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Our oval, our wins

April 17, 2024 by David Svien

Wolves (l to r) Emma Garcia, Erica McGrath, and Reese Wilkinson were among those honored on Senior Night. (Photo courtesy Aaron Wiley)

The juniors had a bang-up day on Senior Night.

The Class of 2025 accounted for seven wins Wednesday, as the Wolf track and field stars defended their home turf at the Coupeville Classic Invite.

Overall, CHS won 13 events, including sweeping both boys relay races.

The combination of individual success and strong depth carried the Wolves to convincing team title wins, as well.

The CHS girls racked up 184 points, while their male counterparts amassed 166.5, putting both squads well ahead of runner-up East Jefferson in both battles.

Lynden, Clallam Bay, Crescent, and Friday Harbor rounded out the field Wednesday, with the Wolves piling up 63 PRs.

“The number of high fives we were giving today, they racked up some PRs,” said Wolf coach Bob Martin. “They were kicking ass today!”

Juniors Lyla Stuurmans (400, 800, Long Jump) and Katie Marti (Shot Put, Javelin) led the way as multiple event winners, while senior Nick Guay captured the high jump title and ran a leg on both triumphant relay units.

Other Wolf individual winners included Reese Wilkinson (Discus), Carly Burt (Pole Vault), Mikey Robinett (100 Hurdles), Carson Field (800), and Zac Tackett (Discus).

Zac Tackett reps the red and black. (Emma Garcia photo)

“It was an AMAZING DAY!” said CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting.

“So proud of all our athletes! Those wins and PRs were BEAUTIFUL!!! ALL so very well deserved!!”

The sun was out, seniors were honored, quality chili was eaten, top times were recorded, and, in a significant side moment, local bus drivers helped keep things hopping.

East Jefferson, which is a unified program that Port Townsend and Chimacum created after Coupeville left the Olympic League, had ferry reservation issues which left their bus on the mainland.

Their athletes could have been stranded at the Coupeville dock — miles from town — but Island Transit agreed to swoop in and pick them up and transport them to the CHS oval in time for the meet.

“Island Transit went above and beyond!” Bitting said.

As did Wolf moms, especially Courtney Pilgrim.

“She steps up, when everyone else steps back,” Martin said.

“She and the parents provide quite the spread for our coaches and volunteers. Five hours of go, they need to be refueled.”

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Issabel Johnson (4th) 14.23 *PR*; Katie Marti (8th) 15.38 *PR*

200 — Jasmine Castellanos (8th) 31.65; Ivy Rudat (14th) 32.83 *PR*

400 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 1:04.72; I. Rudat (7th) 1:16.05; Reagan Callahan (10th) 1:20.51; Ayden Wyman (12th) 1:26.58; Frankie Tenore (13th) 1:30.82

800 — Stuurmans (1st) 2:42.73; Aleera Kent (4th) 2:56.48; Callahan (7th) 3:35.66

1600 — Kent (2nd) 6:22.92; Lydia Price (7th) 7:20.81; Aleksia Jump (8th) 7:37.41

3200 — Price (2nd) 15:19.14; Jump (4th) 16:27.84

100 Hurdles — Lexis Drake (3rd) 22.23 *PR*; Myra McDonald (4th) 22.83; Tenore (5th) 23.73

300 Hurdles — Drake (2nd) 1:04.07; McDonald (3rd) 1:06.05

4 x 100 Relay — Jump, Carly Burt, Johnson, Castellanos (3rd) 58.02

4 x 200 Relay — Stuurmans, Burt, Johnson, Castellanos (2nd) 1:59.70

4 x 400 Relay — Kent, McDonald, Drake, I. Rudat (3rd) 5:17.25

Shot Put — Katie Marti (1st) 33-05 *PR*; Reese Wilkinson (2nd) 30-02; Erica McGrath (6th) 24-05.50 *PR*; Alysia Burdge (11th) 20-05.50

Discus — Wilkinson (1st) 105-02 *PR*; Marti (3rd) 86-11 *PR*; McGrath (4th) 86-04.50 *PR*; Emma Garcia (10th) 53-11; Burdge (15th) 49-03; Callahan (16th) 48-09 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (1st) 99-06; Burdge (7th) 64-03; McGrath (11th) 53-06; Garcia (15th) 44-01 *PR*; Wilkinson (16th) 39-01

High Jump — Wyman (4th) 4-04; Tenore (6th) 4-02 *PR*; Drake (7th) 4-00

Pole Vault — Burt (1st) 6-09; Jump (2nd) 6-06; Johnson (3rd) 5-06; I. Rudat (5th) 5-06 *PR*

Long Jump — Stuurmans (1st) 15-08 *PR*

“Come into my house and try to beat my team? As if!!” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

 

BOYS:

100 — Marquette Cunningham (2nd) 12.31; Nehemiah Myles (8th) 12.57; Davin Houston (10th) 12.68; Dayvon Donavon (12th) 12.88; Alex Merino-Martinez (17th) 13.18; Matthew Kuzma (21st) 13.38 *PR*; Ethan Walling (24th) 13.65; Timothy Nitta (27th) 13.88

200 — Nick Guay (2nd) 25.06; Cunningham (6th) 25.92; Blake Burrows (10th) 26.33 *PR*; Matthew Ward (12th) 26.82 *PR*; Ezekiel Allen (13th) 26.83 *PR*; Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (15th) 27.24; Kuzma (17th) 27.45 *PR*; Hank Milnes (18th) 27.63; Walling (21st) 28.33 *PR*; Nitta (25th) 29.18

400 — Preston Epp (2nd) 55.07; Burrows (6th) 58.01 *PR*; Cael Wilson (9th) 1:00.06 *PR*; Dane Hadsall (11th) 1:00.44; Simpson-Pilgrim (12th) 1:00.45 *PR*; Milnes (14th) 1:01.48; Kuzma (16th) 1:02.39 *PR*; Solomon Rudat (19th) 1:05.41

800 — Carson Field (1st) 2:14.31 *PR*; Thomas Strelow (8th) 2:23.76 *PR*; S. Rudat (11th) 2:42.55; Preston Howard (12th) 2:51.49

1600 — Field (2nd) 4:50.76 *PR*; Malachi Somes (5th) 5:00.48 *PR*; Kenneth Jacobsen (9th) 5:15.71 *PR*; Strelow (11th) 5:19.11 *PR*; Allen (13th) 5:25.77 *PR*; George Spear (15th) 5:29.58; Howard (24th) 6:19.78; Sam Richards (25th) 6:56.92; Damiano Giacobbe (26th) 6:59.61 *PR*

3200 — Field (4th) 11:33.17; Spear (7th) 11:59.25; Nicholas Wasik (9th) 13:08.44; Richards (10th) 15:13.22 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Mikey Robinett (1st) 23.15 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Robinett (2nd) 52.32; Axel Marshall (4th) 55.31 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Houston, Epp, Guay (1st) 47.41

4 x 400 Relay — Epp, Jacobsen, Wilson, Guay (1st) 3:49.91

Shot Put — Zac Tackett (2nd) 36-08.75; Robinett (3rd) 35-09.50 *PR*; Zachary Saho (10th) 31-05 *PR*; Marcelo Gebhard (11th) 31-01.25 *PR*; Mason Butler (16th) 27-02.50 *PR*; Jacobsen (17th) 26-11 *PR*; Jacob Schooley (19th) 25-06 *PR*; Nick Shelly (27th) 19-06; Giacobbe (28th) 19-05 *PR*; Zach Blitch (30th) 17-08 *PR*

Discus — Tackett (1st) 120-06; Butler (4th) 96-09 *PR*; Schooley (6th) 88-08 *PR*; Shelly (8th) 79-06 *PR*; Wasik (13th) 68-09; Saho (14th) 65-06 *PR*; Peerapong Prombut (19th) 60-00 *PR*; Blitch (25th) 52-04

Javelin — Gebhard (4th) 109-05 *PR*; Somes (5th) 108-09; Robinett (7th) 107-11 *PR*; Ward (14th) 78-11; Butler (15th) 78-02; Hadsall (18th) 75-08; Shelly (19th) 74-01; Schooley (25th) 63-08; Wasik (26th) 63-05 *PR*; Giacobbe (28th) 58-03 *PR*; Nitta (29th) 55-11; Prombut (30rd) 54-05 *PR*

High Jump — Guay (1st) 5-10; Wilson (3rd) 5-04; Simpson-Pilgrim (5th) 5-02 *PR*; Houston (7th) 5-00; Marshall (8th) 5-00

Pole Vault — Wilson (3rd) 9-00; Marshall (4th) 8-06; S. Rudat (5th) 6-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Myles (2nd) 19-03; Somes (8th) 17-03.50 *PR*; Marshall (9th) 16-09.75 *PR*; S. Rudat (12th) 16-00 *PR*; Field (13th) 15-08; Walling (14th) 15-06 *PR*; Hadsall (15th) 15-04.50 *PR*; Howard (19th) 13-08; Richards (23rd) 11-07 *PR*

Triple Jump — Cunningham (6th) 35-02.25; Milnes (7th) 35-0.50; Ward (10th) 32-09.50 *PR*; Simpson-Pilgrim (13th) 29-06.50 *PR*

Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim hits warp speed. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

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Superintendent contract up for vote

April 17, 2024 by David Svien

Shannon Leatherwood

The Coupeville School Board will vote Thursday to approve a three-year contract for its newly appointed superintendent, Shannon Leatherwood.

The deal, which runs from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027, will pay $194,704 for the 2024-2025 school year.

There is an option in the contract to increase the salary in coming years, if the board and superintendent agree.

Leatherwood’s salary is a slight decrease from what outgoing Superintendent Steve King made this year, when he was slated to receive $198,522.

The new superintendent, who is currently Principal at Spanaway Middle School, was selected from a field of four finalists.

 

Leatherwood’s contract can be read in full by popping over to:

Click to access Leatherwood%20Contract%204.18.24.pdf

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Gebhard, canine companion shine brightly

April 17, 2024 by David Svien

Gabriella Gebhard, ruling the dog show world.

Gabriella Gebhard is gearing up for the big dance.

The Coupeville High School junior will be at the Westminster Dog Show May 13-14, her second appearance at the pinnacle of the dog showing world.

As she preps for the premier event, Gebhard has continued to pile up victories in the world of juniors.

In fact, she’s just one win shy of netting her 10th win and qualifying for the senior master’s class.

Also, Gebhard achieved a new distinction recently, guiding her first “bred by” dog to multiple awards.

Everest, or Set’r Ridge’s Climbing to the Top, as is his official AKC name, was whelped 2.5 years ago.

Gebhard, who helped bring her canine companion into the world, also grooms, trains, and shows him, and the duo competed last weekend in Cashmere.

While there, they brought home Best Junior Handler and multiple Best of Breed honors.

“Can’t wait to see what my “not so baby boy anymore” and me can accomplish next,” Gebhard said. “So proud of my blue boy.”

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Our bats are big, our runs are many

April 16, 2024 by David Svien

Jada Heaton (left) and Taylor Brotemarkle combined for five hits Tuesday afternoon as Coupeville obliterated Friday Harbor. (Jennifer Heaton photo)

Redemption is theirs.

A year after losing twice by a single run to Friday Harbor and watching its stranglehold on the Northwest 2B/1B League slip away, the Coupeville High School varsity softball squad is back.

In a big way.

A Wolf team which starts three 8th graders, and two freshmen, drilled its biggest rivals for the second time this season, rolling to a 13-1 road win Tuesday.

Coupeville, which has outscored Friday Harbor 26-1 this season, now sits at 5-0 in league play, 8-2 overall.

And while they haven’t clinched any league titles — two tilts in a six-day span against Darrington in late April still loom large — the Wolves are in control of their own destiny.

Coming off a non-conference loss to Forks, which finished second at the 2B state tourney in 2023, Coupeville showed an ability to quickly move on and focus on the task at hand.

And that task was beating the crud out of the softball, as the Wolves erupted for five hits in the top of the first — including a double and two triples — and never slowed down.

Haylee Armstrong opened things by rocketing a shot over the head of the shortstop for a single, before swiftly coming around to score when Mia Farris crunched a triple seconds later.

Another single past the shortstop — this one from Taylor Brotemarkle — made it 2-0, before Teagan Calkins launched an RBI double, and the suddenly nuclear-hot Jada Heaton lashed an RBI triple to deep right field.

CHS pitcher Adeline Maynes was in no mood to allow Friday Harbor to get back in the game, firing BB’s as she picked up two of her eight strikeouts in the first inning.

Backing their 8th grade ace, the Wolf hitters kept the numbers flipping on the scoreboard, tacking on two more runs in the second, another three in the third, and a final four in the fourth.

After starting her day off with a quiet walk, junior third baseman Madison McMillan started flexing like a WWE wrestler, twice clearing the bases with a three-run base knock.

The Wolf cleanup hitter finished with a season-high six RBI, scaring the locals, who ran for cover and refused to come back out as long as The Mad Masher was in the immediate vicinity of a bat.

Madison McMillan hits the softball so hard she leaves a dent in it. True story. (Jackie Saia photo)

While McMillan was writing tales to be told when Friday Harbor parents need to scare their young children in coming years, everyone in the Coupeville lineup contributed.

Heaton lashed a single, double, and triple, while Armstrong cracked three singles to lead the hit parade.

Brotemarkle, Calkins, and McMillan each had two hits, Farris launched her triple, and Ava Lucero and Capri Anter combined to eke out three walks.

The lone Wolf not to get aboard on this day was Sydney Van Dyke, but she made her presence felt on defense, where she played with precision at second base.

Coupeville will take a brief pause from league games the rest of the week but has a pair of non-conference road rumbles ahead on the schedule.

The Wolves travel to Blaine Friday and Granite Falls Saturday for contests against teams from bigger schools, offering a major challenge.

Wolf sluggers (l to r) Bailey Thule, Haylee Armstrong, and Teagan Calkins bask in the afterglow of another win. (Michelle Armstrong photo)

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Diamond dudes nail big road win

April 16, 2024 by David Svien

Camden Glover socked two doubles Tuesday, sparking Coupeville to a win on Friday Harbor. (Ryan Blouin photo)

Hit ’em hard, hit ’em fast, hit ’em more than once.

Jumping out to a big lead early Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad scorched host Friday Harbor 9-3 to capture an important win.

All victories matter, but earning a season split with one of their chief rivals pushes the Wolves into the lead in the chase for playoff seeding.

Coupeville returns to Whidbey with a 4-2 record in Northwest 2B/1B League play and are currently the top 2B school in the conference, a half game up on Friday Harbor (4-3) and well ahead of La Conner (1-4).

The Wolves, who are 5-8 overall, head to Mount Vernon Christian Friday, where they’ll go for a season sweep of the Hurricanes.

Tuesday’s tilt on Friday Harbor was all Wolves, all day, as they avenged an earlier season loss to the Wolverines.

Two runs in the top of the first, with Peyton Caveness and Cole White walking, before Steven Gonzalez drilled a run-scoring groundout and Jack Porter whacked an RBI double, set the stage.

With Wolf senior Seth Woollet putting up goose eggs on the scoreboard, CHS tacked on three more runs in the second, and another three in the third to stretch the lead out to 8-0.

The big hits in the second inning came courtesy 8th grader Carson Grove, who looped a two-run single to right, and sophomore Chase Anderson, who smoked an RBI single to left.

It was the season debut for Anderson, who has been dealing with an injury, and he promptly delivered in the DH role.

Turn to the third and the base knocks continued to fly to all fields, with Camden Glover and Caveness socking back-to-back RBI doubles to left.

White sent another runner screaming for home on a hot grounder to shortstop, and Coupeville was flying high.

Seth Woollet was in control against Friday Harbor. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Woollet, who gave up a double to the first batter he faced, then retired nine straight.

He allowed just four baserunners across six innings of work, striking out two and keeping the Wolverines off balance all day.

Friday Harbor finally pushed a runner across in the fifth, though Coupeville matched it with a final tally of its own in the top of the seventh.

Landon Roberts bounced a single through the defense, then came around to score on a two-out double off the bat of Glover.

With Woollet leaving the mound before the seventh, Coop Cooper and Glover tag-teamed the final three outs, with Glover ending the game emphatically with a strikeout.

Coupeville dominated the stat sheet, outhitting Friday Harbor 9-5, and picking up seven walks to go with its base knocks.

Glover and Aiden O’Neill paced the offense with two hits apiece, while Grove, Caveness, Roberts, Porter, and Anderson each had one.

White walked three times, with Caveness and Cooper getting aboard twice thanks to free passes.

In fitting fashion, four of those seven walks came when Wolf hitters got plunked by wayward pitches.

Making a run at playoff contention. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

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