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Good? Yes! Lucky? No…

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged 1A Olympic League, Abraham Leyva, CHS Wolves, Kyle Nelson, Port Townsend, Soccer on May 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Sebastian Davis (22) and his Wolf teammates will open the playoffs on the road Saturday. (John Fisken photo)

Earning a home playoff game was going to be a long shot.

Going into Wednesday’s regular season finale at Port Townsend, the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad needed a win, and then to triumph on a coin flip, to earn that honor.

The Wolves will never know how they would have done with that coin flip, however.

Despite playing what CHS coach Kyle Nelson termed “our best team effort,” Coupeville fell 4-2 to the Redhawks in a shootout after finishing play tied 1-1.

The loss dropped the Wolves to 3-10 overall, 2-4 in Olympic League play and gives them third place in the four-team league.

Coupeville will hit the road Saturday to play the Nisqually League’s #2 seed (most likely Charles Wright Academy) in a loser-out district playoff game.

Win that and they advance to the double elimination portion of the postseason and a rematch with Olympic League champ Klahowya.

With second place on the line Wednesday, the Wolves came out strongly against a team they had been nipped by 3-2 earlier this season.

“We started a little slow, but midway through the first half we got going and it was a tight, hard-fought game from there,” Nelson said. “Quite a few near misses.”

Coupeville’s score came thanks to the Redhawks, who knocked the ball into their own goal after a “a strong, well-placed cross by Abraham (Leyva)“.

While they didn’t get the victory they wanted, the Wolves will turn the page and head into a new season at 0-0, the same as every other team in the postseason.

“We our now looking forward to our district game. I feel good about our chances,” Nelson said.

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One more swing at a state title!!

Posted in Golf, tagged 1A Olympic League, Christine Fields, CHS Wolves, golf, Stableford, state on May 7, 2015| 1 Comment »

Christine Fields is ready to rumble. (John Fisken photo)

Now, it gets serious.

Having tuned up with a third-place finish in a match Wednesday at Useless Bay Golf and Country Club, Christine Fields is heading off to her fourth, and final, golf postseason.

The Coupeville High School senior, who has placed at state all three seasons, claiming 5th in 1A last year, has been training and traveling with South Whidbey.

Now, the Lone Wolf will break free from the Falcons and the 1A/2A Cascade Conference and join the league her classmates have been playing in this year, the 1A Olympic League.

Fields will tee off in that league’s 18-hole tournament May 12 in Sequim, playing against golfers from Klahowya and Port Townsend for the first time this season.

Finish in the top three and she qualifies for districts May 19 at Gold Mountain.

A final trip to state would come May 27-28, if she qualifies.

Since Coupeville doesn’t have a golf team, Fields has spent the past years repping the red and black while practicing and playing with South Whidbey.

Wednesday was the final time she would step on a golf course with a full roster of her “teammates.”

The Falcons crushed visiting Sultan 118-20, with Tarra Moore taking medalist honors, carding a 30 in modified Stableford scoring over nine holes.

Fields compiled a 26, putting her right on the heels of South Whidbey’s Rosie Portillo, who netted a 27.

Now, it’s goodbye to the Falcons (except for the ones she could possibly run into down the road at state) and modified Stableford scoring, and hello to stroke play and one final run at postseason glory.

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Just win, baby!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged 1A Olympic League, Aaron Curtin, baseball, CHS Wolves, CJ Smith, playoffs, small ball on May 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Aaron Curtin brings the heat. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Wolf seniors (l to r) Kyle Bodamer, Aaron Trumbull, Aaron Curtin, Josh Bayne and Carson Risner. (Jimmy Myers photo)

In it to win it.

Using a mix of stellar pitching and quality “small ball” offense — two things it will need to have success in the playoffs — the Coupeville High School baseball squad ran away with an 8-1 win Tuesday over visiting Chimacum.

The Senior Night triumph, featuring another first-rate pitching performance from Aaron Curtin, clinched second place in the 1A Olympic League and guaranteed a home playoff game this Saturday for the Wolves.

Now 9-8 overall, 5-3 in league play, Coupeville will try and ruin undefeated Klahowya’s Senior Night Thursday, then welcome Cascade Christian to town for a 1 PM loser-out district playoff game.

Win that game and they advance to the double-elimination portion of districts, from which three of four teams will qualify for state.

Looking for a bit of revenge against a Chimacum squad they had stumbled against a week ago, the Wolves chipped away, notching a run in the second and another in the third.

Both runs came the same way — a single, a steal of second and then an RBI single.

Small ball at its best.

In the second, it was Hunter Smith setting the table and Aaron Trumbull bringing him home, while Josh Bayne and Carson Risner filled those roles in the second.

With Curtin dang near unhittable — he gave up just one fluky hit through the first six innings — the Wolves put the game away with a burst in the fifth.

The Wolves juiced the bags on a single from CJ Smith, a walk from Cole Payne and a bunt single from Bayne.

The senior speedster was so quick to the bag Chimacum’s pitcher could only shake his head in disbelief after fielding the ball, with a throw being pointless.

Coupeville then started rolling in the runs, without doing anything dramatic, scoring on a wild pitch, an error on a ball hit into the hole at short by Risner and a missed third strike.

“Not a “I need to talk to the hitting coach about how hard they hit it” inning, but some small ball and putting pressure on their defense,” said CHS hardball guru Willie Smith.

The Wolves tacked on three more in the sixth the same way, with Clay Reilly, CJ Smith and Payne scoring on an error, a sac fly and a passed ball.

While Chimacum shot itself repeatedly in the foot, Coupeville took advantage and did collect nine hits.

Bayne and CJ Smith led the way with two base knocks apiece.

Curtin never gave the Cowboys a chance to mount a comeback, whiffing the side twice while racking up nine K’s in a complete game win.

His defense had a hiccup in the seventh, booting a pair of balls to account for Chimacum’s lone run.

Never missing a beat, however, Curtin calmly closed the game out with a final punch-out on a ball so nasty all the Cowboy hitter could do was stand and watch it blow by him for strike three.

To see the playoff brackets, jump over to http://www.olympicleague.com/tournament.php?tournament_id=1542&sport=6

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Playoff destiny in Wolf booter’s hands (sort of)!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, coin flip, playoffs, Soccer on May 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Ryan Freeman performs some mid-air trickery. (John Fisken photos)

The collision with the ball appears to have knocked part of Cody Menges hair off… Josh Datin (right) can only stare in silent horror.

Abraham Leyva sacrifices his noggin for the good of the team.

Abraham Leyva, rock star.

First they need to be good. Then they need to be lucky.

Both parts of the equation go right for the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squad and it will host its opening playoff game.

A 5-0 loss Monday to visiting Klahowya dropped the Wolves to 2-3 in 1A Olympic League play (3-9 overall) and into third-place in the standings.

But, if CHS upends Port Townsend (3-2) on the road Wednesday in the regular season finale, the two schools will finish in a tie for second place and have split the season series.

If that happens, their fate is decided on the flip of a coin.

Win, and they’re the #2 seed and play at home Saturday, May 9 against the #3 team from the Nisqually League.

Lose, and they’re #3 and hit the road that day to visit the other league’s #2 squad.

Either way, the game will be a loser-out affair.

A victory in their playoff opener and the Wolves advance to the double-elimination portion of districts May 12-16, where two of the remaining four teams would qualify for state.

Klahowya (5-0) assured itself of avoiding a loser-out game with the win Monday, clinching the league title.

But, while they lost, the injury-plagued Wolves did play better in the second half against the Eagles, so you take your positives where you can find them.

“We came out flat in the first half and paid for it quickly,” CHS coach Kyle Nelson said. “The boys regrouped in the second half and played a bit better, only conceding the one goal after half time.”

To see more photos from this game (purchases help fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes), pop over to:

http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=8704&league=21&page=1&page_name=photo_store&school=24&sport=0

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Buy another banner!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, McKenzie Bailey, tennis, Valen Trujillo, Wynter Thorne on May 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

McKenzie Bailey, a force on the tennis and basketball courts. (John Fisken photos)

Wynter Thorne: The smile of a two-time league champ.

Precious few were in attendance for history.

With a busy day of sports (softball and boys’ soccer were playing at home as well) Monday, only a handful of fans were around to witness the Coupeville High School girls’ tennis team storm to a league title.

Crushing visiting Chimacum 6-1, the Wolves won their ninth straight match, improved to 10-3 overall, 5-0 in Olympic League play and won the inaugural championship banner in the first-year 1A league.

Sparking them to the victory were the duo of Wynter Thorne and McKenzie Bailey, who are the only Wolves to play on both of Coupeville’s league champs this school year.

Thorne, a senior who won at #3 singles, and Bailey, a junior who teamed with Sydney Autio to win at #2 doubles, also played for the school’s girls’ basketball team, which went 9-0 in league play.

Complete results from Senior Day:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Jacki Ginnings beat Laura De Michelli 6-3, 4-6, 10-6

“It was classic Jacki,” said Wolf coach Ken Stange. “It took forever, but she outlasted her opponent. The win pushed her individual record to 11-5.”

2nd Singles — Valen Trujillo beat Sophia Thurston 6-0, 6-0

“Double bagel. Enough said.”

3rd Singles — Wynter Thorne beat Amelia Breithaupt 6-3, 6-3

“Wynter had to work for it, but she used her deep shots and experience to put her foe in uncomfortable positions.”

1st Doubles — Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger lost to Sarah Allen/Ray Maki 6-1, 6-3

“Going against the best team in the league, our ninth graders put up a solid fight, making the second set interesting.

“The score doesn’t show how exciting the match was. There were many hotly contested points.”

2nd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Sydney Autio beat Amy Plastow/Rachel Smith 6-1, 6-1

“Sydney and McKenzie are a couple of powerful players. They flat-out overwhelmed their opponents.”

3rd Doubles — Micky LeVine/Ana Luvera beat Tessa Rasmussen/Jordyn Johnson 6-0, 6-1

“Watching them warm up, I thought this match could be on and off the court in half an hour. It took 35 minutes.”

4th Doubles — Haleigh Deasy/Ivy Luvera beat Chloe Patterson/Juliet Alban Vallett 6-1, 6-1