Coupeville Sports

Netters fight until final point

May 20, 2022 by David Svien

Eryn Wood reaches for an overhead. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was a solid swan song.

Coupeville High School tennis players combined to net four wins Friday while playing in Tumwater, carrying the Wolves to a second place showing in the team standings at the District 1/4 tournament.

While the Wolves were not able to advance any of their racket wielders on to the state championships, every CHS netter in attendance garnered a win.

That’s especially nice, since five of the six Wolves who made the trip — Mary Milnes, Eryn Wood, Noelle Daigneault, Katelin McCormick, and Abby Mulholland — are seniors.

Helen Strelow, a junior who competed at state in cross country at the start of the school year, will be the lone returning player from this group.

The bi-district tourney featured two schools from each district, with Friday Harbor and Coupeville repping D-1, while Stevenson and Three Rivers Christian hailed from D-4.

Stevenson, which swept both the singles and doubles crowns, sends three players to state after going 10-2 on the day.

Coupeville was 4-4, winning all of its first-round tussles, while Friday Harbor and TRC finished 0-4.

Complete results:

Abby Mulholland:

Beat Pan (Three Rivers Christian) 6-1, 7-6(7-4)
Lost to S. Rudd (Stevenson) 6-2, 6-2

Helen Strelow:

Beat Dennis (Three Rivers Christian) 6-3, 6-1
Lost to P. Rudd (Stevenson) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3

Eryn Wood/Noelle Daigneault:

Beat Coffman/Stevens (Three Rivers Christian) 6-0, 6-3
Lost to Gunderson-Birkenfeld/Schultz (Stevenson) 6-3, 7-6(7-4)

Mary Milnes/Katelin McCormick:

Beat McMillan/Yi (Three Rivers Christian) 6-2, 6-0
Lost to I. Spencer/S. Spencer (Stevenson) 6-0, 6-0

Helen Strelow can return for another season of volleys and aces.

Posted in Girls Tennis | Tagged bi-districts, CHS Wolves, Eryn Wood, Helen Strelow, tennis | Leave a Comment »

Hardball squad doles out awards

May 20, 2022 by David Svien

Sage Sharp was among those honored at the CHS baseball banquet. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Another season in the books.

The Coupeville High School baseball program put an official stamp on things Friday night with an awards banquet, doling out honors after a very-successful campaign.

The Wolf varsity went 11-1 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 13-7 overall, claiming a conference title and just barely missing out on a trip to state.

Meanwhile, Coupeville’s JV racked up three wins and a tie, as a roster which included several 8th graders showed great promise.

Xavier Murdy gives the ball a ride.

CHS coaches, led by hardball guru Will Thayer, doled out the following at their banquet:

Varsity awards:

Offensive MVP — Scott Hilborn

Defensive MVP — Xavier Murdy and Hawthorne Wolfe

Starting Pitching MVP — Hilborn

Relief Pitching MVP — Wolfe

Most Improved — Sage Sharp

Top Positive Influence — Cole Hutchinson

Top Program Newcomer — Chase Anderson

Wolf Pack Leader — Murdy

Four-Year Awards — Cody Roberts and Wolfe

Chase Anderson brings the heat.

Varsity letter winners:

Chase Anderson
Peyton Caveness
Scott Hilborn
Cole Hutchinson
Xavier Murdy
Jack Porter
Cody Roberts
Sage Sharp
Jonathan Valenzuela
Cole White
Hawthorne Wolfe

JV awards:

Offensive MVP — Cole White

Defensive MVP — Aiden O’Neill

Pitching MVP — Coop Cooper

Most Improved — Cooper

Wolf Pack Leader — Landon Roberts

Landon Roberts smacks a base-hit.

JV certificates:

Coop Cooper
Camden Glover
Aiden O’Neill
Johnny Porter
Gabe Reed
Landon Roberts
Yohannon Sandles
Alex Smith
Kai Wong
Seth Woollet

Manager:

Brooklyn Thayer

Brooklyn Thayer, the power behind the throne.

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Young Wolves sizzle on home track

May 19, 2022 by David Svien

Coupeville’s Laken Simpson, here throwing the shot put, won the 100 and 200 Wednesday at a home middle school track meet. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They are (young) women, hear them roar.

Wednesday’s home Coupeville Middle School track and field meet was dominated by the Wolf girls, as they teamed up for seven wins.

Led by Laken Simpson, who doubled her fun by landing on top of the podium in the 100 and 200, the CMS 6th/7th grade girls accounted for six of those victories, which carried them to a team win as well.

The youngest Wolves derailed traditional power Langley 76-57, with the Cougars bouncing back to win team titles for 8th grade girls, 6th/7th boys, and 8th boys.

Northshore Christian Academy and Granite Falls rounded out the competitors, joining the Whidbey rivals in the regular season finale.

Coupeville closes the year with the Cascade League Championships, which are May 26 (prelims) and June 1 (finals) at Lakewood.

Competing on their home turf Wednesday, the Wolves got wins from 8th graders Carly Burt (long jump), George Spear (800), and Malachi Somes (1600).

Sixth-graders Simpson (100, 200), Marin Winger (400), Lillian Ketterling (800), and Mikayla Wagner (1600) also triumphed, with a 4 x 100 relay team hitting the line first.

That squad was comprised of Winger and 7th graders Ava Carpenter, Myra McDonald, and Tirsit Cannon.

In addition to the victories, the Wolves showed improvement across the board, combining to net a whopping 83 PR’s on the day — 43 for the boys, 40 for the girls.

Amaya Schaffeld breaks the speed of sound.

GIRLS:

8th grade:

100 — Amaya Schaffeld (2nd) 13.78 *PR*; Noelle Western (7th) 15.19; Carly Burt (11th) 15.75 *PR*; Aleksia Jump (13th) 15.94 *PR*; Abbigail Bond (20th) 17.34; Frankie Tenore (21st) 17.53 *PR*; Brynn Parker (22nd) 17.60; Grier Mooney (23rd) 17.63 *PR*

200 — Liza Zustiak (3rd) 37.38

100 Hurdles — Zustiak (16th) 21.91 *PR*; Tenore (20th) 24.22

4 x 100 Relay — Burt, Western, Jump, Schaffeld (3rd) 1:00.59; Bond, Mooney, Tenore, Zustiak (4th) 1:10.69

Shot Put — Zustiak (8th) 22-03.50 *PR*; Mooney (13th) 19-09 *PR*

Discus — Mooney (11th) 43-03.50 *PR*

High Jump — Schaffeld (4th) 3-10; Parker (4th) 3-10; Jump (4th) 3-10; Bond (9th) 3-10 *PR*

Long Jump — Burt (1st) 12-02 *PR*; Western (10th) 10-07; Tenore (12th) 10-05 *PR*; Parker (13th) 10-04 *PR*

6th/7th grade:

100 — Laken Simpson (1st) 14.25 *PR*; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (2nd) 15.53 *PR*; Ivy Rudat (3rd) 15.71 *PR*; Arianna Cunningham (8th) 16.66 *PR*

200 — Simpson (1st) 31.06 *PR*; Myra McDonald (3rd) 33.03 *PR*; Tenley Stuurmans (4th) 33.90; Ava Carpenter (7th) 35.78

400 — Marin Winger (1st) 1:24.68 *PR*; Rudat (2nd) 1:25.44 *PR*; Taylor Marrs (4th) 1:28.15 *PR*

800 — Lillian Ketterling (1st) 3:12.50 *PR*

1600 — Mikayla Wagner (1st) 6:52.84 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Carpenter (2nd) 21.37 *PR*; McDonald (6th) 21.91 *PR*; Ar. Cunningham (8th) 22.31 *PR*; Emma McFadden (10th) 22.40 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Carpenter, Winger, Tirsit Cannon, McDonald (1st) 1:04.03; Ketterling, Devon Wyman, Wagner, Simpson (2nd) 1:07.94

Shot Put — Stuurmans (4th) 21-05 *PR*; McFadden (7th) 18-03.50; Winger (10th) 17-05 *PR*; Simpson (11th) 17-04; Ketterling (12th) 16-08.50 *PR*; Rudat (14th) 13-03

Discus — Ketterling (3rd) 51-08 *PR*; Stuurmans (4th) 50-05 *PR*; Marrs (8th) 43-00.50; Ar. Cunningham (10th) 40-02; McFadden (15th) 28-08 *PR*

Long Jump — Carpenter (2nd) 11-09 *PR*; Cannon (3rd) 11-08 *PR*; Isabella de Souza Oliveira (9th) 11-02 *PR*; McDonald (10th) 11-01; Ar. Cunningham (13th) 10-01 *PR*; Leedy-Bonifas (15th) 10-00 *PR*; Wagner (16th) 9-11 *PR*; Rudat (17th) 9-06; Wyman (19th) 8-05; Marrs (22nd) 7-02

Max Ohme launches a PR in the discus.

BOYS:

8th grade:

100 — Easton Green (5th) 14.34 *PR*; Matthew Kuzma (8th) 16.22 *PR*

200 — Adrian Cunningham (3rd) 28.00 *PR*; Kuzma (7th) 29.81 *PR*

400 — George Spear (4th) 1:13.53

800 — Spear (1st) 2:39.22

1600 — Malachi Somes (1st) 5:30.00; Kuzma (5th) 6:36.00 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Spear (7th) 22.25 *PR*

Shot Put — Ad. Cunningham (6th) 25-07 *PR*; Somes (10th) 22-01

Discus — Somes (6th) 81-07.50 *PR*; Spear (12th) 61-05 *PR*; Ad. Cunningham (18th) 54-02 *PR*

High Jump — E. Green (3rd) 4-04

Long Jump — Ad. Cunningham (2nd) 15-08.75 *PR*; Somes (5th) 14-00.50 *PR*; Kuzma (16th) 10-03 *PR*

6th/7th grade:

100 — Beckett Green (5th) 13.78 *PR*; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (9th) 14.44 *PR*; Kenneth Jacobsen (11th) 14.56 *PR*; Roger Merino-Martinez (13th) 14.72 *PR*; Nathan Niewald (15th) 14.87 *PR*; Shiloh Sandlin (18th) 15.50 *PR*; Leonardo Rodriguez (19th) 15.81 *PR*; Jonah Weyl (22nd) 16.00 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (23rd) 16.28 *PR*; Edmund Kunz (24th) 16.41 *PR*; Zach Blitch (30th) 17.57; Ayden Warren (31st) 18.03 *PR*; Ryan Beaston (32nd) 19.32

200 — B. Green (3rd) 30.15; Max Ohme (14th) 33.34; Ethan Walling (15th) 34.16; Axel Marshall (16th) 34.65; Joshua Stockdale (19th) 35.22

800 — Dylan Robinett (6th) 3:52.63 *PR*

1600 — K. Jacobsen (4th) 6:02.00 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Merino-Martinez (4th) 20.60 *PR*; Marshall (7th) 21.75 *PR*; Fitch-Marron (8th) 21.94; Rodriguez (10th) 26.50; J. Jacobsen (11th) 26.78 *PR*; Beaston (12th) 30.50

4 x 100 Relay — Carson Grove, B. Green, Merino-Martinez, Niewald (2nd) 1:00.62

4 x 200 Relay — Robinett, Kunz, Walling, Stockdale (2nd) 2:38.62

Shot Put — B. Green (2nd) 25-00 *PR*; Grove (7th) 21-08 *PR*; Robinett (12th) 17-05 *PR*; Niewald (13th) 17-01; Walling (14th) 16-11 *PR*; Sandlin (15th) 16-01.50 *PR*

Discus — Ohme (4th) 62-04.50 *PR*; Grove (8th) 50-01.50; Marshall (9th) 49-01.50; Weyl (14th) 40-10.50 *PR*; Blitch (16th) 38-04.50; Niewald (18th) 34-08 *PR*

High Jump — Fitch-Marron (2nd) 4-02; Stockdale (2nd) 4-02; J. Jacobsen (5th) 4-00

Long Jump — Grove (6th) 13-02.50 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (12th) 11-08.50; Sandlin (15th) 11-04 *PR*: J. Jacobsen (16th) 11-03 *PR*; Kunz (19th) 10-07.75 *PR*; Rodriguez (23rd) 10-04 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (25th) 10-00.50; Weyl (28th) 9-00.25; Warren (30th) 8-02 *PR*; Robinett (31st) 7-09.50; Ohme (33rd) 6-06

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CHS track stars ready to rumble

May 17, 2022 by David Svien

Cristina McGrath flies towards the finish line. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Dominic Coffman soars above the bar.

20 athletes in 24 events.

Coupeville High School track and field will be coming in hot this week, having qualified a large chunk of its roster for the District 1/4 championships.

The final event before the state meet, the royal rumble goes down Friday, May 20 at W.F. West High School in Chehalis.

Four of those Wolves — Ja’Kenya Hoskins, Caleb Meyer, Dominic Coffman, and Aidan Wilson — are set to compete in the maximum four events.

Coupeville boys need a top-five finish at bi-districts to punch their ticket to the big dance, while girls move on with a top-seven finish.

The difference is because girls events at the state meet will each have 16 competitors, while boys events will only have 12.

The reason?

There are 50 schools actively competing in 2B girls track, while just 49 boys teams meet the necessary criteria.

And that’s enough for the hard asses at the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association to cling to draconian rules, while ignoring the fact this is the first state meet in three years thanks to the pandemic.

Coupeville’s lineup for Bi-Districts:

GIRLS:

200 — Ja’Kenya Hoskins

400 — Lyla Stuurmans

1600 — Ayden Wyman

3200 — Cristina McGrath

4 x 100 Relay — Ava Mitten, Claire Mayne, Carolyn Lhamon, Hoskins

4 x 200 Relay — Wyman, Stuurmans, Ryanne Knoblich, Hoskins

Shot Put — Lhamon; Reese Wilkinson

Discus — Lhamon; Wilkinson

High Jump — Knoblich; Mercedes Kalwies-Anderson

Long Jump — Knoblich; Hoskins

Triple Jump — McGrath

BOYS:

100 — Caleb Meyer; Dominic Coffman

200 — Meyer

400 — Meyer; Aidan Wilson

800 — A. Wilson

1600 — Mitchell Hall; Carson Field

3200 — Cameron Epp

4 x 100 Relay — Meyer, Reiley Araceley, A. Wilson, Coffman

Shot Put — Logan Martin

Discus — Martin

Javelin — Hall

High Jump — Coffman; Nick Guay; Cael Wilson

Long Jump — Coffman

Triple Jump — A. Wilson

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Take a road trip to support sluggers!

May 16, 2022 by David Svien

Gwen Gustafson swoops in to deny a hitter. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Time for a convoy!

Coupeville High School softball finally gets to return to action this Saturday, May 21, breaking an 18-day layoff for a winner-to-state, loser-out contest.

The game, which pits the Wolves (16-2, Northwest 2B/1B League champs, rulers of District 1) against a team from District 4, is set for 6 PM at Fort Borst Park in Centralia.

The 12-team D4 tourney runs May 16-21, with the top four teams advancing to the 12-team 2B state tourney.

Then, Coupeville, despite being a league champ, gets to come in cold and face the #5 team from D4, which will be playing its third game that day.

It’s all because Washington Interscholastic Activities Association officials — ignoring the fact there haven’t been state tournaments since 2019 thanks to the pandemic — are being pedantic.

WIAA rules state 50 schools need to play a sport in a classification to have a normal 16-team state tourney.

End up with 49 active programs, as 2B softball currently does, and you get a 12-team championship event.

Which also takes away District 1’s automatic berth to the big dance, forcing the long layoff, the long bus ride, and a game against an opponent who will be a mystery until an hour or two before first pitch.

Izzy Wells unleashes The Knee-Buckler.

While they haven’t played a game which counts since May 3, the Wolves have continued to practice and scrimmage, and plot their revenge.

CHS coach Kevin McGranahan is calling on Wolf Nation to come out in support of his team, even in a foreign locale.

“Hopefully we can get some fans to travel down to Centralia and show the world how Coupeville does it right,” he said.

“We are facing a tough test, but I am sure this team will give everything they have and leave it all on the field. When the dust settles my money is on the WOLVES!”

Tickets:

Adults and students without ASB — $7.00
Students with ASB and senior citizens (62+) — $5.00
Children (Under 6) — Free

Fort Borst Park:

2030 Borst Ave
Centralia, WA 98531

https://www.cityofcentralia.com/Page.asp?NavID=444