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Time to punch your ticket!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on May 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Chris Smith has Coupeville baseball rolling, with 11 wins in its last 12 games. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Welcome to baseball’s version of Thunderdome.

Four teams enter and two emerge happy. For the other two, time to scrub the infield dirt out of your pants, hang up your hat and head home.

Coupeville’s hardball squad, which closed the regular season with 11 wins in its final 12 games, sits two victories from advancing to the state tourney for the first time since 2014.

The Wolves kick off the West Central District 3 baseball tourney Tuesday against Charles Wright Academy in a 4 PM game set for Foss High School in Tacoma.

Win or lose, CHS is back in the area May 10 for a second game. Depending on the outcome there, the wheels on the bus might go round and round one final time May 12.

It’s simple — win two games before you lose two and you’re state-bound.

 

The bracket:

http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=2654&sport=6

 

Admission prices:

Adults and students w/o ASB — $8
Students (with ASB) — $5
Elementary (under 12) — $4
Senior citizens (62+) — $5
Preschool (with parent) — free

 

Team capsules:

 

COUPEVILLE

Season record: 14-4

League finish: #1 in Olympic League

Run differential: 134-57

Record vs. district tourney foes: 2-1 (all vs Chimacum)

Coach: Chris Smith

Mascot: Wolves

Last trip to state: 2014

Best finish at state: 3rd in 1987

 

BELLEVUE CHRISTIAN

Season record: 11-6

League finish: #1 in Nisqually League

Run differential: 138-63

Record vs. district tourney foes: 3-0 (all vs Charles Wright Academy)

Coach: Blane Berry

Mascot: Vikings

Last trip to state: 2017

Best finish at state: 2nd in 2002

 

CHARLES WRIGHT ACADEMY

Season record: 10-5

League finish: #2 in Nisqually League

Run differential: 93-91

Record vs. district tourney foes: 0-3 (all vs BC)

Coach: Colin Waters

Mascot: Tarriers

Last trip to state: 2012

Best finish at state: State Champs (1980)

 

CHIMACUM

Season record: 10-8

League finish: #2 in Olympic League

Run differential: 85-70

Record vs. district tourney foes: 1-2 (all vs Coupeville)

Coach: Bob Eldridge

Mascot: Cowboys

Last trip to state: 2012

Best finish at state: State Champs (2007, 2011)

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You blew it, Klahowya! You blew it!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged , , , , , , on May 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »

In the end, they all bow down to Cow Town. (Photo by Shelli Trumbull)

I could be nice and sugar-coat things, but facts are facts.

The 1A Olympic League has come to a close after a four-year run, and the smallest school emerges as the top dog.

Sparked by an extremely strong final spring, in which it won conference crowns in softball, girls track, baseball, girls tennis and boys track, Coupeville High School has stared down Port Townsend, Chimacum, and, especially, Klahowya.

CHS had 227 students in grades 9-11 when the WIAA last did classification counts in 2016, which made it the sixth-smallest 1A school in the state.

That figure has since dropped to 208, which caused Coupeville officials to make a recent plea to drop to 2B which fell on deaf ears.

Klahowya boasted 445.07 students in ’16, making it the second-biggest 1A school in the state.

So, you take what is essentially a 2A school and pit it against what is essentially a 2B school, and what happens?

The lil’ school that could, did.

For the past four years, I have tracked 10 of the 11 varsity sports that the Wolves play.

In this scenario, we ignore track, since trying to figure out team win/loss records when 30 teams show up for a meet is a futile, and brain-injury-causing, endeavor.

So, we take volleyball, football, girls and boys basketball, soccer and tennis, softball and baseball and we watch.

And, in the course of four school years, we see a 24-game swing as one (small) school rises and another (big) school falls.

Varsity win totals:

2014-2015:

Klahowya 51
COUPEVILLE 40
Chimacum 23
Port Townsend 20

2015-2016:

Klahowya 45
COUPEVILLE 42
Chimacum 26
Port Townsend 22

2016-2017:

COUPEVILLE 51
Klahowya 48
Port Townsend 28
Chimacum 25

2017-2018:

COUPEVILLE 52
Klahowya 39
Port Townsend 26
Chimacum 20

Add together the four years and Coupeville beats Klahowya 185-183.

CHS was the only school to post 40 or more varsity wins in each school year, and the only school to post 50 or more wins twice.

To those who say, well, it’s only two games, let’s go back to the first numbers, the student body size — 445.07 vs 227 that became 208.

Klahowya should have dominated, pure and simple, and it didn’t.

In the early days of the league, KSS was the straw which stirred the drink, though the whirlpool created wasn’t anywhere as large as you would have expected.

And give the Eagles soccer teams credit.

The only Olympic League programs to go unbeaten in league play from 2014-2018, their combined 59 wins account for nearly a third of Klahowya’s varsity win total.

But, ultimately, the smallest, scrappiest school took over and made the Olympic League its own.

Coupeville finished with the best league record in four sports, the most of any school — girls tennis, baseball, girls basketball and boys tennis — with girls hoops winning 33 games, most of any program, in any sport.

Better still, CHS was the ONLY school to not finish as the worst in any sport.

Klahowya, by contrast, accrued the top all-time mark in three sports, but finished dead last in three others.

What’s this all mean in the end?

As Coupeville departs for new pastures and new challenges next year in the six-team North Sound Conference, its current rivals can take solace in two facts.

One, you won’t have to listen to me natter on as often (if ever).

And two, you won’t have to lose as often to the Wolves.

So, win-win … sorta.

 

Spring sports standings:

 

Olympic League baseball:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 8-1 14-4
Chimacum 7-2 10-8
Klahowya 2-7 3-14
Port Townsend 1-8 1-14

Olympic League boys soccer:

School League Overall
Klahowya 9-0 13-2-1
COUPEVILLE 5-4 7-7-2
Port Townsend 4-5 4-9-0
Chimacum 0-9 0-14-0

Olympic League girls tennis:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 5-1 7-8
Chimacum 4-2 5-7
Klahowya 0-6 1-14

Olympic League softball:

School League Overall
COUPEVILLE 3-0 11-5
Klahowya 0-3 9-4

 

And, complete Olympic League records from 2014-2018:

 

Volleyball:

School League
Klahowya 23-7
COUPEVILLE 21-9
Chimacum 10-20
Port Townsend 6-24

Football:

School League
Port Townsend 20-6
Klahowya 16-10
COUPEVILLE 7-19
Chimacum 3-23

Boys Tennis:

School League
COUPEVILLE 15-4
Klahowya 14-6
Chimacum 0-19

Girls Soccer:

School League
Klahowya 29-0
COUPEVILLE 19-11
Port Townsend 6-24
Chimacum 5-24

Girls Basketball:

School League
COUPEVILLE 33-3
Port Townsend 18-18
Chimacum 12-24
Klahowya 9-27

Boys Basketball:

School League
Port Townsend 26-10
Chimacum 17-19
COUPEVILLE 15-21
Klahowya 14-22

Softball:

School League
Chimacum 23-4
COUPEVILLE 17-13
Klahowya 17-13
Port Townsend 0-27

Girls tennis:

School League
COUPEVILLE 20-1
Chimacum 6-15
Klahowya 6-16

Baseball:

School League
COUPEVILLE 26-10
Klahowya 25-10
Chimacum 18-17
Port Townsend 2-34

Boys soccer:

School League
Klahowya 30-0
Port Townsend 18-12
COUPEVILLE 12-18
Chimacum 0-30

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Beat us on our track? Never!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf freshman Catherine Lhamon is headed to districts after a strong showing Friday at the 1A Olympic League track and field finals. (Photo by Helen Lhamon)

   Wolves (l to r) Lauren Bayne, Danny Conlisk and Abby Parker celebrate CHS winning two team league titles. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

   Jacob Smith nailed down four first-place finishes Friday, and also shattered the school record in the 100, which had stood since 1987. (Deb Smith photo)

   Ariah Bepler won three events Friday, and set PRs in all of them. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It ended the only way it could, with the Wolves atop the podium.

Whether individually, in relay groups, or finally, as complete teams, Coupeville High School thoroughly dominated the 1A Olympic League track and field finals.

Competing at home Friday, the Wolves bested Port Townsend, Chimacum and Klahowya, sweeping both the girls and boys team titles.

Toss in two school records, 17 wins and 33 PRs, plus the fact they advanced 24 athletes (at least) to districts and the weather wasn’t the only thing sizzling.

Plus, CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith didn’t end up in the hospital when a wayward discus soared over his head and clanked to the ground mere inches away, so … bonus.

The league tourney, which sends its top three in each event on to districts May 18-19, took place under sunny skies, with a few wispy clouds trailing the runners and throwers as they warmed up.

Longtime CHS track coach Randy King, brandishing twin starters pistols and wearing the look of a man about to storm a high-rise, Die Hard-style, was mildly optimistic at the beginning.

“It’s … going. It’s been … going … since 9 AM… We’re … getting … (deep sigh) … there.”

Five hours later, King was all smiles, as his teams romped and the meet went off almost without incident — though watching two high jumpers play Rock, Paper, Scissors to break a second-place tie was slightly unusual.

The Wolf boys ran away with 11 victories, led by senior Ariah Bepler, who set PRs in all three of his wins.

Jacob Smith and Sean Toomey-Stout popped on top of the podium four times apiece, twice as individuals and twice as relay team members, while Smith delivered the biggest bang of the afternoon.

Already the school record-holder in the 200, he busted the mark in the 100 Friday, toppling a record which had stood since 1987.

Bill Carstensen ran a 10.90 back in the hand-timed days, which translates to 11.14 now. Smith went under that by the length of his nose, hitting the tape at 11.12.

He was joined in busting a school record by sophomore Mallory Kortuem, though the length of time the pole vault mark she toppled had stood was a lot more modest.

The splendid sophomore soared seven feet, six inches, going half a foot better than the previous record … set by Kortuem herself earlier this season.

The Wolf girls nabbed six wins as they edged Klahowya 98-85 for the team title.

Port Townsend (68) and Chimacum (19) rounded out the score sheet.

On the boys side, the battle was close for much of the day until the Wolves pulled away in the latter stages for a 119-75.5 triumph over Klahowya.

PT (50.5) and Chimacum (16) were well back.

Coupeville now goes into a wait-and-watch-and-train mode.

Districts pits the Olympic League against the Nisqually League, with the top two in each event heading to Cheney for the state meet.

If you finished in the top three Friday, you know you’re going to districts. But, if you finished #4, you have to wait a week to find out your fate.

The Nisqually League doesn’t hold its meet until next weekend.

When it does, the top four finishers there advance, while their #5 will be compared to the OL #4, with the better time or distance getting the final slot at districts.

 

Complete Friday results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (3rd) 13.31

200 — Lindsey Roberts (1st) 27.51 *PR*

400 — Mallory Kortuem (1st) 1:01.73 *PR*; M. Toomey-Stout (4th) 1:02.46 *PR*

800 — Lucy Sandahl (6th) 2:46.81; Natalie Hollrigel (7th) 2:47.38 *PR*

1600 — Sandahl (4th) 5:46.30 *PR*; Catherine Lhamon (6th) 6:04.88 *PR*

3200 — Lhamon (2nd) 13:03.15

100 Hurdles — Roberts (2nd) 15.95; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (3rd) 18.12 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Hoskins (2nd) 54.83 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Kortuem, Ashlie Shank, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts (1st) 52.44

4 x 200 Relay — Kortuem, Shank, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts (1st) 1:50.18

4 x 400 Relay — Shank, Hollrigel, Sandahl, Lhamon (2nd) 5:01.71

Shot put — Emma Smith (2nd) 32-02 *PR*; Kylie Chernikoff (4th) 27-05.25; Shank (8th) 23-07.25

Discus — Allison Wenzel (1st) 96-08 *PR*; E. Smith (3rd) 90-02 *PR*; Hannah Davidson (4th) 81-09 *PR*; Chernikoff (6th) 77-03

Javelin — Lauren Bayne (2nd) 106-10 *PR*; Wenzel (4th) 98-10; Davidson (5th) 92-06 *PR*; Raven Vick (6th) 89-04 *PR*; Abby Parker (8th) 73-06

High Jump — Bayne (2nd) 4-06; Hoskins (4th) 4-04; Cassidy Moody (5th) 4-02

Pole Vault — Kortuem (2nd) 7-06 *PR* *SCHOOL RECORD*

Long Jump — Moody (1st) 13-11.50; Hoskins (2nd) 13-07.25 *PR*

Triple Jump — Bayne (3rd) 30-11.50 *PR*

 

BOYS:

100 — Jacob Smith (1st) 11.12 *PR* *SCHOOL RECORD*; Jean Lund-Olsen (3rd) 11.72 *PR*; Henry Wynn (4th) 11.79 *PR*

200 — J. Smith (1st) 22.87; Danny Conlisk (3rd) 23.56 *PR*; Wynn (4th) 23.86 *PR*

400 — Conlisk (1st) 52.46; Wynn (2nd) 54.97

110 Hurdles — Jakobi Baumann (1st) 19.69 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Baumann (3rd) 48.32 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Cameron Toomey-Stout, J. Smith, Sean Toomey-Stout, Lund-Olsen (1st) 45.29

4 x 400 Relay — J. Smith, Wynn, S. Toomey-Stout, Conlisk (1st) 3:39.69

Shot Put — Ryan Labrador (2nd) 39-02; Keahi Sorrows (3rd) 38-11; Chris Battaglia (4th) 36-10; Andrew Martin (8th) 30-07 *PR*

Discus — Ariah Bepler (1st) 110-01 *PR*; Thane Peterson (2nd) 103-10 *PR*; Battaglia (3rd) 103-07; Labrador (6th) 95-09 *PR*; Sorrows (8th) 91-05

Javelin — S. Toomey-Stout (1st) 131-06 *PR*; Battaglia (2nd) 126-11; Bepler (5th) 117-09; Martin (7th) 110-06; Luke Carlson (8th) 109-09

High Jump — Bepler (1st) 6-02 *PR*; Battaglia (4th) 5-00

Pole Vault — Peterson (2nd) 9-00 *PR*; Kyle Burnett (6th) 8-00

Long Jump — S. Toomey-Stout (1st) 18-11.50; C. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 18-10.75

Triple Jump — Bepler (1st) 38-07 *PR*; C. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 37-05.25; Baumann (5th) 34-01.50

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Champs four-evah!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on May 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   CHS tennis coach Ken Stange honored Heather Nastali and five other Wolf seniors Thursday. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   Kameryn St Onge fires a shot back against Chimacum as she and Maggie Crimmins stroll to a win.

Play to your strengths.

Getting a sweep from its four doubles teams Thursday, the Coupeville High School girls tennis squad pulled out a 4-3 win over visiting Chimacum and claimed its fourth-straight Olympic League title.

The only Wolf athletes to achieve the four-peat (CHS girls basketball fell a game short of a fourth title), the netters finish the season 5-1 in conference play, 7-8 overall.

Coupeville went 20-1 against Klahowya, Chimacum and Port Townsend across the past four seasons.

After opening with a 6-0 run in 2015 during the debut season of the Olympic League, the Wolves finished 5-0 and 4-0 the past two years.

In both of those seasons, they clinched the title early, and rain-outs against league foes weren’t made up, hence the smaller win/loss totals.

This season came all the way down to the finale, however.

Chimacum and Coupeville entered Thursday both sitting at 4-1, having split their two prior meetings.

With two varsity players, Genna Wright (WE Day in Seattle) and Zara Bradley (illness), unavailable, the Wolves shuffled their lineup a bit.

But, in the end, Coupeville got the same dynamic play from its doubles duos it has been able to rely on all season, regardless of how the lineup card is filled out.

While Stange hailed all of his duos, two made a big impression in the spotlight.

Seniors Maggie Crimmins and Kameryn St Onge, who have played together all four years, “wielded their magic racket wands once again.”

The duo are looking especially strong as they head into Monday’s Olympic League tourney (10:45 AM start at the CHS courts), where trips to districts will be decided.

Stange also praised sophomores Tia Wurzrainer and Avalon Renninger, whose win at #2 doubles was the deciding point in the battle for the team win.

The precocious netters knew the match, and title, hung on their bout, and embraced the honor, attacking with glee and then bumping rackets with a little more ferocity as they neared the win.

“Avalon and Tia established themselves as a force to be reckoned with,” Stange said. “They were undefeated in league this year, and today they dispatched who will be Chimacum’s top duo in Monday’s tourney.”

With Wright and Bradley out, freshmen Emily Fiedler and Jaimee Masters also got a chance to step up, and it was a huge step.

After playing doubles all season, the two Wolves made their singles debut in the year’s biggest match, and both cracked their fair share of winners against veteran foes.

“Emily and Jaimee dipped their toes into the varsity waters. They came up short, but played quite well,” Stange said. “This should bode well for them next season.”

Along with a league title hanging in the balance, Thursday was Senior Night for Wolf old-timers Payton Aparicio, Heather Nastali, Claire Mietus, Sage Renninger, Crimmins and St Onge.

Mietus and Nastali joined the tennis program as juniors while the other four went the whole way, and their coach got a bit misty-eyed as he honored all six.

“Twenty seasons of tennis from six seniors. That is a lot of time, effort, energy, and dedication,” Stange said. “Coupeville’s Class of 2018 made a positive impact on the CHS tennis program.

“It’s been an honor working with you all over the past four years,” he added. “I know the six of you are destined for great things in life, and I hope that you continue making tennis one of your lifetime sports.”

Nastali was praised for her “flexibility in playing in whatever spot was needed on a given day” and Mietus for her “willingness to play the best players that the big schools had to offer.”

Stange noted that St Onge, “the most acrobatic person on our team” and Crimmins, “the person with the sunniest disposition,” had spent four years as doubles partners, “and you’re still friends!”

When it came to his captains, Aparicio and Sage Renninger, the net guru informed them they were the best girls doubles duo, hands down, he has coached in his 13 years at the helm of the CHS program.

“You were the Alpha Wolves before you even knew it,” Stange said, emotion in his voice. “I’ll never forget that first week of 9th grade tennis and how you broke the hearts of so many aspiring #1 doubles teams.

“You were so darned nice about it, too!,” he added. “You never backed down, and you’ve never looked back.

“Sage and Payton, thank you both for setting the standard. Thank you for the wins, for the giggles, for the leadership, for paying it forward and being outstanding stewards of the program.”

 

Complete Thursday results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Heather Nastali lost to Gladys Hitt 6-1, 6-0

2nd Singles — Jaimee Masters lost to Renee Woods 6-0, 6-0

3rd Singles — Emily Fiedler lost to Makaela Caskey 6-2, 6-4

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger beat Marley Music/Christina Bell 6-0, 6-0

2nd Doubles — Avalon Renninger/Tia Wurzrainer beat Grace Yaley/Chloe Patterson 6-1, 6-3

3rd Doubles — Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge beat Madison Hess/Denisse Lopez 6-1, 6-3

4th Doubles — Jillian Mayne/Claire Mietus beat Chiara Vignale/Claudia Garfis 6-3, 6-0

JV:

5th Doubles — Nanci Melendrez/Elaira Nicolle beat Jaden Long/Olivia Mattern 6-0

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Bring your wallet, track fans!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Don’t even try and sneak in the back way Friday for the Olympic League track and field championships. Wolf coach Randy King can, and will, kick you into another dimension. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Want to see Wolf track stars like Lindsey Roberts or Jacob Smith compete for a league title?

Get ready to fork over some greenbacks.

The 1A Olympic League finals, which are set to go down 2 PM Friday at Coupeville High School’s track complex, will be on a pay-to-watch basis for fans.

CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith confirmed Thursday that the event is being operated under the same guidelines as all other postseason events.

Ticket prices:

Adults and students w/o ASB – $8
Students (with ASB) – $5
Elementary (under 12) – $4
Senior Citizens (62+) – $5

Also, there will be only one entry point open Friday, and that is through the gate off the elementary school.

The back entrance by the baseball field will not be used for the event, so if you choose to park in the baseball/softball parking lot, expect to walk all the way around.

The league finals brings Chimacum, Port Townsend and Klahowya to town to face off with the Wolves.

Top three finishers in each event Friday punch their ticket to the district meet May 18-19 in Renton.

Districts fills out its eight-athlete draws by taking the top four finishers from the Nisqually League, then awarding the final spot to the better time/distance between the OL #4 and NL #5.

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