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No home tennis for you

Brynn Parker (left) and Kaitlyn Leavell are among the CHS netters who can return to action this spring. (Jackie Saia photo)

If you were expecting to watch a home tennis match at Coupeville High School this spring, think again.

Work on the new courts next to the gym won’t be complete in time, so the Wolves will play all of their matches on the road.

The first day of practice is Feb. 26, with the opening match on what is currently a 10-bout schedule set for March 13.

That will be one of two rumbles with next-door neighbor South Whidbey, with other trips taking Coupeville’s netters to far-flung locales such as Friday Harbor, Granite Falls, and the wilds of Seattle.

The Wolves are entering a new era.

Not only will they have fresh courts (at some point), but new coaches Tim Stelling and Starla Seal replace Ken Stange, who retired after two decades at the helm of the CHS tennis programs.

Chelsi Stevens is one of six 8th graders playing both high school and middle school hoops. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

There is power in numbers.

Coupeville Middle School girls’ basketball coaches have so many athletes this winter, they’ve been able to field four teams.

Since other Cascade League schools only have 2-3 squads, that requires a bit of work to ensure every Wolf will see the floor.

After some scrambling by CHS/CMS Athletic Director Willie Smith, Coupeville’s fourth team will play on Saturday afternoons, with Jerry Helm and Eric Wagner coaching.

Coaches Bennett Richter (left) and Brooke Crowder share practice stories with Bob Martin, a veteran of the middle school wars.

The first three squads, under the tutelage of coaches Bennett Richter and Brooke Crowder, have an eight-game Cascade League schedule which kicks off Thursday at home against South Whidbey.

That group includes six 8th graders who doubled up this winter and also played high school basketball.

In the list below, those two-timers are indicated by an **.

 

Coupeville’s massive 45-player roster:

Ava Alford
Zariyah Allen
Sophia Batterman
Amelia Crowder
Annabelle Cundiff
Ari Cunningham **
Amaiya Curry
Emma Cushman
Isabella de Souza Oliveira Mc Fetridge
Marina Flood
Isley Garcia Fernandez
Hazel Goldman
Emma Green
Olivia Hall
Finley Helm
Addison Jacobson
Lillian Ketterling
Claire Lachnit
Emma Leavitt
Willow Leedy-Bonifas
Ava Lucero **
Taylor Marrs **
Elizabeth Marshall
Olivia Martin
Inara Maund
Adie Maynes **
Kaleigha Millison
Kennedy O’Neill
Brooklyn Pope
Pria Powell
Allison Powers
Annaliese Powers
Cassandra Powers
Rhylin Price
Selah Rivera
Zayne Roos
Katelyn Sellers
Laken Simpson
Sage Stavros
Chelsi Stevens **
Tenley Stuurmans **
Cameron Van Dyke
Sydney Van Dyke
Tamsin Ward
Marin Winger

Pamela Morrell touches the heavens. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’ll be back for the playoffs.

Coupeville High School basketball ends the regular season Tuesday on the road in La Conner, but the Wolf boys’ varsity is guaranteed a return trip to its own gym for the postseason.

That means the CHS cheer squad will be in action as well.

As the Wolf spirit leaders prep for the postseason, take a moment to reflect back on some of what they have accomplished recently, courtesy a photo essay.

(CHS Yearbook Staff photo)

(Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

(Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

(Addie Russell photo)

(Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

(Bailey Thule photo)

“Bailey is shooting our game today???? Get out!!!!!!!!” (Bailey Thule photos)

Bailey Thule has a rare talent.

My hot take of the day — there is no photographer working in Coupeville, adult or teen, who can match the work she’s doing right now.

End of story.

Miss Thule may still be a CHS student, and is largely working with school cameras, but she possesses a rare eye and an ability to go far deeper than the surface level with her images.

In the pics above and below, she captures deep, emotional joy and rock-’em, sock-’em competitiveness like few others.

Yearbook advisor Jackie Saia has several very good photographers in her stable — and is quite the photo bug herself — but Bailey is the current gold standard.

I don’t know what her post-high school plans are, but if they involve photography, someone with big bucks should look to back her.

The fact she allows Coupeville Sports to run her pics (for free!) is a blessing.

When (not if) Bailey hits it big, people will look back at this blog and say, “Wow, she was amazing from the start.”

Bailey Thule – best in the biz. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Zane Oldenstadt knocks down a jumper over a too-slow Friday Harbor foe. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Push for the big 3-0-0-0.

As Coupeville High School basketball teams head into a new week — with three of four teams slated to play their final game Tuesday at La Conner — the Wolves have amassed 2,960 points among them.

Leading the way are the varsity boys, who are the one squad headed to the postseason.

Senior Logan Downes, even hobbled by a recent leg injury, has racked up 435 points and counting.

That gives him two of the top five individual seasons in program history, as he tallied 554 points as a junior.

Also in that top five? School record holder Jeff Stone (644), Jeff Rhubottom (459), and Pete Petrov (442).

Which means only 25 points separates Downes from having two of the top three individual campaigns for a CHS boy over the last 107 seasons.

 

Scoring stats through Feb. 5:

 

Varsity – Girls
(19 games)

Katie Marti – 149
Mia Farris – 104
Madison McMillan – 96
Teagan Calkins – 57
Lyla Stuurmans – 55
Jada Heaton – 48
Haylee Armstrong – 21
Skylar Parker – 19
Kayla Arnold – 5
Reese Wilkinson – 4
Bryley Gilbert – 2
Brynn Parker – 2

 

JV – Girls
(12 games)

Haylee Armstrong – 128
Tenley Stuurmans – 79
Bryley Gilbert – 52
Adie Maynes – 31
Capri Anter – 30
Brynn Parker – 27
Lexis Drake – 16
Teagan Calkins – 9
Ari Cunningham – 9
Taylor Marrs – 6
Chelsi Stevens – 5
Ava Lucero – 2

**Missing 26 points​​**

Capri Anter rolls hard to the hoop. (CHS Yearbook Staff photo)

 

Varsity – Boys
(19 games)

Logan Downes – 435
Chase Anderson – 177
Cole White  160
Ryan Blouin – 107
Hunter Bronec – 77
Nick Guay – 55
Hurlee Bronec – 25
Zane Oldenstadt – 25
William Davidson – 14
Aiden O’Neill – 7
Mikey Robinett – 6
Timothy Nitta – 5
Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim – 4

 

JV – Boys:
(15 games)

Camden Glover – 199
Jack Porter – 164
Johnny Porter – 125
Aiden O’Neill – 102
Landon Roberts – 84
Riley Lawless – 58
Malachi Somes – 45
Jayden McManus – 36
Davin Houston – 34
Easton Green – 21
Sage Arends – 7
Makai Myles – 6