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Roll on, Wolves, roll on!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged 1A Olympic League, Chimacum, CHS Wolves, first place, volleyball on October 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »

That moment when you’re undefeated in league. (John Fisken photos)

Maddy Hilkey (left) and the Wolf JV are 6-2 after thrashing Chimacum Tuesday night.

Speed bump? What speed bump?

Adjusting nicely after a brief second-set stumble Tuesday night, the Coupeville High School volleyball squad rallied to down host Chimacum in four sets, staying perfect in league play.

The 25-7, 23-25, 25-19, 25-16 victory lifts the Wolves to 4-0 in 1A Olympic League play, 6-2 overall.

It puts them a game-and-a-half up on Klahowya (2-1) in the standings, while Chimacum (1-3) and Port Townsend (0-3) round out things.

Thanks to a quirk in the schedule, Coupeville will stay flawless in league play for at least two more weeks.

The Wolves play only twice in the next 13 days, facing non-conference foes Port Angeles (Thursday at home, 5:15 varsity only) and Sequim (Oct. 11), before returning to league play Oct. 18.

CHS closes the regular season with five straight league bouts — two apiece against Klahowya and Port Townsend and one against Chimacum — as it seeks its first volleyball league title in 15 seasons.

The last time the Wolf spikers reigned atop the final standings was in 2001.

Back then they resided in the Northwest League and this year’s seniors (Ally Roberts, Tiffany Briscoe and Valen Trujillo) were three years old.

Tuesday night any dreams of championship glory were set firmly on the back burner, as the Wolves focused intently on the matter at hand. For most of the time.

“We came in strong with our serves and got to an early lead,” said CHS coach Cory Whitmore. “We let up on that, they made some adjustments and got momentum.

“Our focus wasn’t all there but we gained it back to finish the game.”

Katrina McGranahan was, as usual, cool as a cucumber in all aspects of the game, and piled up some sweet stats as she kept the young Wolf squad centered.

The junior middle blocker pounded home a team-high nine kills, was remarkably consistent on her hitting and fired off five service aces.

“Katrina had a great game serving but especially attacking,” Whitmore said.

Hope Lodell (five kills, nine digs, five aces), Payton Aparicio (five kills, eight aces) and Ashley Menges (nine assists, five aces) all filled up the stat sheet, while Lauren Rose chipped in with 19 assists and Roberts went low for eight digs.

JV aces another foe:

Kristin Bridges‘ young guns continue to match the varsity, also rolling to their fourth straight victory.

Shredding Chimacum 25-8, 25-8, the Wolf JV also improved to 4-0 in league, 6-2 overall.

The key, as always, was Coupeville’s ability to fire darts from the service line, where the Wolf spikers cranked out 29 aces.

“Our serving really helped us control the game from the start,” Bridges said.

Scout Smith led the way, ripping off 16 winners on her serve, while also finding time to slide forward and hand out five assists.

Hannah Davidson (9), Maddy Hilkey (2) and Zoe Trujillo (2) all nabbed aces as well, with Trujillo’s three kills topping the team.

Nicole Lester and Davidson both recorded a pair of kills, Jillian Mayne added another and Raven Vick rounded out the stat sheet with an assist and a dig.

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Bustin’ records and takin’ names!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged 1A Olympic League, Abraham Leyva, Chimacum, CHS Wolves, Mia Littlejohn, scoring record on October 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Wolf senior May Rose notched her first goal of the season Tuesday in a 7-2 win at Chimacum. (John Fisken photos)

Fab frosh Tia Wurzrainer recently moved up front, and it paid off against the Cowboys, as she tallied her first two high school goals.

One record tied, another broken.

Raining down destruction on host Chimacum from every angle Tuesday, the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad romped to a 7-2 win.

The victory, spurred by a momentous night from Mia Littlejohn, lifts the Wolves to 4-1 in 1A Olympic League play, 6-2-1 overall.

Coupeville trails Klahowya (3-0) by percentage points atop the league standings, while Port Townsend (1-3) and Chimacum (0-4) are fading fast.

The win allows the 2016 Wolves to tie the ’14 and ’15 teams for most victories in a single season in program history.

Barring a colossal collapse, that record should easily fall, as CHS still has seven regular-season games left on its schedule.

Those games, which begin with a non-conference tilt at home against 2A Port Angeles Thursday (5:15 PM) will give Littlejohn a chance to further add to her season goal total, which now stands above any other Wolf to play the sport.

Rattling home goals #20 and #21 against the Cowboys, the reigning WIAA Athlete of the Week tied, then passed, Abraham Leyva for the school’s single-season scoring mark.

Now that Littlejohn has the season mark, the school’s career record is her next target.

The CHS junior has tallied 29 goals in her stellar career, while Leyva notched 45 scores before graduating in June.

Another sharpshooter with her eye on the scoring marks is Mia’s little sister, sophomore Kalia Littlejohn.

The baby of the family torched the nets for two more goals herself Tuesday, giving her six for the season and 16 for her career.

“Kalia finally got the monkey off her back,” said Coupeville coach Troy Cowan. “She has been struggling with her offensive game but I told her to be patient and that she has the greatest foot skills I have ever seen, so use them.

“The second half she started listening, winning possession and scoring goals.”

While the Littlejohns were up to their old ways, two other Wolves scribbled their name into the scoring column for the first time this season.

Senior May Rose connected on one, while freshman Tia Wurzrainer, who has recently moved up the field after playing defense for much of the year, tallied a pair.

“May is a very hard working player and tonight her hard work paid off,” Cowan said.

“Tia should have probably scored four or five, but she is so unselfish,” he added. “I am hoarse from hollering at her! She is a special player and has a bright future with the Wolves.”

The Wolves worked the ball extremely well, with assists on six of the seven scores.

Mia Littlejohn set up a pair, while Sage Renninger, Lauren Bayne, Wurzrainer and Avalon Renninger all put the ball right where their teammates could take advantage.

Cowan praised them all, but saved a few words for his captain.

“Sage is serving the most beautiful balls I have ever seen. I mean she is just dialed in and is electric.”

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Making their move!!

Posted in standings, tagged 1A Olympic League, first place, football, Soccer, standings, tennis, volleyball on October 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Wolves Hope Lodell (left) and Katrina McGranahan rise up to deny a rival hitter. (John Fisken photo)

It was a very good week.

In the last six days, Coupeville High School vaulted into sole possession of first-place for volleyball, solidified its top spot in boys tennis and moved closer to the top in both football and girls soccer.

While it’s still way early in the 2016-2017 school year, CHS currently tops its three 1A Olympic League rivals in total conference wins, edging Klahowya 10-7 across the four fall sports.

Port Townsend has three league victories so far, while Chimacum has a single one from volleyball to its credit.

Klahowya, whose vast student body dwarfs the rest of the league, has had the most league wins in the first two years of competition.

That number came down from year one to year two, though, a trend which seems to be continuing.

In 2014-2015, the Eagles won 52 league games (and five titles) across 10 sports, while Coupeville won 40 (and two).

In year two, Klahowya’s margin shrunk to 45-42, and the Wolves captured four league titles to Klahowya’s three.

Where everybody stands as of Monday morning:

Olympic/Nisqually League football:

School	League	Overall
Cascade Christian	2-0	5-0
Charles Wright	2-0	3-2
Port Townsend	2-0	3-2
COUPEVILLE	1-1	2-3
Klahowya	1-1	3-2
Bellevue Christian	0-2	0-5
Chimacum	0-2	1-4
Vashon Island	0-2	0-5

Olympic League volleyball:

School	League	Overall
COUPEVILLE	3-0	5-2
Klahowya	2-1	3-3
Chimacum	1-2	3-4
Port Townsend	0-3	1-6

Olympic League girls soccer:

School	League	Overall
Klahowya	3-0	5-0-2
COUPEVILLE	3-1	5-2-1
Port Townsend	1-3	1-6-1
Chimacum	0-3	1-4-0

Olympic League boys tennis:

School	League	Overall
COUPEVILLE	3-0	4-6
Klahowya	1-2	2-8
Chimacum	0-2	0-9

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A step closer to the crown!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, doubles, Ken Stange, Klahowya, tennis, titles on September 30, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Tiger Johnson and the CHS netters are one win away from clinching back-to-back league titles. (John Fisken photo)

One win away from another title.

That’s where Coupeville High School boys’ tennis coach Ken Stange finds himself, after he successfully juggled his roster again Friday and set the Wolves up to nip visiting Klahowya 4-3.

The victory lifts the Wolves to 3-0 in 1A Olympic League play, two up on the Eagles (1-2) with three to play.

Chimacum (0-2) brings up the rear.

Since Coupeville holds the tiebreaker on Klahowya, having won the first two meetings between the schools, the Wolves can defend their league title and clinch with a victory in their next match.

That comes Wednesday, Oct. 5 at Chimacum.

Friday’s triumph came courtesy of a sweep of the four doubles matches, and, to get there, Stange shuffled his roster, putting his top two singles players, Nick Etzell and Jakobi Baumann together as a team.

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st singles — Mason Grove lost to Taylor Fite 6-1, 6-0

2nd singles — Aiden Crimmins lost to Caden Haga 6-1, 6-1

3rd singles — Tiger Johnson lost to Connor Swaney 6-1, 6-0

1st doubles — Joseph Wedekind/John McClarin beat Kyle Schoening/Parker Short 6-0, 7-6(7-2)

2nd doubles — Joey Lippo/William Nelson beat Spencer Winters/Will Stewart 6-0, 6-1

3rd doubles — Jimmy Myers/Grey Rische beat Joe Bowman/Nick Hytinen 6-7(5-7), 6-2, 6-2

4th doubles — Jakobi Baumann/Nick Etzell beat Carson Short/Morgan Seidel 6-2, 6-1

JV:

5th doubles — Jaschon Baumann/Elliott Johnson lost to Logan Brunson/Eric Loehrs 8-4

6th doubles — Grove/Crimmins beat Dylan Jackson/Matt Hytinen 8-3

7th doubles — E. Johnson/T. Johnson lost to Cam Jackson/Tyler Godsey 8-5

8th doubles — Koby Schreiber/Zach Ginnings beat Grant Palmer/Jackson Palmer 8-3

9th doubles — Schreiber/Ginnings lost to Tristan/Will 6-4

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Not personal, just business!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged 1A Olympic League, Ally Roberts, CHS Wolves, Port Townsend, volleyball on September 29, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Senior captain Valen Trujillo has helped lead Coupeville to sole possession of first-place in the 1A Olympic League. (John Fisken photos)

Payton Aparicio was lights out at the service stripe Thursday, sparking the Wolves to a three-set win.

Get in, get out.

Playing quick, brutal, efficient volleyball Thursday night, the Coupeville High School spikers firmly stepped on visiting Port Townsend and never gave the RedHawks the slightest chance to recover.

Coming off a huge emotional win at Klahowya earlier in the week, the Wolves entered play in sole possession of first-place in the 1A Olympic League.

They ended the night having vigorously reinforced that reality.

Rolling the RedHawks 25-11, 25-12, 25-8, Coupeville improves to 3-0 in league play, 5-2 overall.

That leaves the Wolves a game up on Klahowya (2-1), while Chimacum (1-2) and Port Townsend (0-3) are looking up from the basement.

Coupeville dominated every aspect of the match, something coach Cory Whitmore was thrilled to see.

“We got right in our flow and managed the pace of the game,” he said. “We focused on our focus and I was very pleased to see we didn’t peak and valley.

“We got better today.”

The Wolves trailed only twice on the night, very early in the first set, with their final deficit a modest 4-3.

Reclaiming the lead two points later on a nice put-away off the fingertips of sophomore Emma Smith, CHS never looked back.

Their service game was nearly impeccable, led by Hope Lodell’s eight aces (Payton Aparicio added six and Valen Trujillo had four), and their hitting game extra-crisp.

The big spikes and crowd-pleasing kills were nimbly set up by Lauren Rose (13 assists) and Ashley Menges (six).

“We had very balanced numbers hitting,” Whitmore said. “Nearly everyone was in the positive; that’s exciting.”

Katrina McGranahan paced the Wolves with five kills, while Ally Roberts, Smith and Sarah Wright chipped in with four apiece.

Any hopes Port Townsend might have had of rallying in the first set were immediately undone by the Wolf power game, with Tiffany Briscoe slicing a nasty winner that caught the right corner and Lodell pounding the snot out of the ball.

Roberts, soaring high on the right side of the net, then unleashing with her left hand, swatted a huge spike that shredded flesh as it ripped through the porous RedHawk defense.

In the midst of all the explosive hitting, the ever-calm Rose ripped off nine straight points on her serve with a variety of knuckle-balls, proving quiet winners can count just as much as loud ones.

The second set was highlighted by a slicing winner from the left corner from Allison Wenzel, a nice team-up from Wright and McGranahan to stuff a spike and Lodell carving up folks at the service line.

If Port Townsend at least put up some fight in the first two sets, the RedHawks spent much of the final set looking like they wanted to be back on the bus and headed to the ferry.

With Rose and Aparicio rolling off serve winners one after another, Coupeville soared out to a 15-1 lead, then coasted home.

The most exciting moment in the final set came when Port Townsend was penalized for staying too long on the sideline during a time-out, then ended up playing two points with just five players on the floor.

McGranahan put together a complete highlight reel around the RedHawk confusion, climbing an invisible ladder three times in a four-point stretch.

Each time she emphatically put the ball away, skipping winners off of assorted Port Townsend kneecaps as her personal fan section went happily bonkers two seats down from me.

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