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“Sweep! Sweep! Sweep!!”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Ashley Menges (John Fisken photo)

   Ashley Menges had four kills, four service aces and 22 assists to power the Wolves to a straight-sets victory. (John Fisken photo)

Ashley Menges does not know the meaning of mercy.

Neither do her teammates on the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad, apparently.

Riding a scorching performance from their freshman phenom, who was everywhere and nowhere at once, the Wolves trounced host Chimacum Thursday 25-16, 25-17, 25-17.

“Sweep, sweep, sweep!,” said an elated CHS coach Heidi Wyman. “Chimacum played us really tough tonight, but these young Wolves stayed focused, played together and were dominating at the net!”

“It’s awesome to see how far they have come,” she added. “Even more amazing is where they will be two years from now; very proud of all of them!”

The win, the fifth in their last seven matches, lifted the young Wolves to 5-4 overall, 2-0 in Olympic League play.

The five wins ties the JV spikers with Coupeville’s varsity boys’ tennis squad for the most wins by any Wolf team this fall.

While the netters have likely wrapped up regular season play, unless two postponed matches get rescheduled before postseason play (doubtful), Wyman’s squad has between 2-4 matches left this season.

Coupeville has one more match against both Klahowya and Chimacum and two against Port Townsend.

The RedHawks didn’t have a JV the first time around, so it’s likely the younger Wolves will only get to take the court in half the remaining regular season matches.

They continue to take full advantage of whatever floor time they see, however.

Facing off with Chimacum, who they also beat in a “non-conference” match earlier this season, they dominated, collecting 24 kills (“they were vicious at the net!”) and 19 service aces while averaging 87% from the line.

Menges collected player of the night honors with a stellar performance.

She netted 22 assists, served 93% from the stripe (with four aces) and had “four awesome tips for kills.”

Kenzi LaRue was perfect on serve, while Sarah Wright dropped in six aces.

Allison Wenzel, Kameryn St Onge and LaRue shared the hitting duties, as each player tallied five kills.

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Rose blooms, Wolves roll!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Kayla Rose (John Fisken photo)

   Kayla Rose drew praise from her coach for her work at the service line in Tuesday’s Wolf JV win. (John Fisken photo)

Kayla Rose was on point.

JV matches are as much about improvement as winning, and Tuesday night Rose delivered a big helping of the first while helping her squad to a whole lot of the second.

Rose drew a wave of roars from the partisan crowd when she successfully converted on a string of serves during Coupeville’s 25-11, 25-20, 18-25 win over visiting Klahowya.

After the win, which lifted the Wolf JV squad to 4-4 overall, 1-0 in Olympic League play, coach Heidi Wyman was quick to praise the sophomore.

The serves were the first overhand ones Rose had converted in a match — always a big moment as a young spiker develops their game — and she ended up hitting on 75% of them, a number that drew a huge smile from her coach.

Playing second, in case Klahowya needed to get out of town and catch a ferry, the JV spikers came out on fire and never really let up.

After busting through a first set in a blink of an eye, with Sarah Wright and Kameryn St Onge raining down death from above with their spikes, the Wolves hit cruise control the rest of the way.

Nicole Lester dropped an ace that hit the floor and skidded under a diving Eagle to kick things off in the second set, then Kenzi LaRue caught fire.

She dropped in a couple of red-hot spikes for winners, before eventually closing out the set at the line, where she earned a key point with a serve that singed the net, stopped in mid-air, then flopped over and hit the floor for an unexpected ace.

Allison Wenzel chipped in with a service ace herself — this one catching the very back of the end-line — while she, Ashley Menges and Maggie Crimmins had picture-perfect plays for winners.

“Ashley had a fantastic match, talking, hustling, keeping everyone up,” Wyman said.

While the Wolves dropped the third set after their victory was already assured, they didn’t go down without a battle.

Wright resurfaced as a clear and present danger to Klahowya’s health, libero Maddy Hilkey kept everyone working as a well-oiled unit and the best play of the match was set up by one of Rose’s successful serves.

In the ensuing rally, Menges laid out to save the point with a desperation tip.

When Klahowya managed to rip the ball right back, Wenzel rose up and snuffed out the play with her own tip, dropping the ball into the only patch of open space to be found on the floor.

Cue the celebration, especially from the young girl sitting to my left in the bleachers.

One of the Wolf Buddies who are linked up with CHS volleyball players, she shrieked like a banshee all match, and the Menges/Wenzel tag team delighted her like no other.

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“Maggie is really starting to shine!!”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Maggie Crimmins pounded way at Darrington Wednesday, collecting a team-high four kills. (john Fisken photo)

   Maggie Crimmins pounded away at Darrington Wednesday, collecting a team-high four kills. (John Fisken photo)

Big highs and big lows.

Riding the roller-coaster Wednesday night, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad was ultimately edged in a thriller at Darrington.

The 15-25, 25-22, 25-15 non-conference loss busted a two-match win streak for the young Wolves, dropping them to 2-3.

They return to action immediately, as Chimacum comes to Whidbey for a match Thursday afternoon, with the JV tipping first at 4:30 PM.

Despite putting up strong stats as a team (12 service aces and 15 kills), Coupeville had a bit too many dips to put the match away.

“When we were hot, we were hot, but when we got cold … something to learn from,” said Wolf JV coach Heidi Wyman.

Ashley Menges paced the Wolves with 12 assists, while Maggie Crimmins racked up four kills at the net.

“As Maggie gets more confident, she is really starting to shine,” Wyman said.

One area where the Wolves were dead-on was at the service stripe, where almost every player powered through with impressive touch.

“Allison (Wenzel), Kameryn (St Onge), Maddy (Hilkey), Ashley, Kenzi (LaRue) and Sarah (Wright) each had one perfect serving game,” Wyman said. “Kameryn actually had two.”

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Cow Town riders rule the horse world!!

Posted in Horse sports, tagged , , , , , on September 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »

State champion Ashley Menges and her trusty steed. (Jennifer Menges photo)

  State champion Ashley Menges and her trusty steed. (Jennifer Menges photo)

Ally (Jennifer Roberts photo)

   Ally Roberts (center) keeps grinning, even after bring robbed by the judges. (Jennifer Roberts photo)

The judges were half right.

Coupeville High School’s horse-riding superstars, Ashley Menges and Ally Roberts, hit the state fair in Puyallup and returned with a state title and a little angina.

Menges, a freshman at CHS, wowed the judges, claiming a grand championship in bareback riding and now sits atop the horse world as a state champ.

Roberts, a Wolf junior, ran into some judges who had misplaced their seeing-eye dogs, but still enjoyed her trip East.

“We unfortunately had terrible judges and all the girls I went with will vouch for that,” Roberts said with a laugh. “But my horse and I had fun!”

The duo have now returned to the volleyball court and both will see action Friday afternoon when Coupeville plays host to non-conference foe Orcas Island.

Tip-off is 4 PM, with the Wolf varsity playing in the CHS gym and the JV playing across the hall in the CMS gym.

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Hurricane busters!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on September 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Allison Wenzel (John Fisken photo)

   With moves like this, Allison Wenzel earned Player of the Match honors in her team’s first win. (John Fisken photo)

(Jennifer Menges photo)

Winner, winner, we want our photo taken! (Jennifer Menges photo)

A good old-fashioned beat-down.

That’s what the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad dropped on host Mount Vernon Christian Tuesday night, routing the Hurricanes in straight sets.

Rolling all night long, the Wolves (now 1-2) savaged MVC 25-14, 25-18, 25-9 to give new coach Heidi Wyman her first win at CHS.

“The girls were mentally tough all night, served strong, stayed together and never looked back,” Wyman said. “It’s easy to lose focus in the middle of a long match, allowing an opponent to sneak back in. But not on these Wolves.

“They did not allow MVC to score more than three points in a row the entire match,” she added. “That is impressive.”

Not that the Hurricanes had much of a chance to string together any runs, as Coupeville crushed it at the service stripe, ripping off 31 aces.

And, if the ball did get in play, the Wolves put it down quickly, racking up 14 kills.

“They dominated from start to finish,” Wyman said. “Our offense is starting to roll.

“We get better every practice and the hard work is beginning to shine through in the games.”

Allison Wenzel earned Player of the Match honors for her stellar play across the board.

“She had a .417 hitting average, added the first block of the season, was a passing machine and served a perfect first set!,” Wyman said.

Also earning kudos were Kenzie LaRue and Ashley Menges.

LaRue was flawless at the net, converting all four of her hitting opportunities into kills, then topped her night with five service aces.

Her freshman teammate was equally as impressive when firing up serves, a trait their coach likes to exploit.

“We start almost every game with Ashley serving for a reason,” Wyman said. “Tonight she unleashed six aces in 14 attempts, finishing the night with two of her games perfect at the line.”

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