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Wolves chew up, spit out, Cowboys!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged 1A Olympic League, Chimacum, CHS Wolves, Derek Leyva, Soccer on March 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Aram Leyva scored two goals Friday as Coupeville blasted Chimacum 9-0 on the soccer pitch. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Let’s agree not to sugarcoat things — Chimacum High School boys soccer is not in a great place right now.

When you’ve been outscored 55-0 in five games, your offense isn’t working and neither is your defense.

The latest team to tattoo them was Coupeville, which gave three players their first scoring opportunity of the season Friday, and ran as many JV players into action as possible.

And still romped to a 9-0 win.

The second-straight conference victory for the Wolves, it lifts them to 3-1 in Olympic League play, 4-2-1 overall.

It also pulls CHS within a half-game of league leader Klahowya (3-0), while Port Townsend (1-2) and Chimacum (0-4) bring up the rear.

The Wolves struck for eight of their nine goals in the first half and finished the game with six players in the scoring column.

Freshman Sam Wynn led the way, recording a hat trick to push his season scoring totals to four goals.

Aram Leyva added a pair of goals (he has four on the year), while cousin Derek Leyva settled for a single goal, his team-leading 14th.

Senior Ethan Spark notched his first goal of the season, with sophomores Chris Cernick and Jonathan Partida recording their first-ever varsity scores to round out the attack.

With some help from his defenders, Wolf goalie Dewitt Cole recorded the shutout.

CHS coach Kyle Nelson used the game somewhat as a training device, but with an eye also on clinching the win as quickly as possible.

“We were able to get quite a few JV players in,” he said. “Nice to get another league win.”

Things are about to get a lot tougher for Coupeville, as its next four foes, Vashon (5-2-1), Forks (6-0), Port Angeles (6-2) and Klahowya (5-2-1) are a combined 22-6-2.

First up is Vashon, which visits Whidbey Monday for a 4 PM non-conference game.

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Home is where the wins are!!

Posted in Track, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, Jacob Smith, Maya Toomey-Stout, track and field on March 29, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville junior Emma Smith set PR’s in both the shot put and discus at Wednesday’s home meet. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Their stadium, their day to shine.

The Coupeville High School track and field squad hosted a five-team home meet Wednesday, then tore up the joint, capturing nine wins and 32 PR’s.

The Wolf girls cruised to a team win, piling up 209 points to easily outdistance Klahowya, which tallied 167.

Mount Vernon Christian (99), Port Townsend (78) and Chimacum (39) rounded out the field.

On the boys side, it came down to the slimmest of margins, with MVC nipping Coupeville 169.5-167 to nab the team crown.

Klahowya (155) made it a three-team race, while Port Townsend (77) and Chimacum (34.5) brought up the rear.

The Wolf girls romped to a win in the 4 x 200 relay (Lindsey Roberts, Ashlie Shank, Mallory Kortuem, Maya Toomey-Stout), with Roberts (200), Lauren Bayne (high jump) and Mckenzie Meyer (pole vault) also landing atop the awards stand.

Coupeville’s boys triumphed in the 200 (Jacob Smith), 800 (Danny Conlisk), high jump (Chris Battaglia) and long jump (Jean Lund-Olsen).

Smith and Lund-Olsen teamed up with the Toomey-Stout boys, Cameron and Sean, to race to a victory in the 4 x 100.

Battaglia had himself a huge afternoon, also finishing second in all three throwing events (shot put, discus and javelin).

Coming off its auspicious showing, Coupeville won’t compete again for two weeks.

With spring break on the horizon, the Wolves next meet is Apr. 12, when they travel to Silverdale Stadium for an event hosted by Olympic High School.

While Wednesday’s meet was originally the only home meet listed on the schedule, CHS officials have confirmed they are pulling together a second one.

Friday Harbor and Lopez Island are now set to come to Coupeville Apr. 23 for a three-team meet.

Complete CHS results:

GIRLS:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (2nd) 13.51

200 — Lindsey Roberts (1st) 27.70 *PR*; M. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 28.23; Mallory Kortuem (4th) 29.30; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (6th) 30.33 *PR*; Zoe Trujillo (8th) 31.13 *PR*

400 — Kortuem (4th) 1:06.15; Natalie Hollrigel (7th) 1:11.51; Ashlie Shank (8th) 1:14.28

800 — Lucy Sandahl (4th) 2:47.93; Hollrigel (8th) 3:00.54 *PR*

1600 — Catherine Lhamon (4th) 6:10.67 *PR*; Sandahl (5th) 6:16.97

3200 — Lhamon (2nd) 13:15.32 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Roberts (2nd) 16.44; Hoskins (4th) 19.16 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Lauren Bayne (3rd) 57.02 *PR*; Mckenzie Meyer (4th) 57.85

4 x 200 Relay — Roberts, Shank, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout (1st) 1:54.87

4 x 400 Relay — Roberts, Shank, Hollrigel, M. Toomey-Stout (3rd) 4:43.75

Shot put — Emma Smith (2nd) 31-06 *PR*; Kylie Chernikoff (5th) 27-00.50 *PR*

Discus — Allison Wenzel (2nd) 84-08.50 *PR*; E. Smith (3rd) 79-02 *PR*; Chernikoff (5th) 70-00; Hannah Davidson (6th) 69-06.50; Raven Vick (16th) 47-08; Willow Vick (19th) 45-03 *PR*

Javelin — Wenzel (2nd) 96-05; Bayne (3rd) 86-10; R. Vick (4th) 85-00; Davidson (5th) 84-07.50; Trujillo (6th) 78-10 *PR*; Abby Parker (8th) 77-09; Chernikoff (18th) 60-00 *PR*

High Jump — Bayne (1st) 4-08; Hoskins (4th) 4-02

Pole Vault — Meyer (1st) 6-01

Long Jump — Hoskins (2nd) 13-01 *PR*; Trujillo (4th) 12-00.75 *PR*; W. Vick (5th) 10-10.50 *PR*

Triple Jump — Trujillo (4th) 25-07.50 *PR*

BOYS:

100 — Jacob Smith (2nd) 11.69; Jean Lund-Olsen (3rd) 11.83 *PR*; Chris Ruck (17th) 14.24

200 — J. Smith (1st) 23.48; Kyle Burnett (10th) 27.67; Ethan Clavette (12th) 28.74 *PR*

400 — Burnett (6th) 1:01.42 *PR*

800 — Danny Conlisk (1st) 2:07.79

110 Hurdles — Jakobi Baumann (2nd) 20.95 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Baumann (3rd) 51.57

4 x 100 Relay — Lund-Olsen, J. Smith, Cameron Toomey-Stout, Sean Toomey-Stout (1st) 45.83; Clavette, Andrew Martin, Ruck, Thane Peterson (4th) 55.04

4 x 400 Relay — J. Smith, Lund-Olsen, S. Toomey-Stout, Conlisk (2nd) 3:52.28

Shot Put — Chris Battaglia (2nd) 36-00.50; Keahi Sorrows (4th) 35-00.50; Ryan Labrador (5th) 34-03.50

Discus — Battaglia (2nd) 104-02; Peterson (4th) 100-09 *PR*; Sorrows (5th) 97-08 *PR*; Labrador (6th) 88-08; Martin (17th) 58-08 *PR*; Clavette (21st) 52-07 *PR*

Javelin — Battaglia (2nd) 134-06.50 *PR*; S. Toomey-Stout (3rd) 119-03.50 *PR*; Martin (4th) 115-09 *PR*

High Jump — Battaglia (1st) 5-02

Pole Vault — Burnett (5th) 7-06

Long Jump — Lund-Olsen (1st) 18-09.50; C. Toomey-Stout (3rd) 17-05; Ruck (11th) 14-03 *PR*

Triple Jump — C. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 36-07.25 *PR*

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Roll in, torch ’em, roll out!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged 1A Olympic League, baseball, CHS Wolves, Hunter Smith, Klahowya Secondary School, rout on March 28, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Nick Etzell crunched a double Wednesday as Coupeville blew out Klahowya 13-3. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Wolf senior Julian Welling, who was hit by three different KSS pitchers in the game, shows off his war wounds. (Photo courtesy Jacob Zettle)

Everything was clicking.

Pitching, hitting, defense, intangibles — they were all on point for the Coupeville High School baseball squad Wednesday at it battered host Klahowya 13-3.

The win lifts the Wolves to 1-0 in Olympic League play and into a first-place tie with Chimacum (1-0).

Defending league champ Klahowya (1-2) and Port Townsend (0-1), which visits Whidbey Friday, hold down the bottom two slots at the moment.

The Wolves, who are 4-3 overall, jumped on the Eagles early and never let up, scoring in six of seven innings.

That gave starting pitcher Hunter Smith plenty of room in which to operate, and the senior ace responded with his third win in as many starts.

He scattered two hits (matching the total he himself racked up while hitting) and struck out five while going the distance.

Coupeville jumped out to a 7-0 lead, plating two in the top of the first, then rocking Klahowya pitching for five more in the second.

Matt Hilborn kick-started things with a lead-off single, then the Wolves juiced the bases thanks to Smith and Julian Welling’s willingness to be plunked.

While Coupeville’s lead runner was forced at home on a fielder’s choice, the Wolves broke through with an RBI single off the bat of Jake Hoagland and a bases-loaded free pass eked out by Kyle Rockwell.

With Klahowya’s pitcher unable to find the strike zone, CHS packaged five walks (including Hilborn wearing a pitch), a Nick Etzell double and singles from Joey Lippo and Jake Pease to bust things open in the second.

KSS shaved two runs off the lead in their half of the second, but continued to hand out walks like sweet, sweet candy, allowing Coupeville to stretch the margin back to 9-3 by the end of five innings.

Of course, “sweet, sweet candy” might be stretching it a bit, when Klahowya lobbed pitches off of the body parts of Wolf batters SEVEN times in one game.

Welling was their favorite target, getting nailed by THREE different Eagle pitchers.

One of the few times they didn’t hit him was the sixth inning, when Welling sent Smith home with an RBI ground-out, right after the Wolf hurler whacked a two-run triple.

Apparently wanting to play a full seven innings, the Wolves didn’t hit a 10-run lead until they notched a final tally in the top of the seventh, too late to kick in the mercy rule.

Still, it mattered very little, as Smith closed the game with one final punch-out from the mound and Coupeville exited Silverdale with a victory that was assured, very-balanced and fairly definitive.

The Wolves finished with 10 base-knocks, with Smith, Lippo and Hilborn leading the way with two apiece.

Pease, Hoagland, Dane Lucero and Etzell rounded out the attack, each collecting a hit.

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Halfway to nirvana!!

Posted in Softball, tagged 1A Olympic League, CHS Wolves, Klahowya, Softball, Veronica Crownover on March 28, 2018| 2 Comments »

Veronica Crownover had two hits and three RBI Wednesday as Coupeville mashed Klahowya 15-1, taking the upper hand in the race for a league crown. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The mission is simple.

Beat Klahowya twice this season and the Coupeville High School softball squad wins its first league title since 2002.

And now it’s halfway there.

Led Wednesday by the booming bats of junior sluggers Veronica Crownover and Sarah Wright, the Wolves shellacked KSS 15-1 in Silverdale, capturing the first round in a three-game season series.

With the victory, Coupeville improves to 3-1 overall, 1-0 in Olympic League play, while Klahowya falls to 5-2, 0-1.

Conference mates Chimacum and Port Townsend suspended their softball programs during the first week of practice, citing a lack of players, which left only two teams standing in what had been a four-team league.

So now, beat the Eagles Apr. 20 on Whidbey, and the Wolves will exit the Olympic League — CHS joins the new North Sound Conference in the fall — as champs.

The third, and final, regular season meeting between the two schools is Apr. 30 back in Silverdale.

Wednesday Coupeville struck early and late, both times inflicting serious damage.

While Wright “had a monster game,” lashing three hits including a triple while driving in six, and Crownover was hot on her heels with two hits and three RBI, every Wolf contributed.

And I do mean EVERY Wolf, as all nine starters recorded at least one hit and one run as CHS showed remarkable balance.

Coupeville came off the bus swinging from the heels, dropping a three-spot on Klahowya pitcher Amber Bumbalough before she even got properly warmed-up.

Lauren Rose led off with a single, promptly stole second and third, and scored the game’s opening tally when she and Katrina McGranahan, aboard on a walk, scampered home on a two-run single from Wright.

Crownover capped the opening surge with an RBI single of her own, and a rout looked like a distinct possibility.

Bumbalough is a two-time Olympic League MVP and D-1 recruit, though, and she settled down, matching goose eggs with McGranahan from that point on until the top of the fifth.

CHS got back-to-back hits from Scout Smith and McGranahan to lead off the third, but was ultimately stiffed. In the fifth, the Wolves went in a different direction, and it paid off.

This time they had two outs and no one on base, then fired the ignition.

Sophomore sensation Smith, who played superbly against Klahowya as a mere freshman, was just as sharp Wednesday, and ripped one of her three hits on the day to trigger things.

McGranahan followed with a base-knock of her own, before Wright went medieval on the ball, dropping a two-run triple into the farthest reaches of the ballpark.

While a 5-0 lead was nice, the Wolves decided to triple their fun in the top of the sixth, knocking Bumbalough out of the pitcher’s circle en route to a 13-batter, 10-run inning.

Crownover started things, reaching on an error, then came back around to drive home the final nail with a booming double that caused dad Darren to nearly lose his voice with all of his good-natured screaming and caring on.

It’s rare to look at a score-book and see an inning where every player on a team scores, but it was nothing but a gorgeous string of filled-in diamonds in the sixth for CHS assistant coach Justine McGranahan.

Everyone chipped in, with Chelsea Prescott, Emma Mathusek, Hope Lodell and Coral Caveness all collecting their first hits of the game in the inning.

With the game in hand, Coupeville coach Kevin McGranahan made sure all 12 girls in uniform saw playing time, with Nicole Laxton, Mollie Bailey and Mackenzie Davis hitting the field in the bottom half of the inning.

Klahowya scraped out a single, solitary run in its half of the sixth to stave off the shutout, but the blowout remained intact.

CHS spread out 15 hits among its nine starters, with Wright and Smith each having a three base-knock afternoon.

Crownover and Katrina McGranahan chipped in with two hits apiece, while Rose, Prescott, Lodell, Caveness and Mathusek each added one of their own.

“Huge win for us and now we are in the drivers seat for the league title,” said Kevin McGranahan. “Now they have to come to us.

“Sarah was clutch all day (at bat) and picking a girl off at third. Coral also had a great game, with a big hit off Amber,” he added. “Hang on tight; it is gonna be a wild ride this year.”

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Make your move!!

Posted in Baseball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged 1A Olympic League, baseball, CHS W, Soccer, Softball, tennis on March 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Rose and Co. are gunning for Coupeville softball’s first league title since 2002. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re punching above their weight class.

Coupeville High School, which sits on the lowest rung of 1A, has played 10 of 18 games this spring against 2A schools.

That, naturally, has skewed the win-loss record a bit, as the Wolves are 4-4 against schools in their own (sorta) weight class, and 3-6-1 when playing teams from a higher berth.

The scheduling disparity will shift (a bit) this coming week, with six of the nine scheduled games against 1A competition, including five happening inside the Olympic League.

Wolf baseball and boys soccer have two conference games apiece, but the biggest thing on the schedule is softball’s visit Wednesday to Klahowya.

With Port Townsend and Chimacum having bailed on softball this season, dropping their teams for a year due to a lack of players, the Olympic League race for supremacy is just a two-team battle.

That means each of the three games the Coupeville diamond women play against Klahowya (Mar. 28, Apr. 20 and Apr. 30) take on a much-bigger emphasis than normal.

The path to hanging a league banner is simple — beat KSS and cue the celebration.

Current standings through Mar. 25:

Olympic League baseball: