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Coupeville softball, undefeated league champs. (Claire Kalwies-Anderson photo)

The number of contests goes down, while the importance of those contests goes up.

As we head into the first full week of May, all four Coupeville High School spring sports teams are in action, with the final regular season rumbles mixing with postseason play.

Wolf softball hosts South Whidbey Friday, while the CHS netters travel to Granite Falls Monday and Friday Harbor on Friday, and that’s a wrap for non-playoff games.

Meanwhile, both track and baseball attend district-level events Saturday, with the former at home and the latter on the road at Lakewood.

Qualifying for state will be the primary focus for the Wolves, with softball and tennis making their own bids for further glory the following week.

Where win/loss records sit through May 5:

 

Northwest League baseball:

School League Overall
Orcas Island 10-2 14-5
Coupeville 9-2 10-8
MV Christian 8-3 13-6
Friday Harbor 5-6 5-11
La Conner 5-7 9-8
Darrington 1-9 1-10
Concrete 1-10 2-11

 

Northwest League girls’ tennis:

School League Overall
Friday Harbor 2-0 2-1
Coupeville 0-2 0-5

 

Northwest League softball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 9-0 13-4
Friday Harbor 7-2 7-5
Darrington 6-3 8-4
Orcas Island 3-6 4-10
La Conner 2-8 2-13
Concrete 0-8 0-12

Track stars make a run at qualifying for state next week. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Sage Arends, ready to rock. (Photos courtesy Kim Arends)

Cow Town or Taekwondo Town?

Coupeville is producing its fair share of mat champions, from the Helm sisters (and mom) to Sage Arends.

The Coupeville High School freshman, who lit up the basketball court during the winter, is a recommended black belt taking his other sport by storm.

Saturday, Arends was on the mainland, competing at the Federal Way Mayor’s Cup Taekwondo Championship, where he collected a bevy of awards.

The fab frosh earned first place in sparring, while also nailing down third place finishes in both forms and board breaking.

Preparing to display his skills.

Sharing the spotlight with other rising stars.

A photo op with mom.

Coupeville sisters Sophie (left) and Lucy Sandahl, queens of the open water. (Photo courtesy Jeannie Sandahl)

Two sisters, one stretch of water, much splashing.

Coupeville’s Lucy and Sophie Sandahl were both in the water Saturday on the Montlake Cut in Seattle during the Windermere Cup Regatta.

Lucy, a senior at Seattle Pacific University, was the coxswain for a 8+ shell which competed against Western Washington, Gonzaga, and the University of Washington.

Meanwhile, Sophie, an SPU grad, rowed with a team out of Lake Washington in the women’s master’s race.

When she’s not hefting the blade herself, Lucy’s big sis is also coaching with the Renton Rowing Club.

The Windermere Cup Regatta, first launched in 1987, is part of the Seattle Yacht Club’s “Opening Day of Boating Season” celebration.

For Lucy and the current Falcons, the focus now turns to next week’s Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships, which go down Saturday, May 18 at Lake Natoma in California.

Dominic Coffman

All the way to the top in his first season overseas.

Coupeville grad Dominic Coffman and his semi-pro football team won a title Saturday in Madrid, as Las Rozas toppled OSO Rivas 27-23 in the Spanish Bowl.

The Black Demons finished 9-1 on the campaign.

Coffman played on both sides of the ball for Las Rozas, contributing at running back and linebacker this season.

He scored 38 points and cracked 500+ yards rushing during the regular season, while also collecting 15 tackles and an interception on defense.

During his Coupeville days, Coffman, a 2023 grad, went to the state tourney in football, basketball, and track and field, joining Jonathan Valenzuela as the only Wolf boys to pull off the trifecta since at least the ’70s.

He ran a leg on a 4 x 100 relay unit which finished second in all of 2B, while earlier being named Northwest 2B/1B League MVP for his play on the gridiron.

Jayden Little picks up a walk the hard way. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re in pause mode for the moment.

The regular season is done, and now the Coupeville High School baseball squad is playoff-bound.

The postseason kicks off for the Wolves Saturday, May 11, when they travel to Lakewood High School for the District 1/2 tourney, where they’ll try and punch a return trip to state.

As they wait, a look at season to date stats through May 4.

 

HITTING:

 

At-Bats:

Peyton Caveness – 57
Landon Roberts – 52
Cole White 
– 49
Jack Porter
– 46
Camden Glover 
– 41
Coop Cooper
– 36
Aiden O’Neill
– 30
Johnny Porter
– 28
Yohannon Sandles
– 25
Seth Woollet
– 24
Chase Anderson – 20
Steven Gonzalez
– 16
Carson Grove – 11
Aidyn McDermott – 11
Matthew Gilbert 
– 5
Nathan Niewald – 2
Jack Farrell – 1
Jayden Little – 1

 

Hits:

Caveness – 23
Roberts – 12
White – 12
Glover – 11
Jo. Porter – 11
Ja. Porter – 10
Sandles – 10
Anderson – 8
Cooper – 8
Woollet – 7
Grove – 5
Gonzalez – 4
O’Neill – 4
McDermott – 2
Gilbert – 1

 

Runs:

White – 18
Caveness – 17
Roberts – 14
Ja. Porter – 12
Cooper – 10
O’Neill – 9
Anderson – 8
Glover – 8
Jo. Porter – 8
Woollet – 5
Sandles – 4
Gilbert – 2
Easton Green – 2
Grove – 1

 

2B’s:

Caveness – 8
Glover – 4
Ja. Porter – 4
Jo. Porter – 3
Cooper – 2
White – 2
Sandles – 1

 

3B’s:

Caveness – 4
Ja. Porter – 2
Jo. Porter – 2
Anderson – 1
O’Neill – 1

 

RBI:

Caveness – 16
Ja. Porter – 12
Jo. Porter – 9
Glover – 8
Gonzalez – 7
Sandles – 7
Anderson – 6
Cooper – 6
Roberts – 6
White – 5
Woollet – 5
Grove – 3
O’Neill – 3
McDermott – 1

 

Walks:

White – 15
Cooper – 12
Caveness – 11
Roberts – 10
O’Neill – 9
Gonzalez – 6
Anderson – 4
McDermott – 4
Jo. Porter – 4
Woollet – 4
Green – 2
Little – 2
Sandles – 2
Farrell – 1
Gilbert – 1
Grove – 1

 

Stolen Bases:

Roberts – 18
Caveness – 16
White – 14
Anderson – 10
O’Neill – 7
Jo. Porter – 5
Cooper – 4
Glover – 4
Ja. Porter – 4
Woollet – 3
Gonzalez – 1
Green – 1
McDermott – 1

 

Batting Average:

Grove – .455
Caveness – .404
Anderson – .400
Sandles – .400
Jo. Porter – .393
Woollet – .292
Glover – .268
Gonzalez – .250
White – .245
Roberts – .231
Cooper – .222
Ja. Porter – .217
Gilbert – .200
McDermott – .182
O’Neill – .133

 

PITCHING:

 

Games:

Woollet – 10
Glover – 9
Roberts – 8
Caveness – 7
Cooper – 4
Grove – 3
O’Neill
– 3
Ja. Porter
– 3
Gilbert
– 2
White – 2
Niewald – 1

 

Starts:

Woollet – 7
Roberts – 5
Caveness – 3
Glover – 1
O’Neill – 1
Ja. Porter – 1

 

Hits:

Woollet – 49
Roberts – 23
Caveness – 12
Glover – 11
Grove – 3
O’Neill – 3
White – 3
Cooper – 2
Gilbert – 1

 

Runs:

Roberts – 31
Woollet – 31
Caveness – 16
Glover – 15
O’Neill – 9
Grove – 6
Gilbert – 5
Cooper – 3
Ja. Porter – 3
White – 3

 

Earned Runs:

Roberts – 16
Woollet – 12
Glover – 9
O’Neill – 8
Caveness – 7
Grove – 6
Gilbert – 2
White – 2

 

Walks:

Glover – 30
Roberts – 27
Caveness – 22
Woollet – 15
O’Neill – 14
Grove – 5
Gilbert – 4
White – 4
Ja. Porter – 3
Cooper – 2

 

Strikeouts:

Woollet – 28
Roberts – 25
Glover – 23
Caveness – 21
Ja. Porter – 7
Grove – 6
Cooper – 4
Gilbert – 3
O’Neill – 1
White – 1

 

Innings Pitched:

Woollet – 47.0
Roberts – 19.1
Caveness – 17.0
Glover – 14.0
Grove – 3.1
Cooper – 3.0
O’Neill – 3.0
Ja. Porter – 3.0
Gilbert – 1.0
White – 0.1

 

Batters Faced:

Woollet – 219
Roberts – 116
Glover – 86
Caveness – 85
O’Neill – 26
Grove – 18
Cooper – 15
Ja. Porter – 13
Gilbert – 10
White – 9

Peyton Caveness deals.