Coupeville Sports

Fab five fight for top honors

May 4, 2026 by David Svien

Davin Houston is among the best high jumpers in 2B. (Jackie Saia photo)

Everything continues to move.

As we say farewell to the regular season and look towards the postseason run of league, districts, and state, there are five Coupeville High School track and field stars who land in the top 10 among all 2B athletes statewide.

That’s up from four a week ago, as freshman distance runner Cyrus Sparacio moves back among the leaders in the 3200.

Meanwhile, Wolf sophomore pole vaulter Lillian Ketterling, who broke her PR by three inches, moves up a slot, while freshman shot putter Tamsin Ward slips a spot.

With the Northwest 2B/1B League meet on the schedule for this Thursday, here’s where things sit statewide through May 4:

GIRLS:

Shot Put — Tamsin Ward (9th) 31-07

Pole Vault — Lillian Ketterling (7th-tie) 8-06

BOYS:

3200 — Cyrus Sparacio (9th) 10:16.99

High Jump — Wyatt Fitch-Marron (3rd) 6-02; Davin Houston (8th-tie) 5-10

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Action heats up as May begins

May 3, 2026 by David Svien

Milana Light flicks a winner. (Jackie Saia photo)

The calendar flips and the run to the finish line hits breakneck pace.

With May upon us, the upcoming week will feature the final regular season games for Coupeville High School softball, baseball, and girls’ tennis, while track and field kicks off the postseason.

The runners and chuckers head to Mount Vernon Thursday for the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships, with districts and state the only events left on the schedule after that.

Meanwhile, the three teams who use a ball will wrap up non-playoff things with two events apiece.

The Wolf netters travel to Friday Harbor Wednesday, and a win will give them a share of the league crown. A day later, CHS will be back at home to face non-conference foe Forest Ridge.

Baseball has its final regular season series against Mount Vernon Christian, which has clinched the league title.

Coupeville is at home Tuesday for Senior Night, then travels to the mainland Thursday as it continues to vie with Orcas Island and Friday Harbor for the #2 and #3 playoff seeds.

Finally, the high-flying Wolf softball squad, having wrapped up a flawless run through conference play, hits the road twice to play non-league rivals ahead of the district tourney.

The Smash Sisters will be in Silverdale Tuesday to face former league arch-rival Klahowya, before alighting in Port Townsend Friday to square off with East Jefferson.

And yes, there was supposed to be a third game in there Wednesday, but the trip to Langley has been cancelled after South Whidbey bailed on the affair.

Perhaps being thumped 17-1 the first time around kills your enthusiasm to honor your schedule.

Anyways, with April showers in the rearview mirror and May flowers blooming, here’s where things sit through May 3:

Northwest League baseball:

School	League	Overall
MV Christian	10-0	17-3
Coupeville	7-3	9-7
Orcas Island	7-4	9-7
Friday Harbor	6-4	8-8
La Conner	3-6	4-10
Darrington	1-8	2-13
Concrete	0-9	0-9

Northwest League girls’ tennis:

School	League	Overall
Friday Harbor	2-1	3-3
Coupeville	1-2	4-4

Northwest League softball:

School	League	Overall
Coupeville	10-0	16-1
Friday Harbor	6-2	10-7
Orcas Island	6-4	7-7
La Conner	3-5	6-7
Darrington	1-7	3-11
Concrete	0-8	0-8

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Wolf track caps regular season run

May 2, 2026 by David Svien

Wolf thrower Lillian Ketterling does her best John Cena imitation. “You can’t see me!” (Ana Paula Oliveira photo)

It was prime time to tune up for the postseason.

Competing Saturday at the 21-team Bellevue Christian Track and Field Invitational, a pack of Coupeville High School athletes brought the regular season to an end with a bang.

After this all eyes turn to the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships May 7 in Mount Vernon, followed by districts and state.

Saturday’s royal rumble, which went down at Sammamish High School, drew a wide range of schools from across multiple classifications, providing a stern test for the Wolves.

Bellevue Christian won the girls’ team title, with Lynden Christian and East Jefferson hot on its heels, while Sammamish carried the day in the boys’ competition, with Nooksack Valley and BC rounding out the top three.

Coupeville’s boys claimed 13th, while its girls finished 18th.

Edmund Kunz goes up, up, and away in the pole vault. (Jackie Saia photo)

Saturday’s results:

GIRLS:

200 — Isa Mc Fetridge (10th) 28.19 *PR*

400 — Taylor Marrs (12th) 1:14.15

800 — Laken Simpson (17th) 2:51.37; Mikayla Wagner (27th) 3:10.09

1600 — Devon Wyman (15th) 6:34.41 *PR*

3200 — Wyman (10th) 14:02.77 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Wyman (17th) 1:04.96

4 x 400 Relay — Olivia Hall, Marrs, Lillian Ketterling, Simpson (4th) 4:44.92

Discus — Ketterling (10th) 78-01; Marrs (33rd) 58-02

Pole Vault — Ketterling (5th) 8-06 *PR*

Triple Jump — Willow Leedy-Bonifas (11th) 28-05.75 *PR*

Mikayla Wagner piles up the laps. (Aiden O’Neill photo)

BOYS:

100 — Marquette Cunningham (23rd) 11.99; Liam Blas (38th) 12.48; Beckett Green (44th) 12.63; Sage Arends (54th) 13.01 *PR*

200 — Green (25th) 25.51; Richmond Bandong (40th) 26.60 *PR*; Shilo Sandlin (48th) 27.61

400 — Brian Thompson (23rd) 58.94; Will Tierney (29th) 59.78

800 — Cyrus Sparacio (8th) 2:13.77; Ossian Merkel (30th) 2:30.65; Johnathan Jacobsen (33rd) 2:32.99; Hunter Atteberry (37th) 2:41.99; Nolan Hunt (45th) 3:15.03 *PR*

1600 — Sparacio (7th) 4:49.41; Merkel (24th) 5:29.90; Kenneth Jacobsen (28th) 5:32.73; Atteberry (37th) 5:47.78 *PR*; Hunt (47th) 6:51.57 *PR*

3200 — Sparacio (6th) 10:16.99 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (14th) 11:09.23 *PR*; Edmund Kunz (18th) 11:47.41 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Edmund Wilson (7th) 47.73 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Blas, Wyatt Fitch-Marron, Davin Houston (5th) 46.29

4 x 100 Relay (Throwers) — Blas, J. Jacobsen, Bandong, Sandlin (2nd) 50.89

4 x 400 Relay — Tierney, Wilson, Fitch-Marron, Green (4th) 4:08.29

Shot Put — Zachary Saho (8th) 40-07.75; Khanor Jump (24th) 33-04.50; Zach Blitch (42nd) 23-03 *PR*

Discus — Blas (8th) 110-08; Jump (11th) 107-11; Saho (27th) 85-08; Sandlin (39th) 61-10 *PR*; Blitch (44th) 58-00

Javelin — Bandong (14th) 107-04; K. Jacobsen (25th) 98-05 *PR*; Sandlin (33rd) 94-05 *PR*

High Jump — Fitch-Marron (4th) 5-10; J. Jacobsen (14th) 5-04

Pole Vault — Kunz (15th) 8-00; Russell Miller (17th) 6-00

Long Jump — Arends (7th) 17-09; Thompson (13th) 16-08.50; Wilson (14th) 16-05

Triple Jump — Cunningham (14th) 31-09

Marquette Cunningham approaches splashdown. (Aiden O’Neill)

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Jump shines at league championships

May 1, 2026 by David Svien

Taygin Jump

She’s a one-woman wrecking crew.

Coupeville grad Taygin Jump, now a junior at Plattsburgh State, scored four of her team’s five points Friday during day one of the State University of New York Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The two-day event, held in Cortland, New York, brings together 13 schools to vie for oval excellence.

Jump, competing in the javelin and hammer throw, finished 5th and 10th respectively in fields of 15 and 22 competitors.

She chucked the javelin 88 feet, six inches, earning her four points for the Cardinals, while airmailing the hammer 138-08, setting a PR in the event.

The former Wolf ace, who competed in volleyball and track and field during her Cow Town days, is balancing athletic life with classroom work.

Jump, whose younger siblings Aleksia and Khanor are following in her footsteps at CHS, has been named to several All-Academic teams while studying Environmental Planning and Management.

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Net aces celebrate senior swan song

May 1, 2026 by David Svien

Hardcourt ace Miles Gerber saunters into action on the Coupeville High School tennis courts. (Photos by Presley Phillips and Melanie Wolfe)

They served up a successful Senior Night.

The Coupeville High School girls’ tennis squad hailed their veterans — Miles Gerber, Aleksia Jump, and Dahlia Miller — before playing Wednesday afternoon against Friday Harbor.

The trio shone brightly under rare blue skies on the prairie, hardcourt aces one and all.