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Wolf track shines at league meet

May 3, 2019 by David Svien

Coupeville athletes and coaches celebrate a strong performance at the North Sound Conference Championships Thursday in Granite Falls. (Brian Vick photos)

Thane Peterson gets ready to launch his discus.

Freshman Alana Mihill had plenty to smile about after setting a PR in the 3200.

Wolf coaches dream about their beds after a long day.

Mallory Kortuem shattered her school record in the pole vault, raising her PR by three inches.

Sean Toomey-Stout, who won league titles in the long jump and 4 x 100 relay, gets some love.

They came, they saw, they more than held their own.

The Coupeville High School track and field squad won eight events, set 24 PR’s and established a new school record in the pole vault Thursday while competing in the inaugural North Sound Conference Championships.

Along the way, the Wolves claimed 2nd in the girls team standings and 3rd in the boys.

King’s topped the league’s six schools in the girls battle with 192 points, with Coupeville (102), South Whidbey (98), host Granite Falls (76), Cedar Park Christian (57), and Sultan (9) rounding out the field.

On the boys side, South Whidbey nipped King’s by the thinnest of margins, winning the team title 142.5-142.

Coupeville (109.5), CPC (69), Granite (41), and Sultan (20) filled out the remainder of the stat sheet.

The Wolves were led by senior Danny Conlisk, who captured league titles in the 200 and 400, while also running a leg on the winning 4 x 100 relay team.

He narrowly missed out on a fourth title when CHS teammate Jean Lund-Olsen nipped him by 0.01 in the 100.

Other Wolf league champs included Emma Smith (shot put), Maya Toomey-Stout (long jump), Koa Davison (high jump), and Sean Toomey-Stout (long jump).

While she narrowly missed out on a league title, junior pole vaulter Mallory Kortuem continued to lay waste to her own school record in the event.

The Wolf junior soared eight feet, six inches Thursday, topping her best previous effort by a solid three inches.

Next up for Coupeville is the district meet, which goes down May 9 and 11 at Lynden Christian.

 

Complete Thursday results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (3rd) 13.18; Mikaela Labrador (16th) 15.33 *PR*

200 — Ja’Kenya Hoskins (5th) 29.05

400 — Mallory Kortuem (2nd) 1:01.44

800 — Lucy Sandahl (6th) 2:37.79 *PR*

3200 — Alana Mihill (6th) 13:39.43 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (2nd) 16.17; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (6th) 18.17

300 Hurdles — Ja’Tarya Hoskins (4th) 52.42 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — M. Toomey-Stout, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Kortuem, Roberts (2nd) 51.74

4 x 200 Relay — Roberts, Ja’Kenya Hoskins, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 1:49.69

4 x 400 Relay — Sandahl, M. Labrador, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Mihill (2nd) 5:05.37

Shot Put — Emma Smith (1st) 31-09.75; Megan Behan (6th) 24-01 *PR*; Raven Vick (9th) 20-09.25; Aurora Cernick (11th) 20-01

Discus — Smith (2nd) 83-03; Willow Vick (5th) 71-01 *PR*; R. Vick (7th) 60-05; Cernick (10th) 55-03; Behan (11th) 54-10; Mihill (21st) 44-01

Javelin — R. Vick (5th) 77-00; Cernick (9th) 61-08; Mihill (11th) 58-09; Behan (13th) 58-05; W. Vick (15th) 51-10; M. Labrador (16th) 49-06

High Jump — Roberts (3rd) 4-10

Pole Vault — Kortuem (2nd) 8-06 *PR* *SCHOOL RECORD*

Long Jump — M. Toomey-Stout (1st) 15-11.75 *PR*; Ja’Kenya Hoskins (12th) 13-03; W. Vick (13th) 11-09.75; M. Labrador (14th) 11-07

 

BOYS:

100 — Jean Lund-Olsen (1st) 11.25 *PR*; Danny Conlisk (2nd) 11.26 *PR*; Sean Toomey-Stout (4th) 11.59 *PR*; Tiger Johnson (12th) 12.28 *PR*; Lucious Halstead (21st) 12.61 *PR*; Chris Ruck (28th) 13.41

200 — Conlisk (1st) 22.75; Lund-Olsen (2nd) 23.06; Halstead (8th) 25.51 *PR*; Kyle Burnett (14th) 27.33; Ruck (15th) 28.46

400 — Conlisk (1st) 51.76

110 Hurdles — Jakobi Baumann (7th) 19.23 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Jak. Baumann (10th) 48.53

4 x 100 Relay — Conlisk, Johnson, S. Toomey-Stout, Lund-Olsen (1st) 44.21

4 x 400 Relay — Halstead, Jak. Baumann, Jaschon Baumann, Johnson (5th) 4:01.03

Shot Put — Ryan Labrador (2nd) 44-10.50 *PR*; Chris Battaglia (4th) 41-00 *PR*; Brian Casey (17th) 31-02.75; Logan Martin (19th) 30-08.25

Discus — Martin (7th) 110-05 *PR*; R. Labrador (8th) 109-10 *PR*; Keahi Sorrows (9th) 106-04; Battaglia (10th) 105-03; Thane Peterson (16th) 94-05; Casey (21st) 78-11 *PR*

Javelin — Battaglia (3rd) 130-09; Halstead (14th) 102-04; Koa Davison (15th) 100-02 *PR*; Jas. Baumann (16th) 92-06 *PR*; Burnett (22nd) 78-03; Casey (26th) 67-4

High Jump — Davison (1st) 5-10; Martin (8th) 5-00 *PR*

Pole Vault — Peterson (6th) 9-00; Burnett (10th) 9-00 *PR*; Johnson (12th) 8-06

Long Jump — S. Toomey-Stout (1st) 20-03.75; Jas. Baumann (13th) 14-09; Ruck (14th) 14-07.25; Liem Solow (16th) 12-10.25

Triple Jump — S. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 38-02.25; Jak. Baumann (6th) 35-06.75

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Undefeated, and maybe unstoppable

May 2, 2019 by David Svien

Have bats, will destroy you. (Susan Farris photo)

These girls with bats in their hands? Unstoppable.

The Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball team continued its wild joy ride through the spring Thursday, carving up visiting South Whidbey 25-0.

Dropping 18 runs in just the first inning alone, the Wolves rolled to their seventh-straight win, and have done it while outscoring foes 137-35.

If you don’t have your calculator close, I can make it easy for you — CWLL is averaging 19.6 runs a night, while giving up an average of five.

Thursday night the Wolves didn’t even give up a hit, as pitchers Savina Wells, Vivian Farris, and Maya Lucero combined to walk two, whiff seven, and erase South Whidbey 1-2-3 in both the first and third innings.

With the mercy rule in effect, and Central Whidbey having tacked on seven more runs in the bottom of the second, that’s where the game prematurely ended.

The Wolves were in total control, with their first 13 batters, and 18 of their first 19, successfully reaching base.

CWLL sent 32 hitters to the plate across the two innings it hit, and 11 of its 13 players scored.

Gwen Gustafson, Farris, Maddie Georges, Wells, and Maya Lucero all tapped home three times apiece, while Allie Lucero, Jill Prince, Melanie Navarro and Sofia Peters scored twice each.

Rounding out the offense, Hayley Fiedler and Adrian Burrows came around once each, Cypress Socha came off the bench to bash a double, and Karyme Castro also saw field time.

The Wolves return to action Saturday, with a just-scheduled 1 PM home doubleheader against Anacortes.

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JV sluggers stage epic finale

May 2, 2019 by David Svien

Marenna Rebischke-Smith walked four times in a doubleheader Thursday, as the Coupeville JV softball team closed its season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was a lot … of everything.

The Coupeville High School JV softball team capped its season Thursday with a home doubleheader against 2A Burlington-Edison, and you would have gotten a lot for your money, if you had been made to purchase a ticket.

By the time the teams were done, four hours and three minutes had passed, with the first pitch coming at 3:56 PM in partial sunshine, and the ump finally calling things a tick or two before 8 PM.

Along the way, the teams played to an 18-18 tie in game one, before Burlington pulled out a 15-12 win in the nightcap, though only three innings were played, so it’s your call if you want to consider it official.

And a tie?!? This ain’t soccer.

Anyways, if we take it as a tie and a loss, Coupeville’s JV closes its season at 3-7-1.

The wins came against 3A Oak Harbor, 2A Lakewood, and Concrete’s varsity team.

But back to the numbers from Thursday for a second, where 24 hitters combined for 63 runs, with 21 hits and … 61(!!) walks.

The only thing keeping us from still being out there on the prairie, flashlights pointed at the field?

The five runs per inning rule used at the JV level, which was reached in 11 of the 16 frames played.

 

Game 1:

Mckenna Somes had the hottest bat of any Wolf, rapping out five of her team’s 12 base-knocks on the day, and three of those came in the opener as she blasted a double and a pair of singles.

Coupeville pitcher Kylie Van Velkinburgh added two singles, while catcher Audrianna Shaw played the long-ball game, belting both a double and a triple.

The Wolves used 11 batters and 10 of them eked out at least one walk, with Lily Leedy, Amanda Thomas, and Morgan Stevens leading the way with three free passes apiece.

After a bit of a slow start — CHS found itself down 12-3 at the game’s halfway point — the Wolves got clicking, throwing down five runs in each of the third, fourth, and fifth innings.

In the third, it was a merry mix of walks, steals, wild pitches, and passed balls, while in the fourth Coupeville mixed in some timely hits.

Somes scampered to first on an artfully-dropped bunt single, Shaw unloaded on a long three-bagger, and Van Velkinburgh punched an RBI single, before coming around to slide under the tag and score on a bang-bang play at the plate on a passed ball.

Still trailing 17-13 with an inning left in a game scheduled for five frames, the Wolf defense clamped down in the top of the fifth.

Coupeville gave up just one run, and that one came on a disputed play, where Wolf shortstop Abby Meyers appeared to make the tag on a runner scooting by, only to have the game’s lone ump rule against her.

Undaunted, the Wolves made their final stand a memorable one, scoring the maximum five runs in the bottom half of the fifth to knot things at 18-18.

Chloe Wheeler plated a run with an RBI ground-out, Somes absolutely smoked an RBI double down the third-base line, and then our old friends – walks, passed balls, and wild pitches – helped out.

Burlington had a chance to hold on to the win, and was just an out away, but Shaw took off from third on a passed ball and beat the throw back to the pitcher by a razor-thin margin.

It was a great comeback, though the decision not to play extra innings put a slight damper on things.

But, we were already pushing the two-and-a-half-hour-mark, and there was a second game on the docket, so, it is what it is.

 

Game 2:

After a brief break, the teams went back to their walk-fest, with Burlington scoring five runs in each of their three innings.

Coupeville matched the visitors in the second and third, but a two-run first inning proved to be fatal when everyone ran out of a reasonable amount of daylight.

Somes was right back at it, spanking another pair of singles, while Ivy Leedy, Stevens, and Lily Leedy all added base-knocks, with the last of that trio clubbing a resounding double.

Heidi Meyers opened the nightcap by making a sensational running snag on a quickly dropping ball right in front of second base, matching an equally eye-popping catch made by lil’ sister Abby in the opening game.

With almost all of Coupeville’s runs coming via passed balls or wild pitches, the biggest offensive highlights in game two were a couple of well-executed slides into home.

Ivy Leedy and Marenna Rebischke-Smith had the best, at least in terms of style points, but the entire Wolf lineup hit the dirt in solid style throughout the afternoon.

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So many runs, so many photos

May 2, 2019 by David Svien

“Oh, they see me strollin’, they see me rollin’, but they can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man…” Veronica Crownover cruises in with yet another run. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Scout Smith fires the nasty stuff.

Emma Mathusek double-knots her laces just to be sure. Moments later, though, she rocked a two-run home-run to dead center and came right back out of her shoes.

“No one look at me, I’m just a little invisible deer out here, munching on my tasty tidbits…”

CHS coach Kevin McGranahan likes what he sees.

Coral Caveness was rocking a red-hot bat, smacking four base-hits on the afternoon.

“You dare to run on me? Sarah Wright???? Are you a fool? She’s a fool…”

The runs came crashing across the plate, accompanied by the sound of cameras clicking madly in the distance.

As the Coupeville High School softball squad pulled off a major win over Granite Falls Wednesday, wandering paparazzi John Fisken stayed busy, and the pics above are courtesy him.

To see everything he shot, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Softball-2018-2019/SB-2019-05-01-vs-Granite-Falls/

And, if you purchase any glossies for grandma, you’ll help CHS student/athletes, as a percentage of all sales goes back in to fund scholarships. So there’s that.

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CMS track strides into history

May 2, 2019 by David Svien

CMS 6th grader Lyla Stuurmans explodes out of the blocks Wednesday during her first track meet. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Landon Roberst floats over the bar.

Wolf coach Elizabeth Bitting keeps an eye on things.

Coupeville runners kill time between events.

“I’m coming for all the trophies. All of them.”

Savina Wells flies through the friendly skies.

There’s a new twist to middle school track and field this spring.

Washington state is letting 6th graders compete in home meets for the first time, which meant some new faces popped up Wednesday as Coupeville hosted a three-team meet.

And the newest Wolves had an immediate impact, with top honors going to Lyla Stuurmans.

The only 6th grader in an 11-woman field in the 200, she claimed 2nd place, finishing just a second off of a Langley 8th grader.

“That was an amazing feat!” said CMS coach Jon Gabelein.

The meet, which also featured Langley and King’s, had 6th, 7th, and 8th graders competing together, with no distinction made for grades.

A 6th grade relay team comprised of Stuurmans, Mia Farris, Chloe Marzocca, and Savina Wells roared to 2nd in the 4 x 100, while Landon Roberts claimed 4th in the 110 hurdles.

Coupeville’s 7th and 8th graders more than held their own, as well, with three Wolf boys winning titles.

Joven Light ruled in the 400, Cole White out-ran the field in the 1600, and Alex Murdy sailed to first in the high jump.

CMS has two home track meets on the schedule this season, and the 6th graders will get a chance to compete again May 8 when Sultan and Lakewood come to Whidbey.

 

Complete Wednesday results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Mia Farris (9th) 15.25; Trinity McGee (10th) 15.48; Taygin Jump (11th) 15.49; Abigail Ramirez (12th) 16.12; Chloe Marzocca (18th) 16.55; Erica McGrath (20th) 16:67; Brielle Armstrong (25th) 17.53

200 — Lyla Stuurmans (2nd) 31.09; Allison Nastali (7th) 35.33; Camryn Clark (9th) 38.72

400 — Farris (5th) 1:16.85; Katie Marti (9th) 1:28.41

800 — Carolyn Lhamon (5th) 3:06.15

1600 — Lhamon (4th) 7:02.37

100 Hurdles — Claire Mayne (4th) 20.81; Savina Wells (7th) 21.17; Stuurmans (8th) 21.29; Ryanne Knoblich (10th) 22.01; C. Clark (19th) 35.00

4 x 100 Relay — Stuurmans, Farris, Marzocca, Wells (2nd) 1:00.72; Mayne, A. Ramirez, Cristina McGrath, Katie Buskala (3rd) 1:01.49; Nastali, Isabella Schooley, E. McGrath, Desi Ramirez (5th) 1:08.89

4 x 200 Relay — Mayne, Lhamon, Buskala, Knoblich (2nd) 2:10.92

Shot Put — Schooley (4th) 22-07; Marti (5th) 22-06; D. Ramirez (6th) 21-03; Nastali (8th) 20-05.50; Jordyn Rogers (10th) 20-01; Marzocca (11th) 19-07.50

Discus — Helen Strelow (2nd) 57-05; C. McGrath (5th) 48-10; Marti (8th) 42-10; Armstrong (11th) 39-02; E. McGrath (11th) 39-02; McGee (13th) 37-10; C. Clark (14th) 37-07; D. Ramirez (15th) 35-5; Jump (16th) 33-05

High Jump — Wells (5th) 4-03; Buskala (7th) 4-00; Mercedes Kalwies-Anderson (8th) 4-00; Jump (10th) 3-08; McGee (10th) 3-08; Rogers (10th) 3-08; Knoblich (10th) 3-08

Long Jump — C. McGrath (3rd) 12-04.50; Wells (5th) 11-10; Knoblich (6th) 11-09.50; Mayne (6th) 11-09.50; Strelow (6th) 11-09.50; Farris (9th) 11-09; Stuurmans (11th) 11-08; Marzocca (16th) 10-10; Nastali (18th) 10-07; Rogers (18th) 10-07; E. McGrath (23rd) 10-01.50; Schooley (28th) 7-05.50

 

BOYS:

100 — Reiley Araceley (4th) 13.24; Jack Porter (5th) 13.27; Joven Light (6th) 13.41; Dominic Coffman (7th) 13.79; Logan Downes (16th) 14.60; Jacob Mathusek (18th) 15.14; Timothy Nitta (19th) 15.22; Ryan Blouin (22nd) 15.39; Tripp Radford (27th) 15.86; Landon Roberts (32nd) 16.85; William Davidson (39th) 19.77

200 — Nick Guay (7th) 29.19; Nitta (10th) 31.75; Alex Clark (18th) 36.06

400 — Light (1st) 1:08.94; Josh Upchurch (3rd) 1:11.86

800 — Aiden Anderson (2nd) 2:49.26; Hank Milnes (4th) 2:54.35; Porter (5th) 2:54.66; Josh Guay (6th) 2:55.81; Cole White (7th) 3:01.91; Tate Wyman (10th) 3:09.34; Upchurch (12th) 3:12.43

1600 — White (1st) 6:03.56; Milnes (2nd) 6:05.17; Anderson (4th) 6:05.92; Roberts (5th) 6:10.01; Wyman (9th) 6:40.61

110 Hurdles — Roberts (4th) 21.75; Radford (6th) 22.13; Porter (13th) 22.37; A. Clark (22nd) 26.73

4 x 100 Relay — White, A. Clark, Blouin, Milnes (2nd) 52.95; Nitta, Mikey Robinett, N. Guay, Downes (4th) 1:04.26

Shot Put — Upchurch (7th) 22-07.50; Davidson (13th) 20-06; J. Guay (18th) 15-08.25

Discus — Upchurch (3rd) 66-01; Anderson (13th) 56-01; J. Guay (14th) 54-05; Davidson (16th) 50-00; Mathusek (17th) 48-09

High Jump — Alex Murdy (1st) 5-04; Coffman (2nd) 4-10; Roberts (6th) 4-00

Long Jump — Murdy (4th) 15-09; Araceley (7th) 14-04; Coffman (9th) 13-07.50; N. Guay (11th) 12-10.75; White (12th) 12-10; Downes (15th) 12-06; Mathusek (17th) 12-01; Porter (20th) 11-10; Wyman (20th) 11-10; Coen Killian (24th) 11-07; Radford (26th) 11-06; Milnes 928th) 11-05; Blouin (35th) 10-01; A. Clark (36th) 10-00.50

 

To see more photos from this meet, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Track-2018-2019/MS-Track-2019-05-01/

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