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Wolves net third title!!

April 27, 2017 by David Svien

CHS doubles ace Sage Renninger is 9-0 this season. (John Fisken photos)

   Valen Trujillo avenged an earlier loss to Klahowya’s Sydney Jackson, beating her twice.

Clear some space on the Wall of Fame.

Rolling to two wins Thursday, the Coupeville High School girls tennis team clinched its third straight 1A Olympic League title.

Scrambling to catch up from the ravages of a rain-soaked spring, the Wolves wrapped up a suspended match first, then strolled to another victory in their regularly-scheduled rumble.

Both wins came by identical 5-2 scores over host Klahowya.

With the two-for-one deal, Coupeville stretched its winning streak to six matches and sits 4-0 in league play, 6-3 overall.

The Wolves have never lost a conference tilt in the three-year history of the Olympic League, and their streak sits at 15 straight.

That’s the fourth-best run behind Coupeville girls basketball (27-0), Klahowya girls soccer (20-0) and Klahowya boys soccer (19-0).

Thursday’s action picked up where things left off Apr. 18 in Coupeville.

With the Wolves up 2-0 and four matches in action on court, rain unleashed and refused to stop.

Given better weather Thursday, the two squads wrapped up things, then skipped the normal two-out-of-three sets format and played pro sets in match #2.

First doubles duo Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger added two more wins to their ledger, running their season record as a duo to 8-0.

Renninger is 9-0, having won a match with sister Avalon when Aparicio was out of town.

Complete results from Thursday:

Match One:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Sydney Jackson 6-0, 6-0

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle lost to Haley Sargent 6-7(5-7), 6-4, 10-6

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Sophie Koveleskie 7-5, 6-3

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Mary Ann Marker/Taylor Bruce 6-0, 6-3

2nd doubles — Avalon Renninger/Zoe Trujillo beat Anna Wells/Kelisha Harris 6-4, 6-1

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Claire Mietus lost to Maddy Rienks/Emma Parker 8-7(7-5)

4th doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Jillian Mayne beat Emma Heckert/Angelina Robinson 8-0

 

Match Two:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Sydney Jackson 8-0

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle lost to Haley Sargent 8-6

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault lost to Sophie Koveleskie 8-4

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Mary Anne Marker/Taylor Bruce 8-1

2nd doubles — Avalon Renninger/Zoe Trujillo beat Maddy Rienks/Hannah Katt 8-3

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Claire Mietus beat Anna Wells/Kelisha Harris 8-4

4th doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Jillian Mayne beat Emma Heckert/Emma Parker 8-3

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Queens of the stat sheet!!

April 27, 2017 by David Svien

   The secret to Coupeville’s softball success this spring? Manager Kayla Rose, the best in the biz. (John Fisken photo)

Stats don’t lie.

The Coupeville High School softball squad is 13-1 headed into a major showdown at Chimacum Friday, so it’s no surprise the Wolves have been piling up big numbers.

When you look at all 1A teams which have reported stats to MaxPreps this season, CHS can stand with any of them.

Junior gunslinger Katrina McGranahan is ranked #1 in 1A in five different categories (RBI, runs, stolen bases, wins and strikeouts), while breaking the Top 10 in another five stats.

She’s #3 in home runs, #4 in ERA, #6 in batting average and slugging percentage and #8 in on-base percentage.

Three other Wolves — Sarah Wright, Mikayla Elfrank and Lauren Rose — are also in the Top 10 in at least one category.

Rose is #2 in runs and #3 in steals, while Elfrank is #2 in steals and #10 in runs.

Wright is #3 in RBI.

They always say, defense wins championships but offense sells tickets, so here’s a look at the hitting stats for the rampaging CHS squad.

Player AB Runs Hits 2B 3B HR SB BB RBI Avg. OBP
Cedillo 19 5 4 1 5 2 .211 .423
Lodell 38 11 13 1 3 5 9 .342 .432
LeVine 49 14 16 2 5 5 10 .327 .389
K. Briscoe 3 4 2 1 1 3 4 4 .667 .857
Mathusek 3 2 1 3 1 .333 .667
Nastali 20 4 5 1 4 2 .250 .423
Smith 5 6 1 1 5 1 .200 .429
Rose 43 24 14 2 1 8 14 6 .326 .491
T. Briscoe 31 7 7 2 1 2 6 7 .226 .400
Davis 2 1 1 4 .667
McGranahan 43 27 24 3 3 4 13 8 27 .558 .627
Welling 4 1 1 2 2 .250 .500
Elfrank 42 17 16 3 3 1 11 10 8 .381 .509
Crownover 40 11 18 5 1 2 5 12 .450 .522
Wright 50 14 23 6 2 1 2 5 24 .460 .509
Lester 4 1 1 1 2 1 .250 .571

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Wolf alumni soar on college diamonds!!

April 27, 2017 by David Svien

Slick-fielding college first-baseman Aaron Trumbull. (Hannah Gluth photo)

They’ve all found their niche.

Four former Coupeville High School stars are playing ball on college teams this spring, and all four of them have found a way to contribute to their teams.

Up-to-the-moment updates, in alphabetic order:

Ben Etzell — A junior at Saint John’s University in Minnesota, where the Johnnies are 22-8 overall, 11-3 in league.

He’s the team’s closer, pitching in a squad-best 13 games, going 2-0 with five saves and a 2.38 ERA.

His 22 strikeouts are second-best for SJU, while he’s holding opposing teams to a .203 batting average.

Hailey Hammer — A sophomore at Everett Community College.

She’s hitting .329 with two home runs and 15 RBI for a squad which is 11-17 overall, 9-10 in conference.

She has 24 hits in 24 games, with 13 runs, 10 walks and a double.

Aaron Trumbull — A freshman at Olympic College, which is 6-22 overall, 3-13 in league action.

He has one hit and two walks, but is truly excelling in the field, where he’s played error-free ball.

He has 34 put-outs, three assists and the best fielding percentage on the team.

Monica Vidoni — A sophomore at Rainy River Community College in Minnesota, where the Voyageurs are 15-11 overall, 3-1 in conference play.

She’s hitting .372 in 25 games, with 16 hits (including three doubles), 13 RBI, 10 runs, five walks and four stolen bases.

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Middle school track? It’s back!!

April 26, 2017 by David Svien

   Coupeville Middle School track coach Elizabeth Bitting shares results with some of her athletes. (Deb Smith photos)

Ben Smith waits for his moment to shine.

The weather in Port Angeles was a constantly changing affair.

A new season begins.

Packing 20 or so athletes onto the bus, the Coupeville Middle School track and field squad headed to Port Angeles Wednesday, where it clashed in a three-team meet.

While there, the Wolves faced one team (Forks) comparable in size and one (host Stevens) which had 140+ athletes.

And yes, that is supposed to say 140 and not just 40…

While the Wolves had no shot at bringing home team titles in those kind of conditions, they did battle for individual glory, with Jake Mitten (High Jump) and Ja’Kenya Hoskins (60-yard dash) winning their events.

“We had some standout performances,” said CMS coach Elizabeth Bitting. “We were able to get some places.

“We had rain, wind, sun, a little bit of it all.”

Now, as you gaze upon the following results, give me a little leeway, since A) I’m going off of handwritten results and a couple of numbers were tricky to decipher and B) not a single bit of this is appearing in the Whidbey News-Times.

So, here we go, and let’s see how close I got to reality.

Girls (8th grade):

800 — Catherine Lhamon 3:36.20

1600 — Lhamon 6:31.00

High Jump — Emily Fiedler 4-00

Turbo — Fiedler 62-09; Lhamon 43-09

Girls (7th grade):

60 — Ja’Kenya Hoskins 8.75

100 — Kiara Contreras 16.23; Bella Velasco 16.25; Angelina Gebhard 17.07

200 — Hoskins 20.14

800 — Alana Mihill 2:37.00

4 x 100 Relay — Gebhard, Ella Colwell, Noelle Daigneault, Velasco 1:07.52

4 x 200 Relay — Hoskins, Contreras, Gebhard, Velasco 2:13.03

Shot put — Daigneault 20-12.50

Discus — Colwell 50-04

High Jump — Hoskins 3-08

Long Jump — Gebhard 12-00; Contreras 10-10.50; Colwell 7-10

Turbo — Mihill 35-11

Boys (8th grade):

60 — Ben Smith 9.21

100 — Jake Mitten 13.14, Smith 15.02, James Mayne 16.06; Alex Jimenez 16.91; Trystan Ford 17.64

200 — Mitten 23.30

200 Hurdles — Smith 35.99

Shot Put — Ford 20-05; Mayne 16-07.50; Jimenez 14-05.50

Discus — Ford 56-04; Jimenez 50-07.50

High Jump — Mitten 4-08

Turbo — Smith 72-07; Ford 58-08; Jimenez 46-09

Boys (7th grade):

60 — Zach Murtha 9.36

100 — Aiden Burdge 13.95; Murtha 14.98; Logan Martin 15.26; Gabe Shaw 16.07

1600 — Connor Barton 5:56.30; Murtha 6:20.00

200 Hurdles — Barton 34.40

4 x 100 Relay — Burdge, Shaw, Barton, Murtha 1:00.50

Shot Put — Martin 23-11

Discus — Martin 85-05

Long Jump — Barton 14-00; Burdge 12-04

Turbo — Martin 97-00; Shaw 53-02

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Don’t hurt them … too late!!

April 26, 2017 by David Svien

   Aiden Crimmins comes up firing while playing the outfield Wednesday afternoon. (John Fisken photo)

Josh Welshans got a workout.

The Coupeville High School assistant baseball coach is the team’s scorebook guru, and by the time he was done recording things Wednesday, his fingers might have been just about ready to fall off.

Bashing the ball with glee, the Wolves sent 15 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs against visiting Port Townsend … in just the first inning.

By the time it was done, CHS had polished off the RedHawks 22-0, keeping alive its slim hopes of retaining its Olympic League crown.

Now 4-2 in conference action, 9-7 overall, the Wolves still have an uphill battle, trailing Klahowya (6-0, 8-3) by two with three league games left on the schedule.

The first of those arrives Friday, when Coupeville travels to Chimacum (2-4, 4-6).

Beat the Cowboys for a third time this season and the Wolves clinch at least second-place in the four-team league.

They’ve already nailed down a playoff spot after Wednesday’s win, sitting four games up on Port Townsend (0-6, 0-10).

CHS put the game on ice before all of the fans had settled into their seats, using five hits, four walks and a smattering of RedHawk errors to mount their epic first inning.

The big blows came courtesy Clay Reilly, who thumped a triple, and Jake Hoagland, who smoked a double.

Hunter Smith, Dane Lucero and Matt Hilborn added base-knocks in the first and the rout was on.

The second inning was no better for the beleaguered RedHawk pitching staff, as Coupeville sent another 13 hitters to the plate, with eight of them eventually coming around to stamp yet another run on the (non-working) scoreboard.

Coupeville coach Chris Smith did everything humanly possible to keep the score from ballooning into the stratosphere, using everyone on his bench and going station-to-station for much of the game.

But with everything clicking — offense, defense and pitching — it was hard not to finish with a lopsided final score.

A particular bright spot for Coupeville was seeing Hunter Smith return to the mound.

The junior has been hampered by back problems which curtailed his ability to pitch, but Wednesday he was feeling strong and tossed two strong innings before handing the ball to his bullpen.

Smith had two base-runners but picked one of them off of first, while whiffing three RedHawks.

Lucero retired all six hitters he faced across the third and fourth inning, picking up four more strikeouts, before Jonathan Thurston closed the game.

The slender senior walked the first hitter he faced in the fifth, before closing on an impressive note with three straight K’s.

Coupeville finished with 11 hits, led by Reilly, Hilborn and Smith, who had two apiece. Hoagland added a double, while Lucero, Score, Julian Welling and Nick Etzell collected singles.

Score paced the Wolves with four RBIs on the afternoon.

 

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

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Baseball/20170426-vs-Pt-Townsend/

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