Coupeville Sports

“Our bats came alive!!”

April 25, 2017 by David Svien

The Central Whidbey Little League juniors softball squad is off to a 3-0 start. (Mimi Johnson photo)

Roll on, mighty Adrenaline, roll on.

Cruising to its third straight win to open the season, the Central Whidbey Little League juniors softball squad destroyed host Anacortes 15-0 Monday night.

South end transplant Melody Wilkie stalked the pitcher’s circle, whiffing seven hitters and surrendering just three hits.

The only time she was in the slightest bit of trouble came in the bottom of the second, but she quickly got away scot-free.

Having given up a lead-off triple, Wilkie teamed up with catcher Mollie Bailey to nail the Anacortes runner at home on the very next play.

From there, it was smoothing sailing for Central Whidbey, which had its bats swinging hot all game.

The Adrenaline put the game away early, throwing down nine runs in the top of the first, then added two in the second, three in the third and a final run in the fourth.

Central Whidbey piled up 14 hits, led by Bailey, who was en fuego with three singles and a thunderous triple.

“Our bats came alive,” said Adrenaline coach Mimi Johnson. “I challenged Mollie to hit the Ace Hardware sign … and she came close!”

Wilkie, Stella Johnson and Jill Prince chipped in with doubles, with cousins Thora Iverson and Stella Johnson both finishing the game with two hits apiece.

As soon as they got on base, the Adrenaline forced the situation, causing Anacortes to fall apart a bit on defense.

“We capitalized on their errors early with aggressive base running,” Mimi Johnson said. “I have to give props to their catcher Adayla, though – she missed nothing!! She never gave us opportunity to steal home.”

With everything clicking for her team, the sage of the softball diamond sees a successful season playing out.

“We are very excited to see what this season brings with this group of girls.”

Posted in Little League, Softball | Tagged Anacortes, Central Whidbey Little League, road warriors, rout, Softball, Stella Johnson | Leave a Comment »

Welcome to a beat-down!!

April 25, 2017 by David Svien

Drawing power from her henna tattoo, Raven Vick flies down the backstretch. (John Fisken photos)

Cameron Toomey-Stout lets it all hang out.

Unleash the Wolves.

Hosting its second official meet at its new home facilities, the Coupeville High School track and field team was a ruthless host Monday afternoon.

Obliterating two of its former long-time rivals, Friday Harbor and Lopez, the Wolves, even shuffling their lineup around, were extraordinarily dominant.

The CHS girls won 14 of 17 events, while the Wolf boys finished first in 11 of 15.

Coupeville won four relays, and had 17 different athletes win an individual event, led by double winners Mckenzie Meyer, Skyler Lawrence, Jacob Martin, Lauren Grove, Mitchell Carroll and Lindsey Roberts.

The Wolves set 28 PRs in the meet, with one of the most impressive performances coming from Allison Wenzel.

Throwing the javelin on a clear, sunny afternoon on her home turf, the CHS junior shattered her previous best by an astonishing eight feet, six inches.

Complete CHS results:

Girls:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (1st) 13.54; Mallory Kortuem (2nd) 13.95 *PR*; Madison Rixe (7th) 14.78; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (8th) 14.86

200 — Lauren Grove (1st) 28.09; Rixe (4th) 33.32

400 — Ashlie Shank (1st) 1:14.92

800 — Kortuem (2nd) 2:38.33 *PR*; Lucy Sandahl (3rd) 2:38.71 *PR*; Abby Parker (5th) 2:56.61

1600 — Raven Vick (3rd) 7:03.03 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (1st) 16.55; Hoskins (5th) 21.19

300 Hurdles — Mckenzie Meyer (1st) 56.00; Allison Wenzel (2nd) 1:04.31

4 x 100 Relay — Kiara Burdge, Shank, Wenzel, Natalie Hollrigel (2nd) 57.59

4 x 200 Relay — Grove, Roberts, M. Toomey-Stout, Kortuem (1st) 1:49.36

4 x 400 Relay — Grove, Shank, Roberts, M. Toomey-Stout (1st) 4:41.05; Parker, Rixe, Meyer, R. Vick (2nd) 5:21.20

Shot put — Skyler Lawrence (1st) 28-03; Alexxis Otto (2nd) 26-10.75 *PR*; Emma Smith (3rd) 26-04.25; Charlotte Langille (4th) 25-08.50 *PR*; Ema Smith (6th) 22-02.50

Discus — Lawrence (1st) 83-08.50; Wenzel (2nd) 79-11.50 *PR*; Otto (3rd) 78-06; Emma Smith (4th) 75-02 *PR*; Langille (5th) 71-05

Javelin — Wenzel (1st) 99-08 *PR*; Lauren Bayne (2nd) 92-04; R. Vick (3rd) 86-09 *PR*; Naika Hallam (4th) 84-00; Parker (5th) 82-03; Jasmine Nastali (7th) 75-02 *PR*

High Jump — Bayne (1st) 4-08 *PR*; Cassidy Moody (1st) 4-08; Hoskins (3rd) 4-02; Willow Vick (4th) 3-10

Pole Vault — Meyer (1st) 6-00

Long Jump — Roberts (1st) 15-10.25 *PR*; Ema Smith (3rd) 12-06.75 *PR*

Triple Jump — Grove (1st) 31-04.75 *PR*

Boys:

100 — Jean Lund-Olsen (2nd) 12.52, Luke Carlson (6th) 13.52 *PR*; Greg Villareal (7th) 13.52; Kyle Burnett (8th) 13.56; Andrew Martin (9th) 13.99 *PR*; Ryan Labrador (10th) 15.23

200 — Danny Conlisk (1st) 24.41 *PR*; Jacob Martin (2nd) 24.63; Henry Wynn (4th) 25.47 *PR*; Lund-Olsen (5th) 25.53; Thane Peterson (7th) 28.09 *PR*; Burnett (9th) 28.35; Villareal (10th) 33.07

400 — Wynn (1st) 1:00.65; Gabe Carlson (2nd) 1:03.63 *PR*

800 — G. Carlson (5th) 2:45.03

3200 — Jakobi Baumann (2nd) 12:40.10

300 Hurdles — Baumann (2nd) 55.15 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — J. Martin, Jacob Smith, Cameron Toomey-Stout, Lund-Olsen (1st) 46.47; Burnett, L. Carlson, Connor Thompson, Villareal (4th) 53.29

4 x 400 Relay — Conlisk, J. Smith, Mitchell Carroll, Wynn (1st) 3:51.30; Chris Battaglia, Baumann, G. Carlson, Grey Rische (3rd) 4:26.58

Shot Put — Labrador (1st) 36-07; Battaglia (3rd) 35-02.50; Rische (6th) 30-09.75; Keahi Sorrows (8th) 29-11; Trevor Bell (11th) 25-07.50

Discus — Battaglia (1st) 107-01 *PR*; Rische (4th) 88-07; Peterson (5th) 83-05; Labrador (6th) 82-07; Sorrows (9th) 68-03; Bell (10th) 55-08

Javelin — J. Martin (1st) 137-06 *PR*; Battaglia (2nd) 123-10; Rische (3rd) 109-11; L. Carlson (5th) 97-00 *PR*; A. Martin (7th) 81-06; Peterson (9th) 67-09

High Jump — C. Toomey-Stout (1st) 5-02

Pole Vault — Carroll (1st) 8-00; G. Carlson (2nd) 6-00; Conlisk (3rd) 5-06

Long Jump — J. Martin (1st) 19-06; Lund-Olsen (2nd) 19-05 *PR*; Carroll (3rd) 19-02; C. Toomey-Stout (4th) 18-06; Burnett (7th) 16-00; Baumann (10th) 15-03; A. Martin (11th) 13-05.25 *PR*

Triple Jump — Carroll (1st) 42-06.50 *PR*

To see more photos (purchases fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/2017-Coupeville-Track/20170424-at-Coupeville/

Posted in Track | Tagged Cassidy Moody, CHS Wolves, Friday Harbor, Jacob Martin, Lopez, track and field | Leave a Comment »

Let’s not dwell on it…

April 24, 2017 by David Svien

Jake Pease fires in a pitch. (John Fisken photo)

We’re gonna keep this short and sweet.

Sort of the opposite of the game itself.

Unable to muster a hit against a more experienced South Whidbey squad, the Coupeville High School JV baseball team fell hard Monday afternoon.

The 13-0 loss, which drops the Wolves to 2-6 on the season, went on for quite awhile without much good happening for the guys in red and black.

“One of those games where it’s about learning … cause you hope they learn,” said CHS coach Mike Etzell.

With the Wolf varsity off-Island playing a league game, Coupeville had a straight-up JV squad on the field, while the Falcons, whose varsity was idle, were able to use some swing players.

It showed at times as South Whidbey wielded heavy bats and, other than a few walks here and there, thoroughly dominated.

Coupeville did get seven runners on, mustering six walks and a fly ball from Shane Losey which was dropped for an error.

Jacob Zettle and Kyle Rockwell led the way, with two walks apiece, while Ulrik Wells and James Vidoni also eked out free passes.

Coupeville used three pitchers, with Elliott Johnson, Jake Pease and Gavin Knoblich all seeing mound time.

If nothing else, it was live game action, always preferable to practice, and the sun was out the entire afternoon.

And that’s about all I have to say about that.

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Wolves pull out a thriller!!

April 24, 2017 by David Svien

Jonathan Thurston, seen here last season, got the win Monday as Coupeville pulled out an extra-innings thriller. (John Fisken photo)

Hope lives.

Refusing to lose, the Coupeville High School baseball squad rallied time and again Monday, eventually pulling out a wild 6-5 win at Chimacum in 10 hard-fought innings.

The victory lifts the Wolves to 3-2 in Olympic League play, 8-7 overall, and hands them sole possession of second-place with four conference games left on the schedule.

Coupeville sits two off of Klahowya (5-0, 6-3), while Chimacum (2-3, 4-5) and Port Townsend (0-5, 0-7) round out the race.

The Wolves, who still face an uphill climb to defend their league title, return home Wednesday to face the win-less RedHawks, before trekking back to Chimacum Friday.

Monday afternoon CHS never trailed, but also could never quite pull away from the Cowboys until the third extra inning.

Having seen a 4-1 lead evaporate, and then having exchanged runs with their hosts in a tense ninth inning, the Wolves snatched the momentum for good in the tenth.

Dane Lucero, who was hit-less up to that moment, led off the top of the tenth with a resounding double, then moved to third and came around to score on wild pitches.

With the lead in hand, Wolf hurler Jonathan Thurston slammed the door shut.

After giving up a one-out walk to put the tying run on base, Thurston promptly cut that runner down on a fielder’s choice, hitting shortstop Hunter Smith for the force at second.

He then closed the game by inducing a ground-out, with the throw safely landing in first-baseman Kory Score’s glove.

“Good game, very big win for us in our league standings,” said CHS coach Chris Smith.

The Wolves had jumped out to a 4-1 lead, getting a run in the second, two more in the third and another in the fourth.

The game’s first tally came courtesy Joey Lippo, who laced an RBI single to plate Julian Welling, who had bashed a double.

Welling was right back at it an inning later, this time driving in Taylor Consford and Clay Reilly with his second base-knock of the game.

In the fourth, Matt Hilborn doubled and came around to score on a well-placed single by Consford, Coupeville’s starting pitcher.

Chimacum played catch-up, though, netting a run of its own in the fourth, then knotting things up at 4-4 with two more in the fifth.

Lippo kept the Wolves alive, however, gunning down a runner at the plate while wandering in center field.

It was his second strong throw of the game, coming after he doubled a runner off of first moments after snagging a fly ball in the first inning.

Coupeville had a golden, and somewhat surprising, opportunity to reclaim the lead in the sixth, but it wasn’t to be.

Consecutive two-out singles from Nick Etzell, Hilborn and Hunter Smith juiced the bags, but the Cowboys escaped unscathed when they found an inning-ending strikeout at just the right moment.

Both teams battled scoreless through the sixth, seventh and eighth, then traded runs in the ninth.

After recording his third hit of the day, Hilborn scored for Coupeville on a ground-out off the bat of Reilly, but a crucial error stung the Wolves in the bottom of the inning.

Which merely set the table for Lucero to be a hero and send his squad back to the ferry wearing smiles.

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No rain, all gain!!

April 24, 2017 by David Svien

Claire Mietus teamed with Tia Wurzrainer Monday to pull out a three-set win. (John Fisken photo)

Let them play and they will win.

The rainiest spring in recent memory has played havoc with the schedule for the Coupeville High School girls tennis team.

Maybe that’s changing, though, as Monday provided clear skies and not a single drop of liquid sunshine.

Taking advantage, the Wolf netters played a complete match for the first time in almost two weeks, whacking visiting Friday Harbor 7-0.

The victory, coming against a longtime rival, lifts Coupeville to 3-3 on the season.

The Wolves, who are hoping against hope to play four matches this week, host Chimacum Tuesday, then hit the road Wednesday (South Whidbey) and Thursday (Klahowya).

Their trip to Silverdale could be a two-for-one experience, as the plan is to finish a match that was suspended (by rain, what else) with the Wolves ahead 2-0, then play a regularly scheduled match.

Facing off with Friday Harbor, Coupeville ran away with the match, winning six of seven varsity tilts in straight sets.

With their win, first doubles duo Sage Renninger and Payton Aparicio improved to a flawless 5-0 as a unit this season.

Renninger is actually 6-0, having won a match with lil’ sis Avalon when her normal partner was on vacation.

Complete Monday results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Morgan Timmons 6-0, 6-0

2nd singles — Fanny Deprelle beat Alli Benz 6-0, 6-0

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault beat Val Barrios 6-0, 6-1

1st doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Hiro Sarah/Aida Must 6-4, 6-3

2nd doubles — Avalon Renninger/Zoe Trujillo beat Midi Thomas/Mariah Dannaher 6-3, 6-2

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Lucy Urbach/Joely Loucks 6-1, 6-4

4th doubles — Tia Wurzrainer/Claire Mietus beat Isabella Brown/Julia Urbach 5-7, 6-3, 6-4