Coupeville Sports

The eyes have it

October 22, 2023 by David Svien

Camden Glover gazes at the world with wide open eyes. (Jackie Saia photo)

The eyes are windows to the soul and all that jazz.

The pics above and below, snapped by a variety of photographers, mostly focus on peepers, whether flared, curious, or partially hidden in the dark.

Is it a trend, or am I playing fast and loose, looking for a way to slap together a random series of snapshots to form an article?

That’s in the eye of the beholder.

(Parker Hammons photo)

(Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

(Parker Hammons photo)

(Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

(Jackie Saia photo)

(Parker Hammons photo)

(Bailey Thule photo)

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Pressure builds, spotlight sharpens

October 22, 2023 by David Svien

Coupeville High School football is running towards its biggest game of the season. (Parker Hammons photo)

It’s the final push.

Coupeville High School fall sports teams wrap the regular season this coming week, setting the stage for possible playoff action.

Well, except for cross country, which is already in the thick of the postseason.

Having run at the Northwest 2B/1B League meet, the Wolves head to tri-districts Thursday at Fort Steilacoom Park, with an eye on advancing to the state meet.

For the other CHS squads, it’s finale time.

Edge of your seat time for Wolf fans. (Jackie Saia photo)

Football hosts Friday Harbor Thursday. Win and they square off with the same school again — likely Saturday in Anacortes — in a two-quarter tiebreaker to determine which NWL team advances to state.

Soccer bounces island to island, landing on Orcas Tuesday.

The Wolf booters will need a win, and some side luck, to net a playoff berth outright or a chance to play a tiebreaker for a postseason ticket.

No matter how the varsity fares, JV soccer has picked up an extra game, and will host Friday Harbor Saturday.

Finally, we have volleyball, which hosts La Conner Tuesday and travels to Friday Harbor Thursday.

Barring an epic upset loss to the latter of those two teams, which is 1-12, Coupeville advances to districts and will begin their quest for state on the road.

With a split league, 1B and 2B schools have different criteria for making the playoffs, but below are the overall standings through games of Oct. 21:

Northwest League boys’ soccer:

School	League	Overall
Friday Harbor	6-0-0	9-1-0
MV Christian	5-1-0	11-2-1
PC Christian	5-1-0	9-3-0
Orcas Island	4-2-0	7-5-0
Lopez Island	3-3-0	5-5-0
Coupeville	3-4-0	6-5-0
Grace Academy	1-5-0	1-9-0
La Conner	1-6-0	3-10-0
CPC-Lynnwood	0-6-0	3-9-0

Northwest League football — (11-Man):

School	League	Overall
Friday Harbor	3-0	4-3
Coupeville	2-1	2-6
La Conner	0-4	1-6

Northwest League football — (8-Man):

School	League	Overall
Darrington	1-0	7-1
Concrete	0-1	5-3

Northwest League volleyball:

School	League	Overall
La Conner	7-0	9-6
Orcas Island	7-1	11-3
Coupeville	4-2	8-4
Darrington	4-4	11-5
MV Christian	3-5	7-6
Concrete	1-7	6-9
Friday Harbor	0-7	1-12

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Spike those stats!

October 21, 2023 by David Svien

Teagan Calkins (7) and Taylor Brotemarkle, two spikers passing in the night. (Jackie Saia photos)

Stat after stat, that’s that.

Coupeville High School coaches and players record them, and I get the page hits for pushing the numbers agenda on the public.

We’re back again, 12 varsity matches into the season, with two more regular-season rumbles left on the schedule before the playoffs begin.

Want to know who has the most kills? Who takes delight in digs?

Look no further.

Well, actually, I mean, keep scrolling down through the rest of the story, of course.

But you know what I mean.

“A stats story!! YEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!”

Varsity stats through Oct. 21:

Kills:

Lyla Stuurmans – 120
Grey Peabody – 101
Mia Farris – 99
Teagan Calkins – 48
Katie Marti – 18
Jada Heaton – 14
Madison McMillan – 8

Digs:

McMillan – 132
Farris – 116
Stuurmans – 86
Marti – 68
Taylor Brotemarkle – 48
Calkins – 19
Peabody – 10
Heaton – 8
Issabel Johnson – 7

Block – Solo:

Peabody – 10
Calkins – 3
Stuurmans – 3
Heaton – 2
Farris – 1
Marti – 1

Block – Assist:

Peabody – 10
Calkins – 5
Marti – 5
Heaton – 4
Stuurmans – 2

Assists:

Marti – 302
McMillan – 16
Stuurmans – 7
Brotemarkle – 3
Heaton – 3
Farris – 1
Johnson – 1
Peabody – 1

Service Aces:

Marti – 43
McMillan – 34
Farris – 28
Calkins – 25
Stuurmans – 23
Johnson – 17
Brotemarkle – 1

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Wolf cheerleaders leave world thunderstruck

October 21, 2023 by David Svien

Coupeville cheerleader Kassidy Upchurch waits for her moment in the spotlight. (Jackie Saia photos)

Powerhouses, one and all.

Coupeville High School cheerleaders are among the best in the biz, mixing school spirit with killer work ethic and the ability to holler loud enough to fire up an entire stadium or gymnasium.

As we head towards the final home football game next Thursday, CHS Yearbook Advisor (and noted photo bug) Jackie Saia delivers a collection of snappy pics capturing the Wolves at work.

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Senior booters bid adieu to Coupeville pitch

October 21, 2023 by David Svien

Wolf Moms hail their soccer-playing sons. (Photo courtesy Morgan White)

“Soccer has always been a beautiful game!”

Coupeville High School booter Cole White led off his Senior Night speech with that sentiment, capturing the feelings of all involved.

The Wolves bid adieu to five pitch vets Friday, with White joined by Andrew Williams, Hank Milnes, Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim, and Nick Guay.

Mixing joy with some tears (mainly from Wolf moms and dads), Coupeville blanked visiting La Conner 2-0 to keep alive its playoff hopes.

But it was the halftime festivities which resonated, as CHS coach Robert Wood, now in his fourth season, honored the first guys to play all the way with him.

That honor falls to Williams and Guay, with White, Milnes, and Simpson-Pilgrim having joined CHS soccer in ensuing years.

Whether they’ve played four years, or one season, the departing Wolves all seem to have benefitted from the experience.

“I wish that I played this sport all four years of high school,” Simpson-Pilgrim said.

“But I’m glad that I least got one good year in with all these cool amazing people.”