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Sandahl flies high with Falcon crew

April 28, 2024 by David Svien

Lucy Sandahl (left), mom Jeannie, and big sis Sophie.

She is the voice in their ear, both calm and ferocious.

Coupeville grad Lucy Sandahl, now a senior at Seattle Pacific University, excels as a coxswain for the Falcon rowing team.

As she winds her way through her final collegiate season, the former Wolf, who was a standout volleyball and track athlete at CHS, continues to soar.

This weekend, Sandahl and her teammates are in California, where they competed at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships.

The varsity 8+ boat, led by Coupeville’s progeny, crushed the competition Saturday, winning its race by more than six seconds.

The Falcons then came back around Sunday to claim a third place showing in the grand final.

SPU gets back at it next Saturday, May 4, when it participates in the Windermere Cup Regatta hosted by the University of Washington.

It’ll be a reunion, as Lucy’s older sister, Sophie, a former Falcon rower herself, will also be competing, as a member of the Masters team for the Lake Washington rowing club.

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Parade fever sweeps Oak Town

April 28, 2024 by David Svien

Ready for a parade, rain or shine. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Dutch were ready for their closeup.

Oak Harbor’s annual Holland Happening went down this weekend, and wandering paparazzi John Fisken was lurking along the edges, snapping pics.

To see all the images he captured at the event’s always-popular parade, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Events/Holland-Happening-2024-04-27

 

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Diamond squad honors old dudes

April 28, 2024 by David Svien

Coupeville seniors (l to r) Aidyn McDermott, Seth Woollet, Peyton Caveness, and Cole White are honored. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The weather (barely) cooperated Saturday, allowing Coupeville High School baseball to honor its veterans.

With the rain holding off for a bit, the Wolves braved the blustery conditions to pay tribute to their four seniors, then went out and whacked visiting Darrington to move into sole possession of first place in the Northwest 2B/1B League.

Seniors Cole White, Seth Woollet, Aidyn McDermott, and Peyton Caveness have been at the forefront as the CHS diamond squad has come on strong in the second half.

And while Saturday’s rumble was likely their last at home — barring a reschedule of a Concrete game washed away by Mother Nature — there’s still more games to play.

On to La Conner next week, then the playoffs after that.

But first, a moment in the (overcast) spotlight for the old dudes.

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Calendar rustles, Wolves remain focused

April 28, 2024 by David Svien

“Onward to May!” (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

As that old-school warbler Justin Timberlake sort of once sang, “Soon it’s going to be May.”

The final month of the school athletic year is almost upon us, which means the regular season grows short for spring athletes.

Postseason efforts, and the chance to win state tourney glory, will arrive before you know it.

In fact, one Coupeville High School program — track and field — officially gets playoff fever next week.

The Wolves begin the postseason trek next Wednesday, May 1, when they travel to Mount Vernon for the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships.

After that comes districts and state, but both down the road in May.

Still plenty of work to do for Wolf athletes.

Meanwhile, Coupeville’s other three spring teams continue to plow through regular season contests.

Baseball and softball both travel to La Conner May 2, with the latter of those squads hosting Nooksack Valley the day after for a non-conference tilt.

Girls’ tennis has the week off — from competition with other schools at least — but still has two more matches left to play after that before beginning its own postseason efforts.

As one month fades out and another looms on the horizon, a look at win/loss records through April 28:

 

Northwest League baseball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 8-2 9-8
Orcas Island 7-2 10-5
MV Christian 6-3 9-6
Friday Harbor 5-4 5-8
La Conner 4-5 8-6
Concrete 1-8 2-8
Darrington 1-8 1-8

 

Northwest League girls’ tennis:

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

 

Northwest League softball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 8-0 11-4
Friday Harbor 6-2 6-5
Darrington 5-3 6-4
La Conner 2-5 2-10
Orcas Island 2-5 3-9
Concrete 0-8 0-12

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CHS track hits first finish line

April 27, 2024 by David Svien

After wrapping the regular season Saturday, Reagan Callahan and her teammates turn towards the next challenge. (Emma Garcia photo)

One thing is done, another about to begin.

The Coupeville High School track and field team reached the end of the regular season Saturday, competing at the Sunny and 70! Invitational at Lakewood High School.

Vying with 29 other schools, the Wolves won in an event in which they hadn’t previously competed — the steeplechase.

CHS unleashed nine boys and one girl in the event, in which athletes traverse a 2000-meter obstacle course full of barriers and water jumps.

Standing tall at the end was junior Lyla Stuurmans, as “The Franchise” beat her closest rival by 8+ seconds.

Now she and her teammates begin their postseason journey with an appearance at the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships next Wednesday, May 1 in Mount Vernon.

The district meet is May 11 in Coupeville, with state set for May 23-25 at Eisenhower High School in Yakima.

Lyla Stuurmans (left) and Katie Marti are in a winning mood. (Thomas Studer photo)

 

Saturday’s results:

GIRLS:

400 — Ivy Rudat (22nd) 1:15.72

1600 — Aleera Kent (38th) 6:08.54; Kayla Crane (45th) 6:19.21

3200 — Kent (22nd) 13:38.57

2000 Steeplechase — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 8:42.47

4 x 100 Relay — Aleksia Jump, Carly Burt, Issabel Johnson, Lexis Drake (9th) 57.90

4 x 200 Relay — Stuurmans, Burt, Johnson, Drake (15th) 2:02.78

4 x 800 Relay — Crane, Lydia Price, Jump, Reagan Callahan (11th) 12:26.80

Shot Put — Katie Marti (13th) 28-07; Reese Wilkinson (26th) 26-02.50

Discus — Wilkinson (7th) 104-02; Erica McGrath (20th) 84-11; Marti (27th) 74-04

Javelin — Marti (8th) 92-06

High Jump — Ayden Wyman (10th) 4-04

Long Jump — Stuurmans (23rd) 12-08.25

 

Carson Field stayed busy Saturday, competing in three events. (Thomas Studer photo)

 

BOYS:

400 — Preston Epp (16th) 54.32

1600 — Carson Field (28th) 5:01.27

2000 Steeplechase — Field (16th) 7:57.61; George Spear (20th) 8:20.15; Marcelo Gebhard (22nd) 8:55.49; Dane Hadsall (23rd) 8:56.08; Axel Marshall (24th) 9:19.35; Matthew Kuzma (25th) 9:27.25; Matthew Ward (26th) 9:33.45; Mikey Robinett (27th) 9:37.63; Ethan Walling (28th) 9:38.08

4 x 100 Relay — Marquette Cunningham, Davin Houston, Epp, Nick Guay (13th) 46.78

4 x 200 Relay — Ezekiel Allen, Blake Burrows, Gebhard, Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (17th) 1:45.25

4 x 400 Relay — Kenneth Jacobsen, Burrows, Epp, Guay (10th) 3:59.07

4 x 800 Relay — Jacobsen, Thomas Strelow, Field, Allen (12th) 9:42.02; Spear, Solomon Rudat, Marshall, Simpson-Pilgrim (21st) 10:26.07

Discus — Zac Tackett (12th) 117-00; Zane Oldenstadt (29th) 93-03

Triple Jump — Hank Milnes (20th) 33-09.75

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