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Small school, big impact

April 29, 2023 by David Svien

Wolf senior Dominic Coffman competed in three events Saturday at a 26-team meet. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Can’t hold ’em down.

Despite being the only “B” school in the 26-team field, Coupeville High School track and field held its own Saturday at the Sunny and 70 Invitational in Lakewood.

The Wolves claimed 13th in the boys’ standings and 14th in the girls, while 4A Kamiak (boys) and 3A Stanwood (girls) took home team titles.

Plus, the Wolves finished ahead of next-door neighbor South Whidbey, a 1A school, on both sides of the ledger, always a sweet cherry on top of the sundae.

The popular meet drew three 4A schools, four from 3A, seven from 2A, and 11 from 1A to go with 2B Coupeville.

Things actually started Friday with the hammer throw, and Wolf senior Taygin Jump made her debut in the event, finishing 9th against seasoned competitors.

Saturday’s meet, in which Coupeville athletes scored 11 PR’s, was the last regular-season event on the schedule.

The Wolves travel to La Conner Wednesday for the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships.

After that is the district meet, held May 13 in Coupeville, and the state meet May 27-29 in Yakima.

 

Saturday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

400 — Lyla Stuurmans (5th) 1:03.76 *PR*; Aleera Kent (23rd) 1:10.01

800 — Stuurmans (11th) 2:35.34 *PR*; Kent (20th) 2:48.86

100 Hurdles — Claire Mayne (8th) 17.96; Katie Buskala (26th) 21.45 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Gwen Crowder (25th) 1:06.51

4 x 100 Relay — Issabel Johnson, Ryanne Knoblich, Carlota Marcos-Cabrillo, Mayne (12th) 55.77

4 x 200 Relay — Carly Burt, Knoblich, Ayden Wyman, Stuurmans (12th) 1:59.49

4 x 400 Relay — Stuurmans, Knoblich, Mayne, Burt (8th) 4:37.74

4 x 800 Relay — Noelle Western, Crowder, Taygin Jump, A. Wyman (7th) 13:17.90

Shot Put — Carolyn Lhamon (6th) 31-10.75; Katie Marti (8th) 29-09.75 *PR*; Reese Wilkinson (20th) 26-03.75

Discus — Wilkinson (11th) 89-00; Marti (15th) 84-04; Erica McGrath (17th) 81-03; Lhamon (27th) 68-09

Javelin — Marti (7th) 95-02; Jump (17th) 82-10; Johnson (26th) 63-00

Hammer Throw — Jump (9th) 56-08 *PR*

High Jump — Knoblich (4th) 4-10

Long Jump — Burt (23rd) 11-11.25

 

BOYS:

100 — Dominic Coffman (22nd) 12.19

800 — Aidan Wilson (4th) 2:01.22 *PR*

1600 — Mitchell Hall (18th) 4:47.97

3200 — Cameron Epp (12th) 10:48.60 *PR*; Malachi Somes (21st) 11:23.30

110 Hurdles — Tate Wyman (7th) 16.99 *PR*; Cael Wilson (22nd) 19.57; Reiley Araceley (23rd) 19.68

300 Hurdles — T. Wyman (16th) 45.23

4 x 100 Relay — Nick Guay, T. Wyman, A. Wilson, Coffman (6th) 45.37

4 x 200 Relay — Guay, Preston Epp, Araceley, Alex Murdy (5th) 1:38.15

4 x 400 Relay — Guay, Hall, Hank Milnes, A. Wilson (9th) 3:49.54

4 x 800 Relay — Ezra Boilek, Alex Merino-Martinez, Somes, C. Epp (8th) 9:48.68

Discus — Zac Tackett (11th) 119-05

Javelin — Hall (25th) 111-02

2K Steeplechase — C. Epp (12th) 7:39.86 *PR*; Araceley (24th) 8:40.96 *PR*; Milnes (25th) 8:43.49 *PR*

High Jump — Guay (4th) 5-08; Coffman (7th) 5-06; C. Wilson (13th) 5-04

Long Jump — Murdy (5th) 19-11

Triple Jump — A. Wilson (3rd) 40-08.75; Milnes (21st) 35-02.75; Araceley (28th) 33-09.25

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Win big, win with class

April 29, 2023 by David Svien

Wolf sluggers (l to r) Madison McMillan, Mia Farris, and Jada Heaton combined to reach base six times in Saturday’s home finale. (Jennifer Heaton photo)

Love and success for everyone.

Coupeville’s younger players paid emotional tributes to their senior leaders Saturday, while the generations came together to cruise to another big softball victory on the prairie.

Playing at home for the final time this spring — and FINALLY getting decent weather — the Wolves romped to a 17-2 win over visiting La Conner, while trying not to embarrass a Braves program working hard to build for the future.

Coupeville exits the weekend sitting at 10-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 13-5 overall, having won 10 of its last 11 games.

The Wolves travel to Friday Harbor next Thursday, May 4, with the winner claiming the one playoff berth offered to 2B teams in District 1, then close the regular season May 12 with a non-conference road rumble at South Whidbey.

La Conner’s softball team is a work in progress, and their players are hard-working and scrappy.

But they are still well off the pace set by Coupeville, which was demonstrated once again Saturday afternoon.

With all five of its 12th graders in the starting lineup on Senior Night, the Wolves put all 11 hitters on base in the first inning but settled for a 6-0 lead.

Teagan Calkins and Taylor Brotemarkle swatted home runs to left, with the second of those taters also scoring Mia Farris, but CHS accounted for all three outs in the inning by having runners intentionally leave base early.

Coupeville pushed seven more runs across in the second frame, with Farris and Brotemarkle crunching two-run base knocks, and the (polite) rout was on.

CHS coach Kevin McGranahan got field action for all 16 players on his roster, with 15 reaching base, and pulled the strings perfectly to keep the game going until the teams had played five innings.

The Wolves notched a lone run in the third to make it 14-0, gave back two tallies in the fourth, then closed things out with three more scores in their half of the inning.

Coupeville seniors unite on the prairie, with the batter, the player in the on-deck circle, and everyone on base being grizzled vets. (Katrina McGranahan photo)

The game marked the home swan song for Wolf seniors Sofia Peters, Allie Lucero, Gwen Gustafson, Melanie Navarro, and Maya Lucero.

That group lost their freshman season when spring sports were cancelled for Covid, then only played 12 games as sophomores due to ongoing pandemic restrictions.

But they hung tough, continued to work, and have played vital roles as the Wolves have gone 41-8 during their time in the program.

And they aren’t done yet.

 

Saturday stats:

Haylee Armstrong — One single
Taylor Brotemarkle — One double, one home run, one walk
Teagan Calkins — One single, one home run, one walk
Mia Farris — One single, two walks
Gwen Gustafson — One single, two walks
Jada Heaton — One walk
Layla Heo — One walk
Allie Lucero — Three walks
Maya Lucero — One single, one walk
Chloe Marzocca — Two walks
Madison McMillan — One single, one walk
Melanie Navarro — One single, two walks
Sofia Peters — Three walks
Bailey Thule — One walk
Melanie Wolfe — One walk

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Fly high, fly far

April 29, 2023 by David Svien

Logan Martin has found success as a college thrower. (Photo courtesy Abbie Martin)

Another day, another milestone.

Coupeville grad Logan Martin nailed a PR in the hammer throw Saturday at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational in Bellingham.

Now a freshman at Central Washington University, the throwing ace finished 3rd out of 16 competitors, launching the implement 178 feet, seven inches.

Martin also came back around to claim 7th in the discus (out of 21 dudes), with his throw slamming back to Earth at the 136-11 mark.

Overall, he picked up eight points for the Wildcats.

During his time at CHS, Martin played soccer, tennis, and basketball in addition to earning three state meet medals for the track and field team.

He was a key part of a senior class which led the Wolf boys’ basketball team to an undefeated 16-0 regular season, league title, district title, and trip to the state tourney in 2022.

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Hardball heroes romp to Senior Night win

April 29, 2023 by David Svien

Cole White picked up two RBI Saturday as Coupeville strolled to a 14-1 win. (Morgan White photo)

Precision pitching, precision hitting.

Sparked by a five-inning no-hitter from hurler Scott Hilborn, the Coupeville High School varsity baseball squad pounded out 15 base knocks Saturday, routing visiting La Conner 14-1.

The Senior Night win, coming on an afternoon when the Wolves honored Hilborn, Jonathan Valenzuela, and foreign exchange student Piotr Bieda, gives CHS 10 wins in its last 11 games.

Now 12-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 14-4 overall, Coupeville sits alone in first place, a half-game up on idle Mount Vernon Christian.

The Hurricanes are 11-1 in NWL play, with two conference tilts left to play, while the Wolves finish the regular season with a road trip Thursday to play Friday Harbor.

Coupeville was supposed to have a home non-league rumble with Sultan Monday, but that game was suddenly canceled by the Turks, who are scrambling to finish their own conference schedule.

The Wolves, playing Saturday under sunny skies and with no prairie wind buffeting them for the first time all season, closed their home campaign in style.

Chase Anderson, lashin’ lasers.

Scott Hilborn retired the first 10 hitters he faced, surrendering only a pair of walks in the late going.

He whiffed 10 Braves, with La Conner eking out its lone run in the fourth inning thanks to a walk, a stolen base, a wild pitch, and an RBI groundout.

Coupeville was ahead 9-0 at the moment the Braves finally got on the scoreboard, having pushed five runners across the plate in the first, three more in the second, and a lone tally in the bottom of the third.

The Wolves responded to La Conner scoring by tacking on five more runs in the fourth, pushing the game into mercy-rule territory.

All nine CHS players to see action in the game scored, with seven of them recording hits.

Freshman Chase Anderson had the hottest bat, peppering La Conner with four hits, while Jack Porter blasted a pair of doubles while racking up a team-high four RBI.

 

Saturday stats:

Chase Anderson — Four singles
Peyton Caveness — Two walks
Coop Cooper — One single
Camden Glover — One single, one walk
Scott Hilborn — Two singles, one double
Jack Porter — One single, two doubles
Jonathan Valenzuela — One single, one double, one walk
Cole White — One single

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King remains Coupeville Superintendent

April 28, 2023 by David Svien

Steve King

He’s staying put, for now.

Coupeville Schools Superintendent Steve King, who was a finalist for a similar position with Lakewood, did not make the final cut.

Instead, Dr. Erin Murphy, currently the Deputy Superintendent of the Bainbridge Island School District, was awarded the job after a unanimous vote Friday.

Murphy, King, and Dana Geaslen, Assistant Superintendent in the Edmonds School District, comprised the final three in the search to replace Scott Peacock.

Murphy begins her new job July 1.

The Lakewood School District, which has more than 300 employees and five schools, operates on a $40 million budget.

“The Lakewood community came up strong in their support during the selection process and their involvement was vital to the process,” said School Board President Sandy Gotts in a press release.

“We had some very strong candidates, and it was a thoughtful, intense decision by the Lakewood School Board, but we knew we had the right fit with Dr. Murphy.”

King has been Coupeville’s superintendent since 2018, when he was named to replace Dr. Jim Shank.

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