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Bash sisters claim league title

April 27, 2024 by David Svien

Jada Heaton brings her A-game both on sunny days and cold, windy ones like Mother Nature offered up Saturday. (Claire Kalwies-Anderson photo)

The title is once more theirs.

A Coupeville High School varsity softball squad which starts three 8th graders and two freshmen clinched the Northwest 2B/1B League title Saturday, decimating visiting Darrington 14-1 on a blustery, frigid prairie.

The win lifts the Wolves to 8-0 in conference play, 11-4 overall.

And while there’s plenty more regular season action ahead on the schedule — games against La Conner, Nooksack Valley, South Whidbey, and (maybe) Concrete — Kevin McGranahan’s team got to bask in the moment of reclaiming its title.

At least for a moment. And then it’s on to achieving other goals.

After falling just short against Friday Harbor last season and missing out on the NWL’s lone 2B playoff slot, Coupeville is ahead of schedule this time around.

With no seniors, the Wolves start 8th graders Ava Lucero, Adeline Maynes, and Sydney Van Dyke, plus fab frosh cousins Haylee Armstrong and Capri Anter.

That fivesome, and veterans Teagan Calkins, Jada Heaton, Mia Farris, Madison McMillan, and Taylor Brotemarkle, have meshed well this season.

Taylor Brotemarkle surveys her kingdom. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

That fiery mix of youthful vigor and grizzled experience was on display Saturday, as everyone in the lineup contributed, while the Wolf backups were their usual rowdy selves, keeping warm by enthusiastically cheering nonstop.

They had plenty to roar for, as pitching ace Maynes fired BB’s, whiffing seven Loggers and largely staying out of trouble.

She got some defensive help, with Armstrong making a superb dig on a low throw at first, while Brotemarkle and McMillan showed off the guns from short and third, respectively.

Farris closed the game, and officially clinched the title, by tracking down a high, twisting shot to center, perfectly reading the wind and not allowing the ball to get past her.

Offensively, the Wolves attacked from the first pitch and never relented.

Armstrong cracked a leadoff single, then scooted around the basepaths, stealing second base and freaking Darrington out so badly it committed two errors while trying, and failing, to catch her.

Farris followed with a walk, then the CHS bash sisters erupted.

“Sit back and witness my feats of strength!” (Photo by Claire Kalwies-Anderson)

Brotemarkle mashed a triple to center, the ball steadily rising as it soared over the head of the fielder, then two batters later “The Red Dragon” let Darrington feel her full fury.

That would be Calkins, the sophomore catcher following in mom Jackie’s diamond footsteps, and she belted a two-run home run to left, the ball screaming in agony as it headed up towards Prairie Center.

Up 5-0 after one inning, the Wolves pushed four more across in the second, and another five in the third to really stretch the lead out.

McMillan and Calkins had back-to-back run-scoring base knocks, while Brotemarkle and Van Dyke later added their own RBI singles to the assault.

Putting a cap on things, Heaton dropped an absolutely gorgeous sacrifice bunt to plate a runner, then skipped all the way back to the dugout.

 

Saturday stats:

Capri Anter — One walk
Haylee Armstrong — One single, one walk
Taylor Brotemarkle — One single, one triple, one walk
Teagan Calkins — One single, one home run, one walk
Mia Farris — Two walks
Madison McMillan — One single, one walk
Sydney Van Dyke — One single, one walk

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Senior Night win for diamond men

April 27, 2024 by David Svien

Coop Cooper and Co. are atop the league standings. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Alone in first place.

After thrashing visiting Darrington 11-1 Saturday on Senior Night, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad sits atop the Northwest 2B/1B League standings by itself.

Garnering their seventh-straight conference victory, the Wolves get to 8-2 in NWL play, pushing them a half game up on Orcas Island (7-2), which had its weekend game rained out.

Coupeville has one sure thing left on the schedule, traveling to La Conner next Thursday, May 2.

There’s been no official word yet on whether CHS will get a chance to make up its game with Concrete which was washed away by Mother Nature earlier this week.

Regardless, the Wolves, who sit at 9-8 overall, are playing their best ball of the season with the playoffs just around the corner.

Saturday, having outlasted the rain, but not the wind and cold, Coupeville’s diamond men outhit Darrington 6-4 and won the battle of walks 12-0.

Five of those free passes came from Wolf hitters getting plunked, as the Logger hurlers were a bit wild while trying to throw through the prairie breeze.

“Just try and hit this!”

Meanwhile, CHS pitchers Seth Woollet and Peyton Caveness, two of the four hometown seniors honored before the game, threw with utter precision.

Joined by Cole White and Aidyn McDermott in the Class of 2024, the mound duo combined for seven strikeouts while muffling Darrington for most of the afternoon.

The visitors actually had two runners aboard in the top of the first, but came up empty, thanks to Woollet inducing a weak groundout at crunch time.

His teammates immediately pounced, throwing down two runs in their half of the frame to effectively end the game before the fans even had time to complain about how it’s April 27 and where is the frickin sunshine??

White led off with a walk, then cruised home after Chase Anderson thumped a triple to right. A bobbled ball on a hot shot off of the bat of Caveness added to the early rally.

Peyton Caveness takes a mighty cut.

From there, Coupeville steadily poured it on, pushing a run across in the third, four more in the fourth and three in the fifth.

The game’s final run, courtesy Woollet being hit by a wayward pitch, before moving steadily around the bags thanks to a passed ball, wild pitch, and grounder from Coop Cooper, ended the game in the sixth, as the mercy rule was enforced.

Before getting there, Coupeville got big run-scoring hits from Johnny Porter, Caveness (twice), and Camden Glover.

 

Saturday stats:

Chase Anderson — One triple, one walk
Peyton Caveness — One single, one double
Coop Cooper — One double, two walks
Camden Glover — One single
Aidyn McDermott — One walk
Jack Porter — Two walks
Johnny Porter — One single
Landon Roberts — Two walks
Cole White — Two walks
Seth Woollet — Two walks

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CHS grads take it to another level

April 27, 2024 by David Svien

Logan Martin is now chucking things in college. (Photo courtesy Abbie Martin)

If it’s the weekend, a former Wolf is likely competing somewhere.

Coupeville High School grads are attending college all across the USA, with a fair amount of them participating in athletics.

From track and field to baseball, here’s what’s gone down the past two days:

 

Taygin Jump:

The Plattsburgh State freshman had herself quite a day Saturday in Canton, New York.

Competing at the St. Lawrence Twilight Invite, Jump finished 2nd in both the javelin (97 feet, one inch) and hammer throw (119-10), while earning 7th in the shot put (29-6.50).

She racked up 14 points across the three events, helping her squad roll to a team title win, as well.

 

Joey Lippo:

A senior at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, he was busy on the baseball diamond Saturday as the Owls split a doubleheader with Vermont State-Lyndon.

In the opener, Lippo singled, cranked an RBI double, walked twice, and scored as UMPI rallied for a 5-4 win.

The nightcap went to Vermont State by a 7-1 score, but the two teams get back at it Sunday for another twin bill.

 

Logan Martin:

The Central Washington University sophomore competed in two events Friday at the Oregon State High Performance Meet in Corvallis.

Martin claimed 10th in the hammer throw (out of 27 competitors) with a throw of 162 feet, 11 inches, while finishing 23rd (out of 37) in the discus with a launch of 133-00.

 

Tate Wyman:

A freshman at Oregon Tech, he was at the same meet as Martin, running both Friday and Saturday.

The first day out Wyman hit the tape in 23.74 seconds in the 200, then came back around the next day to clock a PR of 16.36 in the 110 hurdles.

Tate Wyman flies over the hurdles (Photo courtesy Amber Wyman)

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It’s hammer time for Wolf trio

April 26, 2024 by David Svien

Katie Marti is Coupeville’s best hammer thrower. (Emma Garcia photo)

It was the little rumble before the big battle.

Three Coupeville High School track and field athletes traveled to Snohomish High School Friday to take part in the hammer throw at the Sunny and 70! Invitational.

The remainder of the meet, which has 30 teams signed up, goes down Saturday at Lakewood High School.

Friday it was just about tossin’ the hammer, and CHS had juniors Katie Marti and Mason Butler and senior Erica McGrath in the field.

Marti finished 9th with a throw of 75 feet, three inches, while McGrath was 11th with a chuck of 59-10.

Butler placed 16th among the male competitors at 67-08.

Sophomore Kimberly Beard of King’s and senior Calvin Gutierrez of Mariner won individual titles.

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Coffman chases Spanish football success

April 26, 2024 by David Svien

Wolf grad Dominic Coffman is pursuing football dreams overseas. (Photos courtesy Coffman)

First season, first title game.

Coupeville High School grad Dominic Coffman, who now plays semi-pro football in Spain, will play for a championship Saturday, May 4.

He and his teammates with the Las Rozas Black Demons will square off with their arch-rivals, OSO Rivas.

Coffman and Co. are 8-1 after a playoff win over the Barcelona Dragons.

The former Wolf has been a force on both sides of the ball during his debut season overseas, scoring 38 points and cracking 500+ yards as a running back.

He also had 15 tackles and an interception on defense during the regular season.

Bringing the pain in Spain.

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.

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