Coupeville Sports

Rain worries delay tennis home opener

March 21, 2025 by David Svien

Sofia Phay and Co. should be in action next week. (Andrew Williams photo)

Chalk another one up for Mother Nature.

The threat of rain has caused Coupeville High School girls’ tennis to move its home opener from Friday to next Tuesday, Mar. 25.

Things will kick off against East Jefferson at 3:30 PM, with Wolf softball and baseball also playing at home that day at 4:00 against Friday Harbor.

The tennis match will be the first one played on the school’s new courts, which weren’t finished in time for the Wolves to play at home at all during the 2024 season.

Tuesday’s forecast currently is for sun mixed with clouds and a high of 57 degrees.

And, unlike Friday’s gloomy outlook, the chances of rain are listed as virtually non-existent.

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“Great team win!”

March 20, 2025 by David Svien

Madison McMillan is a terror on defense. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Teagan Calkins carries a big bat, and she’s not afraid to use it.

Launching moonballs all day and all night, the Coupeville High School catcher smashed a pair of home runs and a bases-clearing triple Thursday, delivering the kind of performance which will likely scar the next three generations of East Jefferson softball players.

Yes, that includes the ones not even born yet, but who will grow up haunted by the legend of “The Red Dragon” burning Port Townsend down to ash.

And Calkins had plenty of help, as every eligible Wolf hit the field during an 18-0 romp that was mercy ruled after five innings.

The victory over a 1A mash-up of two of Coupeville’s former league rivals — Port Townsend and Chimacum — lifts the 2B Wolves to 2-1 on the season.

Up next? A trip to Meridian Saturday, as Aaron Lucero’s mad mashers play their fourth-straight game against a bigger school.

So far, the Wolves have beaten 1A and 2A foes, while losing by just a single run to a 3A rival.

Thursday’s butt-whuppin’ was administered on both sides of the field.

While the offense was huge, the defense was on point as well.

Freshman flame thrower Adeline Maynes whiffed 12 East Jefferson batters, while Calkins erased the only two rival runners to get aboard.

“Think you can hit this? You can’t.”

The Wolf backstop picked a runner off of first, laying the ball into Ava Lucero’s glove with a quick snap of her wrist, then initiated a rundown which erased a runner straying off second late in the game.

Calkins came charging from behind the plate, bluffed the would-be thief into going the wrong way, then let her teammates chase her down, with Wolf third-baseman Madison McMillan slapping on the tag.

That left Coupeville plenty of time to launch an offensive explosion, and the Wolves were more than up to the task.

Eight hits, with four being of the extra-base variety. Three from Calkins and an RBI double which left the bat of Mia Farris like a laser seeking a moon to destroy.

Fifteen walks.

Thirteen different players reaching base, with 15 playing, including the high school varsity debuts of 8th graders Emma Leavitt and Olivia Martin.

The kind of game which makes for a nice ferry ride back home for the head coach.

“A great team win!” Aaron Lucero said. “They executed all the little things we drill repeatedly.

“Good hitting, pressure on the bases, and just never let up until I dialed them all back.”

Thursday stats:

Capri Anter — One walk
Haylee Armstrong — Two walks
Taylor Brotemarkle — One single, two walks
Teagan Calkins — Two home runs, one triple
Mia Farris — One double, one walk
Jada Heaton — One walk
Ava Lucero — Two walks
Olivia Martin — One walk
Chloe Marzocca — One single
Madison McMillan — Three walks
Chelsi Stevens — One walk
Danica Strong — One single
Sydney Van Dyke — One single, one walk

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Hardball squad falls in road opener

March 20, 2025 by David Svien

Wolves (l to r) Camden Glover, Carson Grove, Landon Roberts, and Jesus Madrigal rep the red and black. (Stevie Glover photo)

Improvement, if not yet a win.

Game #2 for a rebuilding Coupeville High School baseball program was a definite step in the right direction.

While the young Wolves fell 7-2 to East Jefferson Thursday in Port Townsend, nearly everything across the board was trending upwards for the visitors after a blowout loss in their opener.

This time around, Coupeville put runners on base in every inning and was a base knock or two away from really making a surge.

The pitching was still electric at times, with three Wolves combining to rack up 11 strikeouts, and the game was close for a good chunk.

But one problem from opening day still lingered — too many errors on defense — and that ultimately undid CHS and sent it to 0-2 on the season.

The Wolves struck first Thursday, plating their first run of the campaign in the top of the first, after Camden Glover ripped an RBI double to right to send Carson Grove sprinting home.

Starting pitcher Coop Cooper retired five of the first six batters he faced, and the lead held up until East Jefferson scratched out a run in the bottom of the second thanks to a pair of Wolf miscues.

Coupeville stranded a pair of runners in the third, then got stung hard for the only time in the bottom half of the frame.

The host team only racked up four hits all day, but they all came in the same inning, and combined with a pair of Wolf errors and a passed ball, East Jefferson built a 5-1 lead.

CHS continued to put runners on board but was unable to bring any of them around to score.

Glover rocketed a two-out triple in the fifth, while Trent Thule and Riley Lawless both walked in the sixth, but all to no avail.

Two more Wolf errors and two more East Jefferson runs in the sixth moved the deficit to 7-1, before Coupeville rallied to push a runner across in its final at-bats.

Walks to Roberts and Glover started things off, a Cooper single kept the bags jumpin’, and a fielder’s choice RBI off the bat of Jayden Little scored his team’s second run.

Cooper (5 K’s), Grove (5 K’s), and Roberts (whiffed the only batter he faced) combined to give Coupeville’s pitching staff a second-straight game of 10+ strikeouts.

The Wolves hit the road again this Saturday, traveling to Blaine to makeup a game rained out last weekend.

Thursday stats:

Coop Cooper — One single, one walk
Camden Glover — One double, one triple, one walk
Carson Grove — One walk
Riley Lawless — Two walks
Landon Roberts — One single, one walk
Trent Thule — Two walks

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CHS assembly features YouTube stars

March 20, 2025 by David Svien

Shane and Hannah Burcaw came to CHS Thursday. (Jackie Saia photos)

Coupeville High School students got to experience a unique take on life Thursday morning.

Disability rights advocates and YouTube stars Shane and Hannah Burcaw offered a presentation “recognizing the power of humor in improving lives.”

Shane Burcaw, who was born with spinal muscular atrophy, launched a blog in 2011 to share his life experiences.

He and his cousin Sarah later started an organization called Laughing at My Nightmare, which “enhances the quality of life for individuals with disabilities by offering free adaptive and medical equipment, assistive technology, and access to higher education.”

Burcaw and his wife also have a popular YouTube channel, “Squirmy and Grubs.”

Thursday’s assembly was part of the 2025 Trudy Sundberg Lecture Series for high school students, sponsored by Sno-Isle Libraries.

Using their spotlight for good.

For more info on “Laughing at My Nightmare:

https://www.laughingatmynightmare.com/about-us

To see “Squirmy and Grubs:”

https://www.youtube.com/c/squirmyandgrubs

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Wolf track opens season with a roar

March 19, 2025 by David Svien

Cael Wilson, seen here last season, won two events Wednesday in La Conner. (Bailey Thule photo)

They have the numbers and the talent.

Boasting one of its biggest rosters in program history, the Coupeville High School track and field team made its presence felt Wednesday at a season-opening 11-team meet in La Conner.

The Wolf boys ran away with the team title, racking up 182.5 points, while their nearest competition, Mount Vernon Christian and La Conner, finished with 88 and 87 respectively.

On the girls’ side of things, CHS earned third place with 100.67 points, trailing just MVC (144.5) and La Conner (129.5).

Three Wolves double-dipped on opening day, bringing home titles in a pair of events.

Lyla Stuurmans (800, 1600), Cael Wilson (Pole Vault, High Jump), and Carson Field (800, 1600) were two-time winners, while Aleksia Jump (Pole Vault), George Spear (3200), and Katie Marti (Shot Put) also claimed crowns.

Rounding out Coupeville’s winners were its 4 x 100 boys’ relay team comprised of Marquette Cunningham, Preston Epp, Davin Houston, and Chase Anderson.

“Great first meet!” said CHS coaches Bob Martin and Elizabeth Bitting.

“A little rain, a little wind, and a lot of PRs – we’re so proud of the team!”

After finishing round one with 10 wins, 95 PRs, and a team title, the Wolves will get right back at it this Saturday, Mar. 22 when they compete at the Rainier Icebreaker.

Wednesday’s results:

GIRLS:

100 — Laken Simpson (18th) 15.85 *PR*; Isa Mc Fetridge (24th) 15.96 *PR*; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (29th) 16.22 *PR*; Violet Devine (35th) 17.38 *PR*; Denali Kalwies (38th) 18.35 *PR*; Emma McFadden (40th) 18.77 *PR*

200 — Simpson (13th) 32.76 *PR*; Mc Fetridge (17th) 33.59 *PR*; Noelle Western (23rd) 34.16; Olivia Hall (24th) 34.29 *PR*; Leedy-Bonifas (28th) 35.14 *PR*; Marin Winger (30th) 38.03 *PR*; Devine (32nd) 38.13 *PR*

400 — Lillian Ketterling (7th) 1:18.71 *PR*; Ayden Wyman (8th) 1:23.00

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 2:44.64; Mikayla Wagner (7th) 3:05.86 *PR*; Ketterling (9th) 3:13.17 *PR*; Ivy Rudat (11th) 3:15.93 *PR*; Lexis Drake (12th) 3:18.14 *PR*

1600 — Stuurmans (1st) 6:18.15; Wagner (5th) 6:42.93 *PR*

3200 — Western (3rd) 14:12.05 *PR*; Aleksia Jump (6th) 14:58.89 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (10th) 21.51; Ari Cunningham (11th) 21.89 *PR*

300 Hurdles — McDonald (9th) 1:08.55; A. Cunningham (10th) 1:09.23 *PR*; Frankie Tenore (14th) 1:16.75 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — A. Cunningham, Leedy-Bonifas, Hall, Simpson (7th) 1:01.43; Mc Fetridge, Devine, Kalwies, Winger (9th) 1:04.83

4 x 200 Relay — Drake, I. Rudat, Wyman, Hall (7th) 2:11.54

4 x 400 Relay — Ketterling, Simpson, Winger, Drake (2nd) 5:24.52

Shot Put — Katie Marti (1st) 32-08; McFadden (14th) 18-10.50 *PR*

Discus — Marti (2nd) 81-03; Ketterling (4th) 72-03 *PR*; McFadden (20th) 38-07 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (2nd) 90-02

High Jump — Tenore (8th) 4-00; Wyman (8th) 4-00

Pole Vault — A. Jump (1st) 6-00; I. Rudat (2nd) 5-09 *PR*

Long Jump — Leedy-Bonifas (10th) 12-06 *PR*; McDonald (14th) 12-01.50 *PR*; A. Cunningham (18th) 11-10.50 *PR*; Mc Fetridge (23rd) 11-02 *PR*; Kalwies (24th) 10-08 *PR*

BOYS:

100 — Chase Anderson (2nd) 12.22 *PR*; Marquette Cunningham (6th) 12.42; Matthew Ward (9th) 12.66 *PR*; Cael Wilson (11th) 12.69 *PR*; Davin Houston (12th) 12.70; Easton Green (19th) 13.00 *PR*; Marcelo Gebhard (20th) 13.01; Beckett Green (22nd) 13.11 *PR*; Nathan Coxsey (33rd) 13.40 *PR*; Edmund Wilson (41st) 13.62 *PR*; Jonah Weyl (48th) 14.07 *PR*; Richmond Bandong (51st) 14.31 *PR*; Max Ohme (56th) 14.74 *PR*; Shiloh Sandlin (57th) 14.75 *PR*; Nikolas Rogers (59th) 15.07 *PR*; William Hamm (68th) 18.12 *PR*

200 — Ward (3rd) 26.71; M. Cunningham (6th) 26.93; Blake Burrows (7th) 27.00; B. Green (11th) 27.40 *PR*; E. Green (12th) 27.58 *PR*; E. Wilson (20th) 28.85 *PR*; Coxsey (22nd) 29.44 *PR*; Bandong (25th) 30.70 *PR*; Sandlin (27th) 31.13 *PR*; Weyl (28th) 31.37 *PR*; Ohme (31st) 32.18 *PR*; Rogers (32nd) 33.01 *PR*; Hamm (35th) 40.59 *PR*

400 — Burrows (5th) 59.79; Dane Hadsall (8th) 1:01.96; Weyl (15th) 1:07.94 *PR*; Rogers (17th) 1:12.96 *PR*

800 — Carson Field (1st) 2:05.85; Joshua Stockdale (7th) 2:28.76 *PR*; Solomon Rudat (8th) 2:30.17 *PR*; Ethan Walling (12th) 2:34.29 *PR*; Finn Price (14th) 2:37.43 *PR*

1600 — Field (1st) 4:58.01; George Spear (3rd) 5:09.34 *PR*; Malachi Somes (4th) 5:22.07; Kenneth Jacobsen (7th) 5:28.39; Stockdale (12th) 5:42.53 *PR*; Walling (13th) 5:47.73 *PR*; Isaiah Allen (21st) 6:13.39 *PR*; Nicholas Wasik (22nd) 6:44.77 *PR*

3200 — Spear (1st) 11:08.77 *PR*; Walling (5th) 13:29.61 *PR*; Edmund Kunz (7th) 14:23.65 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (4th) 19.57

300 Hurdles — Liam Blas (6th) 52.02 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — M. Cunningham, Houston, Preston Epp, Anderson (1st) 46.38; Hadsall, Gebhard, E. Green, Ward (4th) 48.57

4 x 400 Relay — Burrows, Hadsall, Anderson, Epp (2nd) 3:57.16; S. Rudat, Stockdale, Somes, K. Jacobsen (5th) 4:26.16

Shot Put — Zac Tackett (4th) 35-01; Gebhard (8th) 31-08; Khanor Jump (11th) 29-08 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (23rd) 22-10; Zach Blitch (30th) 19-06.50 *PR*

Discus — Tackett (3rd) 116-05; K. Jump (13th) 78-06 *PR*; Blas (15th) 75-10 *PR*; Wasik (23rd) 63-07; Blitch (31st) 50-02; Johnathan Jacobsen (35th) 34-10 *PR*

Javelin — Gebhard (9th) 104-00; Somes (13th) 90-10; Rogers (19th) 78-08 *PR*; J. Jacobsen (32nd) 51-01 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (34th) 43-07 *PR*

High Jump — C. Wilson (1st) 5-10 *PR*; Houston (3rd) 5-08 *PR*; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (7th) 5-04 *PR*; J. Jacobsen (13th) 4-10 *PR*

Pole Vault — C. Wilson (1st) 11-00; Marshall (2nd) 10-00; S. Rudat (5th) 7-06 *PR*

Long Jump — C. Wilson (5th) 18-09 *PR*; Burrows (12th) 16-02.75 *PR*; Blas (20th) 15-04.50 *PR*; Fitch-Marron (21st) 15-04 *PR*; E. Wilson (25th) 15-00.50 *PR*; Coxsey (34th) 13-11.50 *PR*; Weyl (35th) 13-10.75 *PR*; Sandlin (36th) 13-10.50 *PR*; S. Rudat (37th) 13-07; Ohme (40th) 13-00.25 *PR*; Kunz (49th) 11-06.75 *PR*