored their foes 61-9.

While practice will account for some of their time in the near future, the Wolves don’t play a game again until April 8, when they travel to Darrington.

That will give them some time to put out the flames erupting from their bats, rest fab frosh Adeline Mayne’s pitching arm, and allow stellar shortstop Taylor Brotemarkle to heal up from any bruises.

The standout senior was a defensive dynamo Thursday, with one play in particular standing out.

Chasing a bloop fly behind her, Brotemarkle collided with Wolf outfielder Haylee Armstrong and took a knee to the thigh, but still made the play, snagging the rapidly dropping ball for a crucial out.

Consider CHS coach Aaron Lucero impressed.

“Taylor had an absolutely great game defensively,” he said. “Particularly (with the) bloop fly. Tough play, web gem of a catch. She was all over today.”

With Brotemarkle sparkling on defense, and Maynes making it very hard for Friday Harbor to catch up with her wicked pitches, the Wolves were in control from start to finish.

“Another great performance from Addy,” Lucero said. “She’s been absolutely fantastic this year.

“Great mix of pitches and great framing by (catcher) Teagan (Calkins).”

At the plate, the Wolves were locked and loaded, erupting for 13 hits, with every starter getting at least one base-knock.

Coupeville jumped on Friday Harbor for three quick runs in the top of the first to set the tone, with Sydney Van Dyke cracking a two-run single and Armstrong blasting a run-scoring double.

From there, the Wolves added two in the third, again with Van Dyke and Armstrong picking up RBIs, before going off in the fourth to put the game away.

The game-clinching frame featured five straight hits to open the inning, then an RBI sacrifice from Calkins, before two more hits completed a torrid run.

Brotemarkle bashed a two-run double to prove she’s a killer on both sides of the ball, before Mia Farris lofted “a great triple.”

But it was Van Dyke, enjoying her best offensive day of the season, who delivered the mercy-rule run, picking up yet another RBI to make it a sweet 10-0.

While the hits were jumping off the bats, Coupeville also excelled by getting maximum value out of each base knock.

“Heads up baserunning by the team and we really took advantage of every opportunity,” Lucero said.

The Wolves got contributions from all 13 girls to hit the field, with Chloe Marzocca, Chelsi Stevens, and Danica Strong coming off the bench to join the fun in the latter going.

Whether starting or coming off the bench, freshman Chelsi Stevens always gives the Wolves a burst of energy. (Photo courtesy Kristi Stevens)

 

Thursday stats:

Capri Anter — One single
Haylee Armstrong — One single, one double
Taylor Brotemarkle — One double
Teagan Calkins — One single, one double
Mia Farris — One triple, one walk
Jada Heaton — One single
Ava Lucero — One single
Madison McMillan — Two singles
Danica Strong — One walk
Sydney Van Dyke — Two singles

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