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Gunnin’ for the top spot!!

April 1, 2016 by David Svien

Lathom

   Lathom Kelley has the fastest time in 1A in the 300 hurdles this season. (John Fisken photos)

relay

   The speedy Wolf girls relay team of (l to r) Sylvia Hurlburt, Lindsey Roberts, Lauren Grove and Makana Stone, nab some rest between events.

Dalton

   Dalton Martin shattered the school discus record Thursday and sits at #1 among 1A throwers.

If the season ended right this very moment, Coupeville High School would have three state track and field champions.

Discus hurler Dalton Martin, hurdler Lathom Kelley and the 4 x 200 relay team of Lauren Grove, Lindsey Roberts, Makana Stone and Sylvia Hurlburt all currently hold the top mark by 1A athletes in their event.

Overall, the Wolves have six individuals and three relay units in the top 10 in their division, with Martin and distance runners Danny Conlisk and Abby Parker being Top 10 for all classifications (4A-1B).

The stats:

Girls:

1500 — Abby Parker (2nd in 1A, 7th overall) 6:15.98

4 x 100 — Lauren Grove, Lindsey Roberts, Makana Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt (2nd in 1A) 51.37

4 x 200 — Hurlburt, Grove, Roberts, Stone (1st in 1A) 1:48.40

Boys:

1500 — Danny Conlisk (2nd in 1A, 9th overall) 4:56.75

3000 — Jakobi Baumann (2nd in 1A) 12:37.59

300 hurdles — Lathom Kelley (1st in 1A) 41.48

4 x 100 — Jacob Smith, Gabe Eck, Jacob Martin, Jordan Ford (9th in 1A) 46.09

Shot Put — Dalton Martin (9th in 1A) 44-4

Discus — D. Martin (1st in 1A, 7th overall) 158-05

To compare Coupeville’s top guns against other athletes, pop over to:

http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Division/Top.aspx?DivID=73261

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Mollie Bailey’s dad wore short shorts!!

April 1, 2016 by David Svien

Mollie Bailey has seen the past and she is delighted. (John Fisken photo)

   CMS hoops star Mollie Bailey has seen the past (which includes dad Rusty sportin’ short shorts) and she is delighted. (John Fisken photo)

Coupeville High School's '84 boys' basketball squad. (Photo courtesy Moose Moran)

  Coupeville High School’s ’85 boys’ basketball squad. (Photo courtesy Moose Moran)

The shorts were shorter and the mustaches were longer.

It was 1985 and we’re jumping back in time to gaze in wonder upon a photo of the CHS boys’ basketball squad from then.

It’s a little dose of Friday Flashback for everyone to marinate their eyeballs in, courtesy Moose Moran, who was nice enough to pluck the pic out of the ether for us.

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Lessons learned!!

April 1, 2016 by David Svien

Julia Borges (John Fisken photo)

   Foreign exchange phenom Julia Borges teamed with Julianne Sem to put up a strong fight at 4th doubles Wednesday. (John Fisken photo)

You have to beat the best to be the best.

Of course that’s easier said than done sometimes when your opponent is a juggernaut with a decades-long history of excellence.

Facing off with perennial state power South Whidbey Wednesday, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad fought hard but couldn’t match the Falcons firepower, falling 7-0 in a non-conference match.

The loss dropped the Wolves to 1-2 heading into a two-week break.

Coupeville is taking advantage of spring break and doesn’t return to action until Apr. 14, when it returns to Langley for a rematch with the Falcons.

Facing South Whidbey on a gorgeous, summer-like day, Coupeville almost pulled off an upset at first singles, where Valen Trujillo stormed back to take the second set and stretch her match to its limit.

Complete results:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo lost 6-1, 4-6, 6-3

2nd singles — Sydney Autio lost 6-3, 6-4

3rd singles — Bree Daigneault lost 6-3, 7-5

1st doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger lost 6-3, 6-1

2nd doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Jazmine Franklin lost 6-0, 6-2

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge lost 6-2, 6-2

4th doubles — Julia Borges/Julianne Sem lost 6-0, 6-0

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Kings of the track!!

March 31, 2016 by David Svien

Jacob Smith, seen here during an earlier meet, won three times Thursday in Langley. (John Fisken photo)

   Jacob Smith, seen here during an earlier meet, won three times Thursday in Langley. (John Fisken photo)

It was an unexpected beat-down.

Sparked by two school records, seven wins and 29 PRs, the Coupeville High School boys’ track and field squad stunned three of its former Cascade Conference rivals Thursday afternoon in Langley.

On the day Wolf seniors Dalton Martin (discus) and Jordan Ford (pole vault) put their names up on the big board in the gym, CHS won its first team meet title in a very long time.

Individual excellence has not been an issue in recent years, but team depth has for Coupeville.

Not so Thursday, as the Wolves rang up 84 points to South Whidbey’s 63.

Sultan (57) and Granite Falls (50) rounded out the team battle on the boys side.

The Wolf girls swept both relay events, but fell prey to the depth issue and finished fourth with 34 points, trailing Granite Falls (82), South Whidbey (82) and Sultan (75).

While Makana Stone and her teammates on the relay squads (Sylvia Hurlburt, Lauren Grove and Lindsey Roberts) tend to get a lot of buzz, and quite fairly with all their accomplishments, Thursday belonged to the boys.

Martin, making his first appearance of the season, shattered the CHS discus mark by eight feet, while Ford broke the pole vault record by three inches.

It was just his second try at the event since moving to Coupeville, and he went 15 inches higher in a week’s time.

Sophomore Jacob Smith was a three-time winner, zipping to titles in the 100 and 200 before joining Ford, Jacob Martin and Gabe Eck to win the 4 x 100.

Dalton Martin won both the shot put and discus, while Lathom Kelley ran the fastest time in 1A this year in the 300 hurdles and Ryan Griggs triumphed in the high jump.

“A great meet for the Wolves!,” said an understandably giddy Coupeville track coach Randy King.

Complete CHS results:

GIRLS:

100 — Madison Rixe (9th) 14.63 *PR*; Mckenzie Meyer (12th) 15.12 *PR*; Ashlie Shank (13th) 15.13 *PR*; Julia Jones (19th) 18.49 *PR*

200 — Lauren Grove (4th) 28.07 *PR*; Lindsey Roberts (6th) 28.95; Rixe (7th) 30.22 *PR*; Shank (10th) 31.27 *PR*

800 — Makana Stone (2nd) 2:27.42 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Roberts (4th) 18.02

300 Hurdles — Meyer (4th) 56.92 *PR*; Lauren Bayne (5th) 1:00.67

4 x100 — Grove, Sylvia Hurlburt, Roberts, Stone (1st) 51.37; Jovanah Foote, Meyer, Abby Parker, Shank (4th) 1:01.05

4 x 200 — Grove, Hurlburt, Roberts, Stone (1st) 1:49.32

Shot put — Skyler Lawrence (4th) 29-09.75; Alexxis Otto (7th) 25-00; Naika Hallam (9th) 20-05.75; Emma Smith (11th) 20-00; Estefanny Liquidano (13th) 15-07.50

Discus — Lawrence (3rd) 84-03; Otto (7th) 73-10; Parker (10th) 64-03; E. Smith (11th) 63-04 *PR*; Allison Wenzel (12th) 63-00; Liquidano (15th) 43-00 *PR*; Foote (16th) 42-03

Javelin — Bayne (5th) 80-11 *PR*; Parker (7th) 74-01 *PR*; Lawrence (8th) 74-00; Hallam (9th) 72-08; Wenzel (10th) 70-02; Otto (15th) 59-04 *PR*; Foote (17th) 46-04

High Jump — Bayne (4th) 4-04

Triple Jump — Grove (3rd) 29-09 *PR*

BOYS:

100 — Jacob Smith (1st) 11.90, Lathom Kelley (2nd) 11.99; Jordan Ford (6th) 12.29 *PR*; Jared Helmstadter (7th) 12.31; Gabe Eck (11th) 12.54; Kyle Burnett (15th) 13.54; Hunter Downes (17th) 14.15

200 — J. Smith (1st) 24.03 *PR*; Danny Conlisk (5th) 25.83; Henry Wynn (7th) 26.25 *PR*; Burnett (9th) 29.24

400 — Helmstadter (2nd) 55.88; Conlisk (3rd) 56.57 *PR*; Wynn (5th) 59.35 *PR*; Nile Lockwood (6th) 1:06.07 *PR*

1600 — Conlisk (3rd) 5:03.82 *PR*; Wynn (6th) 5:10.27 *PR*; Jakobi Baumann (14th) 6:31.51

3200 — Baumann (4th) 14:16.37

300 Hurdles — Kelley (1st) 41.48 *PR*

4×100 — J. Smith, Eck, Jacob Martin, Ford (1st) 46.09; Downes, Grey Rische, Burnett, Connor Thompson (4th) 51.90

Shot Put — Dalton Martin (1st) 44-04 *PR*; Chris Battaglia (7th) 32-02 *PR*; Thompson (8th) 31-10.50; Mitchell Carroll (9th) 31-06 *PR*; Rische (14th) 28-02.25 *PR*; Keahi Sorrows (15th) 28-02; Luke Carlson (17th) 24-02 *PR*

Discus — D. Martin (1st) 158-05 *PR*; Battaglia (5th) 104-09 *PR*; Sorrows (13th) 72-10

Javelin — Rische (5th) 121-05; Ariah Bepler (13th) 92-11 *PR*; Lockwood (16th) 71-09; Carlson (17th) 71-00 *PR*; Sorrows (19th) 64-00 *PR*

Pole Vault — Ford (2nd) 11-09 *PR*

High Jump — Ryan Griggs (1st) 5-06; Battaglia (2nd) 5-04 *PR*; Ford (3rd) 5-02

Long Jump — Carroll (4th) 17-10.50 *PR*; Eck (4th) 17-10.50 *PR*; Battaglia (6th) 17-04.50 *PR*; Bepler (7th) 15-07.50 *PR*; Downes (8th) 14-11 *PR*; Lockwood (11th) 14-08.50 *PR*; Baumann (13th) 10-10 *PR*

Triple Jump — Carroll (2nd) 37-04.50 *PR*; Griggs (3rd) 35-10; Thompson (5th) 35-02

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Top of the league!!

March 31, 2016 by David Svien

With a 9-0 win over Port Townsend Thursday, Joey Lippo and Coupeville are in first place in the 1A Olympic League. (John Fisken photo)

   With a 9-0 win over Port Townsend Thursday, Joey Lippo and Coupeville are in first place in the 1A Olympic League. (John Fisken photo)

This is how you break a losing streak.

Hot bats. A torrid pitching performance. Contributions from the top of the lineup to the bottom.

Riding a 13-strikeout complete-game performance from senior hurler CJ Smith, the Coupeville High School baseball squad rediscovered its winning ways Thursday afternoon.

Playing under a blazing sun on the prairie, the Wolves routed visiting Port Townsend 9-0 to snap a four-game skid and claim, at least for the moment, sole possession of first place in the 1A Olympic League.

Coupeville is 3-5 overall, 1-0 in league play and will have three non-league games (all on the road) before they face off with another league foe.

That won’t be until Apr. 14, when the Wolves travel to Chimacum.

Up first are con-conference games at South Whidbey, La Conner and Blaine, with the all-Island showdown coming Saturday in Langley.

JV kicks off a doubleheader at 10, with varsity set for noon.

Facing off with the RedHawks Thursday, Coupeville came out guns blazing.

CJ Smith retired the side in order in four of seven innings, scattering just a pair of hits while getting almost two-thirds of his outs via the punch-out.

The Wolves broke the game open in the bottom of the third, sending their first four hitters in the inning (Matt Hilborn, Hunter Smith, CJ Smith and Cole Payne) across the plate.

The first two scored on Port Townsend errors, while the latter two were knocked in by a blow from first baseman Kory Score.

CHS added three in the fifth and another two in the sixth — Hilborn, Cameron Toomey-Stout and Nick Etzell all chipped in with RBIs — getting something from everyone in a shuffled lineup.

“Everybody had great at-bats,” said Coupeville coach Marc Aparicio. “We switched it up and slid some guys in off the bench and were able to get some different looks.

“Port Townsend is a very solid team, but we really got a lot out of the bottom of our lineup today.”

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