Coupeville Sports

Big aces, big photos!!

March 29, 2016 by David Svien

Kenzi LaRue is so excited to smash this winner, she starts to jump with joy midway through her swing. (John Fisken photos)

Sunglasses in place, Bree Dagineault ignores the glowing orb in the sky and focuses on the fuzzy tennis ball bouncing her way.

With a mere flick of her wrist, Sage Renninger deposits another winner in the bank.

Rabid tennis fans (l to r) Donna, Mollie and McKayla Bailey take a moment away from watching their favorite player (McKenzie Bailey) to snap a family photo.

Payton Aparicio unleashes Hell. Or a really nice serve. One of the two…

Silhouetted against a chain-link background, Kameryn St Onge displays laser-like focus as she and doubles partner Maggie Crimmins roll to a win.

The weather was nice and the tennis even nicer.

Taking advantage of a truly sunny, dare I say warm, spring afternoon Monday, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team rolled to a big win under the ever-clicking eye of the wanderin’ cameraman.

The pics above are courtesy John Fisken.

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Wolf frosh burns up the track!!

March 29, 2016 by David Svien

Wolf freshman Danny Conlisk flies around the track in a meet earlier this season. (John Fisken photo)

Danny Conlisk is in a hurry to get places.

The Coupeville High School freshman, who tore up the track oval as a middle school runner — going a perfect 7-0 in the 1600 — is right back at it one step higher up the competition ladder.

Three meets in, Conlisk has run in the 200, 400, 1500 and 1600 for the Wolves, and would like to try the 800 soon.

While he’s done well in sprints, the lure of the marquee event is hard to ignore.

“The mile is my favorite event, because I enjoy long distance,” Conlisk said.

He picked up the track bug last year and joined the CMS team “because I simply enjoy running.”

Now that he’s on his way to being a grizzled veteran, Conlisk has discovered he enjoys almost everything about the sport.

“The team, friends, running, competing and beating my PRs” are just a few of the things the freshman phenom would put in the plus column.

While he feels strong both in distance and sprint races, Conlisk would like to “work on my form, to improve even more.”

“My goal is to get my mile run under five minutes,” he said.

“Last meet I ran the 400 for the first time, winning my heat and coming in fifth behind four seniors overall,” Conlisk added. “It would be really cool to win the 400 overall in a meet.”

A big fan of comedy movies (“I like to laugh”) and his PE class, he uses his computer to stay in touch with people from all stages of his life.

“I enjoy playing video games,” Conlisk said. “Since I have lived a military kids life, it lets me keep up with my friends far away.”

His biggest fans, however, are closely following his athletic exploits.

“My mom and dad have made the biggest impact on my life, since I have spent most of my time with them,” Conlisk said. “They make sure I do what I need to do.

“They are pretty awesome and support me big in track.”

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Rollin’ on the road!!

March 28, 2016 by David Svien

Nick Etzell teamed with Ty Eck to toss a five-inning no-hitter Monday, propelling Coupeville High School JV baseball to a 12-1 win. (John Fisken photo)

Cameron Toomey-Stout, seen here in an earlier varsity game, crunched one of Coupeville’s four extra-base hits.

Just give them a chance.

Finally able to take the field for the first time this season Monday, the Coupeville High School JV baseball squad came out on fire.

Raining down nine hits, including four extra-base knocks, the Wolves romped to a 12-1 win in Concrete.

And it wasn’t just the bats that were hot, as freshman Ty Eck and sophomore Nick Etzell combined to toss a five-inning no-hitter, while the glove work behind them was nearly impeccable.

The Wolves were locked in on arrival, raining down runs early and often.

Matt Hilborn, Cameron Toomey-Stout, Kory Score and Etzell all whacked extra-base hits as Coupeville scored nine in the first three innings, then coasted home for the victory.

“A good start,” said Coupeville coach Chris Smith. “The bats were electric and we had error-free defense behind the pitchers.”

Eck got the start on the mound and struck out five of the nine hitters he faced in three perfect innings of work.

Etzell retired six of the seven Lions he saw — losing one on a walk — and notched another strike-out.

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Quick and classy!!

March 28, 2016 by David Svien

Maggie Crimmins teamed with Kameryn St Onge to pull out a doubles win Monday. (John Fisken)

Everything went to plan.

Playing on its home courts Monday, the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad enjoyed sunny skies, warm weather, no breeze and a chance to paddle an opponent.

Facing a Friday Harbor team that was very young and very much in the development stage, the Wolves romped to a 6-1 win, their first official victory of the season.

Coupeville now sits at 1-1, with two matches (a 3-1 lead over Granite Falls and a 3-3 tie with Klahowya) still waiting to be finished later in the season.

The Wolves hit the road Wednesday to face Island arch-rival South Whidbey in Langley, then sit until Apr. 12.

Facing off with a green Wolverine squad (more than half its players are newcomers and the coach is in his first season), Coupeville put them down quickly.

Only two varsity matches resembled anything close to a battle.

Playing pro sets instead of the normal best two-of-three sets format to allow Friday Harbor time to ankle to the ferry, Coupeville dropped two or fewer games in five of seven contests.

Best moments:

Valen Trujillo dropping a series of lobs over her opponents head, artfully using her shot-making skills to baffle her foe.

Bree Daigneault rolling her eyes way into the back of her head and moaning “Moooooooooooommmmm, you’re making me nervous,” and then immediately proving she wasn’t really all that nervous by whipping a winner down the line.

The entire CHS squad proving once again it is the kindest, politest, most considerate tennis squad I have ever witnessed, stopping to compliment their opponents on almost every shot, even when the Wolves were rolling.

When I played at Tumwater High School back in the day, we took great delight in hitting our own teammates during practice and once set off a near-riot while in Aberdeen.

Monday, almost to a girl, the Wolves went out of their way to personally thank the Friday Harbor girls for making the trip to Whidbey.

Kids today, so much classier than we ever were…

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Valen Trujillo beat Morgan Timmons 8-0

2nd singles — Sydney Autio beat Alli Benz 8-1

3rd singles — Bree Dagineault beat Madeline King 8-2

1st doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Jillian Urbach/Lucy Urbach 8-0

2nd doubles — Jazmine Franklin/McKenzie Bailey beat Midi Thomas/Mariah Dannibar 8-2

3rd doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Katy Kalseth/Joely Loucks 8-6

4th doubles — Julia Borges/Julianne Sem lost to Morgan Timmons/Isabelle Brown 8-3

JV:

5th doubles — Kenzi LaRue/Jazmine Franklin lost to Yasmin Sara/Calina DePue 6-4

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Student Journalist: Clearly superior!!

March 28, 2016 by David Svien

Luci Coleburn performs with the band during a high school basketball game. (John Fisken photo)

Luci Coleburn is an eighth grader at Coupeville Middle School who just finished a successful season of playing girls’ basketball for the Wolves.

She’s also a dedicated member of the school’s band and would like to toot her horn to honor their recent accomplishments.

I am writing to let everyone know the high school band got superior, AKA the best rating in a festival you can get.

However, as you might realize, I am not a part of the high school band (yet).

However, I’m here to congratulate everyone on our win!

From getting a minor concussion (looking at you, Brian Roberts) to just being generally crazy (basically the entire band), we still managed to play our hearts out like we always do.

Our performances had its ups and downs, and not just in dynamics. We still did a great job and I’m proud of us.

We weren’t as fancy as the school with kilts, and we were definitely the youngest band by the looks of it (not to mention having me, the lone eighth grader).

Sure, putting this message on a sports blog is kinda extreme, but we are also the pep band, and we did almost die of hypothermia during football season.

Plus, you can get just as winded playing a couple tied whole notes as you can getting tackled to the ground in football.

So, a special thanks to all the band members and Mr. Jenkins, for letting me be the awkward 18th wheel while we played.

Love you guys and I can’t wait until I’m actually in the band!

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