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Fancy like first place

April 30, 2022 by David Svien

CHS tennis guru Ken Stange keeps a watchful eye on the standings. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Wolves slide into May.

The transition begins.

The week ahead brings an end to the regular season for three of Coupeville High School’s four spring sports teams.

Wolf baseball and softball cap things with a road trip to Darrington Tuesday, May 3, while CHS track begins the postseason trek with a trip to La Conner May 4 for the Northwest 2B/1B League championships.

Both diamond squads will play beyond their Darrington trips, but everything after those games will have a postseason flair.

Meanwhile, the Wolf netters are scheduled to play a home-and-away series with South Whidbey May 3 and 6, respectively.

Tennis will still have one more regular-season match left on the schedule, with a league clash against Friday Harbor set for May 10, before it also begins the postseason journey.

As we head into May, a look at standings through games of Apr. 30:

 

Northwest League baseball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 10-1 12-6
Friday Harbor 9-1 12-2
Orcas Island 5-4 6-5
MV Christian 5-5 7-6
Darrington 2-6 2-7
La Conner 2-8 2-9
Concrete 0-8 0-8

 

Northwest League girls tennis:

School League Overall
Coupeville 1-0 3-0
Friday Harbor 0-1 0-2

 

Northwest League softball:

School League Overall
Coupeville 7-0 15-2
Friday Harbor 5-2 6-6
Darrington 3-4 6-5
Orcas Island 2-4 2-6
La Conner 0-7 0-11

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They’ve got parade fever

April 30, 2022 by David Svien

Oak Harbor’s Holland Happening parade brought out a variety of folks. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Oak Harbor was abuzz.

Holland Happening returned in all its glory Saturday, with a parade shutting down the middle part of town as princesses waved, candy was flung, and pooper scoopers kept a watchful eye on prancing horses.

John Fisken wandered through the middle of all the activity, and the photos above and below are courtesy him.

To see everything he shot, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Events/Holland-Happening-Parade-2022/

 

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“What a fun invite it was!”

April 30, 2022 by David Svien

Alex Merino-Martinez and his teammates competed at a 22-team meet Saturday in Lakewood. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Adapt, adapt, adapt.

The plucky Coupeville High School track squad did just that Saturday at the Lakewood Sunny and 70s! Invitational.

Adjusting to ever-changing weather, not worrying about being the smallest of 22 schools in attendance, and boldly trying new events, the Wolves made a positive impression.

“What a fun invite it was!” said CHS girls coach Elizabeth Bitting. “All in all a good time was had!”

The day began cloudy and rainy but ended in sunshine, with Coupeville athletes getting their first try at events like the steeplechase and the 4 x 800 relay.

Wolves Reiley Araceley and Cameron Epp took a crack at the steeplechase — which involves navigating obstacles and frequently landing in water after jumping — though their times remain a mystery.

But they’re not the only ones, as the timing system was set up wrong for the event.

Because of the mistake, race officials also found themselves with no video of the event, preventing anyone from going back and creating times by hand.

So, we’ll say Araceley and Epp covered the 2K course in like 45 seconds.

Speedy, yes I know, but you can’t prove me wrong, so…

Meanwhile, back in reality land, Wolf junior Ryanne Knoblich landed on the award stand, taking top honors in the high jump.

She cleared the bar at four feet, 10 inches, tying her PR and leaving her four inches shy of the CHS girls all-time record of 5-02, set by Yashmeen Knox in 1999.

Knoblich and Co. have four more chances to chase school records, with the postseason schedule sliding into place.

First up is the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships, set for next Wednesday, May 4 in La Conner.

After that, districts go down May 14 in Coupeville, bi-districts May 20 in Centralia, and the state meet May 26-28 in Cheney.

The 4 x 100 relay team of (l to r) Claire Mayne, Ava Mitten, Carolyn Lhamon, and Ja’Kenya Hoskins are ready to rumble. (Elizabeth Bitting photo)

 

Complete Saturday results:

 

GIRLS:

200 — Ja’Kenya Hoskins (14th) 29.44

100 Hurdles — Claire Mayne (20th) 20.75

300 Hurdles — Mayne (13th) 59.91 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Mayne, Carolyn Lhamon, Ava Mitten, Hoskins (8th) 55.67

4 x 200 Relay — Ayden Wyman, Ryanne Knoblich, Hoskins, Mitten (9th) 2:02.25

Shot Put — Lhamon (12th) 27-08

Discus — Lhamon (8th) 95-05 *PR*

Javelin — Taygin Jump (15th) 82-00

High Jump — Knoblich (1st) 4-10

Long Jump — Hoskins (14th) 13-05.25; Knoblich (15th) 13-04.50

Triple Jump — Cristina McGrath (20th) 26-06

 

BOYS:

1600 — Mitchell Hall (19th) 5:04.65 *PR*; Carson Field (24th) 5:18.66

110 Hurdles — Reiley Araceley (24th) 20.79

4 x 100 Relay — Araceley, Tim Ursu, Dominic Coffman, Nick Guay (5th) 46.28

4 x 400 Relay — Field, Cameron Epp, Hall, Hank Milnes (14th) 4:17.16

4 x 800 Relay — Milnes, Thomas Strelow, Alex Merino-Martinez, Field (10th) 10:12.56

Shot Put — Logan Martin (6th) 44-09.25

Discus — Martin (2nd) 143-03

High Jump — Coffman (4th) 5-10 *PR*; Guay (10th) 5-04

Triple Jump — Milnes (25th) 28-10.50

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“It was a great learning experience”

April 30, 2022 by David Svien

Maya Nottingham taps home. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Wolf sluggers enjoy their Saturday. (Photo courtesy Kevin McGranahan)

“I’m very proud of these girls.”

Facing off with host Olympic High School, a larger 2A program, the Coupeville JV softball squad came up short on the scoreboard Saturday, but not in the eyes of their coach.

“It was a great learning experience for the girls,” said Katrina McGranahan.

“We played a real game today. No time limit and no five-run innings. We played until we got three outs.

“That’s how they learn the game and that’s how they get mentally tough.”

Olympic is a quality team, going 17 deep on the JV side, with most of its starting lineup comprised of players who swing between varsity and JV.

The Trojans can hit, and they smacked the ball around the field in a 25-10 win, but the upside for the Wolves goes far beyond one defeat in the record book.

“Yes, we lost, but we played a solid team, probably the best team we’ve seen so far,” McGranahan said. “Now we know exactly where we need to work in order to better ourselves.”

Coupeville’s JV, which drops to a still impressive 5-2 on the season, is scheduled to play two games at Blaine May 7 in its season finale.

Saturday’s game also gave the young Wolves their first crack at playing on turf this season.

“We have never done so before and it showed,” McGranahan said. “The girls played their best though, and that’s all we can ever ask of them.

Chloe Marzocca and Mia Farris handled pitching duties early, as usual, and then the Wolves tried something new, with Taylor Brotemarkle entering the circle for the first time as a high school player.

Normally the starting shortstop for the CHS varsity, the freshman made an impressive debut in a new role.

“I decided to put Taylor in to pitch cause why not at that point, right?” said McGranahan. “Saw her warming up the other day, so might as well see her in the game and guess what she did.

“AMAZING. We were all joking with her, and she was joking about it too, but it turns out she has some potential there.

“Interesting, very interesting.”

McGranahan also praised the play of Maya Nottingham, who showcased a slick glove on the turf.

“She played great at second base! I was so proud of her,” McGranahan said.

“She had this one play where the ball was hit up the middle and I didn’t think she’d get to it, but she snagged it with a back hand and slapped a tag on the runner for the out!

“I was in awe of that play.”

 

Saturday stats:

Teagan Calkins — 1 double
Mia Farris — 1 single, 1 double
Jada Heaton — 1 single
Violette Huegerich — 1 walk
Katie Marti — 1 double, 1 walk
Chloe Marzocca — 1 walk
Melanie Navarro — 1 single, 1 walk
Maya Nottingham — 1 walk

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JV baseball building a bright future

April 30, 2022 by David Svien

Wolf leadoff hitter Landon Roberts, who had two hits Saturday, lets coach/dad Jon Roberts get a photo op. (Sherry Bonacci photo)

The score doesn’t tell the whole story.

While the Coupeville High School JV baseball squad fell 8-6 at Mount Vernon Saturday, the very-young Wolves have taken great leaps and bounds since the two teams clashed earlier this season.

Repping a 2B school, and facing a large 3A program, CHS started multiple 8th graders and yet hung with the big boys all afternoon.

“We played a far better game this time, and it shows the improvement my boys have made in just a little over two weeks,” said Wolf coach Jon Roberts.

“I’ve said it before, and I’ll continue to say, the future of Coupeville baseball is in good hands!”

The first time the schools met in JV action, Mount Vernon claimed a 13-1 win.

This time around, with Aiden O’Neill, Landon Roberts, and Jack Porter sharing time on the mound, Coupeville, now 3-5-1 on the season, stifled the Bulldogs for quite some time.

The hosts pushed across a single run in each of the first, third, and fourth innings, then Coupeville struck back in the top of the sixth to claim the lead.

The Wolves had placed runners aboard in three of the first five innings but couldn’t get that one big hit to crack the seal on the scoreboard.

In the sixth, though, it finally happened.

Coop Cooper led off the frame by getting plunked by a wayward pitch, and that lit a fire under Coupeville.

An RBI single from Cole White plated one run, before Porter lashed a two-run triple to knot the game up at 3-3.

The Wolves weren’t finished, though, as Seth Woollet brought Porter in to score with a well-placed grounder, pushing Coupeville in front.

Mount Vernon rebounded in the bottom half of the sixth, scoring five runs with two outs, but Coupeville went down fighting in the final frame.

Kai Wong walked to kick things off, followed by Cooper and Landon Roberts smacking back-to-back singles.

An RBI groundout from White got Coupeville back within 8-6 before the Bulldogs finally escaped with a hard-fought victory.

Wolf hurlers O’Neill and Roberts finished the game with three strikeouts apiece.

 

Saturday stats:

Coop Cooper — 1 single, 1 walk
Aiden O’Neill — 1 single
Jack Porter — 1 triple
Johnny Porter — 1 single
Landon Roberts — 2 singles, 1 walk
Cole White — 1 single, 1 walk
Kai Wong — 1 walk

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