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Big meet, huge win

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on April 18, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Richmond Bandong was part of a record-setting relay unit Saturday. (Marquette Cunningham photo)

One of the smallest schools made some of the biggest noise.

Competing at the 23-team Dave Snyder’s Lil’ Norway Meet in Poulsbo Saturday, Coupeville High School shocked the track and field world in the mixed 4 x 100 relay.

Lining up against big school rivals North Kitsap, Bremerton, Lindbergh, and Clover Park, the Wolves, repping a 2B-sized student body, hit the tape first in a meet record 52 seconds, almost two seconds ahead of the second-place school.

The CHS unit, comprised of Lillian Ketterling, Richmond Bandong, Tamsin Ward, and Liam Blas, includes three sophomores and a freshman.

“Great way to end the meet!!!” said CHS coaches Elizabeth Bitting and Bob Martin as they likely exchanged high fives all the way back to Cow Town.

The spoils of (track) war. (Bob Martin photo)

Coupeville made a last-second detour to even attend the Lil’ Norway meet, as it was originally slated to travel to Forks Saturday before shuffling things.

Bellarmine Prep and Aberdeen took full advantage of deep rosters to claim the girls and boys team titles, respectively, while the Wolves were 17th and 19th.

Along with the huge win in the mixed 4 x 100, Coupeville picked up 12 PRs on the day.

CHS is back in action next Saturday, April 25, but much closer to home, when the Wolves host the Cow Town Classic Invite at Mickey Clark Field.

Lexis Drake debates how many relay teams she wants to run with. (Marquette Cunningham photo)

 

Saturday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Isa Mc Fetridge (29th) 14.09 *PR*

200 — Mc Fetridge (16th) 28.95 *PR*

400 — Taylor Marrs (20th) 1:14.52 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (25th) 23.05; Frankie Tenore (26th) 24.54

300 Hurdles — Kennedy O’Neill (22nd) 59.98 *PR*; Devon Wyman (27th) 1:11.16

4 x 100 Relay — Arianna Cunningham, Lexis Drake, Willow Leedy-Bonifas, Mc Fetridge (13th) 56.72

4 x 200 Relay — Lillian Ketterling, Leedy-Bonifas, Drake, Mc Fetridge (15th) 2:03.62

DMR 4000 Relay — Mikayla Wagner, A. Cunningham, Wyman, Laken Simpson (7th) 15:37.79

Shot Put — Ward (10th) 30-03

Discus — Ketterling (11th) 74-04; Ward (23rd) 58-02

Javelin — A. Cunningham (11th) 76-10

High Jump — Ward (10th) 4-08; Tenore (15th) 4-04

Pole Vault — Ketterling (7th) 7-06

Long Jump — McDonald (33rd) 9-05.75; O’Neill (35th) 9-02.75

Triple Jump — Leedy-Bonifas (13th) 28-00.50 *PR*; A. Cunningham (14th) 25-11.25

 

BOYS:

100 — Marquette Cunningham (29th) 12.26; Liam Blas (36th) 12.46

200 — Nathan Coxsey (33rd) 25.55 *PR*; Shiloh Sandlin (38th) 27.83 *PR*

400 — Brian Thompson (21st) 58.55 *PR*

800 — Ossian Merkel (27th) 2:24.07 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (33rd) 2:33.58 *PR*

1600 — George Spear (22nd) 5:01.66; Hunter Atteberry (37th) 5:56.87 *PR*

3200 — Spear (15th) 11:24.72; Kenneth Jacobsen (20th) 11:34.53

300 Hurdles — Edmund Wilson (22nd) 50.12

4 x 100 Relay — M. Cunningham, Blas, Beckett Green, Houston (16th) 47.79

4 x 200 Relay — Richmond Bandong, Sage Arends, Coxsey, Wilson (10th) 1:43.25

4 x 400 Relay — Wilson, Thompson, Will Tierney, Green (14th) 4:00.69

DMR 4000 Relay — Merkel, Tierney, K. Jacobsen, Cyrus Sparacio (4th) 11:56.71

Shot Put — Zachary Saho (11th) 38-09.75 *PR*; Khanor Jump (29th) 33-03.25

Discus — Jump (18th) 105-03; Blas (24th) 97-01

Javelin — Bandong (25th) 101-05; J. Jacobsen (30th) 78-10

Long Jump — Arends (12th) 18-05; Thompson (26th) 17-01

 

CO-ED:

Mixed 4 x 100 Relay — Ketterling, Bandong, Ward, Blas (1st) 53.80

Heading home after a successful day on the mainland. (Amber Wyman photo)

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Gloomy day, bright results

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 2, 2026| 2 Comments »

Arianna Cunningham set PRs in the javelin and triple jump Wednesday afternoon. (Marquette Cunningham photos)

They endured.

Competing on a ferociously wet afternoon in Mount Vernon Wednesday, Coupeville High School track and field athletes survived the weather while still piling up a fair number of PRs at a 12-team meet.

April arrived with a deluge, leaving Wolf coaches Elizabeth Bitting and Bob Martin to shake their heads in wonder.

“Today was a wet one, we haven’t had many meets like that … soaked to the bones,” said the track gurus.

“Even with Mother Nature trying to steal the spotlight, it was a great team effort, and the athletes showed a lot of grit; they did great.”

While the competitors had long since gone home, complete results from the meet took a while to arrive, not being finished until Thursday afternoon.

Once the stats were final, they showed Coupeville finishing 3rd in the boys’ team standings, while the Wolf girls collected a 4th place finish.

Mount Vernon Christian and La Conner earned team titles in the girls’ and boys’ battles, respectively.

Overall, the Wolves earned 18 PRs in the rain, with two wins from freshman Cyrus Sparacio (1600, 3200) and another from the boys 4 x 400 relay squad.

Coupeville’s track stars will have some time to dry out, with spring break keeping them on the sidelines.

The next meet for CHS arrives April 15, when the Wolves host an 11-team meet at Mickey Clark Field.

Sage Arends flies for the finish line.

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

200 — Isa Mc Fetridge (8th) 30.26

400 — Olivia Hall (2nd) 1:06.69 *PR*

800 — Laken Simpson (5th) 2:54.80 *PR*; Mikayla Wagner (7th) 3:03.14

3200 — Devon Wyman (4th) 15:0960

100 Hurdles — Kennedy O’Neill (8th) 20.50 *PR*; Lexis Drake (10th) 23.19; Myra McDonald (13th) 24.02; Frankie Tenore (14th) 28.21

300 Hurdles — O’Neill (6th) 1:02.19 *PR*; Wyman (7th) 1:03.04 *PR*; Drake (10th) 1:09.02

4 x 100 Relay — Arianna Cunningham, Drake, Willow Leedy-Bonifas, Mc Fetridge (5th) 59.33

4 x 200 Relay — Cunningham, Simpson, Taylor Marrs, Mc Fetridge (4th) 2:03.29

4 x 400 Relay —Hall, Marrs, Lillian Ketterling, Simpson (2nd) 4:59.46

Shot Put — Tamsin Ward (2nd) 29-05; Inara Maund (23rd) 16-11 *PR*

Discus — Ward (4th) 67-10; Ketterling (12th) 56-09; Marrs (13th) 54-03

Javelin — Cunningham (5th) 79-10 *PR*

High Jump — Tenore (5th) 4-04; Ward (5th) 4-04

Pole Vault — Ketterling (3rd) 7-00

Long Jump — Leedy-Bonifas (12th) 11-08.75; O’Neill (15th) 11-00

Triple Jump — Cunningham (4th) 27-02.50 *PR*; Leedy-Bonifas (6th) 25-09

 

BOYS:

100 — Liam Blas (12th) 12.88; Beckett Green (14th) 12.91; Nathan Coxsey (17th) 12.96

200 — Davin Houston (4th) 24.46; Green (8th) 25.31; Will Tierney (15th) 26.62 *PR*; Richmond Bandong (17th) 27.11

400 — Cyrus Sparacio (6th) 59.34 *PR*; Tierney (9th) 1:01.06 *PR*; Sage Arends (14th) 1:04.21

800 — Ossian Merkel (7th) 2:31.85 *PR*; Russell Miller (15th) 3:08.96; Zach Blitch (16th) 3:19.05 *PR*; Nolan Hunt (17th) 3:38.58; Zachary Saho (19th) 3:52.59 *PR*

1600 — Sparacio (1st) 4:52.16; Merkel (9th) 5:43.23; Hunt (25th) 7:37.34; Blitch (27th) 7:45.85

3200 — Sparacio (1st) 10:43.6 *PR*; George Spear (2nd) 11:05.3; Edmund Kunz (3rd) 12:21.2

300 Hurdles — Edmund Wilson (7th) 50.57

4 x 100 Relay — Coxsey, Blas, Wyatt Fitch-Marron, Green (5th) 48.51

4 x 400 Relay — Wilson, Brian Thompson, Fitch-Marron, Green (1st) 3:55.66

Shot Put — Saho (4th) 37-06 *PR*; Khanor Jump (15th) 31-01; Blitch (34th) 21-00

Discus — Blas (8th) 92-01; Jump (10th) 91-02; Saho (14th) 80-11; Shilo Sandlin (28th) 53-08; Blitch (32nd) 51-00; Tierney (32nd) 51-00

Javelin — Bandong (7th) 114-09 *PR*; Jump (24th) 77-00; Sandlin (31st) 62-09; Hunt (42nd) 23-05

High Jump — Houston (2nd) 5-08; Fitch-Marron (3rd) 5-06

Pole Vault — Kunz (3rd) 7-00

Long Jump — Arends (6th) 17-06; Wilson (9th) 16-09 *PR*; Thompson (10th) 16-06.50

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Cunningham sparkles in tough loss

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on January 30, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Arianna Cunningham scored a team-high 10 points Friday night in the regular season home finale. (Jackie Saia photo)

They don’t quit.

That was shown once again Friday night, as the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team rebounded to play its best ball in the fourth quarter during an otherwise rough game against visiting La Conner.

Facing off with a hot-shooting Braves squad which also dominated on the boards, the Wolves scored nearly half their points in the final frame before falling 57-29.

The loss leaves Coupeville at 1-8 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 4-13 overall, with just a Feb. 6 road trip to Friday Harbor left on the regular season schedule.

After that, the Wolves will take part in the double-elimination District 1/2 tourney, one of six teams chasing three tickets to state.

CHS will learn its opening opponent, and whether that game is on the road or at home, the day after the regular season ends.

Squaring off with La Conner, which is solidly the number #2 squad in the NWL behind powerhouse Mount Vernon Christian, the Wolves started strongly.

At least for the first three minutes.

Coupeville forced a shot clock violation on the game’s opening possession, before Wolf senior Danica Strong later rippled the nets on a three-ball to give her team its only lead of the night at 3-2.

Then things went off the road and down a deep, dark ravine.

Owning the boards and getting big buckets from senior gunner Maeve McCormick, La Conner ripped off a 17-2 run to end the opening quarter, carrying a 19-5 lead into the first break.

Things got bleaker from there, as the Wolves could only manage a single basket in the second quarter, courtesy a rebound put back up and in by Arianna Cunningham.

Down 37-7 at the half, with shots finding every possible way to roll off the rim or pop back out of the net, Coupeville eventually fell behind 51-10 late in the third quarter.

That triggered a running clock, but it also seemed to trigger Scout Smith’s squad, which hunkered down and made a solid stand over the game’s final 10 minutes.

CHS closed the third on a 6-0 spurt, with Cunningham draining three free throws, before finally finding a consistent shooting groove in the final quarter.

Haylee Armstrong and Tenley Stuurmans both knocked down six points in the fourth, while the Wolf defense ramped up in intensity, led by Cunningham, who was a beast on the boards as usual.

While defense has been her primary calling card this season, Cunningham also showcased some solid offensive mojo Friday, pacing CHS with a season-high 10 points.

Stuurmans (6), Armstrong (6), Strong (4), Teagan Calkins (2), and Adeline Maynes (1) also wrote their name in the scorebook, with Kennedy O’Neill, Lexis Drake, Sydney Van Dyke, and Capri Anter rounding out the roster.

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Fill the bucket, make the scoreboard pop

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on January 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Olivia Hall comes bearing gifts. (Melanie Wolfe photo)

They’re keeping the scorebook operators busy.

Coupeville High School basketball players have combined to rattle the rims for 1,457 points this winter so far, with that number stretched across varsity and JV contests.

Two Wolves — Chase Anderson and Haylee Armstrong — have cracked 100 points, with two more — Tenley Stuurmans and Camden Glover — a single bucket away from hitting triple digits.

As Coupeville preps for a busy week ahead, with games against Auburn Adventist Academy, Darrington, and Napavine on the slate, here’s a look at where things sit through Jan. 10:

 

GIRLS:

 

Varsity
(11 games):

Haylee Armstrong – 120
Tenley Stuurmans – 97
Teagan Calkins – 85
Danica Strong – 44
Kennedy O’Neill – 28
Arianna Cunningham – 23
Adeline Maynes – 22
Lexis Drake – 3
Capri Anter – 2
Sydney Van Dyke – 2

 

JV
(8 games):

Ava Lucero – 74
Cami Van Dyke – 32
Anna Powers – 30
Willow Leedy-Bonifas – 25
Olivia Hall – 10
Finley Helm – 10
Zayne Roos – 10
Taylor Marrs – 8
Elizabeth Marshall – 3
Emma Cushman – 2

 

BOYS:

 

Varsity
(10 games):

Chase Anderson – 166
Camden Glover – 98
Aiden O’Neill – 63
Davin Houston – 52
Malachi Somes – 40
Carson Grove – 22
Easton Green – 15
Riley Lawless – 15
Mahkai Myles – 12
Sage Arends – 10
Liam Blas – 5

 

JV
(9 games):

Jayden McManus – 65
Josh Stockdale – 62
Liam Lawson – 53
Carson Grove – 49
Nathan Coxsey – 42
Khanor Jump – 33
Ayden Warren – 9
Trent Thule – 8
Brian Thompson – 4
Jaden Flores Garcia – 2
Chris Zenz – 2

Khanor Jump looks for an open teammate. (Jackie Saia photo)

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