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Surprise heroes carry the day!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on April 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Kameryn St Onge teamed with Kenzi LaRue for a win at fourth doubles Friday, lifting CHS to a 4-3 win. (John Fisken photo)

   Kameryn St Onge teamed with Kenzi LaRue for a win at fourth doubles Friday, lifting Coupeville’s girls’ tennis squad to a 4-3 league win. (John Fisken photo)

There were wild twists and turns and unexpected detours.

And that was just getting the two teams together for a match.

Once Coupeville and Chimacum finally hit the tennis court Friday, it capped a wild 24 hours.

In a matter of hours Thursday, the match went from being on, to being postponed two weeks due to transportation issues, to being suddenly restored to its original date and time.

So, of course, that’s how the match itself played out, as the Wolves roared to three straight wins, took a step back with three straight losses, then won the match 4-3 on the basis of a victory from a doubles duo seeking its first win of the season.

When Kenzi LaRue and Kameryn St Onge exited their home court bearing a straight-sets win at fourth doubles, they were the final players still on the court.

Did they know they were playing to break a tie and put Coupeville into sole possession of first-place in the 1A Olympic League standings?

I kind of doubt it, since there seemed to be absolutely, positively no tension in their mid-match strut.

Or, they’re just super cool and composed at all times.

One of the two.

With LaRue wildly swatting bugs between points, St Onge skipping across the court after a particularly nice serve, or the duo repeatedly bumping rackets with enough fury to make onlookers think they would bust them, the CHS sophomores finished the day as unexpected stars.

The victory lifts the Wolf netters to 1-0 in league play, 2-3 overall and puts them atop Chimacum (1-1) and Klahowya (0-1) as they seek to defend their league title.

Coupeville came out looking for the rout, as their first two doubles teams were on and off the court in about the time it took their parents to unfold their chairs at court-side.

Toss in a win at second singles for Sydney Autio (over Coupeville Sports favorite non-Wolf athlete, Port Townsend’s eternally-smiling Amelia Breithaupt, who joins Chimacum for tennis) and the Wolves looked unbeatable.

Until, one by one, the remaining three matches still on court all began to go Chimacum’s way.

Stalking along the fence line, Coupeville coach Ken Stange never betrayed any nervousness as the match went from 3-0 to 3-1 to 3-2 to 3-3, but his voice reached a new, low growl as he verbally put the spurs to his final doubles duo.

It worked, with St Onge serving efficiently and LaRue dropping in a couple of sweet winners while their teammates gazed on, offering moral support as the rain clouds started to creep in around the edges.

Complete results:

Varsity:

1st Singles — Valen Trujillo lost to Sophia Thurston 6-4, 6-3

2nd Singles — Sydney Autio beat Amelia Breithaupt 6-4, 6-3

3rd Singles — Bree Daigneault lost to Renee Woods 6-3, 6-2

1st Doubles — Sage Renninger/Payton Aparicio beat Amy Plastow/Emma Craighead 6-0, 6-1

2nd Doubles — McKenzie Bailey/Jazmine Franklin beat Tessa Rasmussen/Jordyn Johnson 6-1, 6-0

3rd doubles — Julianne Sem/Maggie Crimmins lost to Marley Music/Aurora Plunkett 6-1, 6-0

4th Doubles — Kameryn St Onge/Kenzi LaRue beat Emily Calkins/Alex Solomon 6-2, 6-2

JV:

5th Doubles — Julianne Sem/Maggie Crimmins beat Lacey/Natalie 6-0

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Play as a team, win as a team!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , , on January 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Rose (John Fisken photo)

   Lauren Rose, seen here in an earlier game, was one of three Wolves to hit for eight Friday in a Wolf JV win.  (John Fisken photo)

Mouse was back in the house, and all was right.

Back after missing time with an illness, spark-plug Lauren Rose threw down five of her team-high eight points in the first quarter Friday, sparking the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad to a runaway win on its home court.

The 36-22 victory over a scrappy Port Townsend team lifted the young Wolves to 5-8 overall, 3-1 in 1A Olympic League play.

For a second, the game was a close one, as the two rivals exchanged opening baskets.

Wolf freshman Sarah Wright went down low for a hard-earned bucket in the paint, before the most popular visiting player in all the land, Port Townsend’s always-smiling Amelia Breithaupt, threw down a running hook shot to answer.

After that, it was all Coupeville, all the time, until coach Amy King called off the attack late in the third.

The Wolves blew the game open with an 11-0 run after Breithaupt’s bucket, with Skyler Lawrence banging home three baskets around a pair of scores from Rose.

The crafty sophomore ace put a rebound back up and in, then drilled a three-ball from somewhere out in the parking lot.

CHS continued to push the pace, with different players showing a hot hand, eventually stretching the lead out to 32-8 late in the third.

From that point on, the Wolves went into clock-eating mode, working on plays.

Rose shared scoring honors with Lawrence and Wenzel, as each of the swing players scored eight points apiece. Wright and Maddy Hilkey rounded out the attack, each dropping in six.

Two of Hilkey’s points came when she swished a pair at the free-throw line, which is notable because there were so few visits to the charity stripe on the night.

Between the JV and varsity games, Coupeville owned a 5-0 advantage on made free throws Friday, with the JV sinking three of those.

Wright paced the Wolves on the boards, snatching 14, while Lawrence and Ashlie Shank had four apiece.

Hilkey pilfered four steals, with Brittany Powers and Nicole Lester making off with two apiece.

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Much respect, Redhawks!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on February 3, 2015| 1 Comment »

Port Townsend's Amelia Breithaupt. (John Fisken photo)

   Port Townsend’s Amelia Breithaupt and her Redhawk JV teammates showed heart and commitment Tuesday night. Much respect to you all. (John Fisken photo)

You can lose a game without being losers.

The Port Townsend JV girls’ basketball team is proof of that.

Tuesday night they were only able to dress five players, which meant that the girls who walked on the court for the opening tip-off would still be out there four quarters and 32 minutes of action later.

That’s not easy for anyone, and it didn’t get easier.

Coupeville is enjoying its best girls’ basketball season in a very long time, and the Wolf JV is rolling right now.

Eight players strong, they did exactly what was expected and won their sixth straight game by a fair margin at 35-4.

But, there are two sides to every story, and while Coupeville fans are understandably thrilled with how the Wolves are playing, we can also take a moment to honor their opponents.

Tuesday night, five young women (Alex Norvell, Rita Sheldon-O’Neal, Taylor Tracer, Krishna Pithva and Amelia Breithaupt) stood tall and gave everything they had.

They never backed down, they fought until the final buzzer and, even when you could see the tiredness in their eyes and shoulders, they played on, heads high.

One, in particular, stood out the most.

Breithaupt, who, at five-feet even, is barely taller than her hair braids, played point guard all night for the Redhawks and never lost her smile.

She brought the ball up time and again against aggressive Wolf defenders, got knocked around, yet still found an ounce of energy to scoot back on defense in the game’s final minute.

The game was lost, a long time before that, but she refused to call it quits until the two teams exchanged post-game hand shakes. Smile still intact.

I don’t know Breithaupt, or her teammates, but I do know this, they earned unexpected fans tonight.

We will see you play again, young Redhawks, and your reputation will precede you.

To the Port Townsend coaches, parents and fans, be very, very proud of your young women. They have earned it.

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