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Tripped up!!

April 15, 2016 by David Svien

Wolf senior leaders Zane Bundy (7) and Connor McCormick (Wendy McCormick photo)

   Wolf senior leaders Zane Bundy (7) and Connor McCormick prepare to take the field Thursday night. (Wendy McCormick photo)

(John Fisken photo)

   The Wolves, like Sebastian Davis here in an earlier game, got tripped up Thursday in pursuit of a win. (John Fisken photo)

Through good times, through bad times, the streak lives on.

Coupeville High School senior Abraham Leyva continued his astonishing run on the soccer pitch Thursday, burying a goal in the back of the net for the ninth consecutive game.

His 14th goal this year — tying his own school single-season scoring record — it wasn’t quite enough, however, as the Wolves fell 2-1 to visiting Port Townsend in a match which came down to the final moments.

“It was a hard-fought game where either team could have come out on top,” said CHS coach Kyle Nelson.

The loss, coming in Coupeville’s league opener, dropped the Wolves to 3-5-1 overall.

They sit in a tie with Chimacum (0-1, 1-5), their next opponent, a game off of Klahowya (1-0, 7-1-1) and Port Townsend (1-0, 4-3-1) with five left to play.

The Wolves will have a week to plan for that match-up with the Cowboys, which arrives Thursday, Apr. 21.

Leyva, who now has 39 goals in his three-year CHS career (11 as a sophomore, 14 as a junior), has tallied a score in every Wolf contest this season, with four-goal and three-goal nights, both against Forks.

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Track’s back (in style)!!

April 15, 2016 by David Svien

Makana

   Makana Stone swept the 100, 200 and 400 at a four-team meet in Port Townsend. (John Fisken photos)

Ariah Bepler set PRs in the javelin, discus and hurdles Thursday.

Ariah Bepler set PRs Thursday in the javelin, discus and hurdles.

Makana Stone was in perfect stride Thursday afternoon.

Coming off of a two-week break, the Coupeville High School senior swept all three events she participated in at a four-team track meet in Port Townsend, putting a unique stamp on the event.

On the boys side, Dalton Martin captured titles in the discus and javelin, despite never having competed in the latter event before.

The dazzling duo’s five wins, and 34 PRs team-wide, highlighted the day for the Wolves, who went up against 2A schools Sequim and Port Angeles as well as the host RedHawks.

It was the first time Coupeville saw live action since the end of March.

With everybody healthy and raring to go, the Wolf boys showed off their new-found depth, with 16 athletes combining for 26 PRs.

Ryan Labrador (shot put, discus, javelin) and Ariah Bepler (300 hurdles, discus, javelin) were in a special groove, as each nailed three PRs apiece to lead the attack.

Complete CHS results:

GIRLS:

100 — Makana Stone (1st) 13.21; Sylvia Hurlburt (4th) 13.82; Madison Rixe (8th) 14.85; Ashlie Shank (10th) 15.01 *PR*; Mckenzie Meyer (16th) 15.66; Abby Parker (17th) 15.72 *PR*; Jovanah Foote (21st) 17.86; Julia Jones (26th) 18.36 *PR*

200 — Stone (1st) 27.10; Hurlburt (3rd) 28.53; Lauren Grove (4th) 28.70; Shank (8th) 32.01; Rixe (9th) 32.07

400 — Stone (1st) 1:00.78

1600 — Lauren Bayne (7th) 6:51.80

300 Hurdles — Meyer (2nd) 58.21; Allison Wenzel (5th) 1:00.78 *PR*

4 x100 — Parker, Rixe, Shank, Wenzel (4th) 58.31

Shot put — Skyler Lawrence (3rd) 30-04.75; Alexxis Otto (7th) 23-04.75; Emma Smith (9th) 22-06 *PR*; Naika Hallam (12th) 21-01; Estefanny Liquidano (15th) 15-06

Discus — Lawrence (2nd) 83-03; Otto (6th) 65-09; Wenzel (8th) 63-01; E. Smith (10th) 60-02; Parker (12th) 54-09; Foote (18th) 38-00; Liquidano (19th) 36-06

Javelin — Wenzel (3rd) 85-01 *PR*; Bayne (4th) 84-05 *PR*; Hallam (6th) 73-10; Lawrence (8th) 72-04; Parker (11th) 68-09; Foote (15th) 56-09 *PR*; Otto (18th) 52-01

High Jump — Bayne (4th) 4-02

Long Jump — Grove (2nd) 14-00.75

Triple Jump — Grove (2nd) 29-02.50

BOYS:

100 — Jacob Smith (3rd) 12.02, Lathom Kelley (5th) 12.15; Jared Helmstadter (9th) 12.42; Danny Conlisk (10th) 12.58 *PR*; Henry Wynn (12th) 12.72 *PR*; Jacob Martin (15th) 12.86; Mitchell Losey (20th) 13.52; Kenny Johnson (22nd) 13.65; Kyle Burnett (23rd) 13.92; Hunter Downes (24th) 14.12; Nile Lockwood (25th) 14.29 *PR*; Jakobi Baumann (26th) 15.29 *PR*

200 — J. Smith (3rd) 24.06; Helmstadter (5th) 24.96; Jordan Ford (6th) 25.13 *PR*; Martin (9th) 25.99; Losey (14th) 28.43; Johnson (16th) 29.37; Burnett (17th) 29.82

400 — Burnett (9th) 1:06.48 *PR*; Johnson (10th) 1:10.62

800 — Conlisk (2nd) 2:15.70 *PR*; Wynn (5th) 2:24.50 *PR*

1600 — Conlisk (3rd) 5:09.00; Wynn (6th) 5:18.10

3200 — Baumann (4th) 13:47.40

300 Hurdles — Ariah Bepler (3rd) 50.58 *PR*; Lockwood (6th) 57.29 *PR*

4×100 — J. Smith, J. Martin, Helmstadter, Ford (3rd) 46.81; No Names Listed (6th) 51.72

Shot Put — Dalton Martin (3rd) 41-10; Ryan Labrador (9th) 34-00 *PR*; Connor Thompson (10th) 33-06 *PR*; Chris Battaglia (11th) 31-01; Mitchell Carroll (11th) 31-01; Dominic Dausey (14th) 30-05; Grey Rische (16th) 28-05 *PR*; Luke Carlson (18th) 25-10 *PR*

Discus — D. Martin (1st) 136-10; Battaglia (6th) 93-07; Labrador (9th) 85-00 *PR*; Dausey (10th) 84-00; Bepler (13th) 66-05 *PR*

Javelin — D. Martin (1st) 129-11 *PR*; Losey (2nd) 127-06 *PR*; Rische (4th) 121-04; Dausey (5th) 118-08 *PR*; Kelley (6th) 117-07; Battaglia (7th) 108-01 *PR*; Bepler (9th) 104-02 *PR*; Carlson (13th) 83-02 *PR*; Labrador (15th) 80-05 *PR*; Lockwood (16th) 77-00

High Jump — Ryan Griggs (3rd) 5-04; Ford (5th) 5-00; Thompson (5th) 5-00

Long Jump — Kelley (2nd) 18-06.75 *PR*; J. Martin (4th) 17-05; Ford (5th) 17-03 *PR*; Carroll (6th) 16-10; Griggs (7th) 16-09; Bepler (9th) 15-01; Downes (14th) 13-06; Lockwood (15th) 13-04.50; Baumann (17th) 12-11.75 *PR*

Triple Jump — Griggs (2nd) 36-01; Carroll (3rd) 35-02.25; Thompson (5th) 34-10.50

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Step back and regroup!!

April 14, 2016 by David Svien

Lauren Rose (John Fisken photo)

   Lauren Rose was one of three Wolves to smack a double Thursday in a loss at Chimacum. (John Fisken photo)

“Well, we never got off the bus.”

The game after “The Game” proved to be a bit of a downer for the Coupeville High School softball squad and coach Kevin McGranahan.

Two days after battling Lynden Christian, the #1-ranked team in 1A, down to the final out, the Wolves struggled to find a rhythm Thursday and fell 7-4 at Chimacum.

The conference loss drops Coupeville to 6-3 overall, 1-1 in Olympic League play and puts them a half game behind Chimacum (1-0, 5-3), the defending league champs.

Klahowya (0-0, 5-4) and Port Townsend (0-1, 0-5) round out the standings.

While the Wolves played inspired ball against the high-flying Lyncs, something was missing in the first of three meetings with the Cowboys.

“The girls were not their usual selves all game,” McGranahan said.

Umpires with an inconsistent strike zone hurt Coupeville, especially in the early going.

“The girls were disciplined and not swinging at obvious balls being called strikes,” McGranahan said. “We tried to adjust but too little too late and to their credit they didn’t chase the bad pitches like we teach them.”

Lauren Rose lashed a double off the left field fence to pace the Wolf offense, while Hope Lodell and Katrina McGranahan added two-base knocks of their own.

The younger McGranahan also singled and struck out seven Chimacum batters while working in the pitcher’s circle.

Coupeville plays three of its next four at home, starting with a match-up against Klahowya Tuesday, Apr. 19, and the Wolves will look to get back to their winning ways quickly.

“We will regroup and tweak some things and have a few hard practices,” Kevin McGranahan said.

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Venom still deadly!!

April 14, 2016 by David Svien

Scout Smith

   Scout Smith (black hoodie) headed outdoors Thursday and whiffed 12 hitters in a 10-1 win. (John Fisken photo)

Scout Smith might not be the biggest player on the field, but she’s a beast nonetheless.

Gunning down hitters left and right Thursday, the Coupeville Middle School 8th grader whiffed 12 North Whidbey batters as she sparked the Central Whidbey Little League juniors softball squad to a resounding 10-1 home win in its season opener.

The game revived the Venom brand and its day-glo uniforms.

Two years ago, the CWLL juniors went undefeated through the regular season and advanced to state.

After a year with no team, a new batch of Wolves have reclaimed the mantle and got off to a highly-successful start.

With Smith, or Scoutosaurus Rex as her fan club started describing her, on fire in the pitcher’s circle, the Venom were in command all game.

Not that they were ahead all game, though, as their offense took a bit to get fully going.

Trailing 1-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth — the run came in on a throwing error — Central Whidbey had put runners on in every inning, only to strand them.

Smith singled in the first, Maya Toomey-Stout walked in the second and Chelsea Prescott singled in the third, but each time the Venom couldn’t follow up.

And then things changed in a snap.

Emma Mathusek reached on an error to lead off the fourth, took second on a passed ball and scooted home when Smith smashed a hot shot off the second baseman’s glove.

Marenna Rebischke-Smith then won the game (though no one knew it at the time) by crushing an RBI single to straightaway center to give Central Whidbey its first lead.

Not content to stop there, the Venom plated four in the fifth and four more in the sixth, effectively turning a pitcher’s duel into a rout.

Cynthia Rachal kicked things off in the fifth when she out-ran the catcher’s throw to first after a third strike skittered away, while Prescott eventually brought her home with a bullet of an RBI single up the gut.

With North Whidbey frazzled, the Venom took advantage, running on almost every pitch and tacking on runs on a heady mix of passed balls and errors.

Hannah Davidson, Smith and Toomey-Stout all added RBI singles in the late going, as the singing and chanting, once started in the Central Whidbey dugout, never stopped.

All ten Venom players in attendance had an impact.

Melia Welling drew two walks and scored a run, Willow Vick patrolled right field with panache and Mollie Bailey anchored the squad with her work behind home plate, non-stop chatter and her impeccable fashion style in post-game footwear.

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Wolves enjoy view from the top!!

April 14, 2016 by David Svien

Matt Hilborn, seen here talking to CHS coach Marc Aparicio, reached base three times

   Matt Hilborn, seen here talking to CHS coach Marc Aparicio, reached base three times Thursday as Coupeville held off Chimacum 7-6. (John Fisken photo)

Alone in first place.

That’s where the Coupeville High School baseball squad finds itself after pulling out a nail-biter on the road Thursday afternoon.

Getting key hits in the late going when they needed it most, the Wolves edged host Chimacum 7-6 to improve to 2-0 in 1A Olympic League play.

Coupeville (5-7 overall) sits a half game up on Klahowya (1-0, 9-2), while Port Townsend (0-1, 0-7) and Chimacum (0-2, 2-6) are fighting in the cellar.

The Wolves and Eagles face-off on Whidbey this coming Tuesday, Apr. 19.

Coupeville set itself up nicely for that first-place match-up by staring Chimacum down late.

Having surrendered a four-run lead, the Wolves rallied to score twice in the top of the sixth to retake control of the game.

Freshman Matt Hilborn kicked things off by reaching base on a one-out error, before promptly stealing second.

He then came around to break a 5-5 tie on Hunter Smith’s resounding RBI double.

After CJ Smith moved his lil’ bro over to third, Cole Payne stroked a seeing-eye RBI single for an insurance run that would prove hugely valuable.

Chimacum scrambled for a run in the bottom of the seventh to make things interesting, but Coupeville hurler CJ Smith coaxed a ground-out to Hilborn to cap the win.

Coupeville had looked like it would run away in the early going, plating five in the top of the first, as CJ Smith, Payne, Dane Lucero, Julian Welling and Clay Reilly all zipped across home plate.

After picking up a run of their own in the bottom of the first, the Cowboys put together a four-run rally in the fourth to get back in the game.

“They battled back and we helped them a bit throwing around,” said Coupeville coach Marc Aparicio.

After that, though, the Wolves were on lock-down, with CJ Smith going the distance with a strong, 105-pitch performance on the mound and his defense stepping up behind him.

“Hunter had a great defensive game,” Aparicio said. “Joey (Lippo) and Kory (Score) had solid defense, also.

“It was a great team effort,” he added. “Very proud of the kids for playing strong. Great start to the league games.”

Hilborn and Welling paced the Wolves with two hits apiece, with the freshman third baseman reaching base all three times he came to bat.

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