Coupeville Sports

Go Bennett!!

April 23, 2016 by David Svien

Bennett Boyles (Photo courtesy Konni Smith)

Bennett suited up for Coupeville’s SWISH hoops squad. (Photo courtesy Pat Kelley)

One of Coupevill’s youngest athletic stars needs a helping hand from his community.

Bennett Boyles, a member of the town’s 6th grade SWISH basketball team, is battling autoimmune encephalitis, and his teachers at the Ebey Academy are conducting fundraisers to help with his medical expenses.

The Academy is hosting two “Parents Night Out” events Apr. 30 and May 21, where people can drop their children and a donation off and have an evening to themselves, knowing their progeny will be well looked after.

They are also planning a book sale and a garage sale.

Donations are accepted 24/7, and you don’t have to have children, or drop them off, to help Boyles and his family.

Bennett, whose mom Lucienne and aunt Cara both attended Coupeville schools, has spent all 11 years of his life here, brightening the lives of those around him.

Autoimmune encephalitis, which was first diagnosed in 2005, is a disease in which the immune system attacks the brain.

To help Bennett and his family, pop over to:

https://gobennett.givingfuel.com/go-bennett

Posted in Boys Basketball, Fundraisers | Tagged autoimmune encephalitis, Basketball, Bennett Boyles, CMS Wolves, fundraiser, SWISH | Leave a Comment »

Faces of fandom!!

April 22, 2016 by David Svien

Luke Merriman is just here to sign autographs. (John Fisken photos)

Ashlie Shank (left) and Ema Smith are happy to see that their personal paparazzi has shown up once again.

Jim Hoagland, man of mystery.

Christine Wright gazes into a bright Wolf sports future which includes her two youngest, multi-sport stars Sarah and Genna.

Baseball moms enjoy the sunshine, since a week or two back they were all huddled under blankets and umbrellas, dodging rain, wind and bitter cold.

Wolf track star Lauren Bayne spends a few minutes of down time taking in a ballgame.

CHS quarterback Hunter Downes ponders the meaning of life.

Genna Wright’s own athletic future is so bright, she has to wear shades.

It wouldn’t be the same without the fans.

Sure, you could play the games, keep the scores, hand out the trophies, but, without people hollering, things would feel off.

As he clicked away at recent CHS baseball and softball games, wanderin’ cameraman John Fisken let his lens slide into the stands and snapped these glossy pics for us.

Proof that fans can hold the spotlight just as strongly as the players they’ve come out to watch.

Posted in Fashionable Fans | Tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, fans, John Fisken photos, Luke Merriman, moms, Softball | Leave a Comment »

Now that’s a rout!!

April 22, 2016 by David Svien

Zane Bundy, taking a header earlier this season, had two goals and four assists Thursday in a 10-1 win. (John Fisken photos)

Zane Bundy, taking a header earlier this season, had two goals and four assists Thursday. (John Fisken photos)

Andre Avila (left) tallied his first varsity goal in the 10-1 win.

Circle Apr. 30 on your calendar.

That’s when the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad hosts Chimacum, and, if recent history is any indication, it will offer local fans a chance to blast their vuvuzela horns non-stop.

If that’s still a thing..

Oh, it’s not?

Well, it should be.

Facing off with the Cowboys Thursday in Chimacum, the Wolves kept their streak alive, raining down double digits in goals every time the programs have played.

This time out, it finished 10-1 (with Chimacum chipping in with two own goals), after Coupeville scored 11 and 13 last year.

The victory, the fourth in the last five games for the suddenly-surging Wolves, lifts them to 1-1 in 1A Olympic play, 4-5-1 overall.

It slides them into a second-place tie with Port Townsend (also exactly 1-1, 4-5-1), a game off of defending league champs Klahowya (2-0, 9-1-1), which travels to Whidbey Tuesday, Apr. 26.

Chimacum (0-2, 1-8), as you might expect, is firmly in the cellar.

While the two own goals by the Cowboys would have been enough for a narrow Coupeville win, the Wolves decided to help things along by raining down a parade of their own scores, as well.

Abraham Leyva punched in three, giving him 17 on the season.

That breaks the single-season scoring record of 14 goals he set just a year ago, and keeps an amazing streak going.

Leyva has found the back of the net in all 10 games this season.

He got plenty of help from running mate Zane Bundy, who did a bit of everything.

Bundy tallied two goals, doubling his season output to four, and also rang up a season-high four assists.

Coupeville’s other scores came from William Nelson and Ethan Spark, who both connected for the third time this year, and senior Andre Avila, who notched his first varsity goal.

Nelson had two assists, while Leyva, Avila and Cody Menges each set up a score.

The rout gave Coupeville a chance to try out some new looks, which always makes a coach happy.

“Was a good win for us, and gave us a chance to play a number of JV players in a varsity game, since there was no JV game,” said Coupeville coach Kyle Nelson. “Great experience for our younger players, who stepped in and did a great job.”

Posted in Boys Soccer | Tagged Abraham Leyva, CHS Wolves, single season record, Soccer, Zane Bundy | Leave a Comment »

Blaze of glory!!

April 22, 2016 by David Svien

The fastest 4 x 100 girls relay squad in Coupeville High School history is (l to r) Sylvia Hurlburt, Makana Stone, Lindsey Roberts and Lauren Grove. (Sherry Roberts photo)

Another day, another school record.

Continuing a stellar season, the Coupeville High School track and field squad collected six wins, set 26 individual PRs and successfully stared down two of their three opponents Thursday afternoon at Silverdale Stadium.

And the cherry on top?

A shiny new school record in the 4 x 100 relay, courtesy seniors Makana Stone and Sylvia Hurlburt, junior Lauren Grove and freshman Lindsey Roberts.

The quartet, running against the second-fastest 2A school in the event (host Olympic) zipped across the finish line in 51.10 seconds, the fourth-fastest time in 1A this season.

The same group also won the 4 x 200 and have the fastest time in 1A in that event.

Coupeville’s girls, using their relay win and a triumph in the 800 from Stone, knocked off 1A Olympic League rival Port Townsend 60-56 and bounced 2A North Mason 58-54 in the team scoring battles.

A very-deep Olympic squad bested the Wolves 106-34.

On the male side of things, Coupeville nabbed wins in the pole vault (Jordan Ford) and 300 hurdles (Lathom Kelley) and got a double-dip from Dalton Martin (shot put, discus).

The Wolf boys thumped Port Townsend 84-43, drilled North Mason 89-43 and fell 92-53 to Olympic.

Complete CHS results:

GIRLS:

100 — Ashlie Shank (9th) 14.80 *PR*; Madison Rixe (11th) 15.01

200 — Lauren Grove (4th) 27.50 *PR*; Shank (9th) 30.45 *PR*

800 — Makana Stone (1st) 2:21.89 *PR*

100 hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (2nd) 17.91

300 hurdles — Mckenzie Meyer (3rd) 56.62 *PR*; Allison Wenzel (4th) 59.99 *PR*

4 x 100 — Grove, Roberts, Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt (2nd) 51.10; Wenzel, Shank, Rixe, Abby Parker (4th) 58.85

4 x 200 — Grove, Roberts, Hurlburt, Stone (1st) 1:47.00

4 x 400 — Lauren Bayne, Meyer, Rixe, Parker (2nd) 4:53.52

Shot put — Skyler Lawrence (4th) 29-01.25; Alexxis Otto (5th) 25-09.75; Naika Hallam (6th) 23-04.25; Emma Smith (7th) 21-06

Discus — Lawrence (3rd) 81-07; Otto (6th) 73-09; Wenzel (7th) 67-11; Parker (8th) 67-02; E. Smith (9th) 63-03; Jovanah Foote (13th) 48-04 *PR*; Lindsey Laxton (14th) 44-07 *PR*

Javelin — Wenzel (4th) 80-09; Bayne (5th) 77-11; Parker (7th) 72-01; Hallam (8th) 70-08; Lawrence (9th) 67-03; Foote (11th) 56-07; Otto (14th) 45-10; Tomi Herrera (15th) 44-02 *PR*; Laxton (16th) 37-04 *PR*

High Jump — Bayne (3rd) 4-04

Long Jump — Grove (5th) 13-11.75

BOYS:

100 — Jacob Smith (6th) 11.94, Gabe Eck (17th) 12.61; Mitchell Losey (22nd) 13.00; Kyle Burnett (24th) 13.42 *PR*

200 — J. Smith (3rd) 23.08 *PR*; Jared Helmstadter (7th) 24.09; Danny Conlisk (8th) 24.70 *PR*; Jacob Martin (10th) 25.08 *PR*; Burnett (20th) 28.29

800 — Conlisk (3rd) 2:08.78 *PR*

1600 — Henry Wynn (5th) 5:11.21; Jakobi Baumann (8th) 6:13.53

3200 — Baumann (5th) 13:07.93 *PR*

300 hurdles — Lathom Kelley (1st) 42.03; Ariah Bepler (7th) 53.19

4×100 — J. Smith, Eck, Helmstadter, Jordan Ford (2nd) 46.22; Hunter Downes, J. Martin, Grey Rische, Connor Thompson (5th) 50.05

4 x 400 — J. Smith, Wynn, Helmstadter, Conlisk (3rd) 3:44.83

Shot Put — Dalton Martin (1st) 40-09.25; Thompson (4th) 35-00.50 *PR*; Ryan Labrador (5th) 35-00 *PR*; Mitchell Carroll (7th) 34-08 *PR*; Luke Carlson (13th) 25-06; Rische (14th) 24-06.50

Discus — D. Martin (1st) 153-01; Chris Battaglia (2nd) 95-08; Labrador (8th) 75-11

Javelin — Rische (2nd) 119-03; Battaglia (4th) 110-09 *PR*; J. Martin (5th) 108-08 *PR*; Losey (7th) 105-03; Bepler (9th) 97-01; Carlson (11th) 87-03 *PR*; Labrador (20th) 69-02

High Jump — Ryan Griggs (2nd) 5-06; Ford (3rd) 5-04; Thompson (4th) 5-00; Carroll (5th) 5-00

Pole vault — Ford (1st) 11-06

Long Jump — Kelley (2nd) 18-10 *PR*; Griggs (3rd) 17-11 *PR*; Carroll (5th) 17-02; Eck (6th) 17-01.50; Battaglia (10th) 15-10; Bepler (11th) 15-09 *PR*; J. Martin (14th) 15-01.50; Downes (17th) 14-02; Baumann (19th) 12-04.25

Triple Jump — Carroll (2nd) 38-02; Griggs (3rd) 37-01.50 *PR*; Thompson (4th) 35-05

Posted in Track | Tagged CHS Wolves, Dalton Martin, relay team, school record, Track | Leave a Comment »

Fear the whole lineup!!

April 21, 2016 by David Svien

Melia Welling rapped out three hits Thursday night. (Joey Lippo photo)

Melia Welling rapped out three hits and reached base five times Thursday night. (Joey Lippo photo)

The bottom of the order was on fire.

The 7-8-9 hitters for the Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad collected six of their team’s nine hits Thursday, more than doing their share.

And while the Venom eventually fell 19-14 to visiting Anacortes in a wild (and sometimes weird) game, that’s a huge positive going forward.

Now 1-2 on the young season, Central got its biggest offensive push Thursday from Marenna Rebischke-Smith, Melia Welling and Willow Vick.

Welling rapped out three hits and reached base all five times she stepped to the plate (also scampering to first on a walk and an error), while Rebischke-Smith collected two gorgeous hits.

The first was a two-run single up the middle, while the second was a long, looping liner over the first baseman’s head that cleared its target, then quickly dove and bit grass before an Anacortes outfielder could track it down.

The Coupeville Middle School 8th grader had a strong all-around game, also making two really nice snags on fly balls hit to deep center-field.

Rebischke-Smith tracked down both balls and smothered them in mid-flight to the delight of her fan section.

Vick swung a nice stick herself, with an RBI single during a five-run first inning for the Venom.

Up 5-2 after one, Central Whidbey hit a rough patch in the second, as a string of errors forced Venom hurler Scout Smith to face 16 hitters in the inning.

Putting up 10 runs before Rebischke-Smith ended the onslaught with one of her web gems, Anacortes seemed to have the game on ice.

Even an injury mid-way through the inning, when an Anacortes runner plowed awkwardly into the bag at second and spent several minutes on her back, couldn’t slow down the visitors.

But the Venom fought back, picking up an RBI on a second-inning ground-out from Mollie Bailey before erupting for six in the fourth.

Six walks, three passed balls and a dropped ball at home helped the cause, while speedster Maya Toomey-Stout swung the big stick, bashing a two-run single to knot things up at 12-12.

With darkness approaching (the game was shortened to six innings) and the Venom players tiring (the game went two-and-a-half-hours), Anacortes took advantage, however, using a pair of two-run, inside-the-park home runs to reclaim the lead and make off with the win.

Hannah Davidson tied Welling, also reaching base five times (two singles, three walks), while Scout Smith and Chelsea Prescott eked out three walks apiece.

Posted in Little League, Softball | Tagged Anacortes, Central Whidbey Little League, Marenna Rebischke-Smith, Softball, Venom | Leave a Comment »

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